American Reacts to The BIGGEST Supermarket in London - Tesco Grocery Shopping

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In this video I react to a Tesco grocery shopping trip, which happens to be the biggest supermarket in London. This was actually the first time I've ever seen the inside of any British grocery store. I was shocked at the low prices and thought the selections and quality of everything were excellent.
I can already tell I would definitely enjoy British grocery stores and especially Tesco. Do you have any other supermarket chains that you recommend I check out?
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[@PLuMUK54]

The first time that my Spanish friend came for a holiday, we went to a supermarket to get food for our self catering cottage. I suddenly realised that he was missing, and it took me ages to find him. He was in the fruit section, fascinated by the number of different types of apples. He was muttering over and over, "oh wow!" When I asked what was wrong, he said that in his local shops there were just three, red, green, and cooking. When we got to the cheese section, he thought he had died and gone to heaven.

[@Stormyweld05]

I love this comment SO MUCH! 😂

[@PolarRed]

I'm a Brit and I live in Madrid. I know exactly how he felt.

[@ladygardener100]

I think the packaging is to protect and keep food fresh. I've never seen dirty supermarkets. It's a very large supermarket, though not the largest superstore which are on ring roads etc, in small town you get Tesco Express which is convenience stores 43:39

[@lynjones2461]

Steve Tesco is the biggest and wealthiest supermarket chain in the UK with very high standards then we have Sainsburys Asda Aldi Morrisons Lidl and many other independent stores too xx Jolly Hogg is from pigs that are free range they are not kept in pens but live in fields with shelters xx we also have different cuts ie loin American bacon is streaky which is our lowest meat content bacon but it does taste amazing because of the fat but again we don't put anything nasty in ours which you tend to have in yours xx you keep mentioning whole foods this is a completely different chain in which all the food is also organic xx

[@user-dq5lu6nx3y]

A Quid is a slang word for a pound Steve.

[@Bob-pu2bu]

Here in the UK we have the 'Food Standards Agency' they govern what can go into our foods, what is banned and shop hygiene. They can go and do spot check on stores. They have the power to close a store on the spot for any fault or breaches of standards. So stores have to be clean, tidy, safe and stock rotation etc.

[@ArthurHawker-zh3fi]

Yeah I used to work at a shop in the UK that required us to clean the shelves as we fill, I've also worked at a shop that didn't, and had it a weekly cleaning thing on a Sunday, but yeah that depends on the shop at the end of the day.

[@billydonaldson6483]

We used to have grocery stores where you queued up to get served. In the 60s the smaller super markets started to appear and things have progressed until we have a large variety of sizes of supermarkets. Aldi tend to be cheaper than the market leaders TESCO but they don’t carry the same varieties. Things like beans tend to be store brand only without any choice. The larger supermarkets tend to be in retail parks which are very similar to those in the US with large car parks. A lot of the preservatives etc used in the US are banned over here, if we ever did a comprehensive trade deal with the US, a lot of foodstuffs wouldn’t be allowed to be exported here. The amount of insect parts allowed in grain and rice etc is way above what would be allowed in Europe. A quid is a nickname for a Pound which is made up of 100 pence or pennies, it comes from the Latin “quid pro quo” which means “something for something.” As for weight you got the pound-kilogram back to front. 2.205 pounds to the kilogram. I grew up with pounds and ounces, pints and gallons etc. but we also learned the metric system which is alien to most of the older generation of which I am a member. Decimalisation in the U.K. was a green light for retailers to put their prices up. Selling petrol (Gas) by the litre instead of a gallon was the biggest scam.

[@blackbob3358]

We skip rats have never heard of the F.S.A. No'r do we care, in THE shire !

[@nopefranks1154]

Kinda right. In UK we have the NHS with guarantees our safety from corporate greed. The NHS pays for our health the healthier we are the more they save. Vs in USA where the more unhealthy you are the more GDP you generate. Its all GDP too. Think about all of the extras needed. Used. Recycled. Extra jobs longer hours. Its all taxed. But in UK that system would never work whilst the NHS protects us. The #1 freedom on the planet imo. Protection from your own govt taking corporate bribes to ruin you. The 2nd fundermental freedom imo is the very same story but for the Justice system. Brits also have that. Americans don't. The 3rd fundermental freedom imo we both fail at. Education system. UK and USA Education system is just free child care to allow adults to go get that GDP made. Taxes paid. Other countries give their people much better education system. UK runs the sham of pay to learn anything that will get you paid. UK has one huge conflict of interest though imo. Social care or kids in the care system. Local councils budgets get slashed but there's always one budget they can rely on going up. They just need to get more kids on the books. Then demand money to pay for them. If you research some of the stories which is very hard with the Gagging orders placed on parents to start with. But you can find stories some of them are insane. Like a Social worker single mother. Who was also in Uni studying to be a social worker. But she was working as a social worker too. They came for her kid. Saying she neglects her kid because she works and studies. Or so the story says. This mother fled the country with her child to escape the conflict of interest. I think to Sweden who may have helped UK get that money anyway by sending them home. Idk. Its disgusting though. I did afew years in care. Never snatched though my mum threw me into it. She was a amphetamine freak too. I was born to the at risk register my mum threatened from the start if my mum has me they will take me away immediately. So just abort was their advice. My mum told them to F off. My eldest sister was snatched aged 4 or so after she was scalded in the bath by a boyfriend of my mums. Sounds bad right. Mayb they did good eh. Did they F. When my elder sister was 13 the social threw her back to my mum completely broken. Totally in love with her Foster dad who went to prison. A goth girl moved in with us a stranger they said is my sister. A self harmer. Alice Cooper lover. Today a good mother with 3 kids no issues. But the kids have 2 mommys she is a lesbian who uses men to get a baby then goes back to women. But that's just one girl one story. Well I met another one just like her. Well I actually grew up with this girl from my dads street. Her mum threw her in care. I went too. Then one day my Foster mom told me a new girl is moving in mayb I know her. She's from the same town as me. Told me her name I couldn't believe it. Donna? Im 4kin tonight i thought. Just like the old days. Then I found out she'd already been at it. With her Foster dad. I couldn't believe it. We did try to meet up late night but even with her bedroom downstairs our Foster mom was on it. Halted every attempt. It was crazy. This Foster mom let us smoke brought us tobacco. Joked with us to wash our hands when we get in saying you better not have fishy fingers. She was brilliant though the best Foster home I had. Plus the only home I saw a social worker success in. The main Foster kid there a girl who lived there years was being adopted truly rescued from her parents too. Doing brilliant thriving in care. Prim and proper im certain she went on to Uni and is a success. Most girls I knew in care were exploited by somebody usually older guys local to the home. Foster home or children's home. The locals know the home full of stray kids. The girls are easy targets deficient in affection etc too easy to sweet talk. The boys same thing but for street bs. From petty bs to full on gang gang. Drugs usually bare minimum. Im was shocked as 💩 when I went to a children's home though all of the girls there dating guys with cars 14-16 year olds all pregnant too. Staff fully aware the cars drive to the doors pick the girls up. It was insane. I was hella salty about it. They my girls 💩 💩 💩 💩. But no they ain't want no little boy their man will beat blue. Theyd brag. Its a travesty. Foster homes generate more funds though and real bad kids hard work kids don't go well in Foster homes. So the social do target good kids. Or theyd be fully booked just from city kids but they're ignored by the look of it. Let loose to run their county lines ops. Kid missing all week last seen at the train station. Mom did nothing called nobody and yet nobody talks about it. Whilst other parents are targeted for their brood. Its a very hard thing though kids need it. Councils want the budget increases. My problem is its all in house. Social services and the council are one. That shouldn't be. UK's Dirty little secret.

[@g.p616]

Yep... Same as UK

[@Tass...]

Also, keep in mind that this was a London store in an exclusive part of London. A Tesco store outside of London is about 20% cheaper.

[@helston7262]

That's not true. I work all over the country and the big stores are the same prices. The Tesco Express stores have a bit of an increase

[@rocketrabble6737]

@@helston7262 The big city stores do tend to have bigger ranges of 'fancy processed food' products which are more expensive. It is all down to perceived levels of demand.

[@roryhanlon927]

Tesco express in London is a rip off, but for the super stores I literally haven't noticed a difference. Maybe they have fewer/worse special offers and different production selections (e.g. skew toward more premium brands) but like for like non-discounted prices I think are the same.

[@ukbikespinas6911]

I live in a smaller English city, exactly the same choices from what I can see.

[@far3467]

Slough ‘exclusive’ 😂😂

[@maryyorston6628]

In the 1950's in UK we mostly had individual stores. Butchers, bakers, ironmongers (hardware store) drapers (clothing store) small grocery store. Plus street market stalls. There could be as many as 4 or 5 of each type of stores in small towns. When the supermarkets started to appear we had everything under one roof. Over time many towns have lost their individual stores because of the Supermarkets. They refer to it as 'death of the high street'.

[@willswomble7274]

Also due to banks/insurance firms going online only, greedy councils huge business rate increases plus parking difficulties and cost escalation.

[@MrLordingit]

​@willswomble7274 the government sets business rates.

