PureGold has been a warehouse grocery stores since 1980s. I think S&R existed during the early 200s, when the Philippines passed a law to open the country's retail industry for foreign investments and retail operators. The warehouse giant PureGold bought this S&R or former SmartPrice? an American Costco warehouse grocery store that was established in the early of 2000s, and was operated under an American private equity firms. Then PureGold has a long plan of expansion of their PureGold brand and its portfolio. So PureGold bought the entire stakes of S&R grocery warehouse and rebranded it to S&R Memberships.
Great video, I actually watched a couple S&R videos by Filipino bloggers this week. They focus on filling the cart with cookies and sweats, not the products we miss from home.
Interesting! I think many Filipinos are not willing to pay the 700 pesos membership fee. Just a guess. I wish they had San Francisco Bay coffee here like at Costco!
Tapati'o Hot Sauce is what we have in our Pantry now, side by side with my wife's favorite, Cholula.. The Mexicans restaurants here in Omaha always have these two Brand of hot sauce. Love It!!
I love Costco! I usually buy frozen fruits and vegetables and foods that have a long shelf live, such as sardines in can, oatmeal, pasta and so forth. And toilet papers, paper towels, soup & detergent, and others.
It's funny.. This is the only video that has done really exceptionally well. Lol. I'm grateful though.. for sure. Funny thing.. i wasn't even going to upload this video.... I just did it cause i recorded it. I didn't think it was very interesting myself. lol... Go figure... ;-)
My wife has been after me to join Costco or Sam's club but the members fee is too high and the portions are too much for just 2 people. Cel used to be reluctant to be on camera, now she seems to enjoy it. She looks so happy, Mark you are doing something right lol! Then of course you took her shopping which is her natural habitat. Have fun and be safe guys.
I joined Sam's club, they have a chicken nuggets tgat are EXACTLY the same as chic filet, and the potatoes salad is the best I found outside home made ever. (I can have a meal of just potatoes salad) they were offering a $40 gift card making the membership basically free first year, not sure if that is still valid.
@@ItsMe-uf6or Believe it or not I have never had Chick FIL A. I hear it is good. They opened one here in my town about a year ago but I can never get in there because it is too busy. I believe the membership fee is $40. It wouldn't be too bad if I got a discount coupon.
@@ItsMe-uf6or Well Thank You (It's Me) That is very kind of you to look into that. I work this next weekend but the following weekend we will probably visit and take a look.
Costco here in Omaha Nebraska, sells Cholula Hot Sauce. Can't believe they do not have it there. Thanks, you just reminded me to packed some when we go home, my Wife Loves this brand of Hot Sauce.
Awesome content! Indeed S&R is the Costco of the Philippines! Personally, I would prefer Don Julio over Patron any day! I’ve worked in Mexico City, so I’ve tried my share of tequilla’s. :). I’m a new subs!
Nice to see that they have semi Costco in the Philippines, however as you running the camera..can’t help to noticed the Prices are 3-4 dollars higher and also the ketchup and most items comes two or three packs for $10 or $7.99 I just came from Costco today and bought unshelled Pistachio 32oz for $17.99 and peanut butter for 2 $7.99 so yes US Costco is better price even with Dollar converted to pesos 😉Thank you for posting this content! It’s nice to know that they do have this type of grocery store other than SM and palengke!! 👍God blessed
yeah.. After the import fees and transportation costs to get the US good here.. it does add on to the price. It's just nice to have some american Goods available here for purchase! Made me feel like i was in a costco back in California!
Wow, your coverage of S&R was on the spot. Very well covered. And yes, its Costco in the Philippines. Much Thanks for information. I don't do tequila much, I am more of a Belvedere Vodka shot man... and dang that Spam can was huge.... I never saw it like that.... I eat spam ands was raised on it on the island of Guam, but dang that can is huge... We plan on moving there in Jan22'. Retiring there is going to be a dream..... In any case, thank you so much for the coverage in detail... Perhaps, next time you can cover the non-food items. Much appreciated. Stay safe and I subscribed as well. Take care.
Yeah.. next time I'll cover the non food stuff. It is soooo huge! I just have a small car, so i could only buy so much stuff. lol.. There were three of use in a Suzuki Spesso and my huge luggage. So only limited amount of space to guy stuff.. lol...
Its the only time TH-cam promoted one of my videos. The video to me.. I wasn't even going to upload it. But cel said.. awe.. just upload it.. so i did. So TH-cam can be nice to me. If TH-cam promoted my videos like that one .. all 700 of my videos.. I'd be bigger than Phillyinthephilppines, overstay road, etc etc... For some reason.. just this one video it decided to be nice to me.
Something woke this video up. lol. Just recently it went up like crazy. Now up to 86000 Views and growing fast. I wish my other videos would do that! ;-) lol...
Long live Mr PWUV! After a long landlocked pandemic, I finally caught some waves! I'm now in Siargao 🤙 Gonna hit LU eventually. Skipping the whole Canadian winter this time!
