American Couple Reacts: The Average Cost of Groceries in Britain vs America! FIRST TIME REACTION!!
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- American Couple Reacts: The Average Cost of Groceries in Britain vs America! FIRST TIME REACTION!! This one was truly SHOCKING! Britain vs American grocery costs are absolutely CRAZY!
This isn't just the time of the year when people are buying Holiday gifts, lots of people are also purchasing loads of groceries for Christmas and other Holiday parties. With that in mind it made us want to look at the differences in prices over the pond. Especially given the high inflation everyone is dealing with.
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This one was truly SHOCKING!
This isn't just the time of the year when people are buying Holiday gifts, lots of people are also purchasing loads of groceries for Christmas and other Holiday parties. With that in mind it made us want to look at the differences in prices over the pond. Especially given the high inflation everyone is dealing with.
The results here are astounding! Let us know if this shocked you!
If you enjoyed our video, please drop us a Like and consider subscribing. We also have a new "Wishlist" on our "Buy Me a Coffee" site that you can find in the description of this and all of our videos. Thanks for watching!
SAINSBURYS ,ASDA ,MORRISONS ,,TESCO ALDI, LIDL, HERON ,ICELAND. MARKS & SPENCERS. WAITROSE. ALL FOOD STORES HERE AROUND BRITAIN. ASDA ARE CELEBRATING HIGH PROFITS . ITS DISGUSTING THE PRICE RISE THEY HAVE DONE.
You two should seriously consider moving to the UK. You'd be an instant hit, I'm sure. Keep it up!
He went to the most expensive shop asda is cheaper i shop at aldl and heron foods some times shop at my local fruit and veg shop bread is 55p in aldl loaf milk in farmfoods 8pints or two 4pints of milk is £2.80p fruit is from 69p to £1.29 veg is 59p to £149p
@@nealridgard7709 yes, he's also since done the Aldi US to Aldi UK comparison. I'm sure the girls will get around to that
Evan also does a comparison with Aldi UK and USA, that'll shock you as well, I would say that the Sainsbury Local is actually a small version of their major supermarket and is more expensive to shop in, also the bread brand Hovis is a more expensive brand, you can get a store brand loaf for 80p and similarly you can shave more money off the UK prices by using the stores own brands.
It’s weird, I’ve been complaining to my wife how ridiculously expensive our shopping trips are getting, but the US prices really make me appreciate what I’m paying
Yeah seeing this, it should!
If you've got to drive to the shops, that is still much cheaper in the US.
@@lolsaXx They have their own oil wells in the USA and don't have to add taxes to petrol/diesel to help pay for healthcare. Plus they don't have idiots laying down on motorways to ensure more and more drive electric cars - which only makes the OPEC suppliers put up their prices for the dwindling market!
@@lolsaXx you could always just get it delivered in the UK though for like £3 delivery charge
@@lolsaXx we have food delivery in America, it actually started here over 20 years ago
Sainsbury's local is an incredibly expensive way to shop in the UK! It's about 30 % more expensive than the cheaper countrywide normal supermarket branches.
It's the same with Tesco Metro stores.
You must be joking me!!!! Have you ever even shopped in a co-op or waistrose, the price difference is huge tesco and sainsburys really are in middle of all the stores lol 😂
@@2595220I think he means the small stores like Tesco Metro will be more expensive than the larger version like a Tesco Extra.
@NickFoster, tbh I haven't seen a tesco metro for ages, but there are thousands of express stores which on average are slightly more expensive
£6 in Tesco express the other day for Nescafé barista the other day
I am utterly bowled over! I’m from the UK and I always thought your groceries were always far cheaper than ours. How shocking to see what you pay! My goodness!
I lived there for six months,and yes American shoppers do get stung! It's outrageous!! Someone is making a killing!
You have my comisserations,how do you live???
Aldi are making huge strides in USA, once they get a good foothold it will be "survival of the most adaptable" as it was in UK a few years ag. Remember when Tesco were the major players a few years ago?
Yeah I do. And that is very true! God knows which supermarket it is for us now, major player wise. It’s always changing. I guess if Aldi continue to grow, it could be them in the US then?
Remember their salaries are 2/3 times higher in respective field a lot of the time!
The OTT prices of US fresh produce are well known, it's a big part of why they have such high rates of obesity.
British high obesity rates are because we are getting too used to American style fast food - the increase is very noticeably linked to the expansion of fast food chains in the UK.
Even with kebab + fish/chip shops we didn't have this kind of problem until McDonalds, Burger King and KFC invaded us 😅
Probably because prior to McDonalds etc we mostly only had fast food as an end of week treat, while McDonalds started becoming an all week, all day solution to many people - and from there it's like a gateway drug to all fast food all the time.
I live in the UK, and Sainsburys is not considered to be one of the cheaper shops, indeed it was considered a high end grocery store before they engaged in a price war with other supermarkets. Many people I know will not shop at Sainsburys because they are considered too expensive historically
Two lovely ladies. ELAINE IN ZENGLAND.alays cheer me up
Actually sainsbury's last year was a lot cheaper than tesco. Tesco's prices have been going up while sainsbury's has been going down I got a receipt from Tesco and it said if I'd have gone to sainsbury's I would have saved £4.75 and about £6 at Aldi
This video is not the worst of it, Evan has another video showing comparison between Aldi US and Aldi UK which is even more shocking. I feel US food retailers are price gouging, apposed to UK retailers who are very competitive and efficient.
Seen that one and it is very good
Iv seen it as well and it’s frightening 🇬🇧
The price gouging in the UK is on its way.
Uk asda food price is higher then uk tesco
@@ivantsang2156 don’t know where abouts in uk you are, I have found that a lot of the time Asda is fairly similar if not a little cheaper than Tesco
To say I'm shocked at this comparison is an understatement. I always thought the food prices in the US were way cheaper than ours here in the UK, but I'm truly shocked at how much more you pay for groceries in the US. Nobody does their weekly food shop in a 'local' food store though. These local shops are way more expensive than their regular equivalents. They're much smaller and consequently much more expensive than their bigger regular stores. Also, Sainsbury's has higher prices than many other supermarkets here. The big regular supermarkets ripped us off for prices for many years and it wasn't until the German discount shops of Aldi and LIdl opened up here that the big supermarkets started to reduce their prices to match the discount supermarkets. If you shopped at Aldi and Lidl you can reduce you shopping costs considerably, the downsides to this is that their range is much, much smaller but you can usually buy everything you need there just not with such a wide variety.
