For those asking about tax in Ontario! Basic groceries (dairy, meat, vegetables, canned goods) does not get taxed, but snack foods (chips, pop) have 13% tax added when you checkout. Yum!
River Mersey yes but in the uk the tax is included in the price shown on the selves. It's not added at the checkout, so the price you see is the price you pay.
@@PaGaNism yes, I agree this is true for main-stream supermarkets. "Cash-n-Carry" places can be slightly different. Hardware in stores also varies. For those visiting UK, and for existing UK residents, it can often be useful when comparing prices that some places apply tax and others don't. Also, UK stores have become somewhat cluttered with portions of supermarkets selling hardware goods and parts of hardware stores selling groceries!
As another canadian in england I can confirm anecdotally at least that staple grocery items in the UK are much cheaper than in canada (talking bread, milk, meat, eggs, cheese, produce). And, again anecdotally, the quality of the products is much higher. IMO.
Most supermarkets only restrict paracetamol products but some have included others like ibuprofen. The law was introduced in the UK in 1998 to limit the maximum number of tablets in a single transaction to 32, this was because of the large number of fatalities by suicide and causing severe liver damage for those fortunate enough to survive.
Thank you Alana, another interesting video. Here's some brief info on the use of Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) in Canada. There are approximately 4500 hospitalizations in Canada each year due to acetaminophen overdose. Approximately 700 or 16% of these were reported as accidental or unintentional overdoses. In about 6% of hospitalizations for overdose, patients develop liver injuries, including acute liver failure. Acetaminophen poisoning if left untreated, is a rather horrible way to go. Rather than being quick and clean as some people might think, it can often be a protracted and miserable death. Unfortunately with Acetaminophen easily available without visiting a pharmacy and being used in so many products, it's all too easy to take in excess unintentionally. Always read the labels, only take the recommended amount, don't mix medications and seek professional medical advise if you are in any doubt. Thanks again Alana.
Canada's dairy industry has a supply management system. All our dairy products are artificially raised because the dairy industry has very good lobbyists and the government is afraid to fight them. This is supposedly to help the dairy industry, but it just ends up hurtling consumers.
910g is exactly 2 pounds of weight, the old measurements before the uk went metric. If you get funny qualities in the uk it is often because converted the old measurements to metric
The limit on painkillers was brought in back in 1998 - it is 2 packs of 16 over the counter in normal shops, and 2 packs of 32 in a pharmacy, however more can be issued if prescribed by a doctor. I can't speak as to why the law is not in place elsewhere, however given that the UK gun laws are particularly tight, not many people have access to that particular method of "exit"...
Canadian cheese is generally very expensive due to your dairy quotas. My partner is a bit of a cheese expert and lives in Toronto but we spend a lot of time in the U.K. Imported cheeses have more tariffs than locally produced. I’ve seen 200g of Wyke’s Medium Cheddar on sale in Toronto for $19. In Tesco it’s probably £1.50-£2.00.
@@malcaniscsm5184 That is pretty much what I say when VW tell me the cost of doing something simple on my newish Golf that's done less than 20k miles. (It usually works and I end up paying a third the price)
Good choice, Kingsmill bread. It is made by a company which is part of the group founded by that other famous person from Ontario, Garfield Weston. You will be surprised how much of the food in a UK supermarket is ‘Canadian’🇨🇦
It was also because so many different products have paracetamol and some people were accidentally overdosing. I didn't realise aspirin and ibuprofen are restricted.
Unless you get it on prescription of course. I get rather a lot on mine for various reasons but usually I don't get through them and now and then miss them off the next renewal.
Aye, the problem with paracetamol is you're much more likely to just kill your liver and then spend two agonising weeks actually dying than to actually manage to die right off. Combine that with "it's not necessarily that people were actually managing to kill themselves, but they were requiring medical attention and support, we'd rather avoid that". It totally ignores the person so determined that they'd just go around 5, 8, 10 shops if needs be, buying two packs in each. No, you don't want the details of how I know this. More of a USA-oriented thought... but perhaps it's considered easier to get drugs much more likely to result in a death there so they just don't have the same issue with paracetamol and ibuprofen ?
There were a lot of media headlines in the 90s about accidental overdoses on Paracetamol because people didnt realise it was in so many over the counter meds. There were lots of shock/horror stories in the press about people dying of liver damage through paracetamol overdose and petitions to control it's sale. So here we are
At 11PM I verbally objected to the cost of cheese in Canada. There is an award winning extra mature cheddar sold at "budget" supermarket Iceland... for £2 for 400g no additives just a good absolutely delicious extra mature cheese. $7 for cheese? Even specialist cheese sold in Selfridges can be cheaper!
Since you ask, I found today's video interesting. However, you yourself are by far the most interesting thing on your channel. I adore your personality, your sense of irony, and, most of all, your smile.
Homepride flour has Fred the Flour Grader as their mascot on the packages - however there was a scandal recently when Fred's wife left him. She knew the magic had gone from their marriage, because he didn't bring her flour anymore...
Canadian dairy farmers operate in a market where the market supply is controlled (quota) to keep prices artificially high. And we the consumer have to pay unreasonably high prices for all dairy products to support it.
In America at least, there are so many different tax rates and agencies that the final price would vary from city to city, not to mention by state. It's definitely annoying!
FYI ... The vast majority of food items sold in Ontario are tax free. I just looked at a couple of my recent grocery bills. I only paid HST of 13% on about a quarter of the items that I bought. The items that are taxable appear to be candy and junk food like potato chips and the like. I'm a junk food junkie so I pay more tax than most people.
Alanna , If your having problems getting back into this country ... try getting a job in the cheese marketing board , it just isn’t an adventures and nap vid without you talking cheese or cider 🤪
I worked in a bakery in England that made Kingsmill and now work in a bakery in Canada that makes Dempster's. Drugs at the pharmacy are definitely more expensive in Canada.
A lot of food in the uk is still packaged in pounds/ounces but labelled with metric quantities. E.g Coffee is usually 227g which is half a pound. So 910ml red sauce equates to 2 pounds.
We British are a 'bloody-minded' lot. We weren't about to let the EU tell us how we could sell food, so pulled a fast one with the direct conversion. Looks like we've changed but in reality are still using imperial weights.
Here is a Ketchup/red sauce hint: Aldi ketchup is Heinz with a different label. I know this because the ingredients are the same down to the gram and both introduced a low sugar/low salt version at the same time and again with precisely the same ingredients (made with 174g of tomatoes per 100g of Ketchup) in the same bottle but with a different label. Aldi price: £0.49 for 650g or 7.5p per 100g compared to Asda's Heinz labelled ketchup at 31p per 100g!