Thank you for this post. Everything is about 20% to 30% more expensive than in the States, which is reasonable--I suppose. Every year, I stress about sending a Balikbayan box to my Mom bc I pack stuff like an anal-retentive, mad woman. S & H Balikbayan box alone is already $100, so it is more cost-effective for one to send cash $$ and have them shop at S&R. I spend $300 for one BBB, and all the time and energy (stress) I exert packing the darn thing. Next year, I will just send cash ...and be done!
Loved the video, except for one thing... Dairy! I have plans to move to the Phils, and I have a serious milk and cheese addiction. I have heard that refrigerated pasteurized milk is a rarity there, except for "shelf-stable boxed and non-refrigerated milk" that sucks. And that cheese is very hard to come by. Just those 2 items alone are practically a deal-breaker for me! LOL. While I greatly enjoyed and appreciated all you showed, I was waiting with bated breath (and taste buds) for the dairy section. I was quite pleased that many of my long-time enjoyable foods will be quite attainable! Thanks! By the way, I did a bit of Google searching about S&R and found that in the Manila Metro and surrounding areas, you can't swing a dead cat by the tail without hitting one of S&R's many locations. P.S. One of the things I noticed about many of the steaks that you showed, while the cost per pound was about 30% lower than in my local supermarkets here, many of the steaks showed rather poor fat marbling, which suggested to me that perhaps those steaks were, among the USA grading I'm used to, Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, Commercial, Utility, Cutter and Canner, I'm guessing were in the Select to Standard range.
We went to one in Pasay or nearby my brother inlaw was keen to show us much bigger than anything we have where we live in Australia they even sold car tyres good brands as well not rubbish. The jumbo american sized packaging was a new thing to me eg the cereal boxes were twice the size of our largest ones here in Australia. A thing i have learnt about filipinos is they seem to think if it is imported it is better and a lot will pay more for an imported product than a locally made product. Prime example i have seen them pay more for a bottle of coke that was imported from the US when the locally made coke is a fraction of the price. We only shopped at S&R once on our last trip i would rather go to robinsons or somewhere rather than pay a higher price for an imported product, but it is certainly an experience going to one of these stores we don't even have a costco in the state we live in they are only interested in servicing areas with a large population.
Yeah.. S & R isn't by us in La Union. They do only service high population areas.. esp with high numbers of expats! Its nice to shop around in.. get some American hard to find items. But.. I think you can get better deals and have less stuff go bad if you just go to Pure Gold or Robinsons... If you have a Family of 4 or more.. S and R is a better deal for sure!
What up Marky Mark! Yes most definitely pick up the Don Julio or Patron to kick off the evening and maybe swing from the chandelier. They won't give the headache that Cuervo gives. Salud Bro!
Hi there Mark the prices are higher because all items are imported and are family sizes plus duty.Here in London foods are expensive even local produce.Enjoy shopping....
Hmmm I'm not too sure. I went back to do a second video on non food items.. and they told me they didn't allow video. At least i was able to do this video on the food items! ;-) I know they had some clothing items.. so they may have some furniture... They have appliances.
I buy Philippine local stuffs to bring back to US such as Bihon noodles, White Perla laundry soap, anything we used that’s expensive here. US items of course more expensive there. Will buy the big Spam only if it’s Tocino flavor. 🤪 Do they have big size V cut potato chips? Instead of bringing one big box here 🤪Thanks for sharing this vid. Missed going back.
you know, the first time i did video in S and R they never stopped me. There was no signs that said "no video allowed" so i didn't know. I walked around and took video, and no one said anything. Not even the store employees. Then when i went back to take a second video, of the non food items per request of my subscribers, the front door guard approached me, when i was near the TV's .. "Sorry sir, no video allowed" So.. security has been told to not allow video. I did do a second part two to this, but I only got the TV's, refrigerators some other stuff and food court. you can search it. it was about 30 days after this video!
Just compared Florida Publix grocery and your prices are cheaper if not the same. Prices here have creeped up and all packages have lesser weight than a year ago.
Thanks for showing us this great place to shop. It's like Costco. I wonder though if they accept dollars not having to be bothered to look for money changers or maybe otherwise dollar prices are shown too.
You do realize that the Philippines is its own independent country? With its own currency? The Philippines gets expats from everywhere around the world, with the US only being a minor percentage of the overall number of foreigners. So which foreign currency should they choose? Or list ALL of them on the price sticker? You can always carry a pocket calculator, and/or no doubt there is a calculator app on your smartphone. I don't have a smartphone, but I'll bet there is an app out there where you can enter in any "exchange rate" and then when you enter the local currency price, you will then get an immediate conversion.
Pistachio is about $12 a bag and it's less if it's on sale. I bought bags pistachios for balikbayan boxes. Remember, it's always expensive in the Philippines.
True, people would think that Philippines is very cheap to retire but look at the prices of the property they overpriced without any appliances. the Philippines is not listed as a retirement country in the world. In the USA, you buy a house appliances comes with it , you will just move in and bring your bed and bathroom items. if you are used to eat imported goods in the Philippines then its much cheaper to live here in the retirement places in the USA than to live in the Philippines. the grocery stores here sell buy one get one free but not in the Philippines. some Americans gets foods stamps and social security assistance but not in the Philippines. When you are in the critical care, no one would cure you in the hospital without putting money cash on the spot for at least half a million pesos. Behind the neon lights from a high rise establishments/condominiums/hotels yet there are so many local people are in poverty life. Without the help of some charity/foundation groups and some other people those people are hopeless.