[@susansmiles2242]

I live in a relatively small village we have 2 butchers a bakery a green grocer’s a small Co-op 3 small clothing shops 2 bridal boutiques 4 pubs numerous cafes and wine bars 2 restaurants and a DIY store and all along a half mile high street BUT we don’t have a decent Chippy 😢 luckily there is one in the next village 😊. There is also a fishmonger who delivers twice a week and 3 catering companies within a couple of miles I count myself very fortunate to live where I do because of the quality of the food I can buy

[@susanpearson-creativefibro]

Several of the items she called “processed” were realistically more “ready made” there is a difference in quality. Quite a few of those ready made items are literally the ingredients you would buy and combine at home just done for you to put straight in the oven. No extra rubbish added.

[@andy70d35]

You are wrong they are processed, to some extent they ALL have some things that you would not add at home, and I am not talking rubbish. I work in a food production factory, the real giveaway without looking at the ingredients list, is the use buy date, the more additives the longer the use buy date.

[@faithpearlgenied-a5517]

It's still processed food.

[@madyottoyotto3055]

@@andy70d35 then you stand on a production line and don't understand why the packing is injected with co2 this extends shelf life by over 60% or more on the vast majority of cases That is not processing the food We also use bicarb soda to preserve food this is nothing more than salt without the salt taste which most also would class as processed

[@shithappens1975]

All food is processed to a point, the trouble is a lot of the processing of so called fresh produce such as fruit and vegetable, the processing is done during the growing and packing process, and not obvious, but yeah all food unless you produce your own has been through some form of processing, hence the rise in diabetes.. cancer's and alike in the past 50 years or so.

[@madyottoyotto3055]

@@shithappens1975 what a load of bull snot Lemons have a wax coating we don't tend to eat peel and you can get unwaxed ones Most veg don't have any processing other than harvesting with isn't a processed food

[@sammymatt6997]

BTW, here in the UK, there's controversy over the 'Tesco clubcard' because the price without a clubcard is considered extortionate to some, whereas we who have a clubcard are spending less. But a lot of people refuse to own a clubcard thinking its just a way to trade data. I personally don't care, I like saving money where I can.

[@teresavandal4973]

I do see their point being married to a long time computer geek, however I am like you as I prefer to save where I can, but I do not like taking the time to clip coupons. I do have a question though if I might ask. In the UK do those "club cards" or the stores' websites include what WE call digital coupons? I do try to take the time to load them on my cards so that even if the item is not necessarily "on offer(?)"; (here we call them being on sale); you still can have some cost taken off the items.

[@2eleven48]

@@teresavandal4973 ....'Clubcards' - plastic cards - are common to all the leading supermarkets, and by using them at check-out you acquire 'points' (shown on the receipt) which you can then apply when you make further shopping expeditions either in shop or online. Coupons are still around, but they're something of the past now these days. Hope that clarifies. But see other comments here how they work. Robert, UK.

[@Paul_W.E_Ingham]

@@teresavandal4973 Some people have a physical card, while others have a digital card on their phone, these do have options to load redeemable coupons.

[@BillCameronWC]

If you haven’t already seen his KZbin channel you should perhaps check out Evan Edinger, an American who has lived in the UK for some years and is now a US/UK dual national, he’s from New Jersey & lives in London. He recently did some videos comparing UK/US prices (he has a statistics/mathematics background) so has tabulated accurately the different prices to give genuine comparability. He used one of the other main UK supermarket chains Sainsbury’s which like Tesco is a mid-price chain (others in this general category are Morrisons and Asda). The results of his surveys are roughly what you see in this video - UK prices are usually considerably lower than in the US, as supermarkets in the UK are highly competitive and in most towns/cities of any size there will be two or three of the main chains to choose from, as well as budget places such as the German Aldi and Lidl etc, as well as in larger towns more upmarket places such as M&S (Marks & Spencer) and Waitrose which cost more of course. Food standards regulations here and in Europe generally are probably higher than in the US, as you’re already aware. Also the convenience of the shelf-edge price being the price you pay as tax (VAT - value added tax) is already included where relevant, although for many food and some other items VAT is either 0% or at a reduced rate.

[@adamlennon750]

£5.50 for a pizza in small tesco by me, £1.25 with clubcard. Wankers.

[@fiona6561]

Supermarkets are cleaned everyday, including shelving. I worked for our local Tesco when I was young and I was part of a cleaning team that started at 5.30am in the morning after the night team filled the shelves. Health and safety is very strict.

[@Mills_Official]

Another thing to note is that price you are reading on the tag is the price you will pay at the checkout, no tax added on at the end its already included!

[@Coolcarting]

So

[@webguyuk]

@@Coolcarting I guess you've not shopped in a US supermarket - for this Brit, it was a huge shock, because of the addition of State and City taxes on top. The price on the shelf is definitely not (usually) what you will pay at the checkout. You can wander round with some US$ notes and then at checkout the till adds (for example) 8.75% in taxes.

[@TheJaxxT]

A quid is slang for a pound. So if someone says 5quid, it’s 5 pounds or £5. Pence is penny. So if something is £1.30 it can be said as 1 pound 30 pence. And yes, 100 pence, or penny’s makes £1 or 1 quid. Hope this helps

[@michaelprobert4014]

Pennies rather than penny's .( Probably predictive text helping out there)

[@lukespooky]

🫣

[@TheJaxxT]

@@michaelprobert4014 I didn’t even notice to be fair. Should’ve read it back

[@chrissymoss514]

I don't never heard anyone say "one pound 30 pence"!! Everyone just says "one thirty or one pound thirty" - meaning £1.30. Though, it must depend on where you live, I suppose 🤔

[@geordieboy8945]

Being lazy,I would just say ''one pound thirty''.😀

[@valhampshire9578]

For the fruit and veg she went mostly to the packaged section. There are lots of fresh fruit and vegetables that are sold by weight. You can use your own reusable bag

[@teresavandal4973]

Thank-you for explaining that one point. I myself prefer picking my own verses buying it pre-packaged.

[@LilKumStainzz]

I had a smile on my face watching this, its nice to see british food getting the respect it deserves, youve earned a sub buddy 👍

[@kaleeyed]

We call grocery carts shopping trolleys🙂 Those 'trolleys' were kind of the small ones, for people who don't want to buy a lot of stuff. We do also have normal sized trolleys which are a lot bigger, which are probably like the ones you're familiar with. I think the small ones are there because maybe it's more normal for Brits to pop into the supermarket a few times a week and pick up stuff for a couple of days, instead of doing one big grocery shop a week. Probably already been said, but this is a super fancy looking Tesco!

[@carolineskipper6976]

Tesco are a regular supermarket. (We do have Costco here too) They are throughout the UK, and come in various sizes from small neighbourhood convenience stores to huge stores like this. Having an indoor parking garage is unusual- probably they have one here due to the space constraints of London. Because she has the store loyalty card (Tesco Club Card) the scanner shows her extra discounts on certain items. You would say the price £1.30 as "One pound thirty". Quid is slang for pound, (which is 100 pence, like a dollar being 100 cents). We are slowly reducing the plastic on supermarket food, but it'll be a long journey. Remember the price for food sold by weight is for a kilogramme not a pound! A pound converts to about 454g in weight, so bananas are 78p for 2.2lb.

[@jeffreykyle8587]

They’ll have baked beans for breakfast, lunch and dinner here.

[@donttryit1152]

A lot of the new build superstore Sainsbury’s have garage carparks with the Sainsbury’s on top. In and out of London. We have regular carparks too but garages are definitely smarter

[@peterchapman3740]

nothing wrong with plastic its clean ,its getting rid after is the problem

[@annaparry4045]

We’ve been using scan your own shopping here for years (including weighing and ticketing your own produce). So it’s not the supermarket of the future, its the shopping experience of today here!

[@alicetwain]

Same in Italy.

[@saralowe5306]

I tried scan your own as you go round for the first time a few months ago. My kid loves it, gives her something to do as we go round lol and stops you overspending if you're on a budget.

[@stephenthirkettle7663]

Sainsbury's started it in the late 1990s.

[@ankra12]

Same in Norway. Find in most shops.

[@alicetwain]

@@stephenthirkettle7663 also Coop in Italy. You paid at a manned station, though.

[@sccg2424]

Stores in Uk are very clean, shelves are washed regularly & floors are scrubbed every day by machines. Yes that is a standard food trolley again these are cleaned regularly & most stores have cleaning paper & spray by the entrance.

[@KC-gy5xw]

We use the plastic ice cream cartons to store leftovers in the freezer!! :) Most councils in UK provide at least two bins (Garbage) one for recyclable items, one for non-recyclable, and if you pay (as in my council) you get one for garden waste.

