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Sainsbury Local's are actually more expensive, their prices are higher than their main supermarkets.
Same with all the major supermarket local stores.
Yes. I noticed that.
@OrakoG the US has had a similar level of inflation over the same period so I wouldn’t expect this comparison to have changed much.
@OrakoG for a 4 pints of Milk now is £1.65 in all supermarkets including Aldi and Lidl
He did the comparison with online prices, not in store.
All those chemical additives in US food don't come cheap.
Evan did a follow up to this where he compares Aldi in the UK to Aldi in the US - worth watching, as he addressed a few issues in that.
Prices in the UK have gone up massively since the summer - I don't know what's happening in the US, but the picture may be very different from when this video was made.
Most Brits do a 'Weekly shop' at a big supermarket, with the odd top-up during the week. Some of this as you say is due to shelf lives of products- but also storage space. Our fridges are much smaller than large US style fridge freezers, and our kitchens smaller, so storing a months worth of food isn't really possible.
It's gone up massively in the US too.
My cousin is over visiting from Florida, and he couldn't believe how cheap our supermarkets are. And that was last week.
@@101steel4 the shelf life of our food has reduced dramatically recently, I went to get raspberries and they all had a use date of the next day.
Food prices have gone up massively everywhere, it is the same here in Australia, some prices have almost doubled in the past 2 years.
@@micade2518 what they usually do is put nitrogen in the packets to keep them fresh, this works untill you open them and release the gas, in this modern world you can get fresh fruit that is not in season in this country, they used to have a longer shelf life than in recent times.
@@micade2518 doesn't need to be in a bag, just a sealed tray.
Sainsburys are not cheap.
I imagine most shoppers who care about savings, would go to aldi or lidl supermarkets.
Much more budget friendly!
It depends on what you get and your own priorities , we are being deceived into thinking that the limited range stores are always cheaper , that is not true , for example basics like milk & bread are the same price , Sainsbury's price match 322 popular items with Aldi and when you take into account Nectar points and coupons , Sainsbury's can be cheaper !.
Here in the UK I think fresh fruit and veg, and basic groceries as a whole are priced very reasonably. It tends to be the more processed foods that are more expensive such as cereals. I’m shocked at how much more expensive it is in the US, I actually thought it would be cheaper. The comparison is fair as we have Costco too so might be interesting to compare Costco prices too.
In uk we don’t get charged VAT on fresh fruit veg and meat
Interesting to watch and entertaining. As a Brit with an American husband, he comments on prices and quality. We first notices about 2009 that prices in the US were rising considerably. Much produce in the US also had little or no flavour.
Supermarket food in UK has no taste , Woke demands No Sugar and No Salt. In US I shop at Whole Foods. Where I live in small town UK we had Butcher and Baker and Deli , and market stalls. The Elf came and closed them all down. By The Way !! Last week Target on King and Market in Charleston would not sell me a bottle of rose with me lunch sandwich cause I did not have my D Licence !!!
0:47 he failed at the first hurdle because “Sainsbury’s Local” is not a normal supermarket. It is a small local convenience store, much smaller than a normal supermarket, and with higher prices. It’s like a niche mini-version of the main store, where convenience of finding something quickly is balanced by higher prices.
He was comparing online prices, not the "local". What's more - he compared Aldi with Aldi in a follow up, and the differential was even larger.
That’s just the establishing shot, he wasn’t using prices from the Local store
Bog, but not standard bog.
@@vaudevillian7 thank you
Even the bigger Sainsbury's with the offers on, are more expensive than the average supermarket.
Not too long ago, milk in the UK only came in 1-pint bottles, so when they started making larger containers it would be logical that they were multiples of a pint (at least, logical to us!).
Love the idea of you four 20-ish lads going grocery shopping together!
What are you talking about.? I grew up i the 1980's and we had 4 pint bottles in the uk
I'm sure that Alanna from Adventures and naps said another reason why American/Canadian people bulk buy is because the supermarkets aren't within easy reach, whereas here in the UK, unless you live in the middle of nowhere, you can get to a supermarket within a short walk or drive.
