British Couple Reacts to The average cost of Groceries in Britain vs America "ITS THAT EXPENSIVE??!"
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You cannot do "average price of groceries in the US" because food prices really differ depending on where you are, and what type of supermarket you shop in. So the only thing you're learning is the cost of groceries in whatever supermarket in New Jersey he shopped at. Also, he is using prices from a supermarket in New Jersey, so right away, that's going to be on the high end because the cost of living in New Jersey is probably higher than many other states. Nice idea in theory, but it doesn't really work.
I've watched Evans' channel, he has a extreme pro British bias, which is fine but most of his "America" is limited to the New Jersey area.
I live in PA and I just bought a loaf of bread yesterday.. $1.69 at Price Chopper. This guy is nuts.
He also picked the most expensive out of whack priced store in NJ called Acme.
Also the US has a higher average income than the UK as well so even then it still would be skewed
@@dre27321The pound, even now, is worth more than the dollar, so I don't know why people make this kind of comment.
While he was making his presentation, I did a Walmart search online. I picked Walmart because it is one of the few stores that serve the whole country. I could have found even cheaper prices at discount grocery stores but it would be too difficult to research quickly.
Results: bread - $1.00
onions - $2.86/3 lbs
raisins - $3.78/2 lbs
ground beef - $3.84/1 lb
chicken breast - $3.24/1 lb
oatmeal - $5.68/42 oz oatmeal is high, but his one kilo box has about 35oz
His prices were too high and I think that was on purpose.
I agree, his pricing is way off.
yes he did it on purpose
@@Chris_oak80 : The purpose being?
@@jstrahan2 Sensationalism.
Like I’ve said, I don’t trust this guy. Every video I’ve seen from him has not been a fair comparison.
Millie is right, he's comparing store brands to national brands and they don't add up. National brands here in the US, are always higher. For instance I can get a store brand can of green beans for $.50. The name/national brand is $1.89 at some stores and $1 at others. Same can.
I’ve only seen this guy’s videos in reactions from the usual community of UK reactors (James & Millie, Kabir, etc), but he seems to do this sort of thing a lot.
He definitely seems to have an angle of trying to shock people about how much “worse” the US is than Britain. Not *lying*, but he takes like the worst examples from the US and compares them to the best ones from the UK and frames it as apples to apples.
Millie's not right because store brands can't be compared due to store brands only existing in each individual store brand. Can't really compare store brand Tesco food with store brand Shop-right since neither store sells the other's product and the quality is naturally going to vary.
Finding exceptions and anecdotal evidence is not the same as data, which is what the video collected.
If you genuinely thought you could do a better comparison more or less every significant grocery store's pricing is all freely available online. You can use his chart and populate it differently. Or you can find personal exceptions like here and try to use that in lieu of actual data.
Yup. Like, I just got back from shopping and the store brand bread I bought was $1.25. The national brands that I don't buy are $3 to $4 a loaf.
@@xyex Tesco's store brand bread goes for L1.20 per loaf, which is around $1.50. I'm not sure why you'd opt for an anecdote about your very personal and specific price for bread rather than just go to the Tesco or whatever website and look up pricing. Both American and British grocery stores offer it.
@@nochannel1q2321 Except I wasn't fucking talking about Tesco, so Tesco's prices are fucking irrelevant. If you don't understand the fucking conversation stay the fuck out of it.
I am happy Millie caught the brand differences. She is right, the nationwide, not store brand is usually always higher.
Yeah. So how much do you think Shop-rite charges for Tesco raisins?
@@nochannel1q2321 The point, as you know, is that she is suggesting a better comparison is the “Shop-rite” brand raisins with the Tesco brand. Not Sunkist raisins vs. a store brand anywhere.
This guy needs to find another store, I buy food every week and our prices here in North Texas are a hell of a lot cheaper than what he is buying
This might just be an old video too. The high inflation rates have made a difference on Groceries.
He's using New Jersey prices. Also, he's comparing no-brand UK items to original brand U.S. items. The whole video is off really
H.E.B or Walmart.Super cheap.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld It's not an old video.
Yeah, this dude must have not lived in the U.S. for decades cuz I live in So. Cal & never heard of ACME except only in cartoons. haha Heard of SHoprites but don't have them here, I think only in the northeast. As for national supermarkets in both the west & east there's Kroger (under different name in the west), Aldi, Walmart, Target, Whole Foods just to name a few. You can buy Kroger bread for .99 cents or $1.50 or buy more expensive breads up to 8 dollars.
It would be interesting to compare Aldi UK vs Aldi US directly.
I agree. That is a comparison that can be done store to store.
Aldi has a lot of great items to choose from. I think that would be a great comparison.
They just built an Aldi by us.
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Aldi has two different stores and they are owned by brothers, In the UK, they have Aldi Sud, where in the US, it is Aldi North
@@marydavis5234 All the stores in the U.S. using the name Aldi are Aldi Sud. In the US, Aldi Nord is actually Trader Joe's.
