Mark from the States Reacts To Americans First Time Visit to Marks & Spencer

[@alisonrandall3039]

The city they are walking in is Chester. Originally a Roman fort and settlement. You can tell that by the clock has only 3 sides. There is no clock face on the Welsh side. The Welsh border is not very far away. Thus supposedly where you get the saying to not give you the time of day.

[@ghughesarch]

Except that the side facing Wales does have a working clock face

[@johnnybeer3770]

Pork pies are eaten cold Mark , with English mustard or Branston pickle .🇬🇧

[@louisemiller3784]

Pork pie,cold with colmans mustard

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Oooh that sounds good

[@kingspeechless1607]

The golden rule of going shopping to an M&S food hall is; don't go in when you are hungry! You won't be able to carry all the stuff that takes your fancy! Eat your pork pie at room temperature with some good pickles; I like a chunky picalilli (it's a traditional vegetable and mustard pickle).

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Good to know!

[@acommentator4452]

yes the traditional pork pie is already cooked, and is eaten cold, like in a pic-nic.

[@kingspeechless1607]

You have really got to have some onion gravy with the toad in the hole and some veg. You don't just eat it on it's own, it's part of a whole main course.

[@acommentator4452]

one definition of rich people is that they use M&S for their everyday shopping, without thinking about it, or worrying about the price.

[@davidcollins1154]

Toad in the hole deffo needs gravy with it.

[@odin741]

2 things America's lacking- Extra Matured Cheddar and Branston Pickles!!

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Oh there are plenty more things LOL

[@odin741]

@@MarkfromtheStates I know. I was being polite lol

[@keithorbell8946]

Marks & Spencer is a relatively high end Department Store (although they only sell own-brand clothes) that started as “Marks’ Penny Bazaar”, a market stall in Leeds in the 19th Century. At one time (1980’s and ‘90’s) it was famous as being the shop where most of us Brits bought our underwear 😁

[@robhallam8047]

Never heat up a pork pie!!! Eat chilled with brown sauce (HP) or Branston Pickle/Piccalilli. However, if you're lucky enough to find a butcher/baker who makes pork pies on site and you get there early, you can get a freshly baked pie where the filling is still warm with the jelly still melting.....epic in every way!!

[@kingspeechless1607]

NOT BROWN SAUCE! That's completely WRONG. You should have some good traditional pickle.

[@odin741]

@@kingspeechless1607 Now you're talking lol

[@barryhumphries4514]

I like my pork pies with salad cream!

[@Stevesixty7]

I can remember being in a Woolworths with my mum, I was only about 9 years old, and I went to get a packet of crisps, (the Woolies we went to used to just put open boxes on the shelf) and I found a folded up ten pound note in there which went straight in my pocket. I showed it to my mum, she couldn't believe it, but let me spend it. That was a good day, I spent it in store on toys 😂 I'll never forget that. I'm 56 now lol.

[@martinalloway6980]

Yes pork pies are eaten cold. This always seems to be a surprise to Americans. Pork pies are a hunting pie. Developed in the 17thC they are designed to be packed in your saddle bag and still be in one piece when you have lunch. The crust is hard but delicious. The pork filling is lightly spiced.

[@Hannah.Walker]

I loved Woolworths. My nan left in one once when I was about 6, she got home and then remember I was suppose to be with her 😂 I was having fun, I would of stayed there 😁

[@MarkfromtheStates]

LOL

[@seanbarker4610]

Goose fat is for Roasting Potatoes!

[@MarkfromtheStates]

I don't mind goose fat to cook just don't tell me it's being cooked with it lol

[@artemisfowl66]

It's stable at high temperatures which is whyvit is excellent for roasting potatoes

[@rawschri]

The ready-meals are very useful for elderly folk, particularly widows who don't want to go to the trouble of cooking all the ingredients just for themselves. Certainly, both my mother and mother-in-law ( both in their late 80's ) enjoy them, as they can enjoy a quality meal with a minimum of fuss. It can be hard for them to cook, with all their memories of cooking for husbands, and children etc flooding back. M&S food is usually of the highest quality ... and are usually higher priced than a normal supermarket !!