That should make North American prices less due to economies of scale.
I'd be interested to know how farming compares in the UK vs US. Our farms are struggling, because the low prices supermarkets pay barely covers the costs of producing the food - sometimes the farmers are actually losing money. Makes me wonder if US farmers are paid more for their produce and so are treated more fairly by the supermarkets. Hence the larger prices?
Most brits do a "big shop"
I do that once a month and have it delivered. But still pop in local shops, butchers, bakers and the like regularly to get fresh food.
We joined Costco here in the UK in order to save money by buying in bulk. Unfortunately we ended up throwing a lot of the foodstuffs away😕 Ok for household stuff like washing powder, dishwasher tablets, toilet rolls, tissues but the you have to have the space to store it!!😕 Most people here in the UK do a 'BIG' shop once a week calling back midweek for perhaps milk and bread. For our family takeaways are a treat, two three times a year!!!! Much much better to cook from fresh. Both my wife and I cook so teamwork!!! (But I'm not as messy) 😂😂🇬🇧
I find that most things in Costco are more expensive than the supermarkets, plus, too much American influence, cakes with sugary soft sloppy icing on, sugary bread etc.
@OrakoG easy, I look, I compare, I use my common sense.
Where I am, I know a few that do takeaway once a month, also as I live alone I do a big shop, unlike family I do once a month or two than once a week
@@peterbrown1012 I am same, I compare like 3-5 stores and not mind split up between them to get better deal
@OrakoG- So they tell everyone, yet I have given up buying foodstuffs there - because Aldi, ASDA, Lidl etc are SO much cheaper (without having to bulk buy either). I now only shop to purchase white goods or similar...
I’m not sure I would choose a Sainsbury’s local as a typical UK supermarket. The local stores are smaller and often located in or around town centres and used to pick up odd items when passing. I think a full size Sainsbury’s or Tesco would be more accurate as that is more typical type of store people use for their main shop as they have much bigger range and usually cheaper prices.
That was just for visuals, he compared Tesco/Saintsbury online prices with conversions.
Have to look at salary equivalents too.
I work for a global company, and someone in my company that works in the US doing the same job as me is on about 40% larger salary than me.
But they might work more hours, not get their paid 24 days off, 8 paid bank Holidays off.
Swings and roundabouts.
You can get a loaf of bread for only 39p at Tesco in the UK. Car fuel is half-price in the USA, compared to the UK, though.
But when you think of it they have longer distances to cover.
Per mile, the cost is about the same because British/European cars are more efficient, and people in the USA have to drive more miles to get to places, so overall it works out more expensive.
Car fuel is half the price and the use of big gas guzzling trucks is rising.
You should check out his comparison between prices in UK Aldi and US Aldi
I just remember a study done with rats - it's always the poor old rat that gets it! Anyway a rat colony was split in two. The diet consisted of one colony getting corn flakes and the other got to eat the boxes. Poor sods. The - erm - rats that ate the boxes actually lived longer.
UK supermarkets are highly competitive on advertising for good value, and will have a lot of competitors near each other. Guessing not so common in the states. Most towns here seem to have almost all the different supermarkets within a few miles of each other.
Town I live in is about 50,000 population and within a 30 minute walk distance of the centre or about 5 minutes driving got: Two large Sainsbury's, large Tesco and Tesco Extra (even bigger), two Aldi's, Iceland, Food Warehouse, Farmfoods, Lidl, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer and Waitrose. Might have even forgotten one..
Not a fair comparison in lots of ways. The 'Local' stores are far more expensive than the ordinary Sainsbury's, same as the Tesco 'Express' stores being dearer too. So there is even a wider gap in price. It's Aldi or Lidl for me though, which are cheaper than any supermarkets in the UK
The comparison is for online prices for mostly branded goods between comparable status supermarkets in the UK and New Jersey as the presenter makes clear.
Years ago a friend decided to order all their food for Christmas online. It went well apart from one mixup, he had intended to order a kilo of Brussel sprouts, but he clicked the wrong box and only ordered one single Brussel sprout. It was packed in its own plastic bag and had a 0.5p price sticker on it.