You say Sainsburys is more expensive but that's not been true for a long time. Sainsburys now regularly comes in cheaper than ASDA and Tesco. It doesn't keep up with Aldi and Lidl but check online and you'll be surprised.
Shopping at a local store though is a no-no, any supermarket will be cheaper than that.
I'm from the UK and I'm shocked. I didn't know the price difference was this crazy
Been trying to explain this to friends. I've known for ages that our economy is way better than most. My fiancee is Dutch and it's far, far worse there. We're having all these strikes and people need to take into account the past few years. We're doing far better than most other nations. Shame nobody reports facts anymore on the news. You don't need to look far to find we're actually doing better than most.
@@peterb2286 But at the same time in general the working class has slipped 20% in earnings versus comparable nations in the UK in the past 10 years. Against France, Germany, Italy. And then there's the cost in the UK of housing...
The prices quoted from the UK were actually on the high end, a white loaf from the local Lidls only costs 40 pence, a dozen eggs cost £1.29, a net of onions cost 69 p and own brand Cornflakes cost 55 pence.
You can never trust Lidl or Aldi for pricing, they are not consistent with the brands they sell, phasing in new brands just as you got used to something.
Also Lidl & Aldi claiming their baskets are cheapest is because they compare their own brands against other supermarkets prices on name brands, not in any way comparable in either price, taste or quality.
He's quoting like for like brands from like for like middle tier shops, you can no doubt find cheaper and more expensive on both sides.
@@unclegreybeard3969 I trust Lidls for pricing and quality, it is also a much nicer place to shop than the likes of Tesco and Asda that have long waits at the self scan checkouts since they rid of the manual tills, I never shop in Asda or Tesco due to their inflated prices, poor stocking levels and very variable quality in the their fresh veg and meat sections. Their cheap and nasty Chinese/ Indian manufactured clothing and footwear departments are also laughable as far as pricing and quality goes.
@@unclegreybeard3969 I agree
@@unclegreybeard3969 taste and quality is IMO better at lidl and aldi. The vegetables and fruit last longer and they source from local farms for meat and veg probably the reason why the quality is good and shelf life is better. If you have to have named brand things like cereals then you are going to be out of luck but nothing to stop you getting the named brand stuff in another supermarket. A lot of us are doing that now.
One thing to note is that the prices on UK shelves are the price you pay at the checkout. The tax is already added to the price tag. So when you buy items that are taxed you won't get a nasty shock. It's the same with our wages tax (unless you're self employed). When you receive your wage slip it shows you how much tax and national insurance has been taken out, about 26%. This is called P.A.Y.E. = pay as you earn. No tax returns to fill out and send off. ✌️♥️🇬🇧
Food items if unprocessed or classed as basic are not taxed, the reason for the expensive court case over jaffa Cakes, biscuit or cake as the VAT is different.
@@tonys1636 even many processed foods are zero tax rate. Cake is zero tax whether coated in chocolate or not, while biscuits/cookies are zero-rated unless fully or partial coated with chocolate (even chocolate chip cookies are zero tax). Pretty sure all dairy except Ice Cream is zero tax etc.
@@jennetscarborough5145 yes dairy is 0% VAT. Strangely millionare's shortbread is also 0% VAT but chocolate covered shortbread is 20% VAT. Just one of the odderties of the VAT system.
A lot of the uk do shop at Lidi Aldi witch is low cost supermarket
@@madabbafan you pay more tax on chocolate!!! Well that's just rude.
I know I shouldn't laugh, but the reaction on Natasha's face when cornflakes' price was mentioned is priceless. 🤣
Having spent a great deal of time in the US over the last few years, I can confirm their grocery prices are at least twice that of the UK. We are always shocked at the high prices, especially staples like milk and bread.
Totally agree, but American bread! not even on par with ours. It's so hard to find decent bread over there.
I'm from England and I thought our prices were outrageous.
They have certainly gone up a LOT recently.
However, USA prices are just crazy.
I'll send you all a food parcel from England, including onions.
( I grow my own veg)
Food prices haven't gone up much in the UK over the last 5 years in comparison to many European countries and the US. I have friends in Sweden always complaining the even MandS food is cheaper than in Sweden. But I'm pretty sure we earn less in the UK.
I’m from wales and englands prices are outrageous to me lol americas prices are just shocking , I get a pint of Stella in Swansea for £2.80 it’s around £4 in most pubs in England , had 16oz steak and chips while there cost me around £18 while I can get it for about £13 where I live the cost of living in wales is the lowest in the entire uk 15% less than England , Scotland and northern Ireland I have English friends that I met in Swansea university and they couldn’t believe the low prices down here
There is a big difference when you compare grocery shopping to eating out or takeaway. England is expensive for restaurants and takeaway but cheap for groceries, I've found the opposite to be the case in the USA and France, Spain etc . In the USA, France and other parts of the EU food is far more expensive in supermarkets than the uk but far cheaper to eat in restaurants or takeaway. I was shocked at the prices in USA and France in supermarkets but very relieved to find restaurants and takeaway is far cheaper than in the uk. So as a tourist its actually cheaper to eat in the USA than the uk , because you tend to eat out. I think those visiting from the USA would probably be surprised at our restaurant prices and find those very expensive, in the same way we find their supermarket prices very expensive.
Even more expensive in Ireland .Everything ,cars,gas ,electricity all more.
I've got family in Austria and Germany, and believe me Britain is really cheap for groceries.
Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Tesco are the big supermarkets in the UK. Aldi and Lidl are becoming increasingly popular because the pricing is lower, however they don't always stock the branded items 🤷🏼♀️
Forget the branded items. Brand snobbery's madness, and it's all psychology: The IDEA it's better quality and all due to a pretty label. Forget it. You're much better off buying the non-branded stuff. You'll save a fortune. I spend £30 for a WEEK'S worth of food for myself ... in 2023.
@@SevenEllen sorry you can tell the differance,its not snobbery
A lot of the same goods come from the same factories but under different branding. The meat in my area in Scotland is the same for M & S ,Aldi and Balmoral Castle ,not a lot of people know that .
@@f.m.bproductions7197 Increasingly own brands match and even surpass the branded equivalent. Lidl crumpets compared to Warburton, 75% the cost and 10 to 20% fluffier and yummier. Lidl chocolate, Lidl ground coffee cheaper and notably better.
You are right, however aldi is surging forward, I work for the company at this rate , 4th spot won't be soon far off.
I love videos like this of Americans learning more about the world and starting to demand more from their politicians and better standards.
I was incredulous that American prices were so high, given the massive farming capacity over there! broadly speaking we import most of ours.
