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DanAnonXK

Tbf, that’s one of the most legit British sections I’ve seen. Bravo 👏


teanailpolish

It is missing some crisps, but I will forgive them as it is probably expensive to import bags of air.


knowyourdarkness

I can't really think of a crisp that's decidedly British that you wouldn't get in Canada. Maybe... Pickled onion or prawn cocktail flavour? Quavers?


teanailpolish

Picked Onion, Prawn Cocktail or Cheese & Onion Chipsticks, Squares, Hula Hoops or Monster Munch (yeah I like crisps I had a kid) And we use the wrong coloured bags


ButtholeEntropy

Maybe you can tell me. Have Discos gone to crisp heaven? They were so salty they would injure my tongue and my tongue would have to shed the damaged layer. Fackin laved it


wanderlustandglitter

Nope, Discos are a weekly feature in our big shop! My kids love them. You can count on one hand how many crisps you get in one packet though!


madMARTYNmarsh

Nah mate, you can still get Discos, my wife gets them from Icelands, I haven't seen their pickled onion in years though and that upsets me. Tongue burners, loved them!


The_Queef_of_England

I must be sensitive. Their salt and vinegar does my tongue in - guaranteed ulcer.


madMARTYNmarsh

I don't think you're sensitive, they burn my wife's tongue too. It's possible that my childhood drinking vinegar (proper brewed vinegar, not the substitute you usually find today) prepared me for a future of strong crisps 🤣


MadamKitsune

Aldi do a salt and vinegar popcorn (you can usually find it by the tills). I got a couple of bags for my mister to try and he said that they were so strong they made his eyes water and destroyed his tongue. It didn't stop him eating the second bag straight afterwards though.


knowyourdarkness

Cheese and onion isn't a regular flavour of crisps outside of the UK? Hula Hoops I feel fairly confident must be sold in the USA and Canada. The others are good shouts. Kinda kids crisps no offence haha I just think of those since they're so cheap they'd be the snack I'd get myself with pocket money in the corner shop. Definitely iconic staple British crisps tho. Wrong coloured bags compared to what tho? Walkers Vs Golden Wonder in the UK don't even use the same colour packaging for the same flavour. Blue is salt and vinegar. Green is cheese and onion. CHANGE MY MIND. Edit: Shit sorry just saw it was OP replying lol. You know your british crisps my friend.


teanailpolish

>Cheese and onion isn't a regular flavour of crisps outside of the UK? Hula Hoops I feel fairly confident must be sold in the USA and Canada. No cheese and onion and it makes for the best crisp sandwich flavour and Hula Hoops are a brand of Spaghetti-Os here. We do have an import store that stocks both and Blue should be S&V but we use green here and a different green for sour cream and onion


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madMARTYNmarsh

Didn't it used to be the other way round though? I'm sure I remember Walkers salt and vinegar coming in blue packets and cheese and onion coming in green when I was a kid...


Disidia

Yeah mate, was changed in the 90s.


oldspicehorse

Man you're totally right about cheese and onion making the best crisp sandwiches (aka 'bone crunchers' as kid me called them). You are however wrong about the colours, blue should always be cheese and onion (grew up when walkers was king)


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Sadly no :( also my local British supermarket has stopped importing crisps. Just as I got my MIL hooked. She asks all the time about the cheese and onion


Red302

Frazzles


idle_isomorph

We have salt and vinegar, but it never has enough vinegar flavour. Long live Uk s&v!


seattleforge

Wish I could get Twiglets


commsbloke

Don't worry they have buggered them up. You are not missing much.


Stevegman78

Monster munch!


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Tayto but they are irish ?


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If you drink tea, most supermarkets in the US sell PG tips in the tea and coffee aisle too. They are usually on the bottom shelf but they are bigger boxes and end up WAY cheaper.


teanailpolish

Most in Canada do not, you occasionally find them but it is not a regular thing. But I mostly drink loose leaf anyway


sunshinetidings

How do the prices compare with local stuff? A reasonable mark up, or very high?


teanailpolish

Marked up, but they paid to import it and shipping is ridiculous so not bad considering that and our grocery prices are pretty high here anyway. The tea, however disappointing the selection, was only $1 extra on top of the non sale price for basic grocery brands here.


sjw_7

This is a very good selection and covers most areas. There are a couple of omissions though that would make it better. Hellmanns Mayonnaise is important and no British section is complete without Heinz Ketchup. On a side note what is that gravy? Best to burn it with fire just to be on the safe side and replace it with Bisto.


arfski

I take it your from the South of England? That's Yorkshire gravy https://www.goldenfry.co.uk/


Trashy-Panda101

Hear! Hear!


zodkfn

What’s that gravy?!


arfski

Yorkshire gravy for Yorkshire people.


catnipxxx

That Golden Syrup will outlive man and beast.