So basically S&R in the Philippines is like the H Mart here in the states…imported products w/premium prices. I wish Clark AB and other US bases were still in the Phil so I could use the Commisarry when visiting.
Yeah.. It would be nice to have the Military bases back here. I'm Military too. be cool to have that! I would go to the H Mart in Irvine California.. Diamond Jamboree area!
Hmmm.. good Theory. I was told S and R is independent from Costco. They just purchase Kirkland stuff from Costco. I'm not really sure. I can tell you there are Several S and R locations. And if you do a video on S and R.. you will get lots of views. This is the only video that i got many views from. For some reason TH-cam really liked this video and promoted it alot. This only video that i would say which was successful on my channel.
@@sanjuanlaunionvlog yes it's due to the beta carotene in some of the vegetation they feed upon, but not all grass fed beef fat looks that way for example the one you bought.
The Don Julio is about right where I am in the US. You can’t compare the Don Julio Reposado to Jose Cuervo . The Julio is age while the Cuervo is colored by caramel coloring to disguise aging.
Almost 4 lbs of grass fed ribeye from NZ would prob cost you half your rent here in the US now lol, for 20 bucks that's insane!!!! I would have gotten at least 2 more of those packs!
SO BAILEYS IS CHEAPER AT S AND R THAN AT SMITHS IN THE E.U. ? AND WHAT ABOUT HENNESY BRANDY , 750 ML. ?? THANKS.. DO S AND R ALSO MARKETS PLATANO MACHO ( MEXICO ) VERDE ( SOUTH AMERICA / COSTA RICA , HONDURAS , COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR ,) GRACIIAS.
Only problem with COSCO style stores are they are geared for the well off family, making them think they are buying wholesale, but really good buying around at your market keep the costs down better, only good to see the brand names from US maybe but not cheap
It's nice to see brand name products from the country of your origin, but those products do come with a premium price tag attached to them. Many premade products (foods) from the US, have additives and preservatives unfit for human consumption. But many people buy these products because they taste so delicious! Not realizing the harm those ingredients are doing, until it is too late. Too many households do not cook food from scratch. They buy processed meals in the store, and they call that home cooked meals. Smart shoppers cook meals from hand me down recipes. Processed foods have very little nutritional value what so ever. It's great to eat a Big Mac, or Quarter Pounder now and then, but not every day of the week!
Oh wow! Expensive.. Sweet baby Rays sauce is like $1.99 to $2.99 here .. That bottle might be big though.. Yes all big packages you started with.. We sell that golden curry mix at Amazon😁
I have no idea why.. but lately. just this last 10 days. This video went up 10K views. Its now on the way to 100K views. And i dont even have a Girl taking a Bath with well water and a Taboo! lol. ;-)
Hello, question how you been to Philippines And what's the name of shipping you used to move .? Cause I'm trying to move in Dagupan city pangasinan regards to your wife.
Word of caution, don't automatically assume all these items are the best price cuz it's in a whole sale place like a costco etc so figure out the prices per unit ?
Got an S&R membership just for the pizza's and other items in their snack area. Foods at S&R snack area are so popular that they opened a stand-alone location just for the pizza's etc.
yeah.. imported stuff here is expensive. I ate the Salmon already with Cel, it was good. The Steaks were ok.. I should have tried the Ozzy rib eye steaks with Yellow fat! ;-)
@@sanjuanlaunionvlog I am 36 from Canada and I had big dreams of living there one day, but the issue is, I cannot buy a property, or own a business! Have to revise my plan
@@dvonmason7321 An American couple brought this warehouse store in the Philippines called PriceSmart, then renamed it to S&R store. But I think they sold half of it to US private equity firm. Then later sold the entire company to this private equity. Then came PureGold merged with this private equity, then bought the entire stakes of the company. Then rebranded the company's name S&R to S&R Memberships. No relations to Costco or Sam's Club. I think maybe through this US private equity deals that we see American CostCo products.
Its funny how popular this video is. Just recently. it went up another 10K veiws in a week. I dont even know why. Mystical Magic Spam video stuff i guess. Maybe Spam Spent millions of advertising dollars to Google / TH-cam to promote It's Spam!
I have been told that SR shopping is wasteful, everything is very overpriced is that true? You seem to have a lot of choice there and that is worth something to me.
well, if you buy stuff that you can use for awhile. Like Soap.. maybe canned goods.. lotions.. You can freeze meat. I just dont like to see things go to waste.. Everything comes in such big amounts...
Well, Imported STuff from America is always going to be expensive. But there were some deals on Multiple packs of Sardines and laundry soap that were a deal!
Funny Good Morning America TV show on ABC was just talking about buying in Bulk or in Costco is not worth it. As you said it will get expired before you can finish the product especially if there's only two people in the house. But you are having fun Mark so go for it!
Thanks very much for the S&R tour, Mark.
For price conversion: I can't divide by 50 but I can double the price and divide by 100.