Random I buy a lot of British good and American farming is awful.
Let's lay this out... in the UK....
Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrison, Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl & Aldi are national grocery chains from the far south to the far north of Scotland. It means that the grocery sector is fiercely competitive and therefore has to be efficient.
Don't forget ASDA (originally a Walmart company)
@@crackpot148 Indeed!
Asda was Originally "Associated Dairies" and originated in Leeds, its flirtation with Walmart was relatively recent... @@crackpot148
As a family of five we average £180 to £200 a week as prices are rising daily. 3 months ago we would spend around £150 per week. Aldi and Lidles are the best.
Wow! That's a lot!... we spend 250 tops at Asda each month and we are also a family of 5
Never bin to Aldi so cannot comment but Lidl for us is crap the meat is awful the tinned food is a joke but the breads ok some of the pasties are good milks fine and some frozen but no good for a proper shop
Wow that’s a lot, and at Aldi? Not knocking you, but wouldn’t need to spend that at a Sainsburys. Growing boys I bet?
@@daylightdies7194Yeh you get what you pay for in some cases. Watch out for salt and sugar content on the cheap foods.
We're a family of 9 and spend about £140 a week in aldi or £160 in asda
These prices are more extreme if you take into consideration that the UK hasn't been food self sufficient in over 150 years! So we have to import much of our necessary food stuffs. The USA is a net food producer and exports huge amounts. Even during both world wars a huge amount of shipping had to be used to provide the nation with food at tremendous cost of life while extremely strict rationing was in place. More frightening is if you look at the chemicals "fresh" veg has sprayed on them in the US and the preservatives used.
I'm really shocked that as a world major producer the US customers have to pay so much at end user level. UK gets apples, oranges, grapes, sweetcorn and green veg from as far away as South Africa. More oranges from Israel and Spain and tomatoes from Spain and Italy. I had blueberries last week from Peru. Orange juice is from Brazil. Some of the bacon and butter from Denmark. Salad veg year round from greenhouses in Holland. I was particularly shocked at the US price for raisins as ours all come from California.
the crap that the US stuff has in it is disgusting
at 16:30 , that napolina can of chopped tomatos is actually seen as the fancier more expensive can. you can find cheaper home brand ones for 30p per can of 400 in Sainsburies. Half that price.
I am genuinely shocked. I'd always assumed food was so much cheaper in the US. The irony that the potato, which was discovered in the US is so much more cheaper here lol. I have been bawking at the increase in my food shop bill, but bloody Hell, I'm so glad I'm not buying my groceries in the States!
Evan has done a second video comparing Aldi in US and UK and the price differential is more stark.
Funny isn’t it, we here in the UK have noticed recently how food prices are creeping up but they’re still vastly cheaper than the US. I always love your vids lasses, thanks for making us all smile xx
Regarding the milk, don't forget that Imperial liquid measures in the UK are 25% bigger than US liquid measures.
20 ounces to the UK pint as opposed to 16 ounces to the US pint - still 8 pints to the gallon so that is also 25% bigger.
In the US, "a pint's a pound the world around", however in the UK, "a pint of water weighs a pound & a quarter".
You have to remember wages are a lot lower in Britain so that will also cut the supermarket overheads so they can charge less.
Another shocking video by Evan is the NHS Doctor reaction to US Medical bills.
My late wife was American and she loved milk.
She had been used to being careful how much she used because of the price in the USA.
She loved it here, because she could have as much as she wanted. When I did groceries I would buy her 10L (2.2 gallons) a week when I went grocery shopping.
I don’t drink milk. So I know that was all consumed by her. It was so nice to see her enjoy it.
Best thing about the uk is that you can literally buy the shops own version for usually half the price. Especially on your daily essentials.
I live in the UK and I always complain about how expensive cereal is here, but seeing the US price makes me think it's not so bad here
I always assumed that was one item that would be cheaper in the US, given the huge amount of cereal crops grown there...
Same! I just commented to my Dad how a box of Shreddies is over £3 now and it seemed grossly overpriced. I guess not when compared to US prices.
Average wage in the US is $54,000 a year though - That's the reason for the higher prices as UK average wage is £35,000 - £40,000...
@@BassandoForte yes but that’s the average and is skewed dreadfully by a few more affluent regions, so the majority of people earn far less than that (in the same way that most people I know earn less than the UK average wage). Relatively speaking the US has it far worse than us food-shopping-wise.
@@Cazzdevil - That is what average means...
Add all the wages from all the population together and divide by the amount of people in the population - That's how you work out average wage... 👍
This is shocking! I had an idea that fresh groceries were more expensive in the US, but I had no idea it was this much 😮
Great video ❤️
Yes but our houses are a lot smaller generally and cost a lot more here in the UK. Our prices have increased drastically here, most of our prices have increased by about 40% in the last few months. We have VAT (value added tax) at around 20% but they are already included on the ticket price.
Try parking your RV in Sainsburys overnight and see what happens.
Basic food is NOT subject to VAT (fruit, veg, pasta, rice, breads etc). Luxury items such as chocolate biscuits, cake, jams etc DO have VAT on them. It's just that because we're used to paying the price we see we don't think about whether VAT has been added or not. There's going to be a split at some point between basic milk and yoghurts and fancy creamy desserts/mousses etc, and I guess things like Shredded Wheat, cornflakes and bran cereals won't have VAT, where as Coco Pops, Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and Alpen etc will. It's an interesting subject, though, and might be worth someone's while googling what is and what isn't vatable for the sake of interest.
Likewise in the US I noticed going down my receipt that most of the basic foods had no sales tax added, but the bags of crisps and M&Ms etc did have sales tax.
So our “super markets” large grocery stores are
-Lidl (relatively new here from Germany)
-Aldi (relatively new here from Germany)
-Asda (owned by Walmart)
-Tesco
-Morrisons
-Sainsbury’s
-Ocado
The order there is roughly based on their cost to shop.
Something also interesting, is that either Lidl or Aldi are notorious for selling what are effectively replicas… not exactly but a lot of their products are marketed in a way that makes them appear the same as more expensive branded products, purely from a packaging perspective.
Recently home from a trip to the UK where we could not get over of the (wonderful!) prices in the supermarkets. Shopped at Morrisons, Tesco and Aldi so fair comparison and it just boggles the mind! SOOOOO pleased we will be moving back to the UK in a few months. Hopefully money saved in groceries will help with the fuel bills!
I shop in Aldi most of the time , but WOW your grocery prices are so much more , loved this comparison video xx
Yeah it's depressing. A lot of families are really hurting here
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow - Evan Edinger has done another USA - UK comparison video. He went to Aldi. Worth checking out.