I agree. You can't compare name brands like SunMaid with store brand. Store brands are available here (US) and much cheaper
i can raisen at target, walmart, a small boxes of six under $1
I have never paid those prices anywhere in the states and I wouldn't. I think more research could have been done by Evan on this one.
I totally agree! I kept thinkin..."where is he shopping in the US?"
You mean beyond checking the prices? Because if you check the prices...you get the prices.
It doesn't take inflation into account either. Old video.
@@runrafarunthebestintheworld Inflation isn't localized to the US or UK individually.
I think he's getting prices from Whole foods, I've never seen prices like this, unless you buy certified organic which doubles or triples the price. Evan apparanty has limited experience with anything outside of New Jersey.
I'm surprised he didn't use Walmart for one of the US as it has over 4,000 locations. He also didn't account for how different the cost of living is in different states. One state could be double the price of another but it doesn't mean it's more expensive. The US is also so big that certain fresh foods, like avocadoes, are WAY more expensive away from where they're grown.
I think many of these prices are WAY off and also depend of the type of item you are buying. For instance, that loaf of bread. If it is a store brand sandwich style loaf then my local grocery store sells it for $1.79/loaf BUT if it is the smaller loaf that comes from a name brand company like Pepperidge Farm or Arrowheat then you could be paying upward of $5/loaf! The oatmeal would be the same...generic store brand is always going to be less expensive than a name brand. That oatmeal in a store brand would run me $2. The cereal is an item I NEVER buy brand name on. He is right that the name brand run more than $5 a box but the store brand are MUCH cheaper.
I buy the bags of cereal.
Twice the marshed mallows for half the cost!
I live in Oregon. I haven’t been to the UK since 2015 but at that time I was shocked by just how expensive items were in Britain. The cost of items at the grocery store were easily 2 - 3 times more expensive than where I live. Obviously that was quite a while ago. I agree with one of the comments above. Most people know where to shop locally to get the best deal. I don’t feel like this guy’s video is the best representation especially since he only compared 2 stores in US and 2 in UK. I will also say that prices vary greatly across the US. Items in New York are SEVERAL times more expensive than in my area. I could find bread at the store for $1 - which is very basic bread, and I could find bread for $5 or a little more depending on the specialty. Never in my life have I seen cereal as expensive as this guy is claiming. That’s outrageous.
She is totally right about the raisins. He is showing expensive raisins in the US.
I live in Lake Oswego, perhaps Portland Oregon's fanciest area, and I agree with you. I've lived in France, The Nederlands, and Italy, just before the pandemic, for over 20 months on a work project and while there I found European food prices outrageous. The prices for food today near me is much less than the 'US prices" the guy in the video is showing here.
Those prices in the US. are in New Jersey! They would never be that expensive in the southern state of Georgia! These were not good comparisons!
I’m in SoCal . Some things are expensive. Some not . But we actually produce a lot of fruit and veg here.
However I did a google search and in fact groceries are more expensive in the US. By 37%.
Bear in mind that UK residents are also taxed at a higher rate than in the US.
Per gdp the US pays 24% tax the UK 34%.
Kellogs Corn Flakes for a large box here in Massachusetts is $7.49 per box.
He is basing prices in the state of New Jersey which is a very expensive compared to where I l live in the Midwest his prices are mis leading. We also shop Aldi.
I'm from New Jersey and I agree. He picked an expensive state. But even in New Jersey you can find cheaper prices if you shop at the right places and look for sales.
Evan is a British citizen!…watch his citizenship ceremony with him taking an oath to the Queen! The US produces raw food(ie wholesale carrots, corn, grain, peanuts) cheaper than any country due to cheap land and advanced techniques. Food selection and prices vary enormously in the US however. Cheap carrots in the UK! But yes Evan doesn’t show store brand prices and I buy a large loaf of bread at US ALDIs for $1.
The Aldi I shop at in New Jersey, the bread (their brand) is only $.0.50!
@@jennd8935 That has to be a loss leader. Possibly an indication that customers in that area buy a large amount of groceries so breaking even(or losing money) on a loaf of bread allows them to make a lot more overall.
It’s that expensive if you shop at like a Whole Foods… or live in New Jersey or Las Vegas…
Most people know where to shop in their area to get more groceries for less.
Vegas is very cheap! Compared to NC at least. I was there this summer and went to whole foods to get some toiletries, every single thing I looked at was $1-$5 cheaper than back home.
I am from Las Vegas and Smiths and Winco is way cheaper than his findings
He actually listed which chains he was using in the beginning. It's none of this.
@@lavenderoh Whole foods are way more expensive than the run of the mill normal grocery chain too.
Kroger/Walmart/Target/Aldi/Whole Foods are actually in just about every state. Never heard of ACME & Shoprite in the northeast.
We pay about $0.67/lb for onions here, and $0.05/oz for organic carrots. I cross checked a few things and nothing was near as expensive as he was saying. Part of that comes from having enough sense not to live in New Jersey. Another swing and a miss for Evan.