[@Bexyboo88]

Hello from a fellow Tesco Cashier (currently 14 years an employee) from Cambridgeshire, UK :) Tesco is one of the big top 5 supermarkets in the UK, I believe it's actually number 1, holding the biggest market share in the UK (I think around 27%) and are found all across the UK. They come in large supermarket form down to small local convenience stores (express). I live in fairly rural village and there are still 2 large Tesco superstores and 1 Tesco Express store just within a 5 mile radius of me haha! I think with the prices of things you have to remember to keep in mind the average earnings people have here. For me personally as someone on a low income (I work part-time), items that are like £4-5+ are what I would have to really think about picking up and limiting the amount of 'finest' and branded things I buy, and always keeping an eye for when things go on offer. Just to give you an idea, currently us general Tesco customer assistants (not in London) earn a bit over £10 and hour (I believe will be closer to £11 later this year) The national living wage for 23 year olds and over is currently £9.50 p/h (£10.42 from April). The National Minimum wage however for under 18's is a mere £4.81 per hour! That is the minimum an employer is allowed to pay them. Tesco take on people as young as 16 to work in their stores, but thankfully they are a pretty fair employer and pay the same standard rate regardless of age. I Actually find it appalling that there is age-related pay brackets at all. Yes a 16 year old may have much less experience than an 18, 21 or 23+ year old, but it doesn't mean they will do any less of a good job or not work as hard. Tesco employees will also get a colleague clubcard that will take an additional 10% off all the prices you see (15% for a few days every payday, which is every 4 weeks). Just to note, a Quid is just a slang term for a pound (£), so you could say 1 Quid (£1), 2 Quid (£2) Ten Quid (£10), keeping it just for the round numbers (you wouldn't say 10 Quid 50 (£10.50). Typically, reading a price such a £1.55, you would either say it: 'One pound fifty five' or 'One Fifty Five'. We don't often say the full: One Pound Fifty Five Pence, but even we did, we'd probably say 'P' (pee) instead of pence. There are 100 p/Pence/Pennies in £1. We also have the coins: 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 & £2. Then notes we have £5, £10, £20, £50. The 'Scan as you shop' thing has been around for quite a number of years now here. Not everyone uses it, especially more of the elderly who might not been so keen on using tech. It's just a personal choice and means rather than having to offload all your shopping at the till to be scanned and then pack it all, you can scan and pack as you go, then just pay and leave. They will do random spot-checks though where they will scan some or even all of your shop to make sure you've scanned everything, as it can be an easy way for people to try and steal by putting things in their bags without scanning them, but also people can just legitimately sometimes forget to scan things too. Oh yes, usually at least one half of an entire shop isle will often be just for baked beans hehe! Now I really fancy beans on toast (With grated cheese on top) :D

[@reactingtomyroots]

Thanks for sharing Bex. You definitely helped answer some of the questions I had in mind. Tesco sounds about as popular as Walmart is here with one in nearly every town no matter the size. However, the Tesco in this video appears to be much nicer than any Walmart I've been to. By the way your drawing skills are awesome. You really should consider uploading new drawing videos. Hope you have a great night.

[@Judge_Dredd]

@@reactingtomyroots You'd have been really confused when we used to have 240 pence to the £, 12 pence to a Shilling, and used to display prices in Pounds, Shillings, and Pence L/S/D, but at the same time used Imperial Measures for weight/liquids, which you'd be more familiar with. One thing you may not realise is that a Pint here is 20 fluid ounces, not the 16 you're used to, so if you ever come over to the UK to sample the British Pub, bear in mind that having four pints here is actually five pints in the US, if you forget you'll get drunk really quick.

[@lmusima3275]

You explained it well. In my teenage years going to college I applied for part time jobs in Tescos and other supermarkets several times. All recruitment attempts failed as they were all unsuccessful or got ghosted after submitting application forms

[@personalcheeses8073]

Calm down you only work in Tesco. Who hasn’t worked there?

[@annemariefleming]

@@personalcheeses8073 I haven't, lol!

[@markpeterharvey8547]

Also remember: (a) these are London prices; (b) not just London but the most expensive part of London; (c) sales tax is already included; (d) the lower prices in yellow are the prices you pay if you use their loyalty card; and (e) Tesco is mid-priced - there are budget stores such as Aldi and Lidl.

[@sarahjj8464]

The London Tesco prices look similar to Cheshire Tesco prices (78p a kg for bananas)

[@jazzx251]

I've seen NO difference in prices at Tesco anywhere in England (not Tesco Express - which are always more expensive no matter where you are) Of course, I except fuel prices - £1.40.9 per litre at Tesco Peterborough, £1.53.9 at Tesco Cambridge only 30 miles away on the same day last week

[@HekatieSquires]

Yeah everything you can buy on the website is the same price no matter where you are

[@Prolinium]

Tesco is a mid-range supermarket that has stores right the way throughout the U.K. and various countries in Europe. The name came about after Jack Cohen bought a shipment of tea from Thomas Edward Stockwell. He made new labels using the initials of the supplier's name (TES), and the first two letters of his surname (CO), forming the word TESCO.

[@MrLordingit]

Indeed, Tesco are in Slovakia, but the Tesco supermarkets in Slovakia are dirty and disorganised.

[@theresamaung]

It is the largest supermarket in the UK, not the cheapest, but Adli and Lidi dont shock branded foods , and just copy others packaging

[@Prolinium]

Aldi and Lidl have started stocking British branded products lately, and those that are copied are often close to 'as good' - often at near half the price of the named brands. This matters in today's world.@@theresamaung

[@cherryclarke4704]

Ty for that info I never new that, so cheers for that

[@saraswatkin9226]

​@@MrLordingit that how they were in UK too until people complained to Environment Health.

[@itztehendd]

For me and my roommate, for a months worth of groceries we spend around £150 to 200 but that includes treats and snacks, hygiene products, cleaning products etc not just main meals

[@Kn8ght6930]

In the UK food labels not only give you the ingredient list but also many items have a ‘traffic light’ label. This tells you how much salt, sugar and fat - green for healthy, yellow for healthy if you watch your portions size and red to show there is a lot of fat, salt, etc in that product.

[@fionabarr6064]

I’m disabled and it’s great of me because they do online shopping When you choose an item you you look at the ingredients in bold are allergens such as dairy ect. If you look at ingredients it lists every single one so you can see what you’re getting

[@darksunabove8595]

Tesco is actually one of our most expensive supermarkets, I shop at Aldi and Lidl because I'm working class.

[@miaschu8175]

Tesco is not one of our most expensive supermarkets! Yes, Lidl and Aldi are cheaper, but Tesco is average.

[@theresamaung]

Aldi and lidi , don't tend to sell branded products, I think the quality isn't thar good on the fruit and veg as well There good for provisions like rice and pasta not much else

[@webguyuk]

@@miaschu8175 Just look at the annual profits for Tesco and you can see they have massive margins - if they're not charging you much more, then they are making it uneconomic for the farmers and food manufacturers, squeezing them until the pips squeak. Without a Clubcard, they are one of the most expensive supermarkets, without a doubt. Of course, when there's some food hygiene issues, the news report covers items made (often) for 4 or 5 of the supermarket chains. They have goods made with slightly different ingredients in the same food plants, and a safety hazard because of contaminated ingredients affects them all. It shows that in the main, the pricing oght not to be quite so different, but it comes down to sugar, salt and a few other additives and fats as t which taste nice and which are healthiest or not.

[@WCGUK2024]

Aldi quality sucks, you pay for food quality and branded products

[@devinecaesar]

24:02 A 'grocery store' in the UK is generally a small independent retailer who only sells food nothing else, and is a term mainly used by older Brits now; younger Brits tend to just call those shops. A 'supermarket' is a larger retailer that sells food and some other things too, and they are almost always part of a chain. We do call food we buy 'groceries' but that varies by region, some areas just call it 'weekly shop' or "the big shop' when they go to buy groceries.

[@Iyanjebu]

Dont know if you noticed that she opted for the top of the range (premium) label for almost everything she bought. The bill would have been significantly lower had she gone even mid range. Great video btw.

[@marycarver1542]

Grocery SHOP was what small town village shops were called before WW2 you went in, were served by an assistant behind the counter, there would also be a greengrocer for fruit and veg. and a separate baker for bread, fishmonger for fish and so on. Housewives would go out every morning with their shopping bags and baskets, to buy what they needed for that day. Milk was delivered to the doorstep every morning by the "milkman"!

[@entropybear5847]

Yeah, keep in mind she's clearly comfortably upper-middle class and shops like it!

[@steven54511]

A thing to remember is that here in the UK, the price you see (everywhere) is the price you pay. There's only one tax, called Value Added Tax or V.A.T. for short. In my experience, extremely large supermarket chains generally have out of town stores that are often huge. The inner city and more rural sites are often much smaller, though they can still be quite big in comparison to competitors. A lot of stores are reducing the amount of plastic packaging too, but the reduction is moving at a slow pace sadly.

[@stevencrouch6036]

There are also other taxes such as the sugar tax & some part of the UK such as Wales & Scotland set minimum prices for alcohol but like you said unlike in the US its all included in the price shown.

[@nickmail7604]

You don't pay VAT on food from a supermarket.

[@stevencrouch6036]

@nickmail7604 yes you do, things like bread, eggs, some meats you don't but Crisps, soft drinks, confectionary etc you do. This link will tell you www.gov.uk/guidance/food-products-and-vat-notice-70114

[@nickmail7604]

@@stevencrouch6036 you only pay VAT on food in the UK if you eat it in a restaurant sonny.

[@stevencrouch6036]

@@nickmail7604 Did you even read the link I provided, if you sell, distribute or make certain foods you have to apply VAT to it, thats not just restaurants. I know this because I work in retail & I read the link I provided.