I would not be surprised in the least if you are right. I find the Aldi and Lidl own brands of Ketchup, Brown Sauce and Mayo are on par with all the top name brands and even taste a whole lot better when I know my pretty penny goes a whole lot further! ASDA and Tesco shitty "in-house" versions are deliberately made to taste like diarrhea. I'm sure this actually costs them more to interrupt a food manufacturers process just to make it taste shit so they can sell it for less? Instead of just relabelling it with the "value brand"?
I think you did a great job with your comparisons. You're so right when you say it is difficult to get an accurate comparison; even checking out prices between UK retail outlets can be very hard as the prices change from week to week. I had a friend who worked for a major manufacturer associated with a well known brand of soup, the company also amnufactured soups for supermarkets but to the supermarket's own specific recipe. Obviously the prices were going to be different as was the quality. I don't understand why the tax isn't included in the price in Canada; it's so easy to do that it makes me wonder the reasons for not doing it. Thanks for another great video and good luck with your visa.
It's the fresh produce prices which blew my mind, in Canada. It's twice the price. I've just done a similar thing, but added the tax. My average weekly expenditure on fruit, veg, salad and potatoes comes to £15.01,(if I were to shop at Asda). Stuff like apples, oranges, bananas, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes - nowt fancy. The walmart equivalent, in Canada, came to £30.38. I go to Aldi, so it came to £12.94. Which I'm rather surprised at, to be honest. I expected it to be more than £2 cheaper than Asda. Australian fresh produce prices are bloody bonkers!
If you have an illness that lasts more than 48 hrs, you should contact your doctor (this is usually printed on or in packets). If your doctor decides you have a need for more and possibly stronger medication, they will prescribe for 2 to 4 weeks depending on illness. This is how you get larger amounts. The 16's bought in shops are to try and prevent overdosing either accidental or deliberate
Hellllooooo Alanna! It's 10pm here in the Philippines, it's raining, and you've just posted a video. Perfect! 😁 On a side note, I hope you have a great week. 😊
I was miffed over the Ketchup price BUT I think the UK version is made with sugar whereas the American version is corn syrup based which is something I'd like to avoid.
Black Diamond Cheddar is a very familiar Canadian brand and sold throughout the USA and Canada. Originated in 1933 in Ontario, it exported to the British market. Their premium aged cheddar is very good!
The reason why cheese and chicken is more expensive in Canada is because of Supply Management - allows producers to make money by controlling supply with quotas and thus no requirement for government subsidies like you have in most other countries. Walmart (aka Wallyworld) does have many similar discount price competitors such as No Frills which sells far superior house brands. Costco has a huge presence in Canada. In fact, Costco Canada has the highest market penetration for their brand than anywhere else in the world. In North America, most households have much more space to store dry goods, refrigerated / frozen items. Our house has a full size fridge in the kitchen, an upright freezer plus a combo fridge/freezer in the lower level. So doing a monthly or bi-monthly shop at Costco makes sense. The savings are huge.
I remember when I first moved to Canada from UK I was shocked at the prices of cheese and meat compared to UK. The main difference I found was the lack of competition in commodities/services compared to UK. Alcohol is another example which has fixed prices. I don't understand all of it, but some of the reason stems from the unions, which are a big part of the Canada workforce.
Canada food prices are crazy even from an American perspective. Now I understand why so many Canadians would go shopping over the border pre-Covid days. But I am very jealous of food prices in shops the UK. They are the cheapest I’ve ever experienced. Particularly with fresh fruit and vegetables.
Talking about cheese as you were, reminded me that in the UK one of my favourites is Canadian Cheddar). Is this actually a 'thing' in Canada or just a marketing hype for the UK supermarkets? If so, does it pass the Alanna taste test - I feel I can have complete trust in your cheese knowledge by now, so do tell.
Canadians tend to think the UK is very expensive and the British think Canada is very cheap, so good to see this video. and in relation to paracetamol, I believe only the pack size is limited by legislation, the limit on how many packs can be bought is down to the retailer's policy. Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (1980) (as amended).
In the UK, you can buy packets of 32 tablets or capsules of paracetamol, co-codamol or ibuprofen at a pharmacist. So if you need more visit the pharmacy (chemist) rather than the supermarket.
Seeing that you have been away for so long I thought that I would share some news with you. Your cricket team, Kent, have just won their most recent game by an innings. There, I thought that would cheer you up. Keep safe.
Paracetamol and ibuprofen are two different types of pain relief and you can legally buy 2 x 16 packs of each type together. Ibuprofen are classed as an anti inflammatory. Done this myself lots of times, but you do sometimes get a "jobsworth" checkout operator who will try to tell you different, or will only let you buy the other 2 on a separate receipt.
So long as we get some of the trademark "Alanna forgot what she was saying", "Alanna apologises for something yet again", "Editing Alanna uses a zoom in good self-deprecating manner" and other Alanna tropes that slip my mind righ tnow I think you could make a video on any topic and we'd be happy :). Oh! Oh! Oh! Of course there's "Alanna is taste testing and tries something she *really* likes" reaction shot !
I am also from Ontario and I am blown away by the yellow label discount food they have in the UK. Some of the items such as breads, desserts, pizza and even meat start around 6 pence!! They have discount food here to but not that cheap!!!
@@worthington3637 Not all of us can shop in Waitrose! Reminded of my first world problem yesterday, removing leaking quinoa from a Waitrose carrier bag...
Alana: "A Video About Prices" Me: *thinks* I hope it has cheese in it Alana: *covers at least four cheese based items* Me: Hurrah Thanks for a great vid PS if you did a video about salaries/jobs/wages UK vs Canada then I would watch that. Mind you I watch all the videos on this channel whatever you do.
Fascinating as always. Thumbs up. FYI a LOT of Britishers have *rosemary growing in their gardens so no need to buy it. It would probably grow really well in Canada too. *and bay trees (for bayleaves).
In the U.K. you can buy greater quantities from the Pharmacy, it’s just grocery stores where you get the product off the shelf that have this law. If there is a pharmacy within the grocery store then you can buy greater quantities also.....
I've been to Coopers Hill festival a few times. It's so much fun, and I also know the lady who makes the Double Gloucester wheels used in the competitions.
Ice Cream prices in UK supermarkets are an odd one. People generally only buy them when on offer, which is very frequently. Ben and Jerry's under £3 on offer.
Chris Barker Yes, very much a rule with certain products- ben and jerrys, pringles, Helmans Mayo, big brand cheese like cathedral city, branded wines like Castillo Del Diablo- stupidly highly priced one week and confined to a few inches of shelf space, then "half price" the next and given a whole bay of shelving. I, like most people never buy at full price, but I suppose some must
I'm from Belgium and cheese is pretty darn cheap there as well. And having worked in the food industry I know the regulations are pretty darn strict. Don't know about Canada, but european regulations are generally stricter than american ones XD Also I'm one of the people that doesn't like ketchup.