Yet again, Millie is right! He should not be comparing a UK brand vs a name brand in the US. I live in Ohio, and ALL the items he mentioned were cheaper here than his New Jersey store. Plus, I shop at ALDI and save even more…
I don’t know where he lived in the states but all these prices are way higher than what I pay. In San Antonio Texas the most expensive loaf of bread is around $2.50
Evan did say in the begining of the video, he was going to compare prices in the UK versus the prices in his home state of NEW JERSEY
I live in Florida and our prices aren’t that high, our popular grocery store chains are Publix, Walmart and Winn-Dixie.
Who tf is paying $6.50 for corn flakes??? I have trouble believing any store could stay in business with those prices.
They can, but you are also shopping at the same stores as the higher paid college faculty, lawyers, politicians, etc. that look down on those who do their shopping at your local Aldi, Walmart, or Dollar General to save money.
yea thats crazy
In the US is cheap compared to Canada. I get amazed every time I go back to Texas to see family and see how cheap things are down there. Canada is crazy expensive.
A 22 oz loaf of bread at Wegman's (my local grocery in Rochester New York) is $1.29. The prices he is quoting may exist in New Jersy, but they look outrageous to me.
I live in Las Vegas. Walmart sliced white bread is still 99 cents. Everything else on the video on the US side is SLIGHTLY less expensive here in Vegas.
Does that take inflation into account?
Yeah I was shocked by his bread price. You can get a loaf of bread here (in Illinois) for less than a dollar as well.
this guy trying to get clicks with his videos...he's way off
@@AndySaputo
I live in Iowa about 5 five miles from the Illinois border, and I was appalled by his overpricing our food, even with inflation committing murder on my budget. At Wamart I buy store brand milk for $1.75/gallon. My bread runs $1.00 or less. I buy my bananas at the gas station for about $.25 per pound and at Walmart the price is $.53. To reach his prices I would need to be shopping at Jewel-Osco, and even then I would likely need to be buying the most expensive options to reach his pricing. I would likely spend half of his pricing and still consider that an expensive shopping trip. Aldi's used to be cheaper but no longer. My one splurge is on raw hamburger where I will spend $15+ for three pounds of 93%/7% fat content.
@@jayt9608 I felt as though he had Whole Foods prices in his video, where at their rates I expect a butler in a tux and tails to push the cart for me asking "Shall I get bread, sir?" while refilling my champagne glass.
Prices vary widely in different stores just as I'm sure it does in England. (Aldi is in the U.S. Also.)
Compare American Aldi to UK Aldi. That would make more sense.
Not it would not in the US we have Aldi North and in the UK, they have Aldi Sud , they are owned by brothers, Aldi Sud in the US is known as Trader Joe's.
Funny when my British soul brother visits he is amazed at how much lower costs are here.......he brings a extra bag so he can purchase certain food and electronics at 50% or more LESS, including paying the import fee at customs
that's probably because of the pound to dollar conversion rate...even though it's more expensive /technically/, a pound will get you a lot more than a dollar.
well until recently anyway lol
its difficult to price in the usa because you have to take into consideration the distance between the farm and the store and if your state is an agricultural state or not and what type of agriculture. and most people here in the states dont buy everything in one store maybe you buy meats at one , and the rest at other.
No, you don't. Most American bananas come from South America. Grocery logistics have been far beyond what's local as a pricing guide for decades.
I manage a grocery store and this guy's prices for the US are super inflated. Most of the prices he quotes are 2-3 times what standard prices are here. He had to have picked a couple of very high end grocery stores or something if he found these prices.
The thing about this is, there are 2 problems with this video. First, im not sure why he didnt go with more well known nation chains for the stores. Hell just use walmart, they are EVERYWHERE. I think that would affect the pricing substantially. Secondly, inflation has went through the ROOF the last couple years. Go back 2-3 years ago, and the price for a lot of things gets halved or even more. And then it seems more in line with UK pricing.
Evan tends to bash America on handling of wages and cost of things it's my opinion he choose these stores in New Jersey knowing full well they would be way higher and give backing to his ideas and feelings but he's not being genuine with his videos IMO
He's giving NJ prices. I'm from New Jersey, we are one of the most expensive states in the US. Our income and minimum wage are also some of the highest so it all evens out.
I grew up in NY and NY prices are about the same as New Jersey prices. I also shopped at ShopRite weekly. The prices he used are high even for NY/NJ. I used to get almost all these items much cheaper than he is listing here.
HE did get the price for the NJ stores online and they are always higher priced than what you pay in the actual store.
@@marydavis5234 He is using name-brand items for NJ ShopRite vs store brand in the UK. If he was using the same store brand items for New Jersey, for example Shoprite loaf of bread in NJ is $1 not freaking $3 that he is using.
@@tlanimass952 I knowall this.