[@mariahoulihan9483]

I get your meaning but 'particulary widows?' lol lol lol.. sorry.. I know that is your oint of reference. leaves out trhose who live alone in general.. sex not an issued. lol. marital status not relevant. lol.

[@nickgrazier3373]

What they didn’t mention was the special deal shown on the price bar, 3 for £8.00. That is not for out of date food but that specific selection it’s a brilliant bargain when I first saw this I had to ask the helper to make sure I had seen correctly!!

[@peterfhere9461]

Just to say in case you were puzzled by the Sainsbury's bag.... In the UK shops are no longer allowed to supply free plastic bags, and the only bags now readily available are more expensive re-usable bags. Hence, shoppers invariably take a supply of plastic or re-usable bags with them to the supermarket - hence the Sainsbury's bag from the couple's last shop! You'll be interested to know that cashiers sit down at the checkout tills, and you are expected to pack your own bags. Many supermarkets now have self check out - you scan the items yourself at a special till then pay for the items. Many also have systems where you take your trolley and bags with you round the shop, scan the items on a hand held scanner or your own phone, and put them directly into your own bags. You then pay on exit. Random checks are done to make sure everything has been scanned.

[@simonhawksley817]

Toad with neeps and roast tatties, and onion gravy! That is the business! (my wife says I should translate, neeps are mashed swede and carrots , and roasted potatoes, that's what the duck or goose fat are for.)

[@MarkfromtheStates]

lol

[@helenwood8482]

Toad in the hole without gravy would be terrible.

[@johnchristmas7522]

Have to add to these "young pups" that food servings in the UK as the rest of Europe are smaller than the gargantuan American servings, plus the food is of far greater quality. M&S food in particular. So we dont need huge servings to satisfy our stomachs. The other thing here is that we a very cosmopolitan, so you will see foods here for Indian, Chinese,German,French,Italian etc. Streaky Bacon (American Bacon) is pig belly, British Bacon is called Back Bacon because it comes from the back of the pig. Much more meat.Percy Pig was aimed at children, but hey, if you like them good luck. Oh as to Marmite, its quite a strong savoury paste, so when you first try it, a little is best. As the ads say, you either love it or hate it! It might taste strange, remember we dont add tons of sugar and Marmite has none.

[@valeriedavidson2785]

Marks & Spencer started in the UK about 150 years ago.

[@Nkana1953]

Most UK stores M&S, Waitrose, Tesco, Asda, Morrisons etc. do sell ready meals and most have fresh bread & in store bakeries. Some like Tesco do a meal deal which includes a choice of sandwiches, a drink and or a sweet or desert. I think that looks likr the city of Chester in Cheshire in NW of England. Beautiful city.

[@jillybrooke29]

Its Chester. We have many supermarkets for all different classes of people and plenty of cheaper food etc in the sales in each store... its the same in every town and city.

[@peterfhere9461]

M&S/Marks and Spencer are always considered to be the most up market and hence more expensive of the supermarkets in the UK. Yes, some of the bakery products are cooked on site - you can see the range of ovens behind the products in some of the clips.

[@amandamiller304]

yes they have in store bakery in m& s my friend works in the one in dundee

[@MarkfromtheStates]

So cool. My local markets have bakerys as well it's just they don't sell pants too lol 😆

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Toad in the hole is the main part of the meal, but you have it with vegetables, potatoes and most definitely gravy. Onion, gravy, preferably.

[@revbenf6870]

Marks and Spencers is an established British institution. You can have very large stores that have clothing, homewares, furniture and possibly a food hall. You can also have smaller ones that just do clothing or food. Depends on the location. I occasionally drop into an M and S Food for slightly nicer stuff or better wines if I feel like a change or for special occasions. This one looks like it was in Chester. Duck and goose fat make the best crispy roast potatoes.⁸

[@WookieWarriorz]

We have bakeries everywhere in the uk this marks and spensers one is tiny compared to other supermarkets, lidl has a massive fresh bakery section in every store. You can get fresh croissants and donuts for like £0.35

[@101steel4]

Toad in the hole with onion gravy 😘

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Oh yes!