The paracetamol issue with suicide was there was a time reported in the news when people either accidentally took too much, or deliberately took too much as a cry for help but didn’t intend to die, however when both types of people said to relatives what they had done it was too late to administer the antidote, and were very upset to find that they had only hours to live. When the purchase restriction was put in place, people did ask why isn’t the antidote supplied with the medicine, but nothing came of this.
I got some black face masks on line .I thought they looked a bit better than the blue disposables . I now look like a robber instead of a surgeon about to perform an operation 🤣
In the UK unprocessed food is VAT free ( ie no sales tax) whereas processed food is mostly taxed. As mentioned in the video in the UK shop prices include tax.
The discussion of the high price of cheese in Canada at 5:14 felt like a cry for help 🧀🧀🧀 Maybe we should start a GoFundMe so Alana can get her daily fix of 🧀🧀🧀 Stay strong Alana 🧀🧀🧀 Stay strong 🧀🧀🧀
When I lived in Houston, Texas, my costs were about half of what living in London, UK (the city I came from) cost. Rent especially was very cheap. On the food side, it was somewhat cheaper, but American supermarkets do not have their own brands,
Do you know what is hilarious! The the major UK flour supplier in the UK is Rank Hovis Mcdougal (Homepride, HoVis etc) RHM sells flour to all it's competitors (Kingsmill etc) But the funny thing is all the flour grain is imported from Canada!
I'm sure you're thankful to have AC this year. My wife and I remember watching (from Canada) your live stream last year when you were sweating like crazy from the heat. Now we live near London and are sweating like crazy. I miss AC so much!
@@globulonz not many houses have the space for a wall mounted unit. We can because we have about a fifteen foot space above our stairs. Which would be useful for cooling the upstairs part of the house. Also considering European style external shutters to keep the heat out in summer, there are companies that can supply electric ones. Our house faces east-west so we can open the east side blinds after 13:00
Alanna you always cheer up Tuesdays or you make a good day even better 🎉 even if you're going through a tough time. 👍 I hope you're doing OK atm with all that's be going on ☺️.
In Ottawa, the prices fluctuate wildly by parts of the city. My father dated someone in Gatineau (35 minutes away). He would do his groceries there once in a while and would save between 30% and 50% overall on groceries over getting them near home. Of course, having to drive 35 minutes there and 35 minutes back is a heck of an inconvenience (as opposed to a 5 minute drive) but this shows the fluctuations in prices by areas in the city.
I don't know if anyone's mentioned it yet, but regarding eggs... you often get brown eggs in the UK easily as much as, if not more often than, white ones (with no noticeable price difference). In Canada, brown eggs usually cost much more than the white ones. 🤷♂️
The ketchup in that size is on offer at the moment in Tesco at £2. Is this really a good comparison if you're not adding the tax in Canada? Also, is that your stomach grumbling or is there a tractor outside your window? 😊
I loved that you put all that work into the research, the editing, and the captions. And than after all that put up the message that some Canadian items would also be taxed - argh! When you re-shoot the whole thing (;-) could you also research the difference in average income in UK vs average income in Canada, and then adjust both countries' groceries prices accordingly? Then finally we'll learn the truth about cross-Atlantic grocery-purchasing-power.... Thanks for attending my Ted Talk!
My American daughter in law takes back the cheapest packs of British mixed biscuits as presents as they are not available in the US or are incredibly high cost. No tea-loving Brit would use teabags, they are as instant coffee is to fresh ground coffee beans, just a brown liquid. Always broad-leafed tea made in a proper teapot.
Wow! Your prices! Here in the Klondike, eggs are $7 per dozen, and bread it at least $4. Cracker Barrel cheese goes on sale here for about $15. Stuff is pretty dear here! When I travelled in England, I found the only cheaper things were wool sweaters (jumpers), and chocolate. I like chocolate. England was heaven!
Hiya Alanna, loved the video as always! Tuesdays are always better with your videos. I think the drug thing is maybe because Brits don't read instructions and so can't be trusted with more than 2 packets haha! The cure for everything is a cup of tea. Keep safe and smiling ☺
Hey Alanna, Canada maintains a dairy cartel to ensure a minimum price of milk to protect Canadian dairy farmers from competing with US imports. That's the reason our dairy is so much more expensive than the UK.
I actually did a grocery shop comparison of what we buy like for like here in Canada vs UK including everything not just food so hair gel, toothpaste, toilet rolls, paper towel. Asda vs Superstore and basically the prices were almost the same. Canada was cheaper ever slightly. But what I will note is the sizes in the UK were smaller on pretty much everything in the UK. The biggest price difference I found and quantity difference was water. It was about 2 pounds for 6 ($3.70) and it was $1.97 at Superstore in Canada for 24. So it was almost 50% cheaper for 4x the amount. The only thing the UK was cheaper with was fruit and vegetables and I think that boils down to logistics costs of why it is so expensive in Canada.
The video was kind of interesting, but it was more entertaining. That is why I like watching your vids Alanna. All the best from Ian.. in England. 73's
To stock up on pain killers in the UK we just get 2 packs and go to the self serve check our then go around the supermarket again then go through the self serve again
@tog hoath It's you who missed the joke. I know this film and Python very well. Try listening to what the guy says after the woman says "What's so special about the cheesemakers?" It's right after the famous line. You can skip to 2:00 I'll await your humble, grovelling apology, along with a nice shrubbery. ;-)
@tog hoath No problem and not getting the joke happens to us all at some point. I never get memes. :-) I hope you don't suffer any long term effects from Covid and wish you the best on getting back here later in the month. My fingers and toes will be crossed for you. We've just gone into tier 4 in middle England and everywhere but the shops is shut. It's kind of amazing that New Zealand and other countries have done an almost perfect job with the pandemic, yet we've royally screwed it up. Ryanair? You do like to like to live dangerously, don't you. Best of luck to you.
Just to consider .. price comparison side by side is not fair as our price does include the 20% (ish) VAT in the price., while U.S / Canada pricing does not have any taxes (state and other, yes more than one tax) included in the price. So what may be cheaper in 'comparison', may actually turn out marginally more expensive.
There is no VAT on food, there is no sales tax on food in Canada. The pepsi and Ferrero Rocher would not be classified as food, not sure about the Doritos.
Hi, Alanna, of course that was interesting and surprising the difference in prices. Two questions how much is tax in Canada and does it apply to everything? Second how do average earnings compare? Always enjoy these videos. Looking forward to your next video soon.
We have two tiers of sales tax in Canada, one by the feds and one by the province. The nationwide GST is 5%. In Ontario the rate is 8%, for a combined 13%. Some provinces, like Ontario, have 'HST' - harmonized sales tax - that applies to the same schedule of products as the GST; the province sets its rate but the feds collect the combined amount and send the province their cut (thus saving on bureaucracy). Others don't, and Alberta has none at all. Food is GST exempt, but not snack foods like soft drinks and crisps.