Millie is absolutely right. The U.S. Grocery Stores usually have a 'Store Brand' (Cheap) as well as 'Name Brands' (more expensive), and we also usually have 2 to 3 different Grocery Stores within a 10 Mile radius (If you live in a non Rural Location), and different Chain Grocery Stores have different Prices on things. One place that I lived had 8 different 'Chain' Grocery Stores within a 25 Mile Radius....from Whole Foods, Aldi, Trader Joes, Walmart Neighborhood Grocers, Sams Club, Crest Foods, and 2 other smaller chain Grocery Stores...as well as having multiple 'Farmer's Markets' you could also go to. So you might need to 'Shop Around' for the best Prices, but it is absolutely worth it.
True. How much does Whole Foods sell Tesco-brand raisins for? Because we can definitely compare them without direct information.
America does have store-brand products, almost every product at every major store from raisins to bread to oats.
True. Wal-mart, Jewel-Osco, Aldi, Target ... Heck Traders Joe too. Each has their own brand.
The 2 stores he picked Acme and Shop Rite are two of the most expensive stores to shop at. He could have chosen Safeway and Super Valu which have a much larger presence in the U S
All 4 of these are not regional to me, Im just wondering why Wal-Mart is not considered a grocery store.
@@LuxRoyale i feel walmart would be the most common one around, however maybe its because it sells more than just groceries
@@LuxRoyale same here, I've never even heard of any of those stores lol
I'm about 90% sure him choosing two of the more expensive grocery stores in one the more expensive parts of the U.S. and comparing U.K. store brands against U.S. national brands is totally intentional.
Yeah, I've watched his content before and you can tell he enjoys hating on the U.S.
Always understand that there isn't a typical "standard" about pretty much everything in the US, and in many cases even within various areas within each state.
He should've used more national stores like Walmart and Kroger. Or perhaps Kroger and Safeway to represent the east and west respectively.
Living in California, where the US gets most of its fruit, veggies, and nuts, I am always amazed at the increase in price outside our State. Currently, because of shipping issues, it is probably not a good time to compare prices
Millie caught it. Yes, we have store brands for everything. And I've not paid any of his prices.
We have cheaper brand foods and stores, really depends on what part of USA you live in. And we do have an ALDI’s. Pretty sure all over country. Oh and bacon is around $7.00 lb and for my household of 2 we spend at least $100 a week. Sometimes more.
I've never seen bacon where I live for $7.00 lb, I would never buy bacon again, lol
Here in Maryland its around $3.72 lb. so many things here can be a lot different depending on state or even sometimes county "Sorry Tanya Moore that you guys bacon is so high." we have a lot of local areas that butcher so I'm guessing that probably also plays a part in what a store charges aka availability
The closest Aldi’s to me is 3 hr drive (6 hr round trip). Cheapest places to get groceries are a grocery Outlet and Walmart Supercenter. Our prices are about to comparable. Some things a bit higher, some a bit lower.
He mentioned comparing it to New Jersey prices. Well NJ is one of the most expensive states in the country, you pick almost any other state in the country and prices will probably be lower. Probably still a bit higher than the UK but noticeably lower than what you'd pay in NJ
I have never paid those prices ever. It maybe more than the UK but not that much. If it were that high I would be on a Ramen diet.
I'm in the US and I would never pay those prices, I'd go somewhere else if cost that much.
Prices went up after covid; but there is NO way I'd ever pay more than 89c for onion, or more than $2.5 for cereal. That's insane.
My average weekly cost of food is $40-50 per person. Used to be $30... but costs been rising for last few years.
I guess Evan has never heard of Super Walmart's which are everywhere, and the prices are quite reasonable and much less than the prices he quoted. BTW, Shop rite is mostly a greater NYC/NJ chain thus are much more expensive. BTW Millie, every market where i live in upstate NY sells Bananas for 59 cents a pound or @ 55 pence
@@marydavis5234 That's odd I've been to the Walmart Supercenters in Bennington, VT in Salem, NH and in Bangor, ME brought groceries at each of them
@@marydavis5234 There are several Walmart Super centers in each state mentioned, guess Mary didn't do her research!😮💨
@@marydavis5234 Guess it would have help if she ever visited these states before bashing others sub's commentary😂
@@UFOConspiracyBook and BTW, I live in Vermont and have family in NH and Maine
@@theliesthatblind8884 I did do research and found that VT, NH and Maine's super walmarts are closed as of 2020.
I thought I heard you mention Aldi. We have Aldi stores on the east coast. The closest way to compare prices is Aldi to Aldi. Like others have said, it may vary depending on the area and cost of living.
He can only give you an closely accurate comparison between the UK and New Jersey, since that is where he looked up the prices. Each State, City, Rural area, is different. It also depends on the cost of living.
No way is he correct!!! He doubled the price of items in US.
HE is correct as Evan is comparing prices from his home state of new jersey and NJ is only of the most expensive states to live in and I check the NJ store he used and the prices are what he says they are for NJ prices.
Food prices differ far too often in the US. For example, I went to get tortilla chips and guacamole and it was $14 USD in NY whereas in the middle of South Dakota it would’ve been maybe $8 USD.