[@ianprince1698]

as they say, it's not just food its'M&S food

[@Chris_GY1]

They are in Chester I enjoy visiting the city.

[@wrd777]

Pork pies should always be eaten cold! They were originally made for travellers on stage coaches, to eat on the move. Melton Mowbury is associated with them because it was a very busy coaching stop on the Great North Road.

[@weedle30]

😳😳 noooo….. you don’t heat a Pork Pie up!!! 🤯🤯🤯 you eat them cold with a salad or some pickle/chutney etc!n Deffo it’s “cold comfort” treat!

[@stevefreeman3474]

When you see an offer eg 3 for £8.00 that applies to any combination of what you see for choice on that section ,not just three of the same item

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Nice thank you

[@kingspeechless1607]

The buildings by the Marks and Spencer definitely make me think that Chester is the city. It's another place well worth visiting and demonstrates how very old buildings can still be incorporated in a town centre. It was founded in the 1st century AD as a Roman fort, in fact the name stems from the Roman terms for fort and is the origin of place names like Manchester, Silchester, Bicester, Leicester and many others.

[@russcattell955i]

Yes Chester was the city.

[@acommentator4452]

doesn't chester mean camp, ie a military base.

[@malsm8892]

We had Woolworths but they all closed about twenty years. Harod's and Fortnem and Mason are the real top end shipping

[@kathleenwincott5581]

Most full size supermarkets in U.K. have in store bakeries and often butchers and fish stalls

[@sjbict]

Only Morrisons where I live. The others don't ,Tesco got rid of theirs pre covid

[@101steel4]

@@sjbict my Tesco still have them. So do the others.

[@sjbict]

@@101steel4 well aren't you the lucky one.

[@101steel4]

@@sjbict no, it seems you're the unlucky one 😉

[@lyndapet1]

All supermarkets have fresh bake in store breads and cakes .

[@trevjen1000]

Pork pie is eaten cold.

[@daviddouglas6610]

Yes if heated the jelly would turn to liquid and drip

[@RogersRamblings]

Some people like them warm.

[@malsm8892]

The Melton Moberry Pork pies are eaten cold as are Gala pies and all other pork pies, sausage rolls can generally be eaten hot or cold.

[@Peterraymond67]

Hello Mark. We used to have a Woolworths (Woolies) in every town. It used to be a marker, an ex-girlfriend of mine was doing Geology/Geography and we went touring Somerset. One of their “tools” for gauging the size of a community was if it had a Woolworths. The larger stores had a cafeteria and offered cheap and good meals. Our store on Queen Street in Cardiff had a basement with mainly household goods and ironmongery, great range of cheap tools, screws, nails, hinges etc. The ground floor was general merchandise, the upper floor had the cafeteria. Unfortunately Woolworths shut down in the UK in the 80’s. In Cardiff there are 4 M&S stores, it’s main one is on Queen Street, the capital’s main shopping street, a smaller store in a western suburb, a food only store in a northern suburb and a really big out of town store to the west. The out of town store has a café, bistro, a waitress service restaurant and two floors of main shopping goods, a bank and finance section offering full banking and foreign exchange. I live in South Wales about 12 miles from Cardiff in a community of 5 villages getting closer to each other. We have a M&S, a smallish one but sells a range of all the goods the larger ones have, but we have a small food hall. Very handy, I share a back garden fence with the shop and a few of their shop neighbours. It’s not the cheapest food shop but their quality is top notch. A small instore bakery, baking partially baked loaves finishing them off. Great range of sandwiches, snacks, cakes and sodas for a lunch on the go. Free-range spaghetti About 50 years ago the BBC’s most famous programme voice, David Dimbleby, made a programme about an Italian spaghetti harvest. Italian farmers from spaghetti trees. At the time spaghetti in the UK was something you had on a summer holiday if you were wealthy enough to travel there. This programme was broadcast on April 1st, not many took notice of the date! You were brought up that the BBC was trusted.