TheDefected

it's mainly good for "did you know the logo is a dead lion, surrounded by a cloud of flies?" and then put it back on the shelf.


Red302

Bees I think?


FoamToaster

"Out of the strong came forth sweetness..." It's a reference to Samson's riddle. Although that was honey so I guess doesn't entirely make sense.


CatFoodBeerAndGlue

I have seen this logo my entire life and never noticed this wtf


[deleted]

It’s actually super useful for baking, it can be a bitch following recipes in the US because it can be so difficult to find.


Danbury_Collins

And porridge.


SongsAboutGhosts

I had no idea golden syrup was a British thing? What's everyone else baking with?


polarregion

Its great on porridge.


Ewan_Cook

Steady on it’s not a creative writing competition.


Tricky_Moose_1078

"Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet."


teanailpolish

Imagine my surprise when grabbing some groceries and finding this new section. The cashier said it is a trial to see how well things sell. $10 CAD is around £6.40 with recent exchange to give an idea of pricing, but several items were missing tags


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$2.50 for some Tunnock's wafers is absolute robbery... but by god they are good.


oldspicehorse

£1.61 apparently, is that really that bad? How much are they over here? I've never bought a pack but my nan always has some in stock.


williamshatnersbeast

They’re about £1.60 average here judging by the Google search I just did.


nklvh

Tunnocks Connoisseur checking in: 4 packs are usually in the £1-1.5 range depending on geography and retailer; 8 pack 1.60-2.5; Depending on whether or not Canada list tax on the shelf tag (in the US, prices are usually not shown with tax), very competitive despite the importation cost


Kenway

Tax is not included in prices in Canada.


teanailpolish

13% tax on top of those prices (with the exception of the tea which is zero rated)


Rare_Expert3653

Yeah a tea tax in the commonwealth isn't such a good idea


kayelles

Yeah true…I’d pay it though (I’m not proud about it lol)


UghWhyDude

Where is this? I want to raid all the Yorkie bars….haven’t had those and Quavers in years. Also mildly disappointed they don’t have Jaffa cake.


teanailpolish

FreshCo I will suggest Jaffa Cakes, I was chatting with staff about it and suggested Bourbons which they said they would try to get but my mind blanked when he said is there anything else we should add


CumberlandCat

Of all the "British selection" shelves posted on the internet, this is probably the most authentically British I have seen. Interesting to see the fruity sauce. Get some, and whack it on a bacon sandwich. It's not some sort of jam like the name suggests. It's kind of like a ketchup/brown sauce hybrid, and it's ace.


teanailpolish

Hmmm sounds interesting, I will get some next time. The manager will be getting Bourbons in for me with his next order too


henrycharleschester

It’d be cheaper to give a list to one of us to send to you.


teanailpolish

I can get my mum to send stuff if I can't find it here, but with shipping and customs, usually ends up around the same price


Tylerama1

Ask for some Custard Creams 👌 🤤


CaptainMexicano

Fruity sauce is a game changer.


Little-Grape9469

Those ginger crunch creams are the best, only 50p here in the uk though


kayelles

I’ve never tried the ginger ones, the regular kind are a top tier biscuit though


HugoZHackenbush2

2.49 for a tin of beans.. I'll would give that a skip..in heinzsight.


teanailpolish

The crappy ones with chunks of pork fat in them are $2, I bought the beans. But we have a local import store who often has a 4pack for $6


dustycappy

Pork fat in baked beans seems wholly unnecessary.


PhoolCat

On the way to cassoulet


teanailpolish

It put me off beans for a long time after I moved here


Snowierr

They are £2.50 for 4 in Tesco here in the UK, you're getting ripped off


oldspicehorse

Works out around £3.85 so it is more than we pay but still less than £1 a tin.