I think you two doing a "grocery shopping list" to compare U.S. prices from all over the US, I think that would be a GREAT idea and then even my fellow Americans here across the pond from you would be amazed!
1. Kroger (King Soopers/City Market, Fry's, Ralph's, etc) is probably the closest thing to a common national grocery chain, although they're still not in every state.
2. Even within the same city, there can be price differences in groceries, so there are at times significant differences from state to state.
3. Taking his comparisons with with a grain of salt is the smart way to go. Stores do have their own brands of things like raisins.
Kroger just bought Albertsons today. They just got a lot bigger.
Didn't even use Aldi's or Walmart for price comparison
@@docnelles1249 Walmart isn't cheaper, they get the manufacturers to make smaller packages that are only available at Walmart.
Millie is 100% correct. The guy is comparing UK store brand to name brand in the US and using a very expensive store at that. I don't spend anywhere near the prices he is quoting. Calls into question his entire integrity and honesty. I do grocery shopping for 4 people, 2 weeks at a time. Usually ads up to about $175 USD (154 GBP)and I buy very little store branded food, most are national brands.
Using Shop Rite or Acme in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania etc... is not accurate to the USA. In Arizona, Nevada, Texas and many other states you can get items for 25- 50% of what he is showing from those Supermarkets. Why? We are close to Mexico and California where so many items are grown and packaged. Evan bombed on this one!
I don't know what store he shops in, in the US. But those prices are ridiculous!
In the U.S. Kroger is nationwide and is made up of a lot of different stores under different names. For instance, they are called King Soopers where I live. Walmart is the biggest grocery store change by volume and is usually the least expensive.
Kroger is a lot of the US,, but absolutely not nationwide.
@@nochannel1q2321 They own stores everywhere except New England area, and upper Midwest. They just agreed to buy out Albertsons and it's family of stores, so if the FTC approves the buyout, they will own stores in both of those parts of the country as well.
@@stanleymbutler I wasn't disputing that. New England and the Midwest are pretty sizeable regions in terms of population and area and they are not present there so I was just taking issue with them being characterized as nationwide.
Perhaps I worded it too aggressively.
I agree with Millie if you have the same product in both locations, you have to compare the same exact product in the exact same size to get an accurate reading that’s like comparing sunmade raisins to Walmart great value raisins, and of course great value raisins are going to be cheaper, it’s like comparing apples and oranges. It’s not gonna give you an accurate reading. I agree she’s right.
Millie's right about the raisins .and Idk where this guy got his prices from but I just paid 1.29 for a loaf of bread.
The average net salary in the US is also nearly twice the UK's.
I’m not sure what’s happened over the last few months but grocery prices even at discount stores have gone crazyz
This guy is actually a naturalized British citizen. So he really is British.
But a former American.
I'm a 38 y/o American, and I've never paid more than $2.50 for a box of Corn Flakes. These seem like California prices, not the country-wide average.
I was just at my neighborhood store in Utah and the name brand corn flakes were in fact over $6, the store brand on the other hand was $1.50. No brainier which I chose.
The other thing to consider is that many grocery stores have weekly specials that are very actively advertised with flyers, on their apps and signs. So maybe one week you buy say grapes cause they are on sale.
Also, many groceries have special days of the week where senior citizens can get a certain percentage off off their entire bill. That can drastically affect the costs.
As to those 2 stores that he mentioned here in the US, I’ve never heard of them. Here we do have an Aldi though I have never been there. We also have a Lydl, of which I am not impressed of. Maybe he should have used Walmart as they are a more national chain.
The prices he's giving for almost everything is incredibly high....and im in upstate NY. He should have compared US ALDI to UK ALDI. Or even Tesco to Walmart. The results would be very different. Also, comparing name brand to store brand is making a difference as well, and most stores here do have their own brand products and the quality varies.
comparing ALDI from the UK and the US would not be a fair comparision either as they have two different Aldi's and they are owned by brothers, they are Aldi North known as Trader Joes's in the US and in the UK it is Aldi Sud, so he would need to compare Aldi Sud and the actual store calling Aldi in the US as they are the same store and he might have been born in the US, but He is bias toward everything UK, he is still mad that for the first 9 years he had to pay both UK taxes and US taxes when he lived in the UK and last year he gave up his US citizenship to became a UK citizen.
@@marydavis5234 I didn't know there was a difference in ALDI. Just as I didn't know that one was Trader Joe's here. We don't have a Trader Joe's near me so I've never shopped one or I may have noticed. I learn something new everyday! And yes, he does seem biased, but also uninformed about the difference in prices in different regions/ of the US.