[@esselleanderic]

Woolies shut down in 2008, not the 80s, so was around until relatively recently

[@leonardburgess8527]

Toad in the hole needs gravy and always open crisps, chips upside down...

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Yum

[@maxmoore9955]

Pork Pies are eaten cold at a picnic for an example.

[@coot1925]

Woolworths were very popular over here until they got their sums wrong. Almost one in every town. In fact my dad bought me my first drum kit from Woolworths in Ruislip when I was 8. ✌🇬🇧❤

[@101steel4]

Love M&S, great food but pricey. Well worth it though.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Nice

[@chixma7011]

‘Jeremy has now found the alcohol…’ 🤣🤣🤣

[@carltaylor6452]

Toad in the hole - best served with thick onion gravy. 😋

[@da90sReAlvloc]

I still shop at m&s its a great shop Good video mark

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Thanks 👍 all the credit goes to Magic Geekdom

[@mervinmannas7671]

Go into a M&S with a shopping plan. I'm telling you mate it would go out the door in 5 mins or less. M&S is the place to go when you think bugger it, i'm going to treat myself. i get vouchers occasionally at work if job well done or get nominated and normally say £25. I will always convert them to M&S vouchers so I can indulge. The Christmas special stuff is off the scale indulgent. One year my husband and I were supposed to go to my parents for Christmas so didnt really bother getting a load of food. We both went down with mega colds and didnt want to ruin other peoples christmas by spreading it so stayed home. Despite feeling crap we needed to eat so on Christmas Eva i did a trolly dash round M&S. A lot was discounted due last day of sale. I have never eaten so well for a whole week except on a cruise.

[@rayjennings3637]

You can't beat the M&S 'Slow Cooked range!

[@teejai5291]

It's between M&S and Waitrose as to which is the best food supermarket, for sure

[@markthomas2577]

Pork Pies are eaten cold ! ... they'e already cooked, I don't know anyone who heats them up

[@martinalloway6980]

In store bakeries are quite common in UK supermarkets

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Same here but ours won't sell trousers as well. LOL

[@charlieyerrell9146]

Mark if you get a chance to get a quality pork pie grab it and try it. Melton morbray is an area of the uk where some of the best pies are made.

[@TerenceDixon-l6b]

Goose fat is best used for roast potatoes. Bread for sandwiches would be lightly buttered in the UK, not lathered on like Mayonnaise.

[@jeffthomas2364]

Ah mark I love M&S. it’s slightly more expensive than the other high street stores but they do have some really nice bits in there.

[@sarahmoss4224]

I dont eat ready meals myself as such but my son eats different hours to us so I buy ready meals in for him and I cook fresh for us so we're all happy and he can eat anytime he needs to.I only buy the finest quality ones and I tend to buy them from Tesco as we find the finest range nicer than M&S.I know alot of our food is pretty high quality , fresh pasta is available at any supermarket as is freshly baked sourdough , seeded and other speciality breads and pastries You can get freshly made everything in nearly every major supermarket in the UK except the cheaper end Aldi .We are spoilt for choice really.I do a weeks shopping for 3 adults and 2 cats for approx £100 a week and that includes 8 cans of larger for my husband. Most supermarkets have caught up with M&S and in some cases have over taken them.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Thanks this was great

[@FTFLCY]

Pork pies are never heated. Always cold, preferably room temp.