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We are spoiled here in Australia. I already knew we are primary producers of the vast majority of our own fresh food and meat and make so much more than we can consume we export a lot, too. Even with how much grocery prices have risen hugely with inflation in the last year, and our smaller population etc, most of our prices are cheaper than quoted in this video that was assumedly made before the large inflation price rises.
Sainsbury's Local and Tesco Express are about 10% dearer than there Supermarket versions of the same store! due to rents! so even cheaper! also It looks like hand size is bigger in America That guys hands are very distracting but He is very Entertaining!
We can shop bulk too, works out even cheaper. For instance Iceland (the shop) and farmfoods in the U.K. sell things in bulk.
The UK is going more local I think, but the hierarchy is generally shifting with farmers selling directly via vending machines and shared outlets. Much better as it's fresher etc.( ie milk, butter, eggs). Then we have the specialised local stores which are cheaper again than super markets (Butchers/Groceries) and metro stores which can be slightly more than their bigger stores. (Sainsbury's / Tesco etc.). Then the big stores, Sainsbury, Tesco, Asda, Waitrose, Marks and Spencer and we also have Cosco, Booker and other whole sales that do BIG but they generally more expensive than super market deals etc. I think the thing I'm excited about is the farm to machine concept. It's being rolled out now and I tried it last week when away. It's more common in rural area's but get vending machine huts for milk, eggs, butter etc... and it was a little more expensive than say Tesco, but the product was superior than anything I've tried from a super market. With a focus on animal-wealth fare and freshness I hope this takes off... not to replace but to add choice for those that want to pay for better wealth fair and more money to the farmers etc.. oh and greener as you bring your own packaging which you place in the vending machine.
A couple of things to keep in mind:
Pints are larger in the UK. In the US they are 16 fl oz in the UK they are 20 fl oz or in metric in the UK they are about 100ml bigger
In the UK most foods have no tax as they are 0% rated on VAT
Some UK supermarkets have the same products on sale at different prices in different stores.
If you live in an affluent area, you can find yourself paying more for your groceries.
Pink Lady apples can't be grown in the UK.
Not all products can be compared like for like.
Some supermarkets reduce the quantity of product in a container, compared to other supermarkets. You get a cheaper product but you are not buying the same volume.
British people have learned that brand loyalty doesn't pay. We always shop around week to week, for our groceries.
Aldi and Lidl are good competition and keep prices low.
I did a weekly shop in Aldi for myself, for just £25.00.
If you get really smart, and learn when the markdowns happen, you can get a full bag of good groceries in Marks and Spencer for £25.00.
You get minimal choice buying markdowns but you get great value.
Waitrose has had to increase its budget range because of competition from Aldi and Lidl.
One example - a bag of great quality frozen peas for £1.00.
You need to shop with national grocery chains and keep varying where you shop.
If you're well-off in the UK, you can shop in Marks and Spencer and Waitrose all the time.
A lucky few can do this.
Joel, when is your next trip to the UK?
Are you going to bring your brother? It would be hard work for you - but very entertaining for us!
Depends on what you buy to how much your food costs.
I buy my fruit and veg from M&S I find their stuff lasts much longer than a lot of supermarkets, a bag of 15 easy peeler oranges £2 and they are the best oranges I have bought, I buy their own brand instant coffee and every day teabags both such good quality you use less so they last longer, I must admit I can't afford their fresh meat, but I have a fantastic family butchers five minutes away from me, I also have a very good local sell all family owned shop where I buy bread and milk(I might add they were absolutely brilliant in lockdown) they made deliveries to your door at no charge, sometimes it pays to stay small and local.
You have to take into account the UK is smaller than the US, therefore has less transport costs to add on into our food supply. Also the UK has access to the world much better than the US. We can get food from Europe, Africa, Asia and the US. Having said that we have a shortage of tomatoes here, as the supermarkets have lost the plot and waited for EU supplies and messed it up.