PureGold has been a warehouse grocery stores since 1980s. I think S&R existed during the early 200s, when the Philippines passed a law to open the country's retail industry for foreign investments and retail operators. The warehouse giant PureGold bought this S&R or former SmartPrice? an American Costco warehouse grocery store that was established in the early of 2000s, and was operated under an American private equity firms. Then PureGold has a long plan of expansion of their PureGold brand and its portfolio. So PureGold bought the entire stakes of S&R grocery warehouse and rebranded it to S&R Memberships.
Great video, I actually watched a couple S&R videos by Filipino bloggers this week. They focus on filling the cart with cookies and sweats, not the products we miss from home.
Interesting! I think many Filipinos are not willing to pay the 700 pesos membership fee. Just a guess. I wish they had San Francisco Bay coffee here like at Costco!
Sweats!
Yes
Sweats??? Oh my goshh???!!! 😂😂😂😂
Wow, I never knew stores like this existed in the Phils... Thanks for sharing your adventure...
You bet!
There is in Munoz Qc mla. More than a decade ago
Tapati'o Hot Sauce is what we have in our Pantry now, side by side with my wife's favorite, Cholula.. The Mexicans restaurants here in Omaha always have these two Brand of hot sauce. Love It!!
I love Costco! I usually buy frozen fruits and vegetables and foods that have a long shelf live, such as sardines in can, oatmeal, pasta and so forth. And toilet papers, paper towels, soup & detergent, and others.
Great idea!! cause they last long!
Man I stop by and you've blown up! Congratulations keep up the good work.
thanks... oh.. im not that big.. i just do it as a hobby
It's funny.. This is the only video that has done really exceptionally well. Lol. I'm grateful though.. for sure. Funny thing.. i wasn't even going to upload this video.... I just did it cause i recorded it. I didn't think it was very interesting myself. lol... Go figure... ;-)
My wife has been after me to join Costco or Sam's club but the members fee is too high and the portions are too much for just 2 people. Cel used to be reluctant to be on camera, now she seems to enjoy it. She looks so happy, Mark you are doing something right lol! Then of course you took her shopping which is her natural habitat. Have fun and be safe guys.
Thanks DB. Yeah.. We only bought things that stay good for awhile or if we could freeze it.
I joined Sam's club, they have a chicken nuggets tgat are EXACTLY the same as chic filet, and the potatoes salad is the best I found outside home made ever. (I can have a meal of just potatoes salad) they were offering a $40 gift card making the membership basically free first year, not sure if that is still valid.
@@ItsMe-uf6or Believe it or not I have never had Chick FIL A. I hear it is good. They opened one here in my town about a year ago but I can never get in there because it is too busy. I believe the membership fee is $40. It wouldn't be too bad if I got a discount coupon.
@@dodgerblue7381 looks like it's still valid, $45 to join, $45 e-gift card you get in about a month.
@@ItsMe-uf6or Well Thank You (It's Me) That is very kind of you to look into that. I work this next weekend but the following weekend we will probably visit and take a look.
good for you guys. but im wet market lover hahahha. i lot of fun to that market . a lot of cool people i like it
Nice vid..thanks for this!
Costco here in Omaha Nebraska, sells Cholula Hot Sauce. Can't believe they do not have it there. Thanks, you just reminded me to packed some when we go home, my Wife Loves this brand of Hot Sauce.
That and Tapatio.. ;-)
My mom used to make me Spam sandwiches with mayo and lettuce. When I was a kid I hated it! Now I’m forty and some time I crave it!!!
Lol.. I love spam in Musubi!
Awesome content! Indeed S&R is the Costco of the Philippines! Personally, I would prefer Don Julio over Patron any day! I’ve worked in Mexico City, so I’ve tried my share of tequilla’s. :). I’m a new subs!
Thanks for subbing Dan. I hope you Like the future videos! I am uploading another vlog today!
Hardly any traffic..COSTCO in the States is like a mad house.
very true!!!
Nice to see that they have semi Costco in the Philippines, however as you running the camera..can’t help to noticed the Prices are 3-4 dollars higher and also the ketchup and most items comes two or three packs for $10 or $7.99 I just came from Costco today and bought unshelled Pistachio 32oz for $17.99 and peanut butter for 2 $7.99 so yes US Costco is better price even with Dollar converted to pesos 😉Thank you for posting this content! It’s nice to know that they do have this type of grocery store other than SM and palengke!! 👍God blessed
yeah.. After the import fees and transportation costs to get the US good here.. it does add on to the price. It's just nice to have some american Goods available here for purchase! Made me feel like i was in a costco back in California!
Wow, your coverage of S&R was on the spot. Very well covered. And yes, its Costco in the Philippines. Much Thanks for information. I don't do tequila much, I am more of a Belvedere Vodka shot man... and dang that Spam can was huge.... I never saw it like that.... I eat spam ands was raised on it on the island of Guam, but dang that can is huge... We plan on moving there in Jan22'. Retiring there is going to be a dream..... In any case, thank you so much for the coverage in detail... Perhaps, next time you can cover the non-food items. Much appreciated. Stay safe and I subscribed as well. Take care.