@@user-in3sd5ju1c It's never been mandated, and since the taxes vary across boundaries, chains don't want to have to have separate price schedules for each province. So they can run one nationwide marketing campaign with one set of prices, and that's that. Things also get more interesting when ordering online: if you live in a province with HST, you are charged the HST of your province of residence (or at least that of your shipping address), not the HST (if any) of the province where the business is actually located. So it would now be next to impossible for any modern retailer to include tax in the ticketed "price" as they would have to present a different web page to visitors from each individual province. Technically the *price* is what the merchant charges, which is not the same as the cost to you. So the correct term for what the UK does would be the "ticketed cost".
The higher cost for Patak's can be very easily explained. It is imported from the UK, thus you have the exchange rate + transportation. In addition, the brand is sold via a Distributor which in turn takes a margin. We love Patak's but we purchase a Costco brand which is comparable in taste and much better value. However, the one negative is that only one variety is sold - Butter Chicken.
To complicate prices further, in the UK many food items are tax free (zero rated for VAT) and some foods are rated at 15% VAT Ben & Jerry might be an imported product into the UK so the price is going to reflect that. You said the ASDA eggs were organic but the Walmart eggs were battery eggs, so there will the UK price is going to be higher.
Pilgrim's Choice is brilliant stuff. A 1kg block is regularly £5 at Morrisons, which is great. I saw some 830g blocks at Heron Foods for £2.50 recently, and now there's a mini wall of cheese in the fridge.
@@AdventuresAndNaps Spot on Alanna. We take words from French then butcher them! It makes no sense to say it this way as we cope perfectly fine with "buffet". Incidentally just back from a short break in Norfolk in Bacton, which is near Happisburgh. Couldn't help but remember your video. In the other direction is Mundesley, guess that one's pronunciation?
@@AdventuresAndNaps You North Americans pronounce it wrong, too. You over-pronounce the ending on most French words -for ballet you say, "ballaaay" or for pâté its pataaay. And it's tomato sauce or ketchup, but we never say "red" sauce, but we do say "brown" sauce for HP or "Daddies". just saying, like. 😋
OMG! I knew I wasn't insane when I said things are actually a lot cheaper in the UK. You should try to do a comparison between cosmetics products, you would be shocked. All I can say is that daily living is more expensive in Canada
Yes sure. I always watch groceries videos about canada and europe. Allll europe countries are cheaper than canada , usa too cheaper but why canada is expensive. If we want yo visit europe or our country origin, we must work hard for it. Tickets are expensive again. If i would know before moving here , i would chose france or belgium or England over canada
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For those asking about tax in Ontario! Basic groceries (dairy, meat, vegetables, canned goods) does not get taxed, but snack foods (chips, pop) have 13% tax added when you checkout. Yum!
Always great having nice round numbers for tax on certain things - 13% in Canada, recently UK had 17.5%!
wait so everything isn't always taxed at checkout? only some things? that's even worse and more confusing! lol
@@Uniqorn not everything is taxed at UK checkouts either
River Mersey yes but in the uk the tax is included in the price shown on the selves. It's not added at the checkout, so the price you see is the price you pay.
@@PaGaNism yes, I agree this is true for main-stream supermarkets. "Cash-n-Carry" places can be slightly different. Hardware in stores also varies.
For those visiting UK, and for existing UK residents, it can often be useful when comparing prices that some places apply tax and others don't.
Also, UK stores have become somewhat cluttered with portions of supermarkets selling hardware goods and parts of hardware stores selling groceries!
As another canadian in england I can confirm anecdotally at least that staple grocery items in the UK are much cheaper than in canada (talking bread, milk, meat, eggs, cheese, produce). And, again anecdotally, the quality of the products is much higher. IMO.
BRB just deciding my future residence based on whether I prefer cheese or ice cream.
Most supermarkets only restrict paracetamol products but some have included others like ibuprofen. The law was introduced in the UK in 1998 to limit the maximum number of tablets in a single transaction to 32, this was because of the large number of fatalities by suicide and causing severe liver damage for those fortunate enough to survive.
Thank you Alana, another interesting video. Here's some brief info on the use of Paracetamol (Acetaminophen) in Canada. There are approximately 4500 hospitalizations in Canada each year due to acetaminophen overdose. Approximately 700 or 16% of these were reported as accidental or unintentional overdoses. In about 6% of hospitalizations for overdose, patients develop liver injuries, including acute liver failure.
Acetaminophen poisoning if left untreated, is a rather horrible way to go. Rather than being quick and clean as some people might think, it can often be a protracted and miserable death.
Unfortunately with Acetaminophen easily available without visiting a pharmacy and being used in so many products, it's all too easy to take in excess unintentionally. Always read the labels, only take the recommended amount, don't mix medications and seek professional medical advise if you are in any doubt. Thanks again Alana.
Canada's dairy industry has a supply management system. All our dairy products are artificially raised because the dairy industry has very good lobbyists and the government is afraid to fight them. This is supposedly to help the dairy industry, but it just ends up hurtling consumers.
disgusting situation...
I visited Vancouver a few years ago. I found it staggering how expensive groceries were there compared to the UK.
Depends on the exchange rate of course .And my guess ,only , is that they're paid more....retailers know how much money you have .
910g is exactly 2 pounds of weight, the old measurements before the uk went metric. If you get funny qualities in the uk it is often because converted the old measurements to metric
The limit on painkillers was brought in back in 1998 - it is 2 packs of 16 over the counter in normal shops, and 2 packs of 32 in a pharmacy, however more can be issued if prescribed by a doctor.
I can't speak as to why the law is not in place elsewhere, however given that the UK gun laws are particularly tight, not many people have access to that particular method of "exit"...
Canadian cheese is generally very expensive due to your dairy quotas. My partner is a bit of a cheese expert and lives in Toronto but we spend a lot of time in the U.K. Imported cheeses have more tariffs than locally produced. I’ve seen 200g of Wyke’s Medium Cheddar on sale in Toronto for $19. In Tesco it’s probably £1.50-£2.00.
Blimey. How much do you pay for, say, Éppoisses or Pié d'Angloys in Canada ?
That's crazy, for such a small amount.
Are you sure you don't have any Yorkshire ancestry Alanna? "How much?!" Is pretty much the first thing we learn to say up here.
Closely followed by "I'm not payin' that!"
@@malcaniscsm5184 That is pretty much what I say when VW tell me the cost of doing something simple on my newish Golf that's done less than 20k miles. (It usually works and I end up paying a third the price)
We Huddersfielders say it in the womb !