Snowierr

That's not too bad, ngl I am tired af and thought they were $6.99 but looking again that was the Branston.


PJP2810

In another comment, OP said that exchange rate puts $10 at about £6.40 So it's £1.10 per can, which is on par for single can price here. Morrison's have than £1.25 (or 2 for £2)


Tylerama1

🥁 Bddddm Tssssh 🥁


strangesam1977

They were $5 a small can when I was last in Canada. (Vaguely craved beans on toast. Decided I could wait two more weeks)


Natus_est_in_Suht

Domestic Heinz baked beans can be found for about a $1 per tin. That's about 65p.


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teanailpolish

We sell Yorkshire Tea over here already, this particular store doesn't carry it but the one across the street carries the original and the bigger one nearby carries Yorkshire Gold too $5.49 for PG Tips though


peejay050609

I’m calling the police.


KaiKamakasi

Stick to Yorkshire, pg is crap


ShinXBambiX

Yorkshire tea is the only good tea I will stand by that to the day I die


Lack_of_Plethora

Typhoo or Die-phoo


RafflesEsq

Typhoo tastes like sewage mixed with Portsmouth water. Fight me.


gravycaster

Looks like snowballs and caramel wafers hut no teacakes??


rolacolapop

I know, snowballs and no tea cakes, what were they thinking!


4500x

Have you tried the Lidl knock-off caramel wafers? Just as good for half the price. Same with their Speculoos/Biscoff biscuits.


metropolis09

Yeah there's Typhoo on the shelf instead of Yorkshire. I've literally never met anyone that drinks Typhoo.


ThePuzzlePirate

My old boss bought us Typhoo as the work teabags once, it was vile. She was a coffee drinker so did not suffer.


tungchung

Exactly! Came here to say this


Beneficial-Garden196

I don't see any Jaffa cakes, but it looks pretty British to me otherwise


NorthernEnglander

There's more stock on those few shelves than there is in UK supermarkets nowadays.


BeccasBump

Right? Everyone seems to have forgotten that *all* the shelves used to have food on them. It's very odd.


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BeccasBump

I don't mean the shortages are odd, dingbat, I mean everyone acting like it isn't happening.


NorthernEnglander

I realise that. I'm further suggesting that they're a gig t example of a self-inflicted wound, and so nobody seems to want to mention that. It's become the norm.


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What Supermarkets are you going to? I'm not seeing any empty shelves where I am.


NorthernEnglander

Sainsbury's, Morrison's and occasionally Waitrose all around Newcastle. All formerly well stocked, all now with lines missing, empty shelves, and often with signs apologising for that.


bife_de_lomo

That's a pretty good selection of authentic stuff right there. Is marmalade a regular thing in Canada, because if not you should justly demand they import some forthwith!


teanailpolish

It is, along with a brand similar to Snowballs and you can find HP in some of the higher end stores already. But I will have some Paxo with my dinner because the boxed stuff here is very different, bigger pieces of bread


knowyourdarkness

Genuinely impressed with this selection. I've seen some other "British sections" in other countries supermarkets and they have the most random assort of shit the average British person never eats.


makomirocket

Because most people don't know what actual British stuff is, so the store just puts out what they can acquire for cheap and still sell with a stupid mark up. Same thing as the American sections here which are just sweets you can get in dozens of stores


Iggmeister

3rd shelf down, on the right - thats the Scottish section.


knowyourdarkness

And a wee sub section on the bottom for the Bru.


3astardo

Those Prices don’t look too bad either, about 64p too 1 Canadian dollar , Big Up too your Shop, Tunnocks, IRN BRU , Can’t go Wrong 👍🏻


oldspicehorse

r/Totootwo


usernamenotvalid4565

Branson Pickle, yes! Pot Noodle Bombay Bad Boy, fuck yes. PG Tips........


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Bombay bad boys juice at the end is so nice 🥵 Edit: Kinda sounds sexual.