Yeah.. next time I'll cover the non food stuff. It is soooo huge! I just have a small car, so i could only buy so much stuff. lol.. There were three of use in a Suzuki Spesso and my huge luggage. So only limited amount of space to guy stuff.. lol...
Thanks for the tour. Most things are slightly more expensive to be expected but the steaks are less than I thought they would be.
yeah.. steaks are reasonably priced ..compared to the USA
i haven’t been to s&r but parents go there all the time, i deffinitely go there when go home, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching
I was giggling too,..cause I was thinking the same thing🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love the frozen White Castle sliders at S&R.
Thanks for the shopping/price tour.
You’re welcome 😊
First time viewer
Those steaks would be over $100 in USA
TY for taking us along
Thanks for watching! ;-)
wow. expensive!
I've never actually watched this one but good stuff! 70,000 views, huh?
Its the only time TH-cam promoted one of my videos. The video to me.. I wasn't even going to upload it. But cel said.. awe.. just upload it.. so i did. So TH-cam can be nice to me. If TH-cam promoted my videos like that one .. all 700 of my videos.. I'd be bigger than Phillyinthephilppines, overstay road, etc etc... For some reason.. just this one video it decided to be nice to me.
Something woke this video up. lol. Just recently it went up like crazy. Now up to 86000 Views and growing fast. I wish my other videos would do that! ;-) lol...
Long live Mr PWUV! After a long landlocked pandemic, I finally caught some waves! I'm now in Siargao 🤙 Gonna hit LU eventually. Skipping the whole Canadian winter this time!
Thank you for this post.
Everything is about 20% to 30% more expensive than in the States, which is reasonable--I suppose. Every year, I stress about sending a Balikbayan box to my Mom bc I pack stuff like an anal-retentive, mad woman. S & H Balikbayan box alone is already $100, so it is more cost-effective for one to send cash $$ and have them shop at S&R. I spend $300 for one BBB, and all the time and energy (stress) I exert packing the darn thing. Next year, I will just send cash ...and be done!
67k views wow!💪 Is this in SnR Dau? Next time you visit Pampanga,my brother will serve you chicken wings,....that's definitely perfect with beer!🤣🍻
very cool.. u should b at final option tonight. live band!!!
Loved the video, except for one thing... Dairy! I have plans to move to the Phils, and I have a serious milk and cheese addiction. I have heard that refrigerated pasteurized milk is a rarity there, except for "shelf-stable boxed and non-refrigerated milk" that sucks. And that cheese is very hard to come by. Just those 2 items alone are practically a deal-breaker for me! LOL. While I greatly enjoyed and appreciated all you showed, I was waiting with bated breath (and taste buds) for the dairy section.
I was quite pleased that many of my long-time enjoyable foods will be quite attainable! Thanks!
By the way, I did a bit of Google searching about S&R and found that in the Manila Metro and surrounding areas, you can't swing a dead cat by the tail without hitting one of S&R's many locations.
P.S. One of the things I noticed about many of the steaks that you showed, while the cost per pound was about 30% lower than in my local supermarkets here, many of the steaks showed rather poor fat marbling, which suggested to me that perhaps those steaks were, among the USA grading I'm used to, Prime, Choice, Select, Standard, Commercial, Utility, Cutter and Canner, I'm guessing were in the Select to Standard range.
They have some great cheese in S and R Philippines! But yes. you will need to buy boxed milk. Fresh milk is very hard to come by here.
Hope you're enjoying in the Philippines! My wife and I just got into Manila from Colombia.
Very cool. You in a BOQ quarantine Hotel right now? Which one?
MySpace@BGC in Makati. Was nice, affordable, and swab test results came earlier than expected.
SPAM has been a local speciality..and a basic staple in Hawaii..for decades ...
Very true!
We belong to the S&R there in Dau and shop there when we are there in the Philippines, a great place to shop for American goods.
I like that they have Tapatio.. the big bottle there.. well, sometimes!
We went to one in Pasay or nearby my brother inlaw was keen to show us much bigger than anything we have where we live in Australia they even sold car tyres good brands as well not rubbish. The jumbo american sized packaging was a new thing to me eg the cereal boxes were twice the size of our largest ones here in Australia. A thing i have learnt about filipinos is they seem to think if it is imported it is better and a lot will pay more for an imported product than a locally made product. Prime example i have seen them pay more for a bottle of coke that was imported from the US when the locally made coke is a fraction of the price. We only shopped at S&R once on our last trip i would rather go to robinsons or somewhere rather than pay a higher price for an imported product, but it is certainly an experience going to one of these stores we don't even have a costco in the state we live in they are only interested in servicing areas with a large population.
Yeah.. S & R isn't by us in La Union. They do only service high population areas.. esp with high numbers of expats! Its nice to shop around in.. get some American hard to find items. But.. I think you can get better deals and have less stuff go bad if you just go to Pure Gold or Robinsons... If you have a Family of 4 or more.. S and R is a better deal for sure!
Healthy Grassfed cattle has yellow fat. What a great deal on beef. I wish we had those in Costco here in the US
Interesting. first i ever saw Grass fed Cattle beef.. ;-)
What up Marky Mark! Yes most definitely pick up the Don Julio or Patron to kick off the evening and maybe swing from the chandelier. They won't give the headache that Cuervo gives. Salud Bro!