[@caroleteare924]

When the UK changed over to metric measurements, they had a couple of little sayings to help us. "A litre of water's a pint and three quarters" and " two and a quarter pounds of jam, weigh about a kilogram" Even after all this time, I still prefer Imperial measures, but that's probably because I'm old!😂

[@shininglightphotos1044]

I never heard the litre of water one. I've used the 2¼ pounds of jam one, and also for measurements a meter equals 3 foot 3 (3'3"). It's longer than a yard you see.

[@stevieinselby]

Tesco is the largest of the major supermarket chains in the UK, in terms of number of stores. Some are huge and have clothing, electricals, home and garden as well as food - some are just big supermarkets selling food and some basic homewares - some are small convenience stores just selling the most popular lines of food - most of them are nowhere near as big as that one! It's rare to have multi-storey parking at a supermarket, invariably it is just an open-air ground level lot normally, but in the very expensive areas of London space is at a premium so it makes more sense to build upwards. In terms of positioning, it is very middle-of-the-road - not a budget/discount store but they do have a range of value products, not a fancy/luxury store but they also have a range of quality products. The hour wait was for a car wash - at some supermarkets they'll have people who will wash your car while you're shopping (for a charge, obviously) but they were obviously very busy that day! At most supermarkets, you can get two different sizes of cart (trolley) - some are slightly bigger but much deeper, which you would use if you're doing a "big shop", but for people who don't need to get that much stuff the smaller trolleys with the higher shelf are better as you don't have to bend/reach down as far.

[@jasminelawrie8961]

The prices at this tesco will be higher than practically anywhere else in the country. Kensington is one of the most affluent area of the country, so the prices aren't comparable with tesco's up north which would be considerably cheaper

[@saoirse6872]

Fr 😢

[@robertfarrow5853]

My kid sister took US citizenship. I visited her in Boston. Her biggest gripe was the lousy food in US supermarkets. She's a doctor and only buys from farm shops, organic shippers.

[@rippingale100]

the same mostly in saudi arabia as they tend to import a lot of the food from the states

[@neilmaddison363]

78 pence a kilo not pound

[@neilmaddison363]

Kilo is 2.2 pounds

[@NovaExotics]

Quid is British slang for pound :) and as someone who works in a shop, we do try to clean our shelves 😂 it’s just a case of finding the time, I hate putting food onto a dirty shelf. we never use the term ‘grocery store’, we use Supermarket 😁 also, Tesco is quite often smaller in other places, though prices stay the same for the most part, the only thing that really changes is a more limited range.

[@CrazyInsanelikeafox]

We tend to say "going to the shop" or "shops" when talking about local corner shops, etc... and we say "going Tescos" or "Going to Sainsburys" when talking about the supermarkets, whether they are big or small locals. Also, I drink a shed load of tea every month. I get through over 300 bags a month and I live alone.

[@Matty_UK]

As a Brit that's spent a lot of time in the US over the years I can tell you that food is far better quality, healthier and for the most part considerably cheaper than the US. Alot of people, myself included, say that you can literally feel the difference between countries. After spending months in the US and then months in the UK you feel healthier and better when living on UK foods. It's fresher produce with less chemicals. Food and healthcare are 2 of the main reasons I moved back to the UK. To me it seems like the US government and private healthcare work hand in hand and purposely feed Americans poor food full of chemicals to make you sick and push you towards expensive healthcare. Because they put alot of unnecessary chemicals in US food that is outright banned right across Europe. The plastic we recycle and reuse. We have different bins to put our waste. One is for plastic,paper, cardboard, bottles and other recycling. The other is for stuff that can't be recycled. A quid is a pound btw. 👍

[@michaelbewick6047]

vary true, drug companies in food industry to make you sick then the same companies sell drugs to me you better and the cycle continues :/

[@davidmccarron4832]

conspiracy nut

[@Matty_UK]

@@davidmccarron4832 Not a conspiracy. Facts my guy. We Brits turned down US food imports due to it being covered in all kinds of chemicals. And much of what the US puts in food is outright banned here in Europe Land.

[@Matty_UK]

@@DA-db9bi Well you cared as you took the time to not only read my opinion but also go out of your way to reply to it, showing that you do indeed care. Because if you didn't care you simply wouldn't have continued to read.my comment let alone reply to it. And it's getting upvoted as well. Sausage.

[@Matty_UK]

@@DA-db9bi I think you will find that the majority of the Brits like Americans. I think Americans mistake banter for hate. We make fun of everyone and everything including ourselves. It doesn't mean we hate you. I notice Americans tend to take things to heart. And they love making fun of others but hate it when foreigners make fun of them. And when you're a world power of course you will be on people's lips. Especially when you keep going around doing dumb stuff and poking ya noses into other countries business all the time. It' gives people a lot to talk about.

[@iancomputerscomputerrepair8944]

I shop at a Supermarket called "ASDA" here in the UK. It is one of the big four supermarkets. Those being "Tesco", "ASDA", "Sainsburys" and "Morrisons" I purchased a soup in a carton called "Covent Garden Soup Co" You can warm it up in a microwave while it is still in the carton! The ingredients are :- Water, carrot, potato, onion, swede, turnip, parsnip, cauliflower, celery, red split lentils, milk, single cream, rapeseed oil, salt, parsley and white pepper. That is it for the ingredients. nothing else. All for £1.25 (Approx $1.50) By the way a Quid is a slang term for £1

[@simonupton-millard]

Think Aldi and morrisons are rearly close

[@finwilliams4550]

ASDA is Walmart in the US.

[@prestoniangirl867]

Asda is not owned by Walmart. They sold it about two years ago approx.

[@finwilliams4550]

@@prestoniangirl867 Ahh I didn't realise that thanks. Walmart still have an equity investment and a seat on the board.

[@julianbarber4708]

My local supermarket in Drumnadrochit, Scotland, seems to have decided to model itself on a Russian supermarket, circa 1973.....bare shelves.

[@Miles2Go_]

Here's some tips: 1) 'quid' is just a slang word for 'Pound' used by people in the UK. So you would say £1.50 (one pound fifty pence), quid is only really used when there isn't any pence like £5, could be called five quid :) 2) We don't call them 'grocery stores' because we don't use the word 'stores'. We call them either 'Shops' or 'supermarket'.

[@craftinghome]

I was surprised to hear that so many foods are really expensive in the US. We've been complaining here in the UK, about the ridiculous price hikes recently but it's still way less for most foods. And, about the price of bananas. It was 78 pence per kilo, not per pound, so that works out about half the amount if you weighed it per pound.

Well you have to compare cost of living with paycheck.

[@lirdling]

In some UK supermarkets (sainsburys for example) you can download an app and use your own phone as the scanner for scan as you shop. Looking through the eyes of myself 10-15 years ago this would have seemed really futuristic, but it's just become completely standard in the last few years. I've found it really hard shopping in average US grocery stores when I've been over there visiting family, just aisles & aisles of ultra processed stuff to sift through to find something I was happy to eat. Made me very grateful for British supermarkets.

[@karlbassett8485]

I do the same in Asda. Usually if I'm just getting a few things I go through the self serve checkouts but occasionally there's a long queue so I just scan everything on my phone and go to the scanner checkouts which rarely have a queue. They added the self scan checkout to all the normal self serve checkouts so you can use self scan on your phone or their handset and then just go to any self checkout. Also, as no doubt other people have said Quid is a Pound, like Americans would use Buck to mean a Dollar. When spoken we'd say "That costs three pound seventy five" or "That's two ninety five". (Weirdly when talking numbers we say "five hundred AND fifty" when Americans would say "five hundred fifty".) That Tesco is a big fancy upmarket one but I live out in the sticks and have a local Asda and Sainsburys and they both carry a lot of the same sort of items, but not as many as the upmarket steaks and stuff. Big sections for Vegan and for Gluten/Dairy Free are standard.

[@miles_thomas]

All the big UK supermarkets offer that now.

[@ekatep6362]

I love M&S, scan with phone, pay on app, don't go near a till, just scan, put straight in bag, pay on app and walk out

[@kgames3563]

Yes! I work for sainsburys and "Smart Shop" is the scan as you go app, i myself use it although sometimes it can be a bit of a hassle but it works a wonder!

[@Italy1996wed]

Those gadgets add up your shopping cost as you go along, great for budgeting! It differs slightly from store to store, but most stores allow you to check out using card or cash. If you purchase alcohol it is flagged up and a shop assistant comes over to you and checks you are the legal age to purchase it. Some stores have their own loyalty cards which you apply for and they are free. You present them and certain foods can be reduced by as much as 50%, but usually around 20%. All foods that are prepackaged MUST show calories, fat, salt, sugar. We have a "traffic light" system - red, orange and green, so at a glance you can tell if they are high (red) in salt, fat, sugar etc, or in a healthy range (green). The price on the shelves themselves show price per item AND price per kilo, enabling you to work out the best value purchase. Tesco, ASDA and Sainsburys grocery stores are all mid-range price & quality. Aldi and Lidl are discount/cheaper grocery stores, but you have to watch the qualitybof fresh produce as sometimes they are not the best/need to be eaten quickly. Waitrose is a premium grocery store, with lots of international foods, lots of organic foods in-house sushi counter and high quality wines and beers. All except Waitrose sell cheap, reasonable quality clothes and homewares. Anything from sheets and lamps to toasters and TVs!! All are very cheap to reasonably priced. We do have Costco here, but its not as popular with your average person, used more by businesses and stores who buy in bulk and sell on. Hope this helps!!