Good choice, Kingsmill bread. It is made by a company which is part of the group founded by that other famous person from Ontario, Garfield Weston. You will be surprised how much of the food in a UK supermarket is ‘Canadian’🇨🇦
The limit on painkillers is because an overdose may not kill you, but will give you serious liver damage.
It was also because so many different products have paracetamol and some people were accidentally overdosing.
I didn't realise aspirin and ibuprofen are restricted.
Unless you get it on prescription of course. I get rather a lot on mine for various reasons but usually I don't get through them and now and then miss them off the next renewal.
Aye, the problem with paracetamol is you're much more likely to just kill your liver and then spend two agonising weeks actually dying than to actually manage to die right off. Combine that with "it's not necessarily that people were actually managing to kill themselves, but they were requiring medical attention and support, we'd rather avoid that". It totally ignores the person so determined that they'd just go around 5, 8, 10 shops if needs be, buying two packs in each.
No, you don't want the details of how I know this.
More of a USA-oriented thought... but perhaps it's considered easier to get drugs much more likely to result in a death there so they just don't have the same issue with paracetamol and ibuprofen ?
There were a lot of media headlines in the 90s about accidental overdoses on Paracetamol because people didnt realise it was in so many over the counter meds.
There were lots of shock/horror stories in the press about people dying of liver damage through paracetamol overdose and petitions to control it's sale.
So here we are
You can buy large packs in the Pharmacies in all supermarkets just not from the aisles
At 11PM I verbally objected to the cost of cheese in Canada. There is an award winning extra mature cheddar sold at "budget" supermarket Iceland... for £2 for 400g no additives just a good absolutely delicious extra mature cheese. $7 for cheese? Even specialist cheese sold in Selfridges can be cheaper!
the highlight of my Tuesday! yay!
Since you ask, I found today's video interesting. However, you yourself are by far the most interesting thing on your channel. I adore your personality, your sense of irony, and, most of all, your smile.
Homepride flour has Fred the Flour Grader as their mascot on the packages - however there was a scandal recently when Fred's wife left him. She knew the magic had gone from their marriage, because he didn't bring her flour anymore...
My cousin wrote to Homepride asking for a job as a flour grader. They replied saying sorry but at 6' 3" he was too tall to fit into the flour bag.
I always thought Fred was half-baked but his wife was a bit of an old crusty.
And he wasn;t self raising ,any more .
Canadian dairy farmers operate in a market where the market supply is controlled (quota) to keep prices artificially high. And we the consumer have to pay unreasonably high prices for all dairy products to support it.
The tax thing in America / Canada blows my mind. Just put the total price on products.
Excellent video as always ✌️😀
Thank you!!
In America at least, there are so many different tax rates and agencies that the final price would vary from city to city, not to mention by state.
It's definitely annoying!
@@AdventuresAndNaps Is there tax on food there anyway ? Here,in California, there is not.
Too much math for ya Steve.
I’m pretty sure there’s no tax / vat on food in UK
FYI ... The vast majority of food items sold in Ontario are tax free. I just looked at a couple of my recent grocery bills. I only paid HST of 13% on about a quarter of the items that I bought. The items that are taxable appear to be candy and junk food like potato chips and the like. I'm a junk food junkie so I pay more tax than most people.
Alanna , If your having problems getting back into this country ... try getting a job in the cheese marketing board , it just isn’t an adventures and nap vid without you talking cheese or cider 🤪
Indeed, Alanna's videos are cheesy but in a good way! 🧀
Just don't call it old cheddar as that doesn't sound very appetising :D
They made the only possible choice when choosing their name, the British Cheese Board
I thought it was Visa free between Canada and the UK due to them both being Commonwealth?? Am I wrong in thinking that?
I worked in a bakery in England that made Kingsmill and now work in a bakery in Canada that makes Dempster's.
Drugs at the pharmacy are definitely more expensive in Canada.
As an American, I can relate to shopping at Walmart and being able to buy enormous containers of painkillers and flour.
A lot of food in the uk is still packaged in pounds/ounces but labelled with metric quantities. E.g Coffee is usually 227g which is half a pound. So 910ml red sauce equates to 2 pounds.
We British are a 'bloody-minded' lot. We weren't about to let the EU tell us how we could sell food, so pulled a fast one with the direct conversion. Looks like we've changed but in reality are still using imperial weights.
Here is a Ketchup/red sauce hint: Aldi ketchup is Heinz with a different label. I know this because the ingredients are the same down to the gram and both introduced a low sugar/low salt version at the same time and again with precisely the same ingredients (made with 174g of tomatoes per 100g of Ketchup) in the same bottle but with a different label. Aldi price: £0.49 for 650g or 7.5p per 100g compared to Asda's Heinz labelled ketchup at 31p per 100g!
I would not be surprised in the least if you are right. I find the Aldi and Lidl own brands of Ketchup, Brown Sauce and Mayo are on par with all the top name brands and even taste a whole lot better when I know my pretty penny goes a whole lot further!
ASDA and Tesco shitty "in-house" versions are deliberately made to taste like diarrhea. I'm sure this actually costs them more to interrupt a food manufacturers process just to make it taste shit so they can sell it for less? Instead of just relabelling it with the "value brand"?
I think you did a great job with your comparisons. You're so right when you say it is difficult to get an accurate comparison; even checking out prices between UK retail outlets can be very hard as the prices change from week to week. I had a friend who worked for a major manufacturer associated with a well known brand of soup, the company also amnufactured soups for supermarkets but to the supermarket's own specific recipe. Obviously the prices were going to be different as was the quality. I don't understand why the tax isn't included in the price in Canada; it's so easy to do that it makes me wonder the reasons for not doing it. Thanks for another great video and good luck with your visa.
Here in the UK, I prefer to eat my favourite Extra Mature Cheddar Cheese! Eating old cheeses is rather off-putting!
Rodney Shinkfield we say aged or mature in the US. Old does sound awful.
It's the fresh produce prices which blew my mind, in Canada. It's twice the price. I've just done a similar thing, but added the tax.
My average weekly expenditure on fruit, veg, salad and potatoes comes to £15.01,(if I were to shop at Asda). Stuff like apples, oranges, bananas, lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes - nowt fancy.
The walmart equivalent, in Canada, came to £30.38.
I go to Aldi, so it came to £12.94. Which I'm rather surprised at, to be honest. I expected it to be more than £2 cheaper than Asda.
Australian fresh produce prices are bloody bonkers!