Of Course!!! ;-) down the hatch!
Slowly catching up on the vlogs. 🏖️
Hi there Mark the prices are higher because all items are imported and are family sizes plus duty.Here in London foods are expensive even local produce.Enjoy shopping....
Thanks for the info!
Does S&R sell American style furniture like at Costco? Thank you for the video.
Hmmm I'm not too sure. I went back to do a second video on non food items.. and they told me they didn't allow video. At least i was able to do this video on the food items! ;-) I know they had some clothing items.. so they may have some furniture... They have appliances.
Patron Silver at Costco is about $87.00 here in California.
Tax not included 😒
1 L of an Awesome Rhum here is 140 pesos. like $2.60 !!!
Keep your mask on all the time and OBEY the LAWS in the PHILIPPINES SIR...
I buy Philippine local stuffs to bring back to US such as Bihon noodles, White Perla laundry soap, anything we used that’s expensive here. US items of course more expensive there. Will buy the big Spam only if it’s Tocino flavor. 🤪 Do they have big size V cut potato chips? Instead of bringing one big box here 🤪Thanks for sharing this vid. Missed going back.
Sounds great! I like Tocino Flavor too!
I love The Tocino Flavor spam too. Great to make Musubi with !
The yellow fat in the aussie steak is actually common to healthy grass fed stock.
oh.. really. Very cool. I didn't know that.
Cool video, Mark.
Thanks Jerry
@@sanjuanlaunionvlog you're welcome.
How were u able to take video? I understand S&R doesn't allow it.But really thank for sharing
you know, the first time i did video in S and R they never stopped me. There was no signs that said "no video allowed" so i didn't know. I walked around and took video, and no one said anything. Not even the store employees. Then when i went back to take a second video, of the non food items per request of my subscribers, the front door guard approached me, when i was near the TV's .. "Sorry sir, no video allowed" So.. security has been told to not allow video. I did do a second part two to this, but I only got the TV's, refrigerators some other stuff and food court. you can search it. it was about 30 days after this video!
You can get most of that at Ayala Mall in Cebu and you can get it in smaller sizes so it don't cause so much
Hmmm cool. Cebu is far from me. But I would like to visit someday!
Been a member for more than 10yrs now we always shop at SNR wt my brit husband we luv it but there is now Landers similar wt SNR or COSTCO
Does Landers have a yearly Membership fee?
Just compared Florida Publix grocery and your prices are cheaper if not the same. Prices here have creeped up and all packages have lesser weight than a year ago.
Inflation is crazy.. especially with used car prices.
I noticed some " Kirkland " brand goods , that is Costco's private label so obviously there is a connection
Yup! on Contract to buy things from them.
In your head quick math just multiply the peso by 2 will equal the dollar amount...... :)
Prices are a bit on the high side for Sweet Baby Ray BBQ sauce. I can get that same size for $2.00 here in AZ.
sometimes they have Beef Tenderloins.....Filet Mignon and grilled shrimp !
really.. I wanted to buy Filet Mignon!
Thanks for showing us this great place to shop. It's like Costco. I wonder though if they accept dollars not having to be bothered to look for money changers or maybe otherwise dollar prices are shown too.
Everything was in Pesos!
You do realize that the Philippines is its own independent country? With its own currency? The Philippines gets expats from everywhere around the world, with the US only being a minor percentage of the overall number of foreigners. So which foreign currency should they choose? Or list ALL of them on the price sticker?
You can always carry a pocket calculator, and/or no doubt there is a calculator app on your smartphone. I don't have a smartphone, but I'll bet there is an app out there where you can enter in any "exchange rate" and then when you enter the local currency price, you will then get an immediate conversion.
Pistachio is about $12 a bag and it's less if it's on sale. I bought bags pistachios for balikbayan boxes. Remember, it's always expensive in the Philippines.
True, people would think that Philippines is very cheap to retire but look at the prices of the property they overpriced without any appliances. the Philippines is not listed as a retirement country in the world.
In the USA, you buy a house appliances comes with it , you will just move in and bring your bed and bathroom items.
if you are used to eat imported goods in the Philippines then its much cheaper to live here in the retirement places in the USA than to live in the Philippines. the grocery stores here sell buy one get one free but not in the Philippines. some Americans gets foods stamps and social security assistance but not in the Philippines. When you are in the critical care, no one would cure you in the hospital without putting money cash on the spot for at least half a million pesos. Behind the neon lights from a high rise establishments/condominiums/hotels yet there are so many local people are in poverty life. Without the help of some charity/foundation groups and some other people those people are hopeless.
the ausie beef is grass fed makes the fat yellow
oh.. thats why... i wanted to buy it just to try it! lol...
First time i ever saw that!
another one membership store here in Ph is Landers its like S&R too..
Mmmm... I'll have to try that one too!
I'm going to have to try Landers. How much is the membership at Landers?
So basically S&R in the Philippines is like the H Mart here in the states…imported products w/premium prices.
I wish Clark AB and other US bases were still in the Phil so I could use the Commisarry when visiting.