@@hazeleyes6227 HE keeps saying US prices when he got the prices online from his home state of NJ by going online
FYI, a lot of farm crops are subsidized in the U.S. Not subsidized to reduce price, but subsidized to insure overproduction. This began after the Great Depression and Dust Bowl, when there were massive farm bankruptcies and the country couldn't produce enough food to feed the population. To prevent that from ever happening again, the government guarantees farmers that it will buy many crops at a price *higher* than market value. Farmers can plan the year's operations knowing that they will get a certain price for what they're growing. Heck, it even pays some farmers *not* to plant anything, just so their farmland is ready and available as a reserve in case some disaster wipes out other farmland. The government buys all of these crops, then as the sole supplier it resells it to food distributors and supermarkets.
The overproduction is why the U.S. has stuff like high fructose corn syrup. Because more corn is grown than people will eat, something has to be done with all that excess corn. Some gets converted into HCFS to reduce cane sugar imports. Some of it becomes cheap feed for cattle. Some of it gets converted into ethanol as a gasoline substitute. Some of it gets sold overseas. Some is sent abroad as foreign food aid. The U.S. is big about the free market, but it doesn't leave staples like food to market forces. It manipulates the market there to insure overproduction. Consequently, it's a net food exporter, while countries like the UK are a net food importer. But the cost of that insurance is that food prices are higher.
He's a disgruntled American expat. You're welcome to him. I've never seen him produce anything favorable to the US. I can buy a $4.00 loaf of bread also, but since there are a dozen brands, including the store's brand. I pay $1.00 for my loaf and $2.20 for 4 pints of whole milk.
Much better of watching Lost in the Pond with Lawrence, he's a ray of sunshine, Evan not so much.
@@Ulysses_DM_ So true.
The funny part is he doesn't live in States anymore - heck, he renounced his US citizenship and hasn't lived in the States for over a decade - yet he still feels the need to complain about the country. Talk about adopting the European pastime of complaining about the US.
Yeahhhhhhhhh, I don't know where he is getting his prices, he said he used New Jersey which is close to New York, they pay way more in groceries. Our bread is about 1.25 here and the store brand is like 99 cents, milk is not 3 something, and butter isnt that expensive either, he basically chose his home state which has higher costs of living
this guy is acting like Walmart or Kroger don’t exist 😂
I know, there is no Kroger stores in my home state of Vermont.
As of when I'm typing this, 1 GBP is 1.12 USD. Evan got his UK citizenship a while ago now.
I have never heard of the U.S. grocery stores he's using for pricing. By far the two largest grocery chains which are mid-priced and NOT considered discount stores are Kroger, the largest supermarket operator in the U.S., with 420,000 employees and more than 2,700 stores, including Ralphs, Harris Teeter, Fred Meyer, and King Soopers. Albertsons is the second largest. He should have used one of those two for price comparisons because the two that he chose don't even rank in the top 10. Walmart, Costco and Amazon are the largest but are considered discount grocery operations.
For a guy who is supposed to be good with math, his data sets are seriously flawed. His prices are way out of kilter with most U.S. grocery chains, even in this recession!
To be honest I've watched a few of his videos he tends to be super critical of America in my opinion almost like that's why I left kind of a thing. I could be wrong but that's the feeling I got from him.
Just heard this morning that Kroger has bought Albertsons for 24 billion dollars. Apparently Albertsons owns several other brands, stores.
@@ElwoodEmmons No, you're right. I also got the same tone from him. 1st world problem complainer.
I've lived 38 years across 5 states, I've never even heard of ShopRite, and I only know Acme as the company Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam buy their anvils and dynamite from on Looney Tunes.
He should have used Wal-Mart and Aldi for the US and Tesco and Aldi for the UK.
He should also have averaged prices from across both nations to better compare them.
Instead he's comparing prices from 3 stores I've never even heard of (1 I have), from specific regions within each nation, and using those numbers as representative of the nation as a whole.
WE has Shoprite in Vermont did not last very long and it has been around since 1946 and ACME markets are only in the NorthEast area of the US and they have been around since 1891.
I gave-up watching about 1/2 the way through the video, after his making inaccurate information about grocery prices in the U.S. As an example, I just went to my grocer's website and found they charge $4.61 for a 18 ounce box of Kellogg's Corn Flakes. The TH-camr gave a price of $6.59 in the U.S.? His other price quotes (before I quit watching) were just as inaccurate. I remember this is the same man that you reacted to about working in the U.S., versus, the U.K. He worked part time for Pizza Hut for low wages, and went on to say he moved to the U.K. for better wages and benefits. I wouldn't put a whole lot of credence in his objectivity.
Watched the beginning of the video agian, he actually said he got the online prices from 2 stores in his home state of NJ and he had to make another video after getting called out by saying US prices in this video instead of NJ prices.
@@marydavis5234 You are correct. The prices he quoted were not average prices in the U.S. I stopped watching mid-video, because I remembered he posted an earlier video about how bad companies in the U.S. were for wages/benefits, so he moved to the U.K. I'm glad he's happy now and wish him the best.
Another thing that you have to take into consideration when comparing prices, are all the regulations that farmers/producers here have to deal with, as well as the additional overhead for the grocers. A perfect example are eggs. There, you collect them, put in boxes, ship to store, put on self. Here, we collect them, wash them, package and refrigerate until truck arrives, ship in a refrigerated truck to store, put in refrigerated section.