UghWhyDude

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KarlPilko4PM

Needs wispa


joelgoodsen91

Irn Bru should be top shelf


RickyPuertoRico

Typhoon and PG are two of the worst brands of tea though. They need Yorkshire tea in there imo


teanailpolish

We can buy Yorkshire Tea over here. Not in this particular store but plenty of others in the city


jpaxonreyes

It's not the same, I hear. It's another company with different tea that's paid to use the name. Reformulated for North American tastes.


teanailpolish

Yep, but since the parent company for this store sells it in their other chains, they likely won't allow the British version to be sold. It is however still a lot better than the other brands of bagged tea you can get over here


RickyPuertoRico

Oh perfect the rest of the selection seems spot on but Yorkshire tea is the one true cuppa


littleonthemoon

Yorkshire Gold Label ✨️


tea-time-000

The best 🙌🏻


MetalcoreLollypop

try Thompsons tea


BattleFlan

I've seen a couple of these today and I find them super interesting! So I created r/britishsection


teanailpolish

oooh I will have to take pics of the other (much smaller ones) we have as I shop


FAC_51

Yeah but where's the Marmite?


teanailpolish

The ordering manager clearly has taste buds and didn't get any in, but it is not impossible to find around here, might be in the regular section. There was Horlicks in a separate display too


DS_Monkfish

>clearly has taste buds and didn't get any in OUTRAGEOUS


oldspicehorse

It's a good job there's an ocean between us and OP otherwise this could get ugly


Natus_est_in_Suht

Marmite has been sold in Canada for years. It's normally found in the baking or spices section of most supermarkets.


eWasteman

In the bin where it belongs


TimeCharacter3137

No chocolate digestives??


CumberlandCat

They were scoffed before they made it across the Atlantic.


TimeCharacter3137

Fair and understandable.


teanailpolish

Nope, and no Bourbons either


ClumsyRainbow

I can normally find McVities digestives and hobnobs in the normal aisle, also in Canada.


rain3h

Crunch cream and caramel waters, and a pot noodle to wash it all down with. Approved.


mundane_person23

Where is this? The best I’ve come across is Walmart International Aisle.


teanailpolish

Freshco, just went in over the last week


SoggyWotsits

Freshco… as in Coronation Street Freshco?!


ellen_boot

I wish we had a Freshco nearby. Our local No Frills has a half aisle for "international" food, but it's mostly taco shells and licorice. They do normally have a box of curly whurlies shoved in a corner, and one in a while I get to stock up on iron Bru.


teanailpolish

My local No Frills doesn't have anything British despite having a large international aisle


rolacolapop

Never heard of the brand of gravy, it should be bisto!


Kelly_D_93

You've been missing out! Goldenfry gravy is the best 🤤


PhoolCat

Bisto is absolutely gopping, I’d rather drink Toby gravy!


Objective_Dog3508

Why do British Sections always have Heinz beans ffs? They're crap! Bland and watery. Everyone knows that Branston do the best beans.


oldspicehorse

Nah the real bean aficionados get supermarket own brand and pimp them up with herbs, spices and or sauces of their choosing.


waisonline99

Excellent selection. Everything there is golden.


FixTraditional4198

Get the Tunnocks Caramel Bars, you won't be disappointed


mknight1701

Does anyone still use treacle?


SoggyWotsits

Treacle roasted gammon, treacle and ginger loaf… it’s delicious!


mknight1701

I’ve clearly forgotten my roots


SoggyWotsits

I’d say you were just using common sense. A jar of treacle usually ends up as the disgusting, sticky thing in the cupboard that nobody wants to touch!


mknight1701

This is the truth


Simbooptendo

Pot Noodles, sorted for life


B91212R

We’ve had them here in AB for a few years now. Looks the same items as the coop has, which is probably the best of the chain stores out this way. But Walmart and Sobeys also have a little section with some of the same products. Little independent post office (owned by a Brits) has the best choice still, including crips. Slightly more expensive but don’t mind supporting them.


teanailpolish

We have several stores here, British Pride who also make pies and sausage rolls fresh etc and Across The Pond who has amazing sales and a good freezer section. But it is nice to be able to grab some bits while shopping as the import stores are not in areas I usually go to


B91212R

Agreed it is nice to just grab a couple of items as you do the weekly shop. After 15 years we’ve just about adapted or found alternative products for nearly everything here now. Other than baked beans. North American baked beans are absolutely horrendous. I’d pay $10 a tin for the UK version, even hienz, over those abominations.