@@TheNatashaDebbieShow There is a follow up comparing USA Aldi to UK Aldi no spoilers *BUT* very worth reacting to and you might learn something new as well
Prefer Lidl for the 30% and 60% discounts in the morning
I know the cost may be cheaper over here but i think one huge difference between the UK and the USA is grocery coupons i've watched shows where you can get a whole weeks grocery for a family of six just buy using coupons. here in the uk the coupons won't save you much and usually restricted to one coupon per shop.
Supermarkets In The UK
[Standard] Like Walmart / Target / Kroger
1. Sainsbury’s
2. Tescos
3. Asda
4. Morrisons
[Luxury]
1. Marks & Spencer’s
2. Waitros
[Budget]
1. Aldi
2. Lidl
[Specialist]
1. Iceland - (Frozen Foods)
2. Whole Foods - (Organic/Ethical)
[Small Groceries] Like 7Eleven
1. Spar
2. Nisa
[Wholesale]
1. Costco - (Retail Only)
The reason for measuring milk in pints is historic. Back in the day when we had milk delivered by a milkman it was always in pint bottles and that carried over to when people began buying milk from supermarkets and we still measure it in pints even though we mainly use metric measurements. It’s a peculiarly British thing.
We still have our milk delivered. Every other day (Milk and More) to the doorstep, along with, occasionally, other household stuff.
It’s delivered in glass 1 pint bottles which better for the planet - empties are recycled back to the milkman, washed and refilled for next time. NO PLASTIC !!!
i still get pint glass milk delivered, they are still around
British cows were bred over many centuries to produce milk in multiples of 1 pint so it's impossible to switch to litres without genetically modifying the cattle. 😃
Well we Brits do like to be a little eccentric, we can't let the world think we're normal, that would be boaring.
These days even market stalls don't bother with grammes coz everyone wants lbs and oz but shops still use metric which means you have to convert in you head, sausages are sold in 454 grammes or half a pound, vinegar in 568ml or a pt. Even sweets are sold iimperial just translated to metric(113g, 227g or a qtr or half lb)
You have to remember as well that he has gone to a Sainsbury in London - which is the most expensive area in the UK. Also, Sainsbury is an expensive shop.
What's really worrying is the fact that even though our groceries are comparatively cheaper, so many families can't afford food and rely on food banks due to wage stagnation, inflation, etc
I cant believe the price difference in groceries, I hate to imagine how much it will cost if you did a full shop with a trolley full of food
When you compare the average income between the two countries, in USA the income is slightly higher but the cost of living prices in UK more than balance that out so the average person in the UK is, financially, much better off. And then there is healthcare....
That is why the poor in America so much worse off.The healthcare for starters there is none for them.
@@foppo100 Is/was Medicare not a thing anymore?! If that is infact what it was called!?! 🤷🏼♀️
@@louiseb6111 I have heard that poor people are looked after and the old but its those in the middle who suffer.
@@lindylou18 That is true. There are millions of spongers in this country who are content to live their entire lives generation after generation purely on state benefits. It's too easy to scam the system and these people have no shame or sense of responsibility "I tried to get a job but there aren't any" yeah right. The system incentivises them to just pump out kid after kid to get more and more government money, and then the job of raising all these kids & keeping them in line falls to state school staff, teachers, NHS staff & the police.
These parasites contribute absolutely nothing & are an enormous drain on society. Notnto mention all of the millions of state-funded middle-management penpushers needed to administer & run these systems. There's no commercial incentive in any of these organisations to be efficient or spend money wisely. They just burn through money throwing endless resources at these problems then hold out their hands to the government wanting more.
Rich people don't care because they're rich. They just pay the tax & barely notice. The mSsive financial burden of paying for all of this falls on the average respectable law-abiding working people of this country. They are the ones who get screwed by the UK system. The rich don't care because they're rich, good luck to them. The civil service and welfate state are a massive financial millstone around the neck of average working British people. You guys always watch theseninfantile videos & go "oh wow free healthcare thats amazing" but never consider the other side of the argument. It incentivises entire communities, millions upon millions of people to live comfortable lives generation after generation funded entirely by the middle-income tax payers of this country who sacrifice the most to the system & benefit the least from it.
What we need in this country is a meritocracy. You should get the level of service you earn.
@@finbarrsaunders You took the opposite from what I was saying! Americans pay more than twice for government provided healthcare than we do but it doesn't cover everyone. Mainly, as I understand it, because Medicare and Medicaid are not allowed to negotiate prices. Everything in US is set up to support big companies. As for UK there are a few who scam the system but the vast majority are proud and want to support their families. Unemployment is about the same as in America and nobody goes to the doctor if they don't need to, unless they have some other problem.
I just stumbled upon your video and I'm from Sweden. I spend 275 dollars a month for 2 people in grocery shopping and I make everything fresh meaning I bake the bread and cook everything from scratch 3 meals a day. But I have to say don't eat red meat so only chicken, eggs, dairys and fish besides vegetables and fruits. Love and peace from Sweden.
Hi 👋
My friend just came back from Sweden and paid £13 for a loaf of bread. Ok artisan and large but that would still just be £5 in U.K.
@@phoenix-xu9xj I have no clue what the prices are for things like that, sorry. I bake everything myself.
@@phoenix-xu9xj The most expensive branded large loaf at my local Co-Op is £1.75.
I used to make bread but with the ingredients and electricity it cost about the same as buying bread. (UK priced). Also home made bread goes stale quicker and doesn't freeze well so you're more likely to waste some. It's nice to have absolutely fresh home made bread but certainly not cheaper. Obviously the price difference might not be the same in Sweden.
One factor that he did not mention is the difference in salaries/average income. The national average in the UK is roughly £38,000 (just over $46,000). The national average in the US is just under $98,000, or a little over twice as much. So, if your grocery bill is twice what the UK is, then it equates to about the same price !!
I was about to say the same. This is meaningless unless you compare the income. It should really compare the average percentage of income that’s spent on groceries and then look at other expenses like health care and fuel in order to get a proper understanding.
Absolutely
You really need to compare median salaries not mean. The US has a huge number of super rich that tip the scales on the mean.
The median US salary was $56,420 in 2022. The median UK salary was £33,000 or around $41,000.
No health insurance required in the UK.
All the little Sainsbury’s locals are always more expensive than the superstore Sainsbury’s same as Aldo locals they are more expensive as opposed to the superstore Asda.