[@malsm8892]

The town looked like the City of Chester because of the Clock over the Gate arch over the road

[@katydaniels508]

At my house M&S food is exclusively for garden parties in the summer and special occasions 😮❤ (I have to save up for it)

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Noted. It does look to good to be cheap

[@mairiconnell6282]

I have a big M&S store close to me. They have the most amazing dine special offers. The quality is very high indeed. For £15 one can get a mains, side, dessert and a bottle of wine. That lasted me about four days as I live alone. I adore M&S food. I love their Japanese, Korean, Indian and Chinese food. the pork pie should be eaten cold, perhaps other meats, such as slices of ham and turkey, pickles too also a selection of cheeses with crusty bread and butter and a glass of Port or red wine. Ideal for picnics. Paella is a Spanish dish soooo good. Food inflation is very high at the moment here in the UK. The best food is in the farmers markets, most towns have one. I think because we are very linked to Europe that our cuisine reflects that. Paella, Gruyere cheese. In fact we have hundreds of British cheeses plus European. My son was in America and went to a restaurant, not high end but asked for non-processed cheese. Like a blue or matured cheese. He said mum, I could have had two heads. Not being disrespectful to America. Once again Europe is a feast, plus we are so multicultural in a small island that all foods and nationalities are represented in the UK. I had the same experience when I visited New York.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Ya I can believe it. That does sound like a great deal tho

[@mariahoulihan9483]

worst m and s I used to go in was the one in victoria Station in London. SO PACKED you could hardly move.. all those pasengers coming and going.. you entered in the evening rush hour at your absolute peril.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

LOL

[@lulusbackintown1478]

I love Fish pie but have given up making my own as the M & S fish pie is so good and I would be hard pushed to make my own much cheaper. A friend of mine works for a food company who supply M&S and if there is the minutest thing wrong the delivery will be rejected. A lot of the ready meals only have the ingredients you would put in them if you were making them yourself. I cook from scratch most of the time but will have a ready meal from M&S or Waitrose. Both more expensive than other supermarkets but very good quality. As I'm now an older singleton I dont eat as much so its important what I do eat is best quality I can afford.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Awesome thank you

[@helenwood8482]

I work in an in-store bakery in a different shop. The customers love being able to buy fresh-baked bread, cakes and cookies.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

My store has a bakery as well just not clothes and furnishings. Lol

[@helenwood8482]

We have a friend who often gives us M&S gift cards. We get some lovely food there, including a very nice layered prawn salad.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

That is awesome!

[@sarahmoss4224]

You need veg , mash and onion gravy with that tiad in hole...and goose/duck fat is used to traditionally cook roast potatoes in , it makes them really tasty and crispy. Percy pigs are made from natural stuff not false flavours.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Thank you Sarah

[@alicedell8595]

OMG - Old Peculier (sp) ale is the BEST!

[@daneelolivaw602]

When looking at the Vegetarian Section that lovely lady mentioned Morningstar when she saw the bacon, that veggie bacon is nowhere near as good as the morningstar bacon, we used to be able to buy it in the UK, but for some reason they are not able to sell their bacon here anymore. that's a shame because it really is good.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Oh bummer

[@stevefreeman3474]

Try the M ans S Jam Doughnut's just watch out for amount of Jam they contain ,Soo Good

[@valeriedavidson2785]

Normally Toad in the hole would be served with mashed potatoes, vegetables and gravy.

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

I love M & S food, but am selective in what I buy. Their chicken pakoras are lovely if you like spicy food. I put them un a wrap with salad and kimchi. I usually buy them on the last day when they are half price, and freeze them to use when required after thawing overnight in the fridge. A lot of gorgeous packaged chocolates and lit up musical prosecco in bottles are available.I love the store, and always spoil my extended family at Xmas. Our store is cheaper than London, as we are in the East Midlands. Yes, yes, serve Toad in the hole with gravy. It's too dry without a good beef gravy. The old peculiar beef & ale pie is spectacular, (with more gravy).