Prices have risen so much here in the Uk . I really have to stick to my list I buy supermarket own brands now and also try my best not to wast food.Its something we all have to get used to 😢
I think 'not wasting food' is something the wartime generation and their offspring in the UK were very conscious of due to a decade of rationing. It's probably still a thing here, to an extent - but yes, I agree, the recent sudden massive food price inflation does concentrate the mind wonderfully about _not wasting food._
@@frglee My parents lived through WW2, and you're right, I try really hard not to waste food. Any milk nearing its 'Use By' date is usually made into a cauliflower cheese or rice pudding.
Prices have risen here in Australia as well, were paying much much more than a few years ago. it is a worldwide trend, we are also experinaceing a shortage of a lot of products.
@@elunedlaine8661 You can still use milk if it is past its use by date as long as it still smells ok, it is an indication not an order.
Inflation is a worldwide phenomenon. The UK, as an importer, is also negatively affected the £ falling on exchange.
We also have Costco, but I suspect the prices would still be much less than in the US. A lot of comments were that the comparison wasn't fair, so he did a follow up with US Asda and UK Asda - comparing all the cheap generic brands they sell. The differential was even greater. US Asda was 1.98 times as expensive as the UK. A carrot costs the same to grow wherever - there has to be people in the supply chain making massive margins in the US. Maybe the farmers get a much better price. It's an incredibly competitive market in the UK, and margins for retailers are tiny.
Sadly when studying in North America it took me months to discover that if you're eating alone its far more affordable to eat out or get takeaway than to go to a supermarket and buy groceries to cook at home. Its a complete opposite here - eating out or ordering in is expensive and its the standard to get a weekly shop regardless of the size of your household.
Hey Joel, you guys are paying for all the chemicals your producers use
Acme? Isn't that where Wile E. Coyote goes shopping?
Read the ingredients on the bag of your supermarket bread, count them. Bread should contain just five ingredients: flour, water, yeast, sugar and salt. I bake my own just so I don’t have to eat all the preservatives, colours and salt (which i omit when baking my own).
That's That's why they call it Great Britain!..
I’m an American expat in Australia. Meats and seafood is ridiculous in the USA. It’s high here but I don’t buy seafood here often other than fish. It also depends on where you shop and if you’re buying name brands. The store brands are typically cheaper and can be better for you.
Also,I live alone and it’s easy to spend $100 for the really basic stuff. It’s ridiculous. It’s costing me at least $25 more per $100 shop.
Did you know that there is no sales tax on any food purchased in non-catering establishments (cafés, restaurants, etc.).?
I'm not sure if this is the case in all states of the US.
I like this guy goes out his way to get the reinforced paper bag. I do the same thing to reduce plastic use to near zero.
The food waste involved in bulk buying we in UK usually do a weekly shop.
I still don't understand how he was confused by pints and yet thought half of a gallon made more sense?
Sainsburys and Tesco are not the cheapest supermarkets.
ASDA, Aldi, Lidl, Iceland are the cheapest.
We also have Home and Bargain, Poundland, B&M.
He showed vine tomatoes they are always dearer, we have cheaper tomatoes than that.
There are regular special offers too.
some of the pree- packs in the UK are sized as 450g ( one pound )
Something missing from the conversation though is salaries. As far as I remember the average US salary was £10,000 higher than average UK salary. So that could possssiiiibly explain how the food costs are higher but frankly even that's not good enough reason but something to bear in mind.
Did you know that pints are bigger in the UK !
Good point!
Morning Joel, greetings from cold, snowy Hertfordshire. I've been looking at my Tesco receipt, I bought enough food for 2 weeks. I spend about £50 a week there, plus milk and other perishables as & when I need them, from Tesco Local. That makes me get out, and stretch my legs. (I'm not going to mention lallies again, you know what happened last time)!
Very bold......
@@lachlanmain6004 true. I'm waiting to see what will happen!
@@trevorjackson4157 bona! Trevor, hope your riah is on straight 👍👍
@@lachlanmain6004 no comment!