Lol there is NO possible way to make this accurate I feel like. America is way too big so depending on where you live will change every single price depending on what they grow in that state or what stores are in that state or what brands you buy.
The prices this guy is quoting is at least double what I pay. He did mention he was from New Jersey. That area by NYC is way more expensive than the rest of the country.
If you shop around you can find some cheaper stores and store brands instead of name brands. Unfortunately, things are also more expensive right now because inflation has skyrocketed.
Grocery prices vary greatly I'm the USA between the state, the store, and even the region of the USA.
There is no national supermarket chain on the USA. They are very regionalized. Maybe you could consider Wal-Mart as a national supermarket.
As other have said, this is more UK vs NJ, not the entire USA.
I’m four minutes in and this fool says he’s pretty sure there are no national chains in the US. 🤡 He’s already lost all credibility with me.
I agree with her, the store brand is much cheaper here in the U.S. as well, this guy's comparison isn't right if he's comparing to a name brand
This guy's US prices have to be from "high end" grocery stores. I shop for our family and I know what things cost. I can get a loaf of bread for
New Jersey is more expensive than a lot of states in general.
We do have generic stuff in the US that is much cheaper.
It really really depends on the store and region. New Jersey is known to be pricey. Most of the US isn't. But... Our meat IS in fact too high. I think the reason is to pay the cost of transporting it. If we just ate more local, it might drive prices down again. Who knows. 🤷🏻♀️
Meat is high because of the drought out west. It’s crippling the beef industry. And bird flu is doing a number on chicken.
Meat also depends on region. I was amazed at hearing some prices family that live in California pay. 80/20 ground beef is up to about 1.99-2.29 a lb and skinless chicken breast is about 1.49 a lb. That is the "sale price" but within a few miles of each other one of the grocery stores always has it at that price. It seems they like to rotate who has it at what price.
Millie is right, there are tons of different "store brands" in the US. Pretty much every store has its own brand (like the Tesco raisins)
This dude is absolutely insane. While inflation has hit hard it's no where near what he's saying. A $1 onion? Seriously? Idk where this guy is shopping but kroger sure as heck isn't that expensive, and kroger is a good middle of the road grocery store. It also really depends where you live in the US but even in the most expensive cities you can find cheaper food if you're not in a food desert. No wonder he thinks take out is cheaper, he's probably insisting at shopping at Whole Foods.
I just got back from Walmart and yellow onions were 88 cents a pound.
@@johnchristopher8424 they're 2.99/lb at my walmart.
Even the prices of groceries in the U.S. vary in different regions. VERY Northeast or West Coast are far more expensive than in the lower Southern East Coast. Rural areas are much cheaper. Then we also have produce stands along the rural areas (Hanover, VA has the best tomatoes fyi....LOL) and the produce at these stands are picked daily and super fresh and delicious!
This guy's dreaming! Those prices are waaaaay too much where I live. I've never heard of those grocery stores he chose in the US. How about Walmart? Walmart is nationwide.
You will only find Shoprite and ACME in the NJ, Pennsylvania area of the US, we had both stores in VT, when I was a child they closed due to the high prices.
@@marydavis5234 Acme and Shop rite are also in Maryland. Although we have an Acme locally, I seldom shop there because of the high prices. Since we have four more supermarkets, a BJ's, Walmart, Target, several dollar stores, an Amish market, and a farmer's market I think there's enough places to choose from to better fit my budget.
I think the stores where he priced in America were in the highest priced areas
Please don't listen to anything this guy says. Most of his videos are either highly exaggerated, or just plain wrong. The guy mostly doesn't know what he's talking about, but he pretends he does. I don't know why he's become so popular with European reactors recently, but it needs to stop.
Yeah to be fair the US is so large that a comparison like this wouldn't work anyway. For example currently in my home state of Texas a gallon is about 3 dollars. In my old home state of Hawaii the same gallon of milk would be 8 dollars.
He's giving New Jersey prices. I live in NJ so the stores he gave are mostly right.
Yeah I hate that guy. 😂
@@jariemonah Even if you are paying five bucks for a carton of oats, he’s not giving London prices for the UK side. I lived in London for years, and the only thing I ever paid less for there than the US was pineapple. Literally, that’s the only thing.
@@dgpatter yea I was living in the UK for a few weeks before and I can confirm that no matter how I shopped I couldn’t get my grocery bill even close to as cheap as I could in the US..apart from shopping only clearance items and stuff like that. Sure some stuff we buy on this side that’s more pricey but usually because it’s bulk to last longer and for more meals or because it’s seasonal sourcing differences
A gallon of milk in America is anywhere from $.80 to $7 depending on the state and when city.
Would be more fair to compare NYC to London or 2 rural locations.
Walmart sells bread in their grocery aisle for 99 cents
Evan has been living in the UK for over 10 years and is now a citizen .