[@jacquelinepearson2288]

I only ever plan my grocery shopping when I go into my usual supermarket. M&S food is more of a place to browse, and if I see something a bit different and treat myself, but I could never afford a full grocery shop. They used to do really good value meal deals for 2 people, which cost £10 about 3 years ago and would include a main dish, side dish, dessert, and a bottle of wine! Of course the price has gone up now, and the only meal deals I have seen more recently did not include the wine. It's great to buy reduced items if I happen to come across them.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

good to know

[@acommentator4452]

by the way, a food hall in a dept store or chain store is where retail food items are sold, esp delicacies. it is not usually a catering outlet, that would be called a cafe/restaurant

[@MrsMillwall]

You have gravy mash maybe and some veg with the Toad In The Hole.

[@markparsons5497]

gravy on toad in the hole

[@MattJMcDade]

Toad in the hole must be served with gravy, as we know, otherwise it's too dry!

[@claregale9011]

Hi Mark , I always pop into M&S if out shopping in a local town just pick up a nice dinner as a treat as its not the sort of place you would shop at weekly . ( not me anyway 😊) .

[@pabmusic1]

They are in Chester.

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

I was in this exact shop in Chester yesterday. I got some great PJ'S and then hit the food hall, i filled 1 and a 1/2 trollies of xmas and normal amazingness. I also found a great xmas gift for my brother, a huge heavy box with a huge sorano ham and the wooden stand, they will send it directly to him. The bigger shops also do fantastic furniture and anything for the house. Selfriges food hall is my fave in London but Partrages in Sloan square is the best. Goose fat on roast potatoes and parsnipds are fantastic. I got that prawn pasta its one of my fav. Pork pie is cold if you heat it the jelly will melt, yuk. I was looking for Scollop St Jac, omg they are half mini solop shels with a scolop and light cheese sause you put in the oven they are amazing but they had none. So funny you shouting NO and hearing a American saying there is too much choice.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Lol I would go broke. I need and I mean I NEED to visit one of these

[@gabbymcclymont3563]

Come to Chester and i will show you around, via great pubs and one odd one. I only shop twice a year normaly, last time my bank stopped my card, i got it restarted, they were not used to me being out and about.@@MarkfromtheStates

[@doobiedootwo3517]

Nooo not brown sauce on toad in the hole - needs loads of gravy and white pepper and ( my preference apple sauce)

[@corringhamdepot4434]

Now I am retired I am trying to adjust to the modern trend in the UK for people to buy pre-prepared meals. Apart from frozen and chilled complete meals, my local supermarket sells all the "makings" chilled. So you can to put together your own family meal. Like a meat dish tray, ready made mashed potatoes and prepared vegetables. Plus a tub of gravy, or sauce. My mother would be spinning.... PS: Try putting a smear of Marmite on your cheddar cheese sandwich. 🙂👍

[@grahamstubbs4962]

M&S is definitely the up-market choice. Luckily there's not one anywhere near me, I'd be bankrupt.

[@LindaRolph-e6g]

Don't heat a pork pie, just eat it cold

[@bakertelboy]

Hi Mark 🇬🇧🇺🇸 you are really going to love your visit to the U.K. hopefully in 2024 or 2025 after your son’s visit. We enjoy comparing life in the states and here in the U.K. and although our countries are very much aligned- we still have some big differences. Can you publish your PO Box details and we will send you some British goodies to try ( and we remember you love Terrys Chocolate Oranges 😂 - best wishes as always - Terry & Sylvia Peterborough uk

[@MarkfromtheStates]

The address is in the description of every video. Terry, while not expected, I will cherish whatever you send.

[@aallan646]

The " not " chicken Was in the vegetarian Isle. Not the part of the store I see or shop in 😅 real chicken always for me .

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Yes

[@tonycasey3183]

My strategy for shopping at M&S is to only buy the reduced items. Firstly, their reductions are usually very good value but mainly I get to try stuff I wouldn't ordinarily buy. I can say that their plant-based not chicken tenders are actually really, really tasty and I will never not get them if they have been reduced. Toad in the hole without a ton of onion gravy is anathema to me! Pork pie I would normally eat cold and only have warm if it was floating in a bowl of mushy peas and mint sauce.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Now that sounds like a plan

[@kingspeechless1607]

In my M&S the reductions are nothing like they used to be before lockdown and the inflation we are all up against. I used to get great bargains but not now.