We simply cannot buy a pint or 4 pints of milk in UK, while many call it 4 pints the bottle size falls short at 2lts (3.5 pints) the narrative should have explained that. I prefer to stick to metric, but I'm old enough to remember that the US pint is not the same as imperial pint. Your pint is 20% smaller and when you convert 4 US pints to metric it is only 1.9 lts (rounded up), so actually no, it doesn't cost twice as much, it's way higher.
The reason we don't say gallons or quarts is because they are archaic, much as 'pint' is but while the younger generation might say 'pint if milk' instead of 500ml, they don't know how many pints in a quart or a gallon, or how many ounces in a pint, (it's 20) and even if thet did it still would be the same volume as US equivalents.
Why, are raisins more expensive in US? Most of the raisins we use in UK come from California!!!
You mentioned discount supermarkets in the US. Bear in mind that these UK supermarkets aren't anywhere close to being the cheapest. If he'd gone to a discount supermarket, or looked at supermarket own brands, the prices would be significantly cheaper. For instance, when I buy a sliced loaf, I pay about a third of the price he quored here as the supposed UK standard. :)
Asda on the top as well, just wa few weeks ago there were also no wood cat litter pallete at all in any stores that I went to including wilko, asda and tesco
many people comment on the shops he choose here in the UK. BUt given that neither Sainsburys or Tesco are the cheapest here only shows even more how expensive the US is. Add to that, that we are paying lower average prices for better quility produce especialy on the meats and fresh produce. The Aldi UK/Aldi US comparion he does is the real eye opener because there is no hiding the difference. Even if it is a German brand and germany is nearer to us than the US. The greater distance really doesnt justifiy that big a difference in prices.
the UK has costco and other large wholesale stores also. So UK shoppers can use large stores also. his was a like for like comparison. Of course costco charges membership and the savings arent all that good if one shops wisely. Costco is a bit of a rip of really.
And our grocery prices have gone up and up even more with inflation these past couple years. So many people are using food banks in the US now to get by because even with everybody working prices are just too high.
I’m really surprised watching this from the U.K. I thought our prices were getting out of control. So sorry you have worse, I’d definitely have thought it’s more expensive here. Bad for all of us! Great insight… what is going on with the World 🙄 x
We have Iceland Lidl Aldi and farm foods as well as Morrisons Asda sainsburies Tesco and waitrose large and small stores
It costs nothing to grow food, except the labour which is usually minimum wage. Most farmers inherit their land which they pay zero inheritance tax on. Food has increased in cost a lot more than inflation recently here in the UK. Some items have doubled or trebled in price. It's not acceptable to keep rising prices. The government should regulate price increases at grocery stores and supermarkets to stop this from happening.
We only do a big shop here in the UK every so often instead preferring to pick up a few bits every week (two of us work in two different supermarkets so get discount off and ability to get reduced stock)
to me the problem with a place like Costco is having the storage space and or the ability to transport the stuff you want to buy from the store to home. I'd be interested to find out how close your nearest Costco is!! They actually opened a store (maybe more) in Western Australia but without a car you have no chance of making use of it. If you are in a US city where do you shop? Do you shop locally (always seems to be the most expensive way) or do you travel to a larger grocery store? As I am unemployed I tend to order online and mainly but stuff that is on special. I end up with a 25 to 30% saving on what I buy, but I do not buy the things I'd really want any more...just the sacrifice you need to make if you are on a low budget
May I comment on the milk and beef prices. Milk may be almost the same price but it rains alot in the UK. We have alot of really rich green fast growing grass. The majority of our cows are mostly grass fed. Correct me if I am wrong but grass fed beef is considered a more premium product in the states. You also pay your workers less and don't give them a month's paid holiday. So our food and healthcare(tax) is cheaper.
Looks like Evan used the supermarket online shopping site so would have got the prices as equivalent to a main shop rather than a local/ express shop. I just did £90 at the supermarket & didn’t get a huge amount. Having said that, the equivalent shop in the US would probably be another £50 on top of that. Scary.
You must watch the Aldi one. You’ll be even more shocked. We were shocked when we went there after shopping at Waitrose.