To save Alanna some money, her next video will be "Alanna makes cheese" it will be hilarious. Please Alanna :-)))) xx
If you have an illness that lasts more than 48 hrs, you should contact your doctor (this is usually printed on or in packets). If your doctor decides you have a need for more and possibly stronger medication, they will prescribe for 2 to 4 weeks depending on illness. This is how you get larger amounts. The 16's bought in shops are to try and prevent overdosing either accidental or deliberate
Nailed it 👌
From Coimbatore , south India 🇮🇳
I ❤️ Canadian people 🇨🇦
Hellllooooo Alanna! It's 10pm here in the Philippines, it's raining, and you've just posted a video. Perfect! 😁
On a side note, I hope you have a great week. 😊
Good evening, and thank you!!
@@AdventuresAndNaps I always buy Canadian Cheddar from Sainsbury's if I can as it is made from unpasteurised milk and is the best I have ever tasted.
I was miffed over the Ketchup price BUT I think the UK version is made with sugar whereas the American version is corn syrup based which is something I'd like to avoid.
Heinz Ketchup sold in Canada is a slightly different formula vs the USA. It is sweeter.
Black Diamond Cheddar is a very familiar Canadian brand and sold throughout the USA and Canada. Originated in 1933 in Ontario, it exported to the British market. Their premium aged cheddar is very good!
Do you think the average Canadian diet is very different to the British diet? Great video :).
Excellent as ever. Glad you're back.
Hope you're well!
Cracker Barrel cheese was specialist cheese at christmas here in the uk.
I used to like Canadian cheddar but I don't know if they sold it in Asda.
The reason why cheese and chicken is more expensive in Canada is because of Supply Management - allows producers to make money by controlling supply with quotas and thus no requirement for government subsidies like you have in most other countries. Walmart (aka Wallyworld) does have many similar discount price competitors such as No Frills which sells far superior house brands. Costco has a huge presence in Canada. In fact, Costco Canada has the highest market penetration for their brand than anywhere else in the world. In North America, most households have much more space to store dry goods, refrigerated / frozen items. Our house has a full size fridge in the kitchen, an upright freezer plus a combo fridge/freezer in the lower level. So doing a monthly or bi-monthly shop at Costco makes sense. The savings are huge.
The cost of travelling to Canada for the weekly shop is expensive
When you coming back???????
You actually crack me up 😂😂 the amount of times I’ve sat watching your videos crying with laughter is crazy ! Keep up the great content 👊
Thank you! Will do!
8:58 What goes with chicken? I honestly thought you were going to say chips!
I remember when I first moved to Canada from UK I was shocked at the prices of cheese and meat compared to UK. The main difference I found was the lack of competition in commodities/services compared to UK. Alcohol is another example which has fixed prices. I don't understand all of it, but some of the reason stems from the unions, which are a big part of the Canada workforce.
You are brilliant Alanna! Canada's regain is the UK's temporary loss!
Canada food prices are crazy even from an American perspective. Now I understand why so many Canadians would go shopping over the border pre-Covid days.
But I am very jealous of food prices in shops the UK. They are the cheapest I’ve ever experienced. Particularly with fresh fruit and vegetables.
Talking about cheese as you were, reminded me that in the UK one of my favourites is Canadian Cheddar). Is this actually a 'thing' in Canada or just a marketing hype for the UK supermarkets? If so, does it pass the Alanna taste test - I feel I can have complete trust in your cheese knowledge by now, so do tell.
Canadians tend to think the UK is very expensive and the British think Canada is very cheap, so good to see this video.
and in relation to paracetamol, I believe only the pack size is limited by legislation, the limit on how many packs can be bought is down to the retailer's policy. Medicines (Sale or Supply) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations (1980) (as amended).
The uk is far cheaper for food than both the US and Canada and better quality
The Patak's factory headquarters is here (near me) in Leigh (Greater Manchester) 😁
Their products are pretty popular here in Canada
In the UK, you can buy packets of 32 tablets or capsules of paracetamol, co-codamol or ibuprofen at a pharmacist. So if you need more visit the pharmacy (chemist) rather than the supermarket.
Seeing that you have been away for so long I thought that I would share some news with you. Your cricket team, Kent, have just won their most recent game by an innings. There, I thought that would cheer you up. Keep safe.
Paracetamol and ibuprofen are two different types of pain relief and you can legally buy 2 x 16 packs of each type together. Ibuprofen are classed as an anti inflammatory. Done this myself lots of times, but you do sometimes get a "jobsworth" checkout operator who will try to tell you different, or will only let you buy the other 2 on a separate receipt.
So long as we get some of the trademark "Alanna forgot what she was saying", "Alanna apologises for something yet again", "Editing Alanna uses a zoom in good self-deprecating manner" and other Alanna tropes that slip my mind righ tnow I think you could make a video on any topic and we'd be happy :).
Oh! Oh! Oh! Of course there's "Alanna is taste testing and tries something she *really* likes" reaction shot !
I am also from Ontario and I am blown away by the yellow label discount food they have in the UK. Some of the items such as breads, desserts, pizza and even meat start around 6 pence!! They have discount food here to but not that cheap!!!
As we are discussing differences in prices between Canada and UK - Alanna is priceless in both counties!
I'm not sure about that, I can imagine the governments of both countries entering a bidding war over who gets to keep her!
@@hairyairey She shops in Walmart and Asda so let the Canucks keep her.
@@worthington3637 Not all of us can shop in Waitrose! Reminded of my first world problem yesterday, removing leaking quinoa from a Waitrose carrier bag...
Great video. It WAS interesting and I promise I’m wearing my mask - even in my own home today when I had potential buyers coming to view my property!
Alana: "A Video About Prices"
Me: *thinks* I hope it has cheese in it
Alana: *covers at least four cheese based items*
Me: Hurrah
Thanks for a great vid
PS if you did a video about salaries/jobs/wages UK vs Canada then I would watch that. Mind you I watch all the videos on this channel whatever you do.
Fascinating as always. Thumbs up. FYI a LOT of Britishers have *rosemary growing in their gardens so no need to buy it.
It would probably grow really well in Canada too.
*and bay trees (for bayleaves).
But UK doesn't sell "Goldfish. On 'crisps", she leaves the country then gets the pronunciation 👍
In the U.K. you can buy greater quantities from the Pharmacy, it’s just grocery stores where you get the product off the shelf that have this law. If there is a pharmacy within the grocery store then you can buy greater quantities also.....
Hi'ya, in Gloucester they chase a round of cheese down a hill! How far will you go for your cheese?
Maybe Alanna will enter when she's back in the UK?
I’m from Gloucestershire and been lots of times,it’s pretty crazy 😜
@@richard73 it usually makes the national news
I've been to Coopers Hill festival a few times. It's so much fun, and I also know the lady who makes the Double Gloucester wheels used in the competitions.
@@roberthindle5146 is it a real cheese or a wooden one?
Ice Cream prices in UK supermarkets are an odd one. People generally only buy them when on offer, which is very frequently. Ben and Jerry's under £3 on offer.