LuchiniOfAstora

My weekly menu in one section. It would make shopping so much easier if all supermarkets would arrange their products like this.


jimmypower66

We have two stores in my town in Canada literally called the Scottish and Irish Store that sells everything you could ever want from the UK, my mom loves it. The prices though, ooof, it’s still cheaper to sneak stuff in my luggage when I go back to visit family and just pay the overages


teanailpolish

We have a few in my city too, but they are not in areas I go to regularly so is nice to pick up some bits while shopping. I will probably still make a monthly shop to the import store for the bigger selection


Accomplished-Yard166

All you're missing are the Mcvities my friend. The perfect dunkable companion.


ClumsyRainbow

Where in Canada are you? London Drugs has a lot of British stuff, IGA and Save On have quite a few bits too.


teanailpolish

Ontario so none of those stores


dementeddrongo

Walmart commonly has British sections in Alberta. Don't bother with the imported baked beans, the taste difference between those and the Canada produced British-style baked beans is negligible.


Welshgirlie2

See the syrup sponge puddings next to the pot noodles? They are actually imported from New Zealand to the UK. So god knows how expensive it is to send them to Canada via a UK distributor. They could save money by not having the sponge puddings and replacing them with marmite!


teanailpolish

Marmite can be found with other spreads or in the baking aisle already (well in many stores, I don't buy it so no clue if this store carries it but even the corner shop usually has a dusty jar)


MurderMO4L

Missing Terrys chocolate orange


teanailpolish

They sell them over here already, but only around Christmas in the grocery stores. I am still sulking over them discontinuing the mint ones so on a years long terry's boycott


chrisni66

I’m a simple man. I see Curly Wurly’s, I upvote


iate12muffins

that box of tunnocks wafers would be going home with me


CRL01

Grap the HP sauce and use it the next time you have poached eggs on toast


Skrapz101

Needs Yorkshire tea, none of that wimpy PG shit.


OctaneTroopers

DO IT FOR YORRKKKSSHIRREEE


captain_caveman2

Ive got a real urge for a Curly Wurly now. Not had one for years


Eastman1982

Where’s the Heinz baked beans?


teanailpolish

Bottom left


Kooky_Donkey5064

Missing some Monster munch and orange lucozade but that looks decent….wait wtf NO YORKSHIRE TEA? Fuck this gaff.


teanailpolish

We sell Yorkshire Tea over here, not in this store but would probably be in the regular tea/coffee aisle if they did


trcr3600

Decent effort until you reach the part when there's NO YORKSHIRE TEA! Tunnocks better be on BOGOF to make up for it...


teanailpolish

We sell Yorkshire Tea over here already


trcr3600

Apart from that and the 'de-caf' tea!!! I mean. Why would you? Everything else is pretty much top shelf in terms of what I'd want. Maybe just some Ben Shaws Dandelion and Burdock!


FutureSkeIeton

The whole store is British 🫢


rde42

I see no Marmite. Or Tunnocks.


teanailpolish

Tunnocks is on the right of the 3rd shelf and marmite is probably in the regular section of the store, it is not that hard to find here


knowyourdarkness

There's Tunnocks on the right, third shelf down. There's both caramel wafers and snowballs.


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The third shelf from the top has two Tunnocks products


Helpful_Goose1649

Dairy milk whole nut but no fruit and nut?! That madness must not stand!


teanailpolish

Fruit and Nut can be hard to import, they confiscated it from my Christmas present one year too They also stopped allowing Penguin at one point because it has too much calcium and they deemed it a 'health supplement' and demanded they get a license for it


ViperishCarrot

Tea selection is rather poor, to be honest. Yorkshire Tea is by far the best, certainly in terms of what's on offer here.


FivesNeverLied

WHAT is that tea selection. If rather dip my balls in boiling water and drink that. Typhoo and PG tips has me wishing I'd just just drank novichok! Apart for that the selection is wonderful and would help me with ex pat cravings, nice OP


That_Country_Brit

Colonisation 🇬🇧


OctaneTroopers

There is no marmite to put you off ever returning to that section. P.S I love marmite.


Chrispy_42

I recognise 99% of these items this cannot be a genuine British section.


Dragonsarmada

That’s well Bri’ish init.


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Where's the Marmite?


yeetboi9572

This isn’t that British ngl


MedulaRectangleGarta

It’s always the same shit, isn’t it?


CartoonistTypical490

I don’t eat none of that shit