Waitresses have just lowered their prices on. a lot of things
Since he made this video things have continued to rise in the UK milk is now £1.65 for 4 pints or half a gallon. We have more shortages but there's still plenty in the shops and so much cheaper than the US prices. I can only assume that apart from the low paid workers there the rest are drawing huge salaries. Our fuel bills for gas and electricity are very high due the price hike from the producers and this has made it so that many people have to rely on food banks just to get by.
It is the same everywhere, even here in Australia prices have shot through the roof and many items are in short supply or unobtainable in the supermarkets. Petrol and electricity and gas and postal charges have also increased alarmingly.
Hi Joel. That was an interesting look at both sides of the Atlantic. I'm only shopping for one so it will be a bit distorted on the consumption side, plus I'm lucky to have a mix of shops in my area, Tesco, Aldi, Lidl etc plus a nearby regular Friday market that has food stalls on it. One of these does a special of smaller bags of fruit and or veg at 3 for £3, it's a bit pot luck as to what's available but it means I can buy enough to get me through the week, in fact with some items I prefer to slightly under buy to avoid having a build up of stuff that could go off. About an hour away is the town of Bolton which again has a really great market, I usually go there in the run up to Christmas, the prices on the fresh meat, game, fish etc are really keen.
The price differential in the video is an eye opener, even if you factor in the recent price rises over here.
You're still missing the Tesco meal deals I see 👍👍
Same here as you I'm in chesterfield.
@@treescape AHH, not been to Chesterfield in a while, love the market there, I used a great cafe when I went, in the alleyways off the market, it was a number not a name 🤔🤔, they did a great cheeseboard as a main course, fantastic.( I'm part mouse, yet to meets cheese I don't like )👍
We offer shop same as Americans, we have cheaper food stores like Aldi and Lidl. Have bulk stores like Farmfood, Iceland and Food Warehouse you would be shocked how much cheaper shopping is with the food stores
The average annual wage in the UK is £38k ($45k), the average annual wage in th US is $97k (£80k). All relevant to the cost of living.
When I go grocery shopping I don't mind own brand yes they might be cheaper but sometimes might be much nicer than the named brands. For instance I shop at either Tesco for their Tesco club prices, Morrisons I like them they have some delicious meal deals sadly they don't sell the bread I like Kingsmill 50/50. I occasionally shop at Aldi's and they are good for certain things they are really good for their fruit and their meats are really good. Aldi is cheapest of all the big supermarkets here in the UK. 😊
hi, after the end of world war 2. the british government vowed to the british people after food rationing which did not end until 5 years after the war, that food would be cheap and plentiful and to this day it is.that meant paying farmers to grow corn and milk and meat by means of farming subsidies which is coming to an end in the next 5 years so food will rise in price.
Kind Rergards Adrian.
Just to put this in it's right prospective, it would be like shopping in a slightly larger 711....with similar prices.
Morrisons are the most expensive chain, than ASDA then Sainsbury's, the Tesco, then Aldi according to price checkers.
We have Costco here in the UK for bulk shopping but we don't tend to bulk shop the groceries or perishables and we don't have the freezer culture of the US as we tend to like fresh produce.
Just remember that our tax is included in the price on the shelf not added at the tills like USA
We shop at lidl and morrison and Costco and asda and aldi.
We also do a monthly at Costco for toilet roll and detergents.
Most food is zero rated for VAT in the UK( it will be indicated on the receipt). In some states a sales tax is added even for food.
I think the extraordinary thing is that the US is able to produce enough to feed itself while the UK relies on imports. My brother was working in the US, and the inability to buy basic food in small quantities at a reasonable price was something that struck him. He felt forced to live off fast food. Here it is actually cheaper to eat healthy food, not that we choose to do that!
Surely the US land price being lower cost and so much of it alongside the guaranteed customer base it must mean there is a monopoly or cartel situation inflating the price to the consumer for massive profit it can’t be a free market or there would be a cheaper brand chain offering reduced prices to undercut the big boys. Here in the UK we had Aldi, Netto (now gone) They came here from The continent to undercut Tescos and Sainsbury’s and we’re successful though I don’t use them
I had to stop at 10 minutes as I was crying with laughter at his UK prices. Everything that he mentioned up to that point could have been bought for at least 1/3rd cheaper at Aldi. I didn't watch to the end as I figured it was pointless.