Chris Barker Yes, very much a rule with certain products- ben and jerrys, pringles, Helmans Mayo, big brand cheese like cathedral city, branded wines like Castillo Del Diablo- stupidly highly priced one week and confined to a few inches of shelf space, then "half price" the next and given a whole bay of shelving. I, like most people never buy at full price, but I suppose some must
I'm from Belgium and cheese is pretty darn cheap there as well. And having worked in the food industry I know the regulations are pretty darn strict. Don't know about Canada, but european regulations are generally stricter than american ones XD Also I'm one of the people that doesn't like ketchup.
The paracetamol issue with suicide was there was a time reported in the news when people either accidentally took too much, or deliberately took too much as a cry for help but didn’t intend to die, however when both types of people said to relatives what they had done it was too late to administer the antidote, and were very upset to find that they had only hours to live.
When the purchase restriction was put in place, people did ask why isn’t the antidote supplied with the medicine, but nothing came of this.
I got some black face masks on line .I thought they looked a bit better than the blue disposables . I now look like a robber instead of a surgeon about to perform an operation 🤣
In the UK unprocessed food is VAT free ( ie no sales tax) whereas processed food is mostly taxed. As mentioned in the video in the UK shop prices include tax.
The discussion of the high price of cheese in Canada at 5:14 felt like a cry for help 🧀🧀🧀
Maybe we should start a GoFundMe so Alana can get her daily fix of 🧀🧀🧀
Stay strong Alana 🧀🧀🧀
Stay strong 🧀🧀🧀
When I lived in Houston, Texas, my costs were about half of what living in London, UK (the city I came from) cost. Rent especially was very cheap. On the food side, it was somewhat cheaper, but American supermarkets do not have their own brands,
Great Value. Walmarts own brand.
Do you know what is hilarious! The the major UK flour supplier in the UK is Rank Hovis Mcdougal (Homepride, HoVis etc)
RHM sells flour to all it's competitors (Kingsmill etc)
But the funny thing is all the flour grain is imported from Canada!
yes best high protein bread flour comes from Canadian wheat
I'm sure you're thankful to have AC this year. My wife and I remember watching (from Canada) your live stream last year when you were sweating like crazy from the heat. Now we live near London and are sweating like crazy. I miss AC so much!
It's possible to get AC in the UK if you're willing to pay for it. Getting very tempted to do so...
@@hairyairey Yeah I know, but we're planning to buy a house next year. We'd rather use the money to install the permanent wall mounted ones.
@@globulonz not many houses have the space for a wall mounted unit. We can because we have about a fifteen foot space above our stairs. Which would be useful for cooling the upstairs part of the house. Also considering European style external shutters to keep the heat out in summer, there are companies that can supply electric ones. Our house faces east-west so we can open the east side blinds after 13:00
Alanna you always cheer up Tuesdays or you make a good day even better 🎉 even if you're going through a tough time. 👍 I hope you're doing OK atm with all that's be going on ☺️.
Thank you so much!!
@@AdventuresAndNaps ☺️👍
In Ottawa, the prices fluctuate wildly by parts of the city. My father dated someone in Gatineau (35 minutes away). He would do his groceries there once in a while and would save between 30% and 50% overall on groceries over getting them near home. Of course, having to drive 35 minutes there and 35 minutes back is a heck of an inconvenience (as opposed to a 5 minute drive) but this shows the fluctuations in prices by areas in the city.
I watch your vids with my wife.. I am english and she is a canuck... you are funny af
We live in canada... you are right about the bread back home... num nums... hope you manage to get back there soon!
I don't know if anyone's mentioned it yet, but regarding eggs... you often get brown eggs in the UK easily as much as, if not more often than, white ones (with no noticeable price difference). In Canada, brown eggs usually cost much more than the white ones. 🤷♂️
The ketchup in that size is on offer at the moment in Tesco at £2. Is this really a good comparison if you're not adding the tax in Canada? Also, is that your stomach grumbling or is there a tractor outside your window? 😊
I also thought it was her tummy rumbling
Alanna does food and her stomach rebels 😂
No tax on food in Canada unless some snacks and candy.
I loved that you put all that work into the research, the editing, and the captions. And than after all that put up the message that some Canadian items would also be taxed - argh! When you re-shoot the whole thing (;-) could you also research the difference in average income in UK vs average income in Canada, and then adjust both countries' groceries prices accordingly? Then finally we'll learn the truth about cross-Atlantic grocery-purchasing-power.... Thanks for attending my Ted Talk!
You didn't cover the essentials - how much are teabags and biscuits over there!
My American daughter in law takes back the cheapest packs of British mixed biscuits as presents as they are not available in the US or are incredibly high cost. No tea-loving Brit would use teabags, they are as instant coffee is to fresh ground coffee beans, just a brown liquid. Always broad-leafed tea made in a proper teapot.
Wow! Your prices! Here in the Klondike, eggs are $7 per dozen, and bread it at least $4. Cracker Barrel cheese goes on sale here for about $15. Stuff is pretty dear here! When I travelled in England, I found the only cheaper things were wool sweaters (jumpers), and chocolate. I like chocolate. England was heaven!
Hiya Alanna, loved the video as always! Tuesdays are always better with your videos. I think the drug thing is maybe because Brits don't read instructions and so can't be trusted with more than 2 packets haha! The cure for everything is a cup of tea. Keep safe and smiling ☺
Has a general rule, especially in Morrisons in the UK, stuff what's healthy is cheaper and they make it back on the less healthy items.
lol, you and your Fortinos. I'm tellin' ya, that place is only near Toronto and surrounding areas.. it's not well known in the rest of Ontario 😆
Yes it was very interesting 😊 I have lived in Canada and I am from the UK and you were bang on with the price comparison. Thanks for a great video
Hey Alanna, Canada maintains a dairy cartel to ensure a minimum price of milk to protect Canadian dairy farmers from competing with US imports. That's the reason our dairy is so much more expensive than the UK.
rip off country...
I actually did a grocery shop comparison of what we buy like for like here in Canada vs UK including everything not just food so hair gel, toothpaste, toilet rolls, paper towel. Asda vs Superstore and basically the prices were almost the same. Canada was cheaper ever slightly. But what I will note is the sizes in the UK were smaller on pretty much everything in the UK. The biggest price difference I found and quantity difference was water. It was about 2 pounds for 6 ($3.70) and it was $1.97 at Superstore in Canada for 24. So it was almost 50% cheaper for 4x the amount. The only thing the UK was cheaper with was fruit and vegetables and I think that boils down to logistics costs of why it is so expensive in Canada.
Uk added a sugar tax to all fizzy drinks hence why a lot more expensive
Regardless of what price, all fizzy drinks ruins your teeth. Especially the diet and Max versions, as they're far worse.
@Joe S Didn't stop them raising the price though.