[@marycarver1542]

Tesco prices etc. and cleanliness, is what you will find in all British supermarkets !

[@karenblackadder1183]

Was so pleased to hear you say you buy direct from the farmer. Supermarkets like Tesco sqeeze the life out of family farms.

[@georgebarnes8163]

I buy direct from the Farmers, everything is half price compared to the supermarkets and generally and of better quality, also buy fish straight of the boat with a massive saving.

[@Paul_W.E_Ingham]

@@georgebarnes8163 You are a lucky man to have access to good value farm shops and a local fishery willing to sell retail. Pity the rest of us.😕

[@gardengirl380]

Believe me, I and many of my friends would love to buy direct from the farmer, but they need to give us the opportunity to do just that. We have the odd farmers market and just one or two farm shops in an extremely wide area. They don't advertise

[@karenblackadder1183]

Contact your local council. They will be able to tell you where and when to find Farmers' Markets. Also ask on Twitter. People will help you find local markets. Also many farmers now do mail order. Please let me know if I can do anything to help.

[@dinastanford7779]

£1.50 is said as one pound fifty. Kilo is 2.2 lbs (pounds) Kilo is 1000 gms (grams) £1 = 100 pence (pennies) If you could see the price labels, they show price per kilo in small print which allows you to compare different packet weights. So packet 1 is 500gms and £5 a kilo, costs £2.50. Packet 2 is 400gms, £6 a kilo, costs £2.40. Looks cheaper but is 20% smaller and is dearer per unit price.

[@bencarrington4951]

Don't forget the American pound weight is smaller than the British pound - the British pound contains 20 ounces - the American pound only has 16 ounces

[@mikepearce45]

@@bencarrington4951 Wrong!!!! UK lbs are 16 ozs not 20!!!

[@bencarrington4951]

@@mikepearce45 whoops thinking of fluid oz in a pint Sorry

[@mikepearce45]

@@bencarrington4951 Easy mistake to make - take care.

[@susancox7353]

A quid is slang for a pound (£) 50 pence (is half of a pound). We don’t use grocery store and supermarket I guess is you grocer store. The card is called a club card, I have one so the blue and yellow price tags is what we pay

[@ironicempress]

Supermarket is a catchall for grocery stores. We don't say grocery store in the UK but we might say a greengrocers, which is for 'groceries', primarily fresh fruits and vegetables, usually a smaller independant local non chain shop. We also have markets (not super), which are local produce markets (farmers goods, local bakeries, etc), and other markets using the same stalls on a patch of land but different days have different markets, second hand markets, craft fairs, motor/car stands, farmers market, all sorts. Plus a lot of chain supermarkets have an average size, a little version, and a big version. Like a little Tesco is one you might find on a high street of a smaller town or village, or at a motorway services (rest stop), or petrol station, usually just have grab and go foods and drinks, and daily essentials. A normal Tesco is the same but also usually has household cleaning supplies, a frozen food section, maybe a deli counter and bakery. Usually the type you get in mid to large town centres or shopping retail outlets that cover multiple local towns. A big Tesco is usually in city centres, and so big they can have their own multistory parking (garage), and often have a ground (1st) floor that's pretty much the same as an average Tesco, then a 1st (2nd) floor too, usually carrying the own brand clothing line, small appliances and electricals from toasters to TVs, car maintenence and diy tools, kitchenware and cutlery, homewares and decorations, and some (other brands too) supermarkets even have their own mobile network and sell phones, they may have a banking service so have a mini bank in store, some have an in house pharmacy and opticians, and maybe host affiliate brands in store like timpsons (a shoe repair and keycutter), Holland and Barratt (pharmacy/chemist), Costa Coffee, and other high street shops.

[@Yaboijack]

Thought it was really funny to hear that you thought the krispy kreme donuts were a good price, cause most people would probably see that as an expensive treat. The idea you would spend anything over $60 for what was in that trolley genuinely really shocked me. Especially if youre gonna be getting loads of additives.

[@daveworrall1151]

Oh, this is Kensington by the way, probably one of the most expensive places to live in the UK. There is some variance in pricing between regions, so this is likely to be one of the more expensive Tesco's

[@joyfulzero853]

Yes some of the individual items in there are not familiar to me but then I'm not in with the 'Chelsea tractor' set!

[@locallag777]

Tesco’s are all across the UK and Ireland, they range from small tescos with no car park/garage to large ones with a car park etc. When there is space the car park is not a garage. Tesco would be your average priced store, whereas Lidl and Aldi would be cheaper grocery stores. I’m speaking from an Irish pov I know UK have sainsburys as well but that would be on the same price level as Tesco. Marks and Spencer’s would be an example of a higher end grocery store

[@sjbict]

In UK Tesco, Sainsbury, Aldi, Lidl are all trying to out price each other as per their ads on TV

[@ballroomdiva6856]

@@sjbict Sainsbury's and Tesco are only price-matching Aldi and Lidl on certain items - it's interesting when you're in store seeing where the "price-match" stickers are. Generally I'm finding that Aldi and Lidl are still much cheaper overall.

[@saralowe5306]

Sainsbury is way more expensive than tesco or morrisons. They do good clothes in there though. Asda and tesco are the best morrisons is 3rd on my list.

[@BlazeClone]

M&S food to be more specific

[@tomwilliams7391]

Tesco is pretty good...this looks like a large modern one in London though because they seem to have a huge variety of unusual foods that I haven't seen in Tesco outside London (I live in Plymouth) Tesco is a mid range supermarket, along with Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons. The expensive ones are Waitrose and Marks and Spencer and discount= Lidl and Aldi

[@StephenLydiate]

we have a lot of plastic in the UK but the difference is that having it as just plastic we can recycle it, and we very often do, given we have special bins collected for this express purpose of recycling plasitc and paper. We have costco here also, and an even bigger version called Macro which is usually around 10 times the size of the costco stores

[@tenniskinsella7768]

My council recycle paper cardboard glass bottles and bins for food waste and garden rubbish

[@tacfoley4443]

Macro? Where they?

[@mo-mo2991]

With weight if you work on kilo is roughly 2 pounds you won’t be far wrong with your price conversions. Also you said you were getting mixed up with quids and (money) pounds. A quid is slang for a pound (£) like a buck is slang for a dollar. Hope that helps. I love these shopping videos - hope you do more 😊

[@andypandy9013]

There are about 2.2 pounds per kilogramme. "Two and a quarter pounds of jam weighs about a kilogramme". 😉👍

[@mo-mo2991]

You mean 35.274 ounces ? I was just trying to keep it simple for a quick comparison

[@joyridgway6398]

We do a lot of recycling over here. Also our supermarkets are cutting down on plastic packaging. Most stores do meal deals. There is also meals for lunchtime too.

[@jennigee51]

You can go into any one of our grocery websites, from there you can bring up any food and you can check the ingredients.

[@vaudevillian7]

The first time I visited the US I was surprised how far behind some things are with banking an shopping, as you called this the grocery store of the future but a lot of this has been the norm for at least 15 years. Even fairly recently in Philly my contactless card shocked some people when I used it without thinking

[@DaveBartlett]

Not only is contactless a rarity in the USA, but even Chip&Pin is less common than it is here. This is partly due to the fact that UK banks all work in combination with each other as far as payment methods, and retail processing is concerned, whereas the US has a myriad of different banks, most working independantly of each other. I've often seen people in UK supermarkets using non-Chip&Pin debit/credit cards and having to sign a sales voucher, and these have invariably been customers from the USA.

[@vaudevillian7]

@@DaveBartlett absolutely

[@SAvonside123]

A 'quid' is a colloquial term for a pound (money). A kilogram is 2.2 lbs. We don't generally have grocery stores nowadays as they were supplanted by supermarkets. Indeed, both Tesco and Sainsbury's started off as grocery shop chains which became supermarkets from the late 1950s onwards. You might still find the odd traditional independent grocery store, or grocer's shop, but usually nowadays they're convenience style shops, which is also a territory that both Tesco and Sainsbury's have started to establish themselves.

[@WreckItRolfe]

I think a lot of the plastic packaging at the Tesco bakery sections came about during COVID. There were tongs and paper bags before.

[@thefiestaguy8831]

Something else you didn't see, whilst she was shopping the guys she spoke to when she drove in were cleaning her car. The local Tesco to me offers this, anywhere from £5 for a basic exterior wash to £30 for a mini valet. There's several Tescos, Tesco express (small stores offering most commonly bought items - milk, eggs, crisps, drinks, tea, coffee, medicines, toothpaste, biscuits etc). Tesco has a bigger selection and are usually larger stores, and then Tesco extra which sells most things, including TV's, games consoles, laptops, DVD's, video games, kids and adult clothing, shoes, sometimes even mobile phones on contract. The Tesco extra I used to work in 7 years ago even had an opticians inside and a chemist. As for the car parks - most of the smaller stores you might find on a high street will have on street parking or a small number of spaces at the back of the store. The larger stores, Tesco and Tesco Extra are usually found in retail type areas and often have big surface level car parks. The one I used to work in had a multi-storey car park consisting of 5 levels, with around 500 spaces. Even at peak times on a busy Saturday afternoon only the first 3-4 floors would be full and the top floor would always be empty so most of the staff parked there and took the elevator (lift) down to the ground floor.