Do you know that Aldi is owned by the 4th Reich?
Prices have gone up in UK. My shopping cost more than £48 for one person.
With the cost of living crisis causing concerns for average Brits, who knows, U.K. food prices may rise in line with US food prices, but I pray it does not. Growing up, I use to remember seeing American supermarket Safeway in London, but nowadays it’s not. Although, on the outskirts of London, where rent is cheaper and there’s more space, you will see Costco supermarkets, and many Brits shopping there in bulk. I just don’t understand why American groceries cost so much more than British groceries? Perhaps, it costs more so America can use that extra revenue to pay for its huge, ‘unsustainable’ military budget which is just under $800 billion dollars for 2023, compared to the UK’s which is too low, around £60 billion annually.
Gretings from Snowy England. Sainsbury and tescos are a little expensive as well. Evan also did A second video on comparing Aldi which exists in both countries (and is a cheaper shop in the UK) that one is worth doing.
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Prices are going up a bit here and we are currently having a Food shortage at the moment.
I expect meat is more ewxpensive over there due to having to pay for all the additives and bleach in the meat.
This one is a supermarket tour to give an idea of what we typically stock.:
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Yes, I think most folk over here tend to shop at Aldi or Lidl although quite a few more expensive stores are doing the price match thing now.
@@deballen7031 Obviously "most" people do not shop at Aldi and Lidl, otherwise they'd have over 50% of the market.
@@deballen7031 Why do you presume most people use those shops? I personally think they are awful, they get you in paying cheap for cheap brands and then they get you to spend a lot more on all the rubbish you didn't go in for, It's much cheaper to go to a bigger named supermarket and only buy the food items you want
@@FTFLCY Sorry, I misspoke. What I meant to say was most people who can't afford the travel costs to shop around for lower priced groceries often tend to opt for these places, if that makes sense.
@@W0rdsandMus1c That's what shopping lists are for, to help avoid making a rash purchase. Sorry if I offended anyone.
I thought the US would easily crush the UK for food prices since we in UK have to import 50% of our food.
I consider Sainsburys pretty expensive compared with Aldi.
how recent is this? and I agree with others the 'Local' version is more expensive than the normal large Sainsburys. I know I've seen him do this video before...well one with the same topic anyway
Strange to shop at Sainsbury Local. Sainsbury, Asda, Morrisons, Tesco maybe. I shop at Aldi.
Are farmers markets a rural thing in America or do you have market days in all the towns as we have in Britain and throughout Europe?
What is the difference in wages? If the UK wage is lower that would balance things out.
Hey Joel, what happened to yesterday's video? Did you get a copyright strike?
My desktop said it was a private video, but my tablet played it without any problems. Weird.
He upset a few people with some of his comments so he pulled it. Ironically, it was actually one of his more his interesting videos as he expressed a genuine opinion for once. Unfortunately his client base don't want that.
@@citizenpb shame, I agree with you, he should express his opinion on his own channel. Maybe we should take him to Yorkshire, and teach him "If you don't like it, there's the door"
@@citizenpb that is quite disappointing. People get upset at a young man from America trying to learn about the world, and expressing his opinion on things. It's bonkers! What happened to being able to agree to disagree? Or simply skipping over content they don't like?
Instead, people nowadays choose to be offended, and demand that those with whom they disagree get "cancelled". It's completely bonkers.
Joel, while I can't speak for everyone, I like your work and want you to continue doing what you want on this channel - even if we disagree sometimes. If someone wants to choose to be offended, let them.
We found America bloody expensive compared to what we're used to here at home.
We do a bulk shop in the UK also our monthly big shop and these prices were expensive you get it a lot cheaper in Lidl and Aldi
Sainsbury’s Cornflakes own brand Daily’s are a lot cheaper and taste the same about £1
Sainsburys is posher than Tesco. The order is Waitrose, Sainsburys, Tesco, Asda and then you get Lidl and Aldi. Posh shop at Waitrose, Middle class at Sainsburys, Average Joe at Tesco and lower working class at Asda. Lidl and Aldi are for unemployed people/immigrants.