Yeah.. It would be nice to have the Military bases back here. I'm Military too. be cool to have that! I would go to the H Mart in Irvine California.. Diamond Jamboree area!
@@sanjuanlaunionvlog Excellent! Are you retired? What branch? I’m recently ret. AF.
Guess what! Costco will no longer sell the Kewpie sesame salad dressing. I am so bummed out.
I know... it is soooo good. we have Finished 1/2 the bottle in two weeks time now. I love it on salads!
my understanding is that costco owns S and R and kirkland is the costco store brand.....
Seeing kirkland brands kind of reinforces that theory....
Hmmm.. good Theory. I was told S and R is independent from Costco. They just purchase Kirkland stuff from Costco. I'm not really sure. I can tell you there are Several S and R locations. And if you do a video on S and R.. you will get lots of views. This is the only video that i got many views from. For some reason TH-cam really liked this video and promoted it alot. This only video that i would say which was successful on my channel.
Nutella is just $5. It’s expensive at S&R…Costco should set up shop there to give S&R a good competition.
yes the pistachios is $17.99 here, its a little expensive there coz of the shipping cost/
definitely!
Wow! so did you say this S & R is in Dau? Items are really pricey compared to here but yeah, airfare is more expensive to shop in US 😅so why not?!
Yes, it is in Dau. We want to come up and check your place out.. go swimming.. ;-)
I was wondering when you would do this..😂 You need a big cooler for taking home meats
My sister` retired as a mondavi manager last year.
very cool!
Can you eaasily get back and forth to AC with level 3 there and SJLU? Great content.
yes.. but can only stay 24 hours.. If i stay in Angeles area for more than 24 hours.. I would need an RT pcr test.. neg. result
Did you ever find your Crown Royal in the Blue bag ? Thanks for the walk around enjoyed the Vlog
They didn't have Crown.. funny!
The yellow fat is down to the breed of cattle, usually "Hereford"..
Interesting.. someone said it is because they feed the cows grass.
@@sanjuanlaunionvlog yes it's due to the beta carotene in some of the vegetation they feed upon, but not all grass fed beef fat looks that way for example the one you bought.
love S&R can you do a review of LANDERS also? its like a Costco also
If I'm near a Landers I will ... for sure. I dont think there is a Landers In Baguio or Angeles area??
That big thing of nutella in the USA is $11 for 2. at S&R it is about 9 bucks! Almost everything there is more than what we pay 😬😬
yeah. Probably due to Import fees and Duties! just my guess.
Ah you’re back in the PI.
I hear Brian from Angeles City is considering moving to that area. Or perhaps Puerto Galera.
I think he is in PG.. shopping around right now.
It is more expensive there than our Costco here in the US
Really! Probably.. import fees!
@@sanjuanlaunionvlog correct!
Tapatio is available on Lazada..
I'm going to check now. I looked before and didn't see it. Just a thing that would be nice to have here!
The Don Julio is about right where I am in the US. You can’t compare the Don Julio Reposado to Jose Cuervo . The Julio is age while the Cuervo is colored by caramel coloring to disguise aging.
Mimic aging*
Clicked because of the SPAM on the thumbnail.
It's true! 1.8 Kilos of spam. Lol.. like 4 lbs of spam! crazy amount!
Almost 4 lbs of grass fed ribeye from NZ would prob cost you half your rent here in the US now lol, for 20 bucks that's insane!!!! I would have gotten at least 2 more of those packs!
Oh wow!
SO BAILEYS IS CHEAPER AT S AND R THAN AT SMITHS IN THE E.U. ? AND WHAT ABOUT HENNESY BRANDY , 750 ML. ?? THANKS.. DO S AND R ALSO MARKETS PLATANO MACHO ( MEXICO ) VERDE ( SOUTH AMERICA / COSTA RICA , HONDURAS , COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR ,) GRACIIAS.
I think S & R is only in the Philippines. It is a subsidiary of Pure Foods .. From what i am hearing in these comments.
Only problem with COSCO style stores are they are geared for the well off family, making them think they are buying wholesale, but really good buying around at your market keep the costs down better, only good to see the brand names from US maybe but not cheap
Yes, Support Local Businesses!
Def not a cheap place to buy food. But nice selections of hard to find items!
It's nice to see brand name products from the country of your origin, but those products do come with a premium price tag attached to them. Many premade products (foods) from the US, have additives and preservatives unfit for human consumption. But many people buy these products because they taste so delicious! Not realizing the harm those ingredients are doing, until it is too late. Too many households do not cook food from scratch. They buy processed meals in the store, and they call that home cooked meals. Smart shoppers cook meals from hand me down recipes. Processed foods have very little nutritional value what so ever. It's great to eat a Big Mac, or Quarter Pounder now and then, but not every day of the week!
Your making me hungry. Really!
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S&R is part of Puregold supermarkets. Landers is better than S&R and membership is only 400 pesos.
Mmmm.. I'll have to try a Landers. There isn't one in La Union yet!
Oh wow! Expensive.. Sweet baby Rays sauce is like $1.99 to $2.99 here .. That bottle might be big though.. Yes all big packages you started with.. We sell that golden curry mix at Amazon😁
In San Diego you can buy a gallon of BQ sauce for 5 bucks.