I have travelled to the States a few times and I was shocked by how much more fresh (and even frozen) vegetables and fruit cost there.
Hey everyone. Because lots keep asking: The video we reacted to is 1 month old!Also we know he did an Aldi video recently, just saying since most of the comments are about that.
I implore you not to watch that one. You've already been punished enough. 😱
@@The.Android we have no intention to
I'm never gonna complain about food shopping ever again after watching this 😳 sending love from the UK 🇬🇧 👋 x
In the UK it depends on where you live as in London it's more expensive than Lincolnshire ' And also it's cheaper if you buy store brands ' But if you shop at local vegetable farmer markets it's really cheap
Get yourselves over here! Just think how much better off you will be! Lower taxes, lower prices and no need (yet) for health insurance! Then shorter working hours and more time off. Also much less chemical additives in your food and water. Your health will improve, your finance will improve (though you will still have to pay US tax!) With the extra time and money you can visit all the tourist areas in the UK and Europe.
We are first and foremost Proud Americans! We love our Country and this is our home. We have many things we love about it as you do yours. 🇺🇸❤️🇬🇧
P.S. we are both very healthy.
I moved to the U.K. from the USA about 20 years ago. During the first decade I was her, I noticed prices were super low. I used to buy a loaf of bread regularly for 20p . I was shocked when I went home to visit how little food you could get for $20, when 20 pounds was the cost of my normal weekly food shop.
I would love for this to be done again as of today (say at Tesco's) as Asda and Tesco are the most common Supermarkets. Prices have since risen again hugely on many many products x
As they will have in the US too - and don't forget that in the US the price on the shelves isnt what you pay, there's tax on top of anything up to 6%...
Totally shocked by this, I assumed the opposite. Oh just get over here already! We’d all love to meet you both! X
I used to shop at Kroger in Indiana and generally found stuff expensive compared to here, and it was cheaper to eat out than it is in the UK (which culturally is usually a bit more of an event than it is in the US where it’s more a norm). The big thing is fresh food which can be prohibitively expensive in the US, eating healthier is much harder with the cost
Cheaper to eat out? Not in my experience it isn't. Don't forget the US waiter is working for $3 an hour and expecting a huge tip and will think you are a cheapskate if you don't tip them well, meanwhile in the UK they are grateful for even a £5 tip on a £60-£70 meal.
Tesco has the biggest market share but Aldi is the highest rated - it's cheaper and these days has good quality goods.. Sainsbury's is a mid-range store, more expensive than Aldi but tends to stock a few things that you can't find in Aldi. I have both in my area and use both depending on what I need.
When we first started visiting the US from the UK c25 years ago, the US prices were much less than in the UK. Of course, the GBP to USD exchange rate has worsened for the UK in recent years but, we have noticed huge price inflation in the US in the past 5 years, much higher than in the UK.
Then there's the family that in UK you pay the price you see in states there are taxes added at pay point. Too.
I always use Tesco, I live alone and spend approximately £25 a week max, this includes stocking my freezer, pantry and fridge, all household items from toothpaste to loo roll to cleaning products.. I shop monthly and have it delivered for around £2.50 and the delivery driver unpacks everything in my kitchen, I'm disabled and this really helps, the home delivery also means I can buy bulky items and save on transport so the delivery price is a bargain.The website is really user friendly, you can book a slot weeks in advance and amend your order as many times as you like up to midnight on the day before delivery, they don't take the money from your bank until the day of delivery which means you don't have to wait to get paid before booking, really helpful if you need stuff for a special occasion. If an item you ordered is unavailable they'll sub an equivalent product, if that item is more expensive they only charge you what you would have paid and discount the difference...they also have a Clubcard that gives special offers and earns you vouchers on your order...it isn't a huge amount but I usually manage to accumulate around £60 every year which I save for extra treats at Christmastime, they give you a couple of years to use them. I have tried other shops and occasionally will use Iceland for frozen stuff but I find Tesco to be reliable with good customer service..I was shocked to see how much higher U.S. Prices are...especially as we have higher standards of food by all accounts.
(I realise reading this back that it sounds like i work for tesco..lol..I dont!..I'm disabled and in my 60's, retired yonks ago).....🇬🇧😊🍞🍏🍌🍓🍎🍴
Am in a very similar position and age in Vancouver Canada. The prices here are high for a number of reasons but your prices make me want to cry at times. However when I checked my average weekly cost broken down from my delivered groceries(very similar to you), ordered every 3-5 weeks, I was paying $60-80 Cdn per week. Supply chain issues, petrol, have increased the cost of living in an already expensive city. I try to use every bargain and Club benefit at my choice of store so I usually can save up to $120 on an order and use points to get free delivery. Makes a huge difference. The beginning of the pandemic hugely upset this but my store kept adapting to try to ensure people got by.
I am also alone, an OAP and live in rural Suffolk but the walk to the local Co-Op each week is a bit of exercise. Sorry to hear you can't get out so much.
My weekly budget is £30 and I buy every week. So some items will be bought in one week and not the next. Prices have gone up but last Monday my shop was £29.
I’m alone and 25. Please tell me your tips on only spending £25 a week on food and everything else. I easily spend double that 😂😂
@@bethanymay7720 Seeioiust what the hell are you eating? I spend £150 a month on the standard food shop for two people and we eat salmon, duck and sometimes lamb once a fortnight
I’m in Ireland, we appear to be cheaper than UK. Pretty much every GBP price mentioned, we pay roughly the same but in euros. So if something was mentioned to be £3 GBP then we are paying in around roughly €3 EUR for the same item. Not for every item, but definitely for 80% of the items mentioned here.
If you thought that this was bad enough, you need to watch his 2nd video on the same subject, where he compares ALDI UK and ALDI USA. It will shock you even more !!
ALDI and LIDL are the cheapest in the UK.
A loaf of bread in ALDI is only 70 pence !
This is crazy! In the UK the farmers are being offered cash to stop using their land for farming and growing fresh produce and to instead allow the land to turn into meadow and forest.
The milk still being measured in pints probably goes back to the days when a milkman delivered milk to our doorsteps every morning, which came in glass 1pint bottles!
The milk thing being "pints"... The crazy thing he's referring too is somewhat based on how the item was originally known. For milk, you would until the 1980's get this delivered to your doorstep everyday in one pint glass bottles. (by an electric van - "Milk Float") As the supermarkets expanded they retained the measurements to avoid confusing the shopper. What should have been two litres of milk was sold in 2.27 litre containers labelled 4 pints.