And our prices include VAT so the price we see is the price we pay. My kids rarely have cereal. Too much sugar in it and they're hyper enough. I buy my onions loose it's cheaper. About 10-15p they used to be cheaper before cost of living increases. Some is cheaper to buy loose like peppers. Carrots and apples is cheaper bagged. I'm shocked you don't buy potatoes.😮
My husband is American. Whenever we go over to the US and go to buy groceries, my husband is used to me screeching “OMG! How much?” every 10 seconds! I’ve always found the prices over there way more expensive than here.
This out of date in the U.K. I pay £4 for a large box of kellogs cornflakes groceries in the U.K. is going up almost daily food inflation in the U.K. is 17%
The only use for buying streaky bacon is wrapping around the turkey skin at Christmas......that's it! I like thick cut back bacon slices and I think about 3.50 quid for two packs of about 6 slices (it varies).But then nowadays, the prices for just about every thing are going up by a bit just about every day, as nothing is stable these days and more expensive that the week before....or even the day before.day!!.
Cheaper food = more money for beer lol
Hello Joel. This reminds me of previous comments about northern thrift being behind Asda, Morrisons and Marks and Spencer all coming from West Yorkshire.
P.S. I just subscribed to a local channel for history from Catherine Warr. She has started to do videos from a wider scope, like UK beating US at baseball
Shocking but at least there's still produce to buy in the shops...for now at least.
Of course, the underlying problem with food prices rising on BOTH sides of the pond is inflation caused by excessive currency printing by the central banks of each country. React to Hidden Secrets of Money Episode 4 which breaks this down for everyone to understand!
I’m from the UK, Sainsbury’s local is not the cheapest. The bigger Sainsbury’s stores are a bit cheaper and other supermarkets are a little cheaper than that; for example Asda is cheaper than Sainsbury’s; then we have budget/value grocery stores like Lidl and Aldi that are cheaper than that. Take-outs are a luxury in the UK, as the cost is much higher than cooking for yourself. (BTW my favourite take-out is fish and chips, there are loads of fish and chip shops here, but you need to find a good one as the quality varies.)
How do US prices compare to Canada? I stayed in Canada, self catered last year, and i was shocked at the price of groceries. I had to think carefully about what i was buying as it was affecting the overall cost my trip, even tho. it was only for 5 days.
Another thing to know, is that food/grocery price inflation is a big problem here at the moment. Grocery costs have increased about 17% in the last year.
Let’s compare waist lines and obesity in the US to the UK? Most of Europe do better than the UK, but there is still a big difference between the UK and the US. Is it mainly because take-outs are cheap in the US??
I wondered before, whether all of Evans comparisons were correct, or perhaps with a couple of items, it was even worse in the States? When it came to comparing liquid, shouldn't he have done it in fluid ounces, as a UK pint etc.......is larger.
That was a surprise I would have thought it was alot cheaper over side,
What about the quality of fresh foods, here in the UK they are sometimes looking bad when they arrive or only last a day. We throw so much out. Looking today the prices have gone up since his video.
I am so pleased you watched this. I have been wanting you to since you did the film on the Getman supermarket. Make sure to watch the new one comparing US and UK Aldi
Firstly Sainsbury’s isn’t a go to place most go to Aldi Lidl Morrison Tesco farm food b&m etc also since this Vlog was made food is massively expensive my weekly shop at time of Vlog was around £60 now same like for like shop anything be £120 - £200 a week 😢
Everybody takes a cut, so the longer the supply chain the more expensive the product...
Hmm… Prices in a country can only really be compared if you also consider average income. The video compares goods prices in isolation so, say, an American earning an American salary but shopping in Britain would find things cheap, but a Brit earning a British salary shopping in America would find it very expensive. If American salaries are higher in proportion to British ones then to the internal market economy the costs are similar. (No, I don’t know how salaries compare off the top of my head. 🤔)
When you consider the lower minimum wage in the US, John Doe has to work a lot more hours than John Bull.