[@sammymatt6997]

Tesco Is considered a typical place for most people doing a weekly/monthly food shop. Along with - Asda - Sainsbury's - Morrisons More expensive places would be - Waitrose - Marks and spencer And cheaper stores would be - Lidl - Aldi

[@janeclarkson8471]

I've shopped at all of these stores at different times in my life, except fir Asda. Waitrose and M&S are the creme de la creme but as so expensive I buy there when we gave a blue moon 🙄😃 for special treat. I will add Aldi has very good meats!

[@jamesdignanmusic2765]

A question from a non-Brit - I've heard of one there called Iceland, too. Where would that rank?

[@fffreak9999]

@@jamesdignanmusic2765 Iceland is typically a frozen food store, and would rank between regular and cheaper stores

[@Bikeops2021]

@@fffreak9999 I agree but in my considerable experience, it is good quality!

[@mrjoneseastend]

You missed the other big chain, the Co-op!! Mid priced with ASDA etc.

[@andybaker2456]

In Tesco, if you see two prices, one will be the normal price, and the one with the yellow background is the discounted Clubcard price. So if you sign up for a Tesco Clubcard, not only do you accumulate points you can spend, but also get some pretty good discounts. I shopped at Tesco on Saturday, and my original total was £82. But then my Clubcard discount was applied, and the total dropped to £70!

[@yumyummoany]

We use our points to pay for the Shuttle to go to France to see my son and his family! My Tesco is big but has a car park. In town there is a Tesco Express which is smaller.

[@andybaker2456]

@yumyummoany Yes, my nearest is a Tesco Extra that has a huge car park in front. But at one time, I lived near a town centre Tesco Extra that was raised up on concrete pillars and had a car park underneath!

[@tobiasmills9647]

Oh, also a clubcard is free.

[@yumyummoany]

@@tobiasmills9647 I love my club card points, and as you say the club card is free. My son and daughter in law who live in France have a loyalty card which every so often gives them money off of their shopping. Also all baby items have reduced price, plus other benefits.

[@EmilyCheetham]

In regular and big supermarkets in uk you can get a scan as you go (as you saw in the video), there are self check outs and there are manned tills/checkouts. It gives people a choice.

[@meezursrule]

All the big chain supermarkets are fairly clean - they usually get a maximum 5 star rating for hygiene from their local council's environmental health department. Heck have sausages with very high meat content and low filler content. 2.2 lb in a kg

[@kevinrakow380]

You certainly need to visit supermarkets when you go to the UK. They are wonderful and I am envious every time I am in one. The range of refrigerated prepared foods in mind boggling. I've been to the UK many times and what I bring back now are not souvenirs but certain things from the supermarket. A trip to M&S Food, a Tesco or Sainsbury's and, of course Boot's (pharmacy/chemist) is mandatory. BTW, I live in Chicago (far north side) and about half of my supermarkets and my Target have a parking garage. Land up here is expensive. Not as expensive as South Kensington/Earl's Court but expensive for the US.

[@Jnthnpg]

The funny thing is she is focusing on the more premium brand of Tesco as well. Their cheaper brands will blow your mind in that case! Also: go Tar Heels!

[@Jeni10]

In Australia, a grocery store was where you bought foods before there were any supermarkets. We also went to the green grocer’s, the butcher’s and the chemist. Now much of that stuff is in supermarkets, taking some profits from the private businesses.

[@sccg2424]

I’m very fortunate to live in a 15 minute area = I have access to Doctors,Dentist, pharmacy, 2 good size supermarkets, bakers, vegetables & flowers shop, post office, hardware store, train & bus station. All within 15 minutes walking of my home less if I use a car for large shopping.

[@lottie2525]

We don't ever say grocery store, just supermarket. Tescos is one of the main supermarkets we have. We have large ones and small ones called Tesco Express. She's right, we have way too much packaging, but you can get fruit and veg loose and use your own bags. Quid is another word for pound so five quid is the same as £5. I thought her final price for that tiny amount of shopping was really expensive, but I guess she did get some expensive meat. I'd expect to have a full shopping trolley for that final price.

[@jwoods1732]

I've heared people call local shops that sell meat and veg the grocers, never a grocery store/shop though

[@IncubiAkster]

@@jwoods1732 ye normally smaller stores that have veg and stuff otu in the open at the store front I would think of maybe as a grocers.

[@jeanlind7540]

Tesco is currently (Jan 2023) largest supermarket chain in UK.

[@jeanlind7540]

Devil’s Food Cake is very chocolate.

[@HekatieSquires]

There’s also small ones on high streets in larger towns and cities called Tesco metro

[@LordElpme]

Grocery Store generally doesn't get used outside as a umbrella term for all places you can buy groceries. Supermarkets tend to be larger stores and tend to have long opening hours. Conveniance stores are the mid sized option which are comparable to US's 7-11s. Corner shop is a small typically indepentant run shop, typically a convertend house in a residential area or in a village. As to the bakery packaging, if they were using those it's because they had run out of the smaller containers.

[@teresavandal4973]

Here in the US what you tend to hear is that grocery stores are the smaller grocery stores that tend to only be a local chain, or a "mom and pop" store, and can also refer to a "corner market", but Supermarket or Super Store tend to be the much larger stores that also have quirky things like a cafe area or deli areas that also have prepared meals if you want a "quick dinner". Mini Marts or Convenience Stores tend to be what you find whether you think of it as a store with a gas station, like a local 7-11 or Cumberland Farms, or a Gas station with a Store like Shell, Mobile, or Valero.

[@LordElpme]

@@teresavandal4973 I assume he already knows this as he was asking how they are seen and spoken of in the UK. Hence letting him know generally how they they are grouped (barring regional differences)

[@teresavandal4973]

@@LordElpme He did not always seem to know certain things, as well as the fact that it is "obvious" some of his fans actually either were from the UK, or are living there now so I was hoping to explain for their benefit as well. Sorry if it seemed otherwise.

[@Gambit771]

Also 'stores' isn't a term generally used; it's 'shop'.

[@rbnhd1144]

The hour wait was for the hand car wash, Quid is slang for Pound like Buck is to the Dollar. £1.30 is pronounced one pound thirty, if it was lower than one pound people just say 30 Pee or 30 pence. Yes there are 100 pennies in the pound like cents in the dollar. Safeway in Oregon now sells onions by the each versus the actually weight, just more greed from supermarkets who buy onions by the pound. Tesco is a decent priced store Id compare it to a Kroger Safeway or Albertons, some other chains are higher priced.

[@felicitywoodruffe4087]

Fruit and vegetables that are not packaged are usually cheaper . The bananas are the price per kilo not per pound . You can buy net bags to place your fruit and vegetables in and they are cheap and re useable and washable . Tesco superstores sell food drinks alcohol, clothing,kitchen ware,toys,ele trical items, mobile phones, glasses for your eyes, car accessories, pet products, towels, cleaning items,small tools ,paint, glue, colouring pens, paints,pencils, crayons, and much more.

[@elunedlaine8661]

I'm in the UK. When I was little, when 'supermarkets' weren't really a thing, we had a 'grocer's' shop and a separate 'greengrocer's' which only sold vegetables

[@philjones6054]

I remember the days before supermarkets too!! Visiting the Butcher, fishmongers, green grocers, iron mongers, etc was great.

[@sylviamcauley8454]

I remember that too. I grew up in Hackney and we had an early sainburys and you had to queue for each counter, meat, cheese and butter, groceries etc. But you had to go to a bakery and greengrocer

[@elunedlaine8661]

@@sylviamcauley8454 Did your Sainsbury's have the overhead wires leading to a payment point ? The branch on top of Muswell Hill did, and you had to queue to pay at that counter

[@sylviamcauley8454]

It might have Eluned, I don't remember, it would have been in the mid to late fifties. Other shops nearby had them. I clearly remember mum sending me to queue in one line while she was in another to try and speed things up. I also remember none of the meat was on display. You asked for what you wanted and the butchers downstairs got it ready and brought it up. The whole shop was tiled in green and cream

[@elunedlaine8661]

@@sylviamcauley8454 I remember those tiles

[@jeanettedemosthenous2685]

Remember that most food items in the UK are not taxed but where there is tax, it is included in the price shown on the shelf edge i.e. no further tax is added at the end of your shop. I believe that where plastic is still used, it is made from recycled plastic and is re-cyclable. Our Food Standards Agency have rigorous rules about additives and they also visit outlets to make spot checks. They have the power to close down an outlet on the spot. UK went decimal in 1971 and 100 pennies make a pound sterling.

[@EmilyCheetham]

Tesco is just your regular supermarket here in uk. As well as food and cleaning supplies they also sell homewere, toys, books/magazines, clothing, stationary, cd’s/DVD’s/console games, craft supplies, seasonal things.

[@richardstuart3882]

Everything produced and sold in the UK is now sold in packaging almost exclusively geared towards recycling, not everything but definitely most we have about 4/5 different bins including food waste

[@DaveBartlett]

'Satay' is a method of cooking originating from Indonesia, which mainly consists of grilled meat which has previously been marinated with a paste of peanuts, coconut milk and chilli. It's very popular in the UK and is often available in Chinese restaturants and takeaways, where the marinade takes the form of a sauce and is served with stir-fried meat, chicken or seafood.