The same applies to beer and spirts served in pubs. You'll ask for a pint but the actual measure which the pump is calibrated for is 568millilitres. In Europe which is fully metric, this would be 500ml, half a litre. You have to love our British nonsense :)
So fascinating. I’m from Scotland and moved to California in 2006 for 4 years. I was mainly cooking for myself and yup, ended up taking out from restaurants most nights cos it was way cheaper. We just went back for the first time in 5 years a few weeks ago and was shocked at the grocery prices now. We had a bbq for 5 of us and it cost welllll over £275 oooft.
Mid July I organised a BBQ for a celebration week end for a church group of 100 people most of whom were teens early twenties age range and boy can they eat buying burgers, sausages, chicken drumsticks, hot dogs various cold cuts,crisps by the box burger buns ( rolls) hot dog rolls tea, coffee soft canned drinks diluting drinks salads condiments, paper cups plates napkins cutlery sweets ice cream variety of fruits and seasonings corn cobs butter cheeses variety of chops and frying steaks I still had change left over from £350 and at end of the event we took enough left overs into my workplace which is the homeless centre also run by my church and there was more than enough for the 52 clients living there all to have a buffet supper with all we supplied from centre being tea and coffee.
I don't know where you shopped for those prices in this country but I'm based in West end of Glasgow and the butcher meats cold meats etc all came from my local family butchers shop.???
@@amsodoneworkingnow1978I think they meant they went back to the US and shocked at the prices there not in Scotland
We don't really appreciate how relatively cheap our food is in the UK. My Mum lives in France at the moment and when she came over to London to visit my sister a couple of months ago, she was shocked at how much cheaper the Food is in the UK compared to France, so it seems we fair quite well compared to a lot of places in Europe as well.
My son lives in France, in the North, and I agree. Food is more expensive, we were there a couple of weeks ago.
Totally agree - we’ve been spoiled for decades - that’s why people are much fatter now and waste money on other things.
I live in London but originally from Slovakia and I can tell you guys, some stuff is cheaper in London than in Slovakia...
I blame Brexit 😉
@@beardyface8492 So you are blaming Brexit for the UK having cheaper food than the rest of Europe? The only only good thing Brexit has done in my view.
lol, prices in Australia have just gone crazy in the last year. my loaf of bread used to be AU$2 it went up 20c after 4 months then four months later they made it $2.50...which is 25% in less than a year. my 3 litres of milk has gone up 20%. I am a single person and I will make ALL my own food rather than go out to east. I bulk buy when something is on special (sometimes as much as 50% off). I'd love to compare my shopping prices to the UK or US. I do remember how cheap it was to shop at Albertson's when I was in Dallas....this was back in 1995 though
Tesco and Sainsbury's have the largest market share and can be found across the entire UK. plus tesco have variations of shops, such as smaller express versions etc. The average family shop is a Tesco one. However, ALDI is cheaper and so i wouldnt be surprised if the market share changes soon. ALDI however is not as prevalent as Tesco.
Cheaper supermarkets = ALDI (more items out on shelves, cheaper bulk offers etc, A LOT of people)
Average supermaket = Tesco (great prices right through from cheap to higher end, a balance, busy)
Higher end supermarket = Waitross, M&S foodhall (less items on shelves, much more relaxed, pricey - car park is full of 4x4s and yuppies)
Someone from the UK here. I was so shocked at some of the differences and my family grow some of our own vegetables/fruits or are given them by grandparents so thats even less again. Awesome video though ❤️
We have always shopped around for the best price. Thankfully my town has an Asda, Sainsburys, Tesco, Morrisons, Marks and Spencers, Iceland, Aldi, Lidl, B&M and Home Bargains all within a 1 mile radius 😅
A Sainsbury's Local is going to be more expensive than a normal Sainsbury's store. Locals are usually in towns and city centres and are priced like a convenience store rather than a supermarket.
I think a lot of people in the UK think our food is very expensive and yet it is some of the cheapest! I just knew what this video was going to show and yet it didn't use to be like this. I think over the past 30+ yrs UK good prices have gone down (even tho recently they went up!) and US has gone UP!!😅 I went to US in early 80's and couldn't believe how cheap eating out was in comparison to UK, not any more!
Evan did a follow up using a shop that is the same in both countries and the prices were still as shocking
It’s funny that I live in the UK and refuse to buy Coco Pops (a special treat) unless the giant boxes are reduced to £2 on sale because I think the normal price is too expensive. I think I need to get a grip after watching this. But I suppose it does help me keep my sugar intake a tiny bit lower 😂
I've only ever had Coco pops about 3 times in my life, and I'm as old as dirt. Porridge with raisins or banana or whiskey marmalade & cranberries, but only on gala occasions.
The own brand versions are a lot cheaper and almost as good.
Worth noting that a lot of the UK products he picked were name brands, you can literally buy a tin of chopped tomatoes from Tesco for around 50 pence ($0.60) or less. If you buy non-named brands the prices are even lower. He also picked Hovis bread which is one of the most expensive brands there. My local Tesco sells non-branded bread made by themselves for around 45 pence ($0.55).
The tomatoes he selected were from the "Tesco Finest" range which is more expensive. In my local Tesco they are much cheaper than that for the non-finest range.
The eggs? The eggs in this video from the UK were "Free range", meaning non-caged and free to roam hens. It's not clear from looking at the label of the US variant whether they are free range. He said "Standard eggs" but "Free range" is not standard in the UK and you can still buy caged (battery) eggs which is cheaper still.
Oh, and not to mention the prices are London prices since he lives there. Obviously more expensive than the cost around the whole country.
I wasn't surprised after the shock we got grocery shopping on our last visit to the US. It's so expensive!
Liam Kennedy has nailed it: I can't think of any other supermarket chains. ASDA is the one we use most, because it is the nearest, and prices there tend to be fairly competitive, but some things leap in price, sometimes from day to day. Aldi and Lidl are extremely popular, and I love their prices, especially on alcohol! Of course, there are small local stores: our village shop is part of a chain of small stores called Spar, and it is very convenient (a short walk away), but a bit pricey, and the choice is very limited, naturally. Generally speaking, the situation is appalling, and is getting worse.
I have found that Milk in local Premier store is 10 pence cheaper than in ASDA
See you use Asda! Do try their Just Essentials lines, handy if your economising! I'm a pensioner so the UK isn't generous with us I economise weekly!!
@@georgejob2156 I've been using there just essentials range when it was known as smart price way back in 2007. I was in store yesterday and they are limiting to only 3 items of each just essentials per visit
It's not just the prices. Certain items are unavailable. My favourite instant coffee was hard to find about March/April but it's just not there any more. Washing up liquid doesn't have the same selection. Biscuit selection is also sporadic. Lately there are always empty shelves in my nearest Tesco which is very very unusual.