[@zee2012]

😁Hi Mark 📢 It's CHESTER ..😁😉😅

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Thank you my friend

[@davidfenn4444]

M+S is an upmarket supermarket.

[@danielferguson3784]

Mark. Yes Marks & Spencer's is not a place you would go for your regular shop, as it's considerably higher in price than say a supermarket like Sainsbury's. The ready meals seen here look about £6 each, whereas at Sainsbury's it would be around £3 (though they do have a higher priced range too). This pair didn't get into the real Christmas goodies yet, except for the Percy Pig stuff. There has certainly been rapid inflation here in the UK over the last couple of years, with many food items rising by 20p, 50p at a time. For instance the dry dog meal I buy for my puppies has risen from around £3 for 2.5 kg to £8.30 over 2 years. This is maybe a special case, as many cereals have likewise risen. Yorkshire pudding needs a good beef stock gravy. Percy pig sweets are made for small children's tastes, not adults. Yes, one needs a plan or you could spend a fortune. M & S stores vary in different towns, some being full stores like this one, but others are just smaller food shops, others clothes only. One would need to keep a Kara on a tight leash, or go broke, he he. I've been there. Ladies like to shop.

[@jpw6893]

M&S have been found to be cheaper than Aldi on a few items. Strange world

[@Steve-gc5nt]

Baked Beans and soup are nice and incredibly good value.

[@patriciacrangle8244]

I do my weekly shop there are quite a few items cheaper than other stores Percy pigs are for all ages they made from fruit juices all their food eg their meat can be sourced right back to the farms I am a M&S fan

[@corringhamdepot4434]

I have tried a few vegetarian meat substitutes when my local supermarket has heavily marked down the prices. I find them very "hit and miss". Some are OK, and others are like eating rubber.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Nope not for me even if they were free

[@chuckshc376]

pork pies best cold

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Got it. Eat them cold

[@malcomflibbleghast8140]

chester....where i went to uni ......we once handcuffed a naked rugby player(student) to that clock at 2am :) he was irish tho so its ok...it was his 21st birthday.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Oh man

[@mariahoulihan9483]

one thing which struck me was the young lady baulked at the price of a main meal.. yet filled the basket with sweets and was planning on finding a Colin the Catepillar cake.. hmm.. odd. or as they keep saying WEIRD. i do wish people from the USA would stop saying WEIRD or CRAZY for unusal/out of the ordinary. lol.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

LOL that's never gonna happen. How about "wild"...I say that one...heck I use all of them

[@paulbromley6687]

You should try Old peculiar beer it is absolutely the best beet it’s a stout

[@MarkfromtheStates]

I'm willing

[@dazza9326]

I'm not sure if these two live in the UK, they seem to be in Britain quite a lot. Marks and Sparks is more of the high end of shopping.

[@no-oneinparticular7264]

No, they live in the USA, but do a lot of European travel vlogs.

[@frankdoyle9066]

Mark that was Chester in the North West.

[@Shoomer88]

Not sure how true it is these days but "Mark's" (as it's known) has a reputation for comfortable, good quality underwear.

[@JJ-of1ir]

Hi Mark.

[@MarkfromtheStates]

Hello JJ

[@louisemiller3784]

I must say, I don’t agree any more that M and S is always more pricey. These days I’ve seen items in Asda that are dearer than M n S

[@beverleyringe7014]

I think you would have known if the Cadburys you bought in Spain was British, because USA have a different recipe to us in England, The British version is a lot better, as Hershey’s makes cadburys over usa, ( enough said about the horrible Hershsys)

[@frankdoyle9066]

Mark!!! So with you about putting back all the ridiculous non meat foot. In the name of God!!!!!

[@DGLUK1]

How could they eat toad in the hole without onion gravy? Any gravy, in fact.