Soft drinks and Crisps in UK also have an additional 20% vat tax
The idea was to encourage healthier eating, especially with children
CORRECT ON THE SUGER TAX BUT YOUR COMMENTS ARE NULL & VOID AS SHE QUOTED A NONE SUGER ITEM.
The video was kind of interesting, but it was more entertaining. That is why I like watching your vids Alanna.
All the best from Ian.. in England. 73's
I call it Tomato Sauce :) And say 'Tom-ar-toe' also :P
Same!
Im Aussie and we say ta-ma-ta sorce cuz we effing lazy with words
To stock up on pain killers in the UK we just get 2 packs and go to the self serve check our then go around the supermarket again then go through the self serve again
Blessed are the Cheesemakers
Or manufacturers of any dairy based products.
You better listen, there might be a bit about big......
Let's go to the stoning!
@tog hoath It's you who missed the joke. I know this film and Python very well. Try listening to what the guy says after the woman says "What's so special about the cheesemakers?" It's right after the famous line. You can skip to 2:00
I'll await your humble, grovelling apology, along with a nice shrubbery. ;-)
@tog hoath No problem and not getting the joke happens to us all at some point. I never get memes. :-)
I hope you don't suffer any long term effects from Covid and wish you the best on getting back here later in the month. My fingers and toes will be crossed for you.
We've just gone into tier 4 in middle England and everywhere but the shops is shut. It's kind of amazing that New Zealand and other countries have done an almost perfect job with the pandemic, yet we've royally screwed it up.
Ryanair? You do like to like to live dangerously, don't you. Best of luck to you.
Just to consider .. price comparison side by side is not fair as our price does include the 20% (ish) VAT in the price., while U.S / Canada pricing does not have any taxes (state and other, yes more than one tax) included in the price.
So what may be cheaper in 'comparison', may actually turn out marginally more expensive.
There is no VAT on food, there is no sales tax on food in Canada. The pepsi and Ferrero Rocher would not be classified as food, not sure about the Doritos.
"Do you call it ketchup or red sauce?"
Sike
I call it tomato sauce.
NOooooo!
Yeah me too
@@Davey-Boyd It's logical. Calling it the name of what is in it.
Sos coch in Wales (red sauce).
@@Jimmy_Jones I call it Tommy sauce!
In the UK, you can get two Ben & Jerry's for a fiver, in Farmfoods. A lot of places are far cheaper, than Asda.
Hi, Alanna, of course that was interesting and surprising the difference in prices. Two questions how much is tax in Canada and does it apply to everything? Second how do average earnings compare? Always enjoy these videos. Looking forward to your next video soon.
Just looked it up - I think it's 5%
It's only on junk food, prepared hot foods and fizzy drinks, it's the same rules as the UK.
We have two tiers of sales tax in Canada, one by the feds and one by the province. The nationwide GST is 5%. In Ontario the rate is 8%, for a combined 13%. Some provinces, like Ontario, have 'HST' - harmonized sales tax - that applies to the same schedule of products as the GST; the province sets its rate but the feds collect the combined amount and send the province their cut (thus saving on bureaucracy). Others don't, and Alberta has none at all. Food is GST exempt, but not snack foods like soft drinks and crisps.
@@davidjames4915 Any reason tax isn't included in the ticketed price?
@@user-in3sd5ju1c It's never been mandated, and since the taxes vary across boundaries, chains don't want to have to have separate price schedules for each province. So they can run one nationwide marketing campaign with one set of prices, and that's that.
Things also get more interesting when ordering online: if you live in a province with HST, you are charged the HST of your province of residence (or at least that of your shipping address), not the HST (if any) of the province where the business is actually located. So it would now be next to impossible for any modern retailer to include tax in the ticketed "price" as they would have to present a different web page to visitors from each individual province.
Technically the *price* is what the merchant charges, which is not the same as the cost to you. So the correct term for what the UK does would be the "ticketed cost".
The higher cost for Patak's can be very easily explained. It is imported from the UK, thus you have the exchange rate + transportation. In addition, the brand is sold via a Distributor which in turn takes a margin. We love Patak's but we purchase a Costco brand which is comparable in taste and much better value. However, the one negative is that only one variety is sold - Butter Chicken.
My favourite Canadian back at it again. Hope you're doing well today Alanna
Alanna is my 2nd favourite Canadian. Avril Lavigne just beats her to the top spot.
To complicate prices further, in the UK many food items are tax free (zero rated for VAT) and some foods are rated at 15% VAT
Ben & Jerry might be an imported product into the UK so the price is going to reflect that.
You said the ASDA eggs were organic but the Walmart eggs were battery eggs, so there will the UK price is going to be higher.
@Nicky L I didn't know that.
Genial Harry Grout Its also owned by Unilever, which is of course an Anglo Dutch company.
Cheddar Cheese was invented in Cheddar in Somerset south west England in the 12th century
Cheddar is a process in making cheese, cheddaring, nothing to do the location!
@@jonhewitt3 they first did it in Cheddar tho
Pilgrim's Choice is brilliant stuff. A 1kg block is regularly £5 at Morrisons, which is great. I saw some 830g blocks at Heron Foods for £2.50 recently, and now there's a mini wall of cheese in the fridge.
Psst, in Britain its pronounced fill et, not fee lay, ignore me I'm not here
Psst, in Britain it's pronounced wrong
@@AdventuresAndNaps 😂
@@AdventuresAndNaps Yea but we don't care. It's right to us.
Not sure what we are talking about. I'm just reading comments. Sub titles not working.
@@AdventuresAndNaps Spot on Alanna. We take words from French then butcher them! It makes no sense to say it this way as we cope perfectly fine with "buffet". Incidentally just back from a short break in Norfolk in Bacton, which is near Happisburgh. Couldn't help but remember your video. In the other direction is Mundesley, guess that one's pronunciation?
@@AdventuresAndNaps You North Americans pronounce it wrong, too. You over-pronounce the ending on most French words -for ballet you say, "ballaaay" or for pâté its pataaay. And it's tomato sauce or ketchup, but we never say "red" sauce, but we do say "brown" sauce for HP or "Daddies". just saying, like. 😋
Yes. Cheese matures and gets stronger in flavour the older it gets. Visit Cheddar Gorge in Somerset, England to see cheese stored for maturing.
OMG! I knew I wasn't insane when I said things are actually a lot cheaper in the UK. You should try to do a comparison between cosmetics products, you would be shocked. All I can say is that daily living is more expensive in Canada
Yes sure. I always watch groceries videos about canada and europe. Allll europe countries are cheaper than canada , usa too cheaper but why canada is expensive. If we want yo visit europe or our country origin, we must work hard for it. Tickets are expensive again. If i would know before moving here , i would chose france or belgium or England over canada
You can by Canadian cheddar in the UK no dearer than any other cheese