What makes it even more amazing is that the UK isn’t allowed the farming shortcuts that the US farmers are permitted - e.g. that expensive ground/minced beef in the US is pumped up with hormones to make the cattle grow bigger/quicker. In the UK the animals grow naturally. Also, the UK doesn’t get Pink Lady apples that are grown at home - I believe most of ours are South African
Hopefully the farmers have started to grow orchards, you know, the ones we had to burn down when we joined the Common market.Lets get our British apples back. Maybe some Pears as well.♥️
@@iriscollins7583 We have apples grown here - but they tend not to be Pink Lady (which has copyright protection or some such). Cox's being the British variety but also Gala and Braeburn (Antipodean) are popular. Apples such as Pink Lady and Jazz (also Antipodean) are about twice the price of Cox.
Looking at a supermarket site - 6 Pink Lady (aka Cripp's Pink) apples are £2.50. Six Braeburn apples are 99p. Six Cox (or 6 Royal Gala) apples are £1.39
But yes it would be nice to get some of the traditional varieties back in the supermarket but I think people have been sold on the taste of Pink Lady and Jazz and Honey Crunch and that is what they want rather than a Worcester Pearmain or Chivers Delight let alone an Egremont Russet.
@@iriscollins7583 I live in Herefordshire. Since Brexit I have seen hundreds of acres of apple orchard *dug up* and turned over to cereal and rape seed (called canola oil seed in the US). Growers can't get the workers now we are out of the EU.
Sadly it was only towards the end of my year in North America that I discovered that, when living alone, its a LOT cheaper to just go to a cheap eatery for your meals than to go to a supermarket, buy ingredients and make meals at home. In the UK its entirely the opposite regardless of the size of your household - even without tipping, eating out is far more expensive than just getting a ready meal or somesuch to cook at home.
I live in the UK and have recently switched from shopping at Tescos which I used to consider good value, to Sainsburys which has previously been known as one of the more pricey supermarkets. However sainsburys now price match alot of their products to Aldi. My favourite buy is a pack of 2 steaks with a packet of peppercorn sauce for £4.25. Haven't seen anything similar for such a good price elsewhere
This is horrifying and shocking - I thought our prices in the UK were getting expensive - but this was a 😢real eye-opener! Last time I was in the States (Washington State, Arizona & California) in 2017 I didn’t notice that much difference although the sales tax added on at the end was confusing to me as I wasn’t used to that.
10:59 we have never used quarts and the only thing sold in gallons used to be petrol / gas. So he was looking at that with a very American mind. When we went metric, such was the affection and ingrained use of pints for milk and beer, it was retained. Although you can find milk by the litre and my extra filtered milk is always sold in metric.
To add to that a USA gallon is smaller. Half a UK Imperial gallon = 5 USA pints.
We did use quarts in the 70’s.
@@harryjones4167 ah I didn’t know that :)
I've been watching you two for some time now, as someone who as lived in the UK all their life, I'm all but certain you two should move here, I think you would love it :) x
I live in nz and I watch a lot of 🇺🇸 USA food channels. The food costs and the grocery hauls they show are generally much cheaper than the costs in this video. The stores are often winco, Walmart, Costco etc. I was stunned recently when a lady in Oklahoma got 18 eggs for $1. They're at least $6 a dozen where I live.
I don't think the stores he was quoting were typical.
In the UK, prices for most goods (not just food) also change depending on where you live. So in places like The Orkney Islands, you can pay more because of the cost of delivering goods is normally added to the price those goods normally sell for on the UK Mainland...
Hi Both, just watched you're reaction to the Remebrance/Veterans day service. As a British veteran myself I was touched to witness you're compassion and your honourable response. I subscribed to your channel a year ago and I get an uplift when I see your reactions to most things British. Its obvious that you're both keen anglophiles. I have a suggestion I wish to put to you both, however due to security reasons I won't do it here. 100% genuine as you'll discover. Please don't let my header pic pur you off, I'm a strong advocate against British injstice. Hope to hear from. Best wishes. Dave.
wow, i knew US prices were higher than ours but i didn’t think they’d be THAT much higher
One of the many reasons I prefer the UK I've gone there twice before. Three weeks for study abroad, and two weeks Vacation. I was so amazed it was so cheap for groceries. Im just not sure how their gluten free section of "free from" compares to US. Especially since its even harder to be gluten free in US. I'm starting school in January in UK, and I'm excited to figure out how much cheaper it is still.
Somebody on here was asking about gluten free products in the UK,Most UK supermarkets have a good stock of gf foods,but the basics can still be obtained by prescription.
I’m coelaic and gluten free is still expensive but has recently got so much better. Every major store has a free from section (not really Aldi and Lidl). Some items can be three times the price of non-GF items and be half the size but I noticed Asda bringing the prices of basic GF things down in the last few years.
Not all places offer GF on NHS subscription anymore, it’s a lot more limited.
Thank you for letting me know! I found that I don't eat much gluten free foods, but I do like bread, Crackers, and sweets. I do have an app to help me figure out if something is gluten free too, so that can help.
Gluten free has improved alot recently - I'm allergic to wheat and barley - and can hapily say in M&S, Tesco, Asda and Sainburys there's actually isles of freefrom now! Years in the making but its there and food of all sorts... freefrom though is of mostly all free from eggs, milk, wheat and soya though. Went to LA not long ago and wowza, was much harder to find groceries, but then I just bought ingredients and food I know doesn't include my allergies and went from there
@@BookNomming my local Aldi has a free from section now, so if yours doesn’t it probably will soon. The plant based croissants are amazing if you heat them in an air fryer for a couple of minutes
We live in England, I thought our prices were getting rediculus, but we couldn't survive on how little we could afford to by in the US,
In the UK most food items you'd buy from the shops or supermarket for human consumption are zero rate (Tax)VAT. But meals you'd eat in a restaurant or takeaways are standard rate VAT. Specific snacks like crisps, ice cream and soft drinks are standard rate, meanwhile, milk is zero-rated.
VAT means Value Added Tax.