Yeah he's pretty biased
Ok. I turned it off at 5:26. He’s on crack. Speaking as someone who has lived in both countries, this is complete and utter nonsense!
Most people do not always choose the most expensive option. He compared many U.K. store brands with the premium brands of the U.S., so it is really not a fair comparison. Also, he is using a New Jersey store, so the prices will be much higher than elsewhere (It has a very high cost of living compared to most states). Also, Evan has a very pro-U. K. anti- U.S. vibe if you watch any of his other videos. To be fair, he probably is saving money compared to where he grew up, but this is not reflective of most of the rest of the U. S. except possibly Hawaii, Alaska and the territories
These sort of videos always have a lot of that anti-US snarkiness. We all "get it" and laugh about it, as well.
@@rightlyso8507 Good to see someone else noticing all this snarky passive aggressive anti-American vids, either made by self-loathing Americans or Europeans.
I really don't like Evans compare/contrast videos. He's not really been a functioning adult in the US for any period of time to really know how things work. From what I have seen and heard. I could be wrong. That box of corn flakes cost about 4 dollars in Ohio. I would say his prices are way inflated due to where he is shopping. Plus he I don't think has ever made a video saying Oh look this is better in the US, so I tend to take everything he says with a huge grain of salt.
There's a channel of a young American who left the States at around 20 to travel. She returned I think a decade later to give her insights on why X or Y country was much better than the US despite her never really doing the everyday grind as a US citizen in the US. The comment sections ate her shit up like it was spiced pumpkin pie with whip cream.
My California prices are HALF what his NJ ones are. I keep hearing him talk about prices and want to just go, "No way."
This cat's been in UK too long. Food is not that expensive here.
Kroger is pretty nationwide now….because they own so many other names lol
Why don't you two do a "Beesley vs Beesley Grocery Shopping Contest". Who can get the best price and value for their money? Put the money limit at what you normally spend for a week's worth of groceries.
Prices are much higher than a year ago, mainly due to inflation and the high cost of gas. In Arizona, at the cheap stores such as Fry's, Walmart or Food City, you'll find store brand or non-fancy brands at these prices:
🍎fugi /gala apples $1.25 lb 🍏green/granny smith $1.50lb
🥓bacon $4.50/lb
🍌Bananas $0.50/ lb
Ground beef (85% lean) $4.50-$5.00/lb. Chuck steak $5-7/ lb. Flap steak $8-10 lb
🍞Bread $1.50
🥕bulk carrots $1.25/lb
🧀cheese $5.50-6.00 /lb
🍗chicken drumsticks $2.00/lb. Chicken breasts $3.50-$4.50/lb
🥚Eggs: medium size $3.00/dozen. Large $4.00 and Extra large $5.00 (two years ago one could get a pack w/ 5 dozens of the medim ones for $5-7 bucks)
🍋lemons $1.50-$3.50/lb. They keep varying in price (A couple of months ago I paid 60 cents for every piece)
🥛Milk $3.50-$4.00/gallon (It was $2-$2.50 for quite a few years until the beginning of this year)
Oatmeal $4.50/lb
Onions $1-$1.50 each
🥔Potatoes $1.50-$2.50 for a 5lb bag
🍅tomatoes $1.25/lb (the Roma ones are typically 25 cents more expensive)
MILK, EGGS AND CHICKEN HAVE DOUBLED IN PRICE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR...JUST LIKE GAS PICES
This dude’s video is extremely dishonest.
US prices aren’t nearly as high as he’s showing.
US prices are closer to the UK prices… if not the same.
I don’t know where he’s getting those prices, but it’s an insanely expensive store, and the majority of us don’t shop at stores like that. There are pretentious stores in upscale areas that have high prices like that, but that’s definitely not typical pricing.
A lot of gas stations will have insane prices like that, but they mark things up due to “convenience”.
I go to Aldi in the US. At walmart you can get their brand of bread for 1.08 for 16 oz loaf. Most of us buy store brands
I agree with you Millie, he should have used Aldi. We have Aldi in the States as well so he should have just compared Aldi with Aldi. He ends up using online type grocery stores in the States which the prices are always Higher than your average local chain grocery store, so this video is not a very good comparison at all.
the UK version of Aldo Sud which is known as Trader Joe's in the US, they actual Aldi stores in the US are ALDI North, they are owned by brothers.
Everything costs more in Canada
This Guy is point blank just flat out lying! Trying to earn brownie points from UK! He needs to stop!
That guy has always had a vendetta against the US.
Someone beat him up in the locker room during his school years
I did a general shop last night. No meat, no frozen, no soda. $146.48 for 42 items. That is enough for about 10 days. Noodles, (including cup of soup), fresh veg, some chips, some food that I can leave at work (almonds, crackers, cheese and a box of snack cakes). And that is at the place that has prices even lower than walmart. I will still have to go out to get a few more things to round out the meals. Yes, a lot of things can affect prices. Location is huge. Store makes a difference. Name brand vs store brand. When I compare prices I always try to match brand to brand and the cost in cents per ounce.