@@gregoriosmith6994 we have sales on Sweet Baby Rays for 99 cents often . 3 bottles or so should last most people a while
I have no idea why.. but lately. just this last 10 days. This video went up 10K views. Its now on the way to 100K views. And i dont even have a Girl taking a Bath with well water and a Taboo! lol. ;-)
I'm still alive
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Those kirkham products are costco brand.
Yes they are!
Dhil sa atin sa pinas pinoy size, dito american size, pati manok nila
Hello, question how you been to Philippines And what's the name of shipping you used to move .? Cause I'm trying to move in Dagupan city pangasinan regards to your wife.
I just used LBC for one balikbayan Box. I sold everything before moving here.
Word of caution, don't automatically assume all these items are the best price cuz it's in a whole sale place like a costco etc so figure out the prices per unit ?
Kirkland isss the COSTCO brand.
How many times do you need to show us barbecue sauce. You went up the isle and then cane back down the isle showing the same items
I was personally looking for Tapatio Hotsauce.. lol.. I just record my life here..
Got an S&R membership just for the pizza's and other items in their snack area.
Foods at S&R snack area are so popular that they opened a stand-alone location just for the pizza's etc.
wow.. Crazy. I wanted to try some things.. but the line was really long... so we skipped it..
Looks like COSTCO
Spam is still good after expiration date it's loaded with preservatives and salt.
Yes it is! ;-)
I see they've got my favorite peanut butter.. SKIPPY
yes they do! Many American Brands.. and Kirkland brands!
We have Landers and S&R here🙂🙂🙂
You are lucky!
You are lucky. I've never tried a Landers.
Y’all don’t look at the ingredients in back of Product ? This why people getting sick n have no idea 🤷🏾♂️
That's very cheap membership s&r cool in America to expensive fifty to sixty dollars a year in the Philippines cheaper..
Yeah.. Membership is about 14 usd. per year. Not too bad!
Is there S&R in La Union?
No, but there are several S and R's throughout the Philippines... In Manila, Pampanga and other cities!
Crazy expensive, I am actually dumbfounded by how expensive products are in the Philippines, maybe I will just keep my ass in Canada 🇨🇦
yeah.. imported stuff here is expensive. I ate the Salmon already with Cel, it was good. The Steaks were ok.. I should have tried the Ozzy rib eye steaks with Yellow fat! ;-)
@@sanjuanlaunionvlog I am 36 from Canada and I had big dreams of living there one day, but the issue is, I cannot buy a property, or own a business! Have to revise my plan
@@sanjuanlaunionvlog it’s crazy how that grocery store looks the same as Costco layouts, wonder if it’s the same owner😂 I wouldn’t be surprised!
@@dvonmason7321 An American couple brought this warehouse store in the Philippines called PriceSmart, then renamed it to S&R store. But I think they sold half of it to US private equity firm. Then later sold the entire company to this private equity. Then came PureGold merged with this private equity, then bought the entire stakes of the company. Then rebranded the company's name S&R to S&R Memberships. No relations to Costco or Sam's Club. I think maybe through this US private equity deals that we see American CostCo products.
Is that in San Fernando, LU?
Yes.. right on the National Hwy
So do ya'll shop at S & R for you and her store for her
It was just on the way home. First time there! really!
I like chalula when I have breakfast eggs
Me too. I cant find it in Supermarkets here.. or at this S&R!!!
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My house/neighborhood is right near that S+R. We were just in there the other day and were laughing at that ridiculous sized can of Spam.
yeah.. That Spam is HUGE!!!
@@sanjuanlaunionvlog Thinking of heading up to La Union soon, like in a couple weeks. If I do I will message you maybe we can meet up.
Its funny how popular this video is. Just recently. it went up another 10K veiws in a week. I dont even know why. Mystical Magic Spam video stuff i guess. Maybe Spam Spent millions of advertising dollars to Google / TH-cam to promote It's Spam!
@@markmccoy7740 Could be but you are reaping the benefits. A year and a half, over 250 videos and I haven't even hit 400K views total
Kirkland , costco's brand
yup. many Kirkland items for sale in S & R!!!
I have been told that SR shopping is wasteful, everything is very overpriced is that true? You seem to have a lot of choice there and that is worth something to me.
well, if you buy stuff that you can use for awhile. Like Soap.. maybe canned goods.. lotions.. You can freeze meat. I just dont like to see things go to waste.. Everything comes in such big amounts...
Well, Imported STuff from America is always going to be expensive. But there were some deals on Multiple packs of Sardines and laundry soap that were a deal!
Do they have Brussel Sprouts?
no.. sorry...
@@sanjuanlaunionvlog The only place cold enough to grow Brussel Sprouts in P.I. is Northern Luzon....Maybe....lol
Funny Good Morning America TV show on ABC was just talking about buying in Bulk or in Costco is not worth it. As you said it will get expired before you can finish the product especially if there's only two people in the house. But you are having fun Mark so go for it!
yeah.. We only bought things we could freeze.. or canned .. Well The jack daniels we will finish in time! ;-)