There's a price comparison website for groceries in the U.K if it interests anyone from around the world, you can check/compare the main supermarkets, prices can vary considerably - Tesco, Sainsbury, Morrison, Asda and Waitrose are your typical main ones. Lidl and Audi are getting more popular with outlet stores, especially Lidl stores are growing in number and popularity. You have M & S food, more pricey and not a full supermarket and a frozen food shop called Iceland. There are others smaller food shops too, especially in London within department stores. Smaller Stores in a town centre or on a high street known as metro, local or express are priced much higher than the bigger supermarkets out of town. Depending on where you live prices vary too. Our food shop has gone up 75% on some items this last year. For example toilet paper was £7 ish 12 rolls now you pay around £12 that's a huge increase in under a year. Definitely changing our shopping habits. I could list many items with crazy increases and they are still going up. Many who have never before are turning to food banks. Many items are out of stock too.
I wouldn't call Waitrose a mainstream supermarket. It's more top end, alongside M&S. Also, I think you meant 'Aldi', not Audi. :)
Evan does Aldi differences too.
I can easily do a weekly shop for myself and my partner at our local Aldi for about £40. That's under $50 US.
£1.20 for a loaf at Tesco is ridiculous. I go to Aldi and get a loaf of wholemeal bread for 72 pence. Four pints of milk is £1.65. Aldi porridge is also a fantastic buy for the price.
There's plenty of good deals if you know where to look.
You should do a reaction to Evan's video of Aldi US Vs Aldi UK. That would surprise you too.
You can buy a large wholemeal sliced loaf in Tesco for 39p, same price for milk. Nice to be able to shop around and realise that other countries are suffering from inflation as well.
Try Australian prices at the moment. 18 eggs are $9.50. Mid range bread $4.90. Cabbage head $7.00. 250gr roma tomatoes $5.50 its way cheaper to buy junk food. My groceries have almost tripled in less than 6 months so I've gone from $70 per week to $180-$200 per week for the exact same stuff for one person.
@@tanjacristina7913 that's crazy, I now you guys are like 2 Aussie dollars to one pound but even so those prices are insane, in the UK we feed a family of 5 for £90 a week or 180 Aussie dollars
@@tanjacristina7913 Australia is weird because your prices are higher, but also your min wage is $21 an hour, so that really messes with things. This is where a straight "exchange rate" comparison starts to fall apart and you need to look at grocery costs as a % of disposable income.
@@SE-tc3cr Yeah my brother, his wife and their 2 toddlers have grocery costs on average of $500 per week. No special diets, just healthy fresh food and most are homebrand which isn't that much cheaper than name brand here anymore. Oz is shockingly expensive for everything.
Another Brit here, last year (2022) we spent christmas in New York. In the city centre we was charged $16 for a coffee for my wife and $10 for a cup of hot water with milk (i always take my own teabags on holiday) and $8 each for a street hot dog.
Good catch on the "math" "maths" thing. That made me laugh. Love you guys. All the best from England. ❤
39p for the cheapest loaf of bread at Asda, it’s mind boggling the differences in price x
Yea but the quality is shockingly bad!
Thanks Natasha and Debbie for stating how things in the grocery store seem to get more expensive every time you shop. I think this is happening worldwide - but to listen to our media you would think it was only in the UK that some things are dearer; and it must be the Government's fault! I have lived in a few different countries in my lifetime and know how much more expensive food is elsewhere. As for the most popular, that depends what choices you have in your town etc. Most prolific is Tesco and Sainsburys; usually not too far away if not local are Morrisons, Aldi and Lidl; getting scarcer are Asda - these are all supermarkets of course. Additionally there are multiple 'corner shops' which are much smaller stores (usually more expensive and with less choice so more used to just pop in for the odd thing you've run out of). And we mustn't forget the independent butchers, bakeries and greengrocers that still exist in many towns and cities; or the markets or farmers market. We actually have a great deal of choice. And I haven't even mentioned the more upmarket supermarket Waitrose!
Our local butchers closed not long ago, I was heartbroken.
Im not saying its fully the governments fault, but.. just cause the US government is also shit and corrupt as ours... Things like groceries and fuel are being ALLOWED to increase with no regulation. Their are things like the pandemic and the ukraine war affecting supply and inflation. However the gov pretending thats the whole reason is just false. Its going up in the UK more than a lot of places in Europe because of the post Brexit particular issues in fulfiling supplies due to shortage of workers and co2, plus the complications of shipping red tape and thr increased costs associated. Also fuel costs are not rising due to hardships of the fuel companies, the are reporting record profits than ever to billions of ££. And yet there is no regulation from the government to stop these companies not just ripping us off but thwarting all efforts for climate change action for the last 50 years (yes these oil companies knew the climate crisis a very long time ago). And yet the gov action has been to lower wages, make cuts, refuse to pay rail workers, carers, nhs staff decent wages, increasing the cap on cost of bills making them thousands more per year, all while increasing their own pay not even along with inflation leaving the rest of us even worse off. These are things the gov can do shit about and yet they dont.
Also yes we have choices depending on where you live but these are all more expensive options.. not really options for a lot of people
The main supermarkets are Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Morrisons. Another 2 alongside these are Aldi and Lidl. Then there's a bit more expensive ones called Ocado and Waitrose, or you can get food at Mark's & Spencers which is usually a bit more money too. Then there's some places called B&M and Home Bargains but these shops don't typically stock absolutely everything and some are typically more specific to Northern England rather than south. We also have Costco too for bulk buying, or another place called Parfets, but Parfets is typically for wholesale traders/stores to buy in bulk as opposed to the standard UK citizen. But the average person can shop in Costco.
Remember, in U.K. and Europe, the sticker price includes any Sales Tax or any other tax. What it says is what you pay.
We are visiting the U.S. shortly for a 3 month period with a view to selling our house in Florida simply because the U.S. economy is exploding into oblivion
This really shocked me! I haven't been to the US in a very long time (1990s) but groceries were so much cheaper then in the US than the UK. We'd bring loads of stuff back with us. But, the exchange rate was really favourable for us, I think we were getting almost $2 to the £1. Clothes were way cheaper too. My American Uncle came to live with us in around 1989 for a good few years and he used to buy all the groceries from the air force base here, again because it was so much cheaper than buying in the supermarkets.
I was quite suprised by this as I always assumed Groceries in the US were in fact much cheaper than here in the UK. It was however, quite a long time ago that I visited the USA, South Bend, IN back in August 2001.
I live in the UK and thought our food prices were expensive ! This has come as a massive surprise to me , i guess things weren't as bad as i thought ! Keep up the great work , your videos are always interesting.
Really interesting video, I expected food to be cheaper in the USA, what he didn't mention was the price of petrol in the UK which is about $10.50 per gallon. Which is why we tend to drive smaller cars than the US.
Yes. What we save on food we spend on petrol to drive to the supermarket!