[@petersymonds4975]

Hello. That was a typical shopping cart. We call them shopping trolleys here. They usually come in two sizes. The first was the normal size and the more usual is the much larger size. There are always wire baskets for the shopper buying less. Sometimes they have larger baskets usually plastic that can either be carried or by extending the handle can be wheeled. Some supermarkets have devices that each trolley is locked to the next. To release a trolley you enter a £1 coin, or an Euro coin, or a token of the same size given away as gifts from gas stations. When you leave the supermarket you park the trolley with others, connect the locking device and you get your coin or token back. This is done usually to reduce the cost of gathering discarded trolleys in the car park. My local Tesco has automatic locks, if you leave the grounds the wheels lock. Our local Council requested this because the trolleys were being found everywhere. In Wales, where I live, for the past few years if you want a supermarket bag, paper or plastic, there is an environmental charge of 5 pence (1/20 th of a £) which is then given by law to charity. This encourages the customer in recycling by reducing plastic waste, you use your own carrier bag or other “bags for life”. The amount of discarded plastic carrier bags has greatly reduced here.

[@stuartwilliams4016]

I love the wonderment you show on your wonderfully expressive face…your clips are an absolute delight to me

[@adamkehoe7405]

Tesco's are up and down the country of the UK (& abroad, France has one in the Val D'Europe shopping centre and Malta has it too). They range from: Tesco Express is the smallest type of store and is typically located in urban areas. Tesco Metro is a smaller store that focuses on groceries and convenience items. Tesco Superstore is similar to Tesco Extra but is smaller in size. Tesco Extra is the largest type of store and offers a wide range of products, including groceries, clothing, electronics, and home goods.

[@craig5066]

There used to be at one time an abundance of independent small shops selling fruit and veg on every high street in every village and towns in the uk which were called Green Grocers.The larger food retailers like Tesco became bigger and bigger and started branding these larger stores as a Supermarket basically because they started selling pretty much everything.You don’t find as many of the small independent Green Grocers as there used to be because of the competitive prices in the supermarkets.

[@makiwa]

78pence per KG. 100 pence = £1.00 (or frequently called a "Quid"). UK£1 = US$1.30 - 2.2lbs to 1KG. This Tesco is the biggest in London, but there are larger ones where there is more space. My local Tesco is about the same size which is described as a "Tesco Extra". Tesco is what you would call an "Economy" Supermarket, ie on the cheaper/average price range.

[@johnleonard9090]

I think the one she went could be classed as a hyper market with it having a second floor for clothing, housewares and electrical.

[@CLIVETHE125]

Is this in Kensington by any chance ? I was cleaning that store when it was being built ...6.30am in the morning when it was due to open at 8.00am for the very first time ,i got a severe pain and was taken to Hospital by Ambulance to be diagnosed with kidney stone !

[@simonday2284]

I agree that is exactly what most big supermarkets are unfortunately the name Hypermarket has never been used to describe them. Other facilities in large supermarkets can be opticians pharmacies gardening sections. the largest TESCO has a floorspace of 185,500 sq ft.

[@irenestubbings7856]

Tesco has always been considered as higher end supermarket, not as high end as wairose but akin to Sainsburys. The wonderful thing about Tesco is that you can get a Club Card which is free and which gives you access to all the items that have a sale price. This then reduces your Shopping even further by a good percentage. You also collect points which are presented to you in money vouchers or goods. I love shopping at Tesco. The surroundings are gorgeous. The parking is huge and free. My store is gigantic with everything from clothes, flowers/plants, pharmacy, eating area, books, stationary, white goods/eletri, TV's etc.,PC's/Laptops, huge range of alcohol, make up , fruits, veg, together with all other items you would find in a shopping store - you name it it's there!

[@friendlyfolk]

These videos always cheer me up ❤

[@slw147]

Hi Steve - Regarding the banana's at 79p - This is 79p per Kg which workd out at the equivilent of 36p per pound. With the present exchange rate of $1.20 to the Pound you are looking at the cost of Bananas at between 43c and 44c a pound. Tesco's are if anything slightly above the average prices for food. If you compare to Lidl or Aldi the prices are cheaper - between 10% and 30% cheaper than these prices. That shopping trolley at £47 would have been around £35 in Lidl's. Virtually all of our measurements are in Kg and our pints are 20fl ounces and not 16, These prices compared to where we shop are quite expensive. The clip below is taken from Lincolshire about 100 miles north of London in a Lidls where the prices are much more reasonable. We are about 200 miles West South West of London and these are typical of the prices that we pay for things. If you are pleasantly surprised by Tesco's London prices you will be amazed by the Lidls prices in Lincoln and Exeter respectively. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6bZmGedZtuUhsU

[@vallee3140]

I have watched a lot of reactors to our supermarkets, and they are always shocked how cheap they are. Oh and the shelves are always clean, I wouldn't use them if not. Another Reactor came here and found the meal deal, he couldn't believe it either. That Mackie's ice cream is our favourite,

[@betagombar9022]

Would you be talking about Joel from ITSJPS??

[@adamkehoe7405]

5:27 - You're noticing the store incentive in Tesco. The Clubcard. A discount scheme which is free to join, you scan your card and earn points which can be exchanged into vouchers, days out at attractions etc. Supermarkets in the UK have adopted their own versions of this to encourage shoppers to save money but earn for using it. EG: Instead of paying £3.75 for the item, you might pay £3 if you scan your Clubcard. Other supermarkets in the UK such as Asda (Walmart), Sainsbury's and Morrisons use their own apps (Asda Rewards, Nectar, MyMorrisons). Wellbees (in Malta) have the same thing.

[@TheWalnut47]

Asda, with its headquarters in Leeds, is wholly UK-owned by two billionaire brothers from Blackburn, Lancashire and an investment consortium. Walmart no longer has ownership - just a minority financial interest.

[@beasmith1]

Our food prices in the UK have risen by about 10% maybe a bit more, in the last year. So we're all pretty miffed about that at the moment lol x Yes, those trolleys are the usual trolleys in most supermarkets. Most Tescos are a bit smaller than that, & Tesco is like low-mid range price wise. Waitrose is dearer & places like the German Aldi's & Lidls are a teeny bit cheaper. A quid is a British pound. The prices with the yellow tickets are the Tesco clubcard prices. If you don't have a Clubcard, you pay the higher price. Most people will have a Clubcard which is like a savings vouchers scheme. You get so many points for every pound you spend. I save mine up all year & get vouchers valued about £70 by Christmas week, which pays for that weeks xmas food shopping x

[@abergreg]

"Aldi's & Lidls are a teeny bit cheaper"?? No, they are a LOT cheaper.

[@2eleven48]

Mate, I'm always charmed and rather touched by how you react to stuff here in the UK. Thank you. Robert, UK.

[@davegardner8338]

I’m always amazed at his lack of knowledge about anything (other than American stuff) ,his favourite phrase is ‘why haven’t I heard of that ‘!

[@2eleven48]

@@davegardner8338 ...If he hasn't heard of something before, it's because he hasn't heard of it before. What you do is progressively learn about things you didn't know before. D'uh. I'm puzzled. Why are you watching him if this is the only (crass and snooty) observation you can make? Do please bugger off elsewhere.

[@francesaggarwal22]

Thanks for the tip about phytates Steve. I am intolerant to milk and it makes me ill so I have oat milk on my cereal and in tea. I shall watch the amount I use now. So glad you found Hannah's videos. She started filming walking round London during our many long lockdowns, to entertain people and I've been a fan ever since of her chatty, friendly style. We tend to drink black tea, mainly made with teabags, usually with milk and yes most of us love baked beans. We all eat them in childhood and we love food we ate as children! We have big Tescos which are the supermarkets, and smaller local neighbourhood Tescos that stay open longer. We call them convenienvce stores. We do recycle our plastic trays and wrap, but we use far too much of it. Tesco is a regular supermarket in the UK, not a discounter. The Tesco outside London are cheaper.

[@nieldooley2906]

Hi Steve I grew up Knowing Tesco. When I was young there was one on our high street but in those days there were just small stores compared to what we have today. This was in Liverpool and know there are about two large ones about five minute or so from my home and we also have small convenience Tesco stores called Tesco Express. These tend to be a little more expensive than the larger stores. A quid is a slang term for a pound, as a buck is a dollar. There are 100 pennies to a pound and a pence is another term for a penny, so 10 pennies can be called 10 pence.

[@Cameron655]

Quick point of order: Ben & Jerry's may be an American brand, but it's almost entirely owned by Unilever, an Anglo-Dutch mega-corporation. Fun fact: everyone in my immediate family has worked for what is colloquially known as "the big blue U" (I grew up close to their factory, and worked in their research labs). And when I moved to London, I was working right next to Unilever House, which is a glorious Grade II listed building. There is no escape. 😀

[@Paul_W.E_Ingham]

That's the building just by Blackfriars Bridge, a great example of the Art Deco style (typical of the interwar period).

[@suestack2063]

Or go right to port sunlight...lever brothers original planned workers village. The lady lever gallery...the Taj Mahal of the north.

[@Cameron655]

@@suestack2063 The sundial and the sunken garden are pretty cool, too. And there's an Aldi on Bebington Road should you need some refreshments. My grandmother used to live on Bolton Road East, which now leads to a nature park built on a giant refuse pile which does methane reclamation. For a huge pile of garbage, it's actually rather nice.

