Whenever I visit a different country, I like to visit the grocery store to see what they have that we don't and vice versa. So, today I strolled over to the nearest ASDA (which stands for ASquith and DAiries), now a subdivision of Wal[gack]Mart.In the US, there may be a few unique brand names, but the selection of products is relatively the same (let's say 85% the same). In the UK, they have a lot of different stuff. Things I've noticed:
- They loves them some beans in tomato sauce - half an aisle dedicated to them
- There seems to be less junk food in the aisles
- They have at least 12 flavours of yogurt, maybe more - some even have layers of 3 flavours
- Long shelf life milk (Ultra Heat Treated) is common
- Their 'take away' selection has a distinctly culturally rich diversity - stuff I've never seen before
- Iced tea and gingerale - rare - what's up with that?
- They're not called 'English' muffins, they're just called muffins - but what we call muffins are still muffins too
- Cans of Heinz macaroni and cheese [gack!]
2 comments:
I am such a grocery store whore. It could be because I work in the grocery industry...ya think?
I think that is the first time I've ever seen the words 'grocery store whore' consecutively in one sentence. Maybe even the same paragraph. Nicely done.
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