Lion in Winter

I got the puds through Amazon. I'm not sure that M&S ships food directly due to the hassle. I think they are using Amazon.

SultanOfSwing

Oh poo. Amazon don't list the cheesecakes.

Bloody Americans and their non-disease resistant White Pines. I order ribes alpinum all the damn time in work, but for some reason ribes nigrum is banned. Imagine how culturally enriched the US could be with an influx of blackcurrant flavoured sweets.

zargof

At least half of America's problems could be solved with a ready supply of Ribena and Vimto.

Lion in Winter

I think you're on to something there.

And sausage rolls.

Nutek

Just checking in.

SultanOfSwing

I've occasionally seen Ribena here, but not Vimto.

Lion in Winter

You're very thorough.

Nutek

Stop and Shop has Ribena. Probably about 30 bucks a shot though.

SultanOfSwing

Worth it, though.

caretaker

Just as well, I heard of a dyslexic alcoholic who choked on his own vimto.

SultanOfSwing

Boom boom.

Dreamy

We can get Ribena here in the normal supermarkets - used to be able to get Vimto in Woolworths (they had a fairly decent British section but our local one's is rubbish now) but can't now. As a special treat for Middlechild, I ordered him half a dozen bottles from the British Corner Shop - the price I had to pay shall never, ever, ever, be disclosed to Mr Dreamy.

(I may or may not have included 3 billion bags of Smoky Bacon crisps too)

SultanOfSwing

Oh, the prices I have paid for British stuff here. I just wait till we're out there now and enjoy it as part of the trip rather than trying to find it at a premium here.

Dreamy

We haven't been back to the UK since 2011 ... we're going back next June, no kids, so already planning on just taking a couple of pairs of underwear each and a jumper (lol) so we've plenty of space for contraband.

SultanOfSwing

Holy shit, we ended up bring four suitcases (one each) the time before last and just kind of spreading everything thin on the way out for that exact reason. Really we can fit everything into two, but it was our first time back for a while so we overcompensated on the souvenirs.

Last time we just brought three. Funnily enough, I chose not to bring a jumper and the British summer bit me hard on the arse with a windy 52 degree day for an open top bus tour