[@richardcheese5839]

The bananas were 78 pence per kilogram. Around 2.2 pounds (lbs). So roughly 8 to 12 bananas depending on size.

[@123mrmicky1]

In regards to the Bean Aisle, there's various types of Beans. Baked Beans, Low Salt Baked Beans, Beans and Sausage, Spaghetti Hoops, Spaghetti Alphabet, Ravioli etc Other types of Beans like Black Beans, Kidney Beans etc are usually in a different Aisle

[@jackbackband7733]

The beans we have on toast are haricot beans in a sweetish tomato sauce that on the ingredients list you'll usually see they contain garlic and ginger too.

[@robynannesea]

Hi there, Tesco in the UK is a very middle-standard supermarket. Not the most expensive and not the cheapest, but in my opinion offers the best range of food at good quality. Tesco is found everywhere in the UK too. As you realised, this is a massive Tesco as it is London based, however in most parts, if not all parts of England we have three sizes of Tesco's. Regular Tesco, which is probably smaller than your Walmart over in the US, Tesco Express, which is the smallest Tesco, and offers a smaller selection of food and normally has petrol (gas) stations or is used as a place to quickly pop in if you run out of something, yet Tesco express from my experience is more expensive (only slightly but I have no idea why this is). And lastly, Tesco Extra, these are massive, but not as big as the shop shown in this video, they offer a large selection of food, and household essentials and have a clothing section and toy section. My nearest Tesco extra has a café inside, an opticians, a Tesco mobile (phone shop) and kitchen supplies. With a Petrol station outside, recycling station and car wash. it does not have a multi-storey car park (garage) but instead a very large car park. Also just to add all our shopping trollies look like the ones you saw in this video, yet each handlebar is different for each shop. Normally having the colour of the logo of the shop or the name written on the bar. The scan as you shop with Clubcard is the best part about Tesco, quick, easy, discounts and no need for interactions at checkout. You scan the screen at checkout, your shopping is transferred to the screen, and then you pay (card, cash, or contactless). Using scan as you shop allows you to put your shopping into bags as you go, meaning it is a lot quicker and more convenient. If you end up reading this, hopefully, a lot about Tesco is cleared up, thank you for showing a lot of passion for learning about the United Kingdom :)

[@johnchristmas7522]

All food outlets sited in garages are Franchises, privately run but supplied by the named company on the entrance. Usually are much more expensive because they rely on customers who have forgotten something or just cant be bothered to go the the main store.

[@TheIceMurder2]

Tesco's in London also come in three sizes. And the fact that you're so astounded by the size of the one in the video makes me laugh. There's a Tesco Extra in Ponders End (North London) that has two floors lol.

[@iainjones5002]

@@TheIceMurder2 Same as in Hull in East Yorkshire where at their city centre store, it too is ioer two floors

[@tenniskinsella7768]

No the best food os marks and fencers andcits not as dear as people think it has cheaper ranges

[@bwilson5401]

If you go to supermarkets at the right time,you'll sometimes get ridiculous reductions.I once got 10 ribeye steaks from Sainsburys(similar to Tesco)for £8. They went straight into the freezer. And most plastic is recycled in the UK. But the great thing about our high streets is that the Supermarkets are close together,so if you've got the time,you can pick up a mixture of bargains.

[@KC-gy5xw]

I wish I could get that, I LOVE a ribeye!!

[@andrewpinks4925]

The store she was in was a larger store (Tesco has 3 or 4 different store sizes ranging from small Tesco Express and Tesco Metro for small convenience shopping, regular full size stores for weekly shopping Tesco Sperstore and the biggest stores that carry more grocery lines and other products Tesco Extra). Most towns in UK will have at least a Superstore, Most Cities will have a mix of Superstores, Extras and Metros or Express. In the city I live in (350,000) we have 2 Extras, 2 Superstores, and a few express/metro stores. In addition we have a Costco and 5 or 6 other supermarket chains.

[@khanm78]

the scanner you saw at the start is becoming more common in supermarkets, you scan as you go and pay at the end, cash or card. as for the trolly we have 2 types in the supermarkets, the smaller shallow type as in what Hannah use and a deeper "big shop" trolly we also have hand held baskets and wheeled baskets and a variaty for mobility aid users. the bottom right price is the cost. 3.5lb jurk chicken for £5.30 / $6.64

[@leighnisbett9691]

The repackaged food has the same ingredients that you would use in your home if you were cooking from basic including seasoning .

[@RTGrain]

Outside of Major cities many of the big supermarkets like Tescos will be sharing a parking lot much like US malls and can be often adjoining Sainsurys, Asda (Walmart) and other large chains. Tesco also have local convenience stores often converted from large pubs which have fair sized car parks and often compete with other supermarket chains and are often busy all day

[@simonmetcalfe5926]

Our Tesco in Burnley, Lancashire, is massive. We're up in the North West.

[@NJG_76]

Stores here in the UK are extremely competitive when it comes to prices especially as most are literally a few miles apart and if you're not prepared to match or better the next store customers will just go elsewhere. Stores like Tesco and Sainsbury's now try to match the discount stores to try and prevent customers going to them instead

[@IncubiAkster]

Miles? Try metres apart unless you live in the middle of nowhere. Tesco, Aldi, Lidl, Iceland right next to each other here, and that isnt even int he city centre. Ofc in the city centre theres dozens to hundreds within half a mile depending on size of city.

[@NJG_76]

@@IncubiAkster tbh I could have put inches or even that some literally sit on top of each other they're that close

[@thescottishguy6025]

For future reference a quid is a pound, its just a slang term. Great video

[@angelaregan475]

Tesco have just been named the most expensive supermarket.

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

*STEVE* 1/ 100 pence per £ pound 2/ A dollar is roughly equivalent to 80p .... £4 is approximately $5 3/ The plastic is not really a problem because we all have large wheelie bins outside, 2 per household, one for rubbish and one for recycling (plastic, cardboard, glass) plus most of the things packaged in plastics or cardboard are made with recycled materials anyway. 4/ Tesco is the biggest supermarket chain in the UK. They have many different sized stores, from Tesco express which are kind of like a gas station store sized, to a supermarket which is generally a good size, or Tesco's extra which are much bigger and have a full range. (Including electrical gadgets, clothing, kitchenware, bedding, etc) 5/ Prepackaged food has to adhere to the same laws. Including ingredients! So no, snack foods are not crap foods. Obviously any processed food has some preservatives, but snacky foods like those still have to be made with the same laws in place. 6/ Tesco's is not a "budget" store, but it is great prices. Most stores in the UK do "price match" meaning that your staple shopping items cost the same across supermarkets. I normally order online and get it delivered for about £3. Tesco's is my number one choice. All supermarkets are the same pretty much. You won't learn much more by seeing a different store franchise really. 7/ We use supermarket, not grocery store. 8/ If it's 50p we say that as "fifty pee".....the pee is pence but we rarely say pence. 9/ If it's £1.50p.... we'd say "one pound fifty" or just "one fifty"...we don't generally mention the pence unless it's less than a pound. 10/ A quid is a pound. 11/ Yes 5x in-store bakery fresh bake cookies are a quid! 😁 Love the white chocolate chip ones! 12/ Herbal teas are extremely popular, but when talking about the quintessential British love of tea, that refers to black tea, or yes, what you'd call breakfast tea. People do still buy loose tea and make tea in a teapot, but most people grab teabags because then you can brew one mug at a time. Black tea is drunk with milk. (and sugar if people want sugar) 13/ Yep all those prices are exactly normal to us, and a lot of the things she picked up were more luxury I guess you could say, even though to you they were cheap. 14/ Yes all stores are always clean and food is hygienically packed. Fresh fruit and veg is also sold loose, but remember a lot of the things she picked up in plastic packaging they have to be packaged that way under the law. Things like hand prepped food or made sandwiches for example, have been produced by other people having direct contact with the ingredients, so hygiene is stringent. Plus meats can cross contaminate with the blood etc so packaging has to reflect those hygiene risks by law. 15/ Aside from obvious things like bananas or kiwi fruits or rice etc, everything in store is produced right here. Grown, picked, pickled, prepped, raised or harvested right here in Britain. Some may come from mainland Europe as well, especially things like cheeses or salamis etc, but France is only half an hour train ride from England, so even produce from Europe can reach us the same day it's picked and packed. Probably a lot quicker than you'd get things in store from 10 states away! 16/ Hurry up and save, do sponsorships, get monetised, whatever it takes so you can get your family over here! But be warned.... we'll probably keep you hostage here! 😜 You won't want to go back! 😍😍😍

[@Gambit771]

17/ We say 'shops', not 'stores'.

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

@@Gambit771 good point! 😁

[@pureholy]

Across the board UK grocery prices are generally cheaper, sometimes the difference is huge. I have have shopped in a lot of different US supermarkets, I have never noticed them to be dirty. In general the American aisles are narrower and music is more common. We called shopping carts trolleys and they come in 2 sizes (or more accurately 2 depths) she was using the smaller one, there are also special ones. At some supermarkets you have to put a coin in to release a trolly which you get back when you return the trolly. This is to stop people ‘borrowing’ them.