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Originally Posted by crofty82 (Post 12876764)

Thanks, good to know! A bottle or two will be crossing the Atlantic with us then!

Costco here sells it in quite large bottles (surprise surprise). I've never heard anyone on this forum worry about Worchestershire...usually it is Club or Penguin biscuits, some beer or a type of cheese or crisps.:thumbsup:

https://www.costco.ca/lea-%2526-perr...100417915.html

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Originally Posted by crofty82 (Post 12876783)

As I say Iâ€™m not generally bothered about the prospect of missing food from home, but as the move draws nearer itâ€™s tempting to use my staff discount, while I still have one, to stock up on a few small essentials.

Iâ€™d be irritable for example if I knew I had to go a year without a chocolate digestive or two.

Lea and Perrins Lime Cordial is also here. Sadly this one isn't

https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...2d5ae2052b.png

568ml, $6.87 CDN (Wholesale Club). Good for another 5 or 6 months, depending on Bloody Mary's.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...365fba3d9c.jpg

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Originally Posted by crofty82 (Post 12876764)

Thanks, good to know! A bottle or two will be crossing the Atlantic with us then!

Lee & Perrins is available just about everywhere - no need to bring it in your suitcase :D

Today I bought rocky biscuits, monster munch and matchmakers. Feels like Christmas :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12877095)

Today I bought rocky biscuits, monster munch and matchmakers. Feels like Christmas :thumbsup:

Sorry to disappoint you but unless they bring back Coffee Matchmakers I'm not coming round. :lol:

The joy of being here long enough, is that you just forget the things that you miss, I think. I will miss forever, I fear, a proper London sandwich shop that makes exactly what you ask for...corned beef with anchovies, mustard and tomatoes on whole wheat, never even raising an eyebrow...I would like to visit a Gregg's Bakery as well before this long tricks over...but that might just be an uncertain memory...it would be awful to be sadly disappointed :unsure:

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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12877138)

Sorry to disappoint you but unless they bring back Coffee Matchmakers I'm not coming round. :lol:

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Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 12877153)

i still miss the stottie shop nearest the campus, and the â€˜everythingâ€™ pizza in the Union bar. Itâ€™s best to just miss some things :nod: , unless theyâ€™re made of chocolate, in which case you should go to every effort to track them down.

Except coffee matchmakers :sick:

Whatâ€™s a stottie?

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Originally Posted by MillieF (Post 12877174)

Whatâ€™s a stottie?

:eek:
Iâ€™m sure there must be an actual geordie around to explain better

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Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12877164)

Except coffee matchmakers :sick:

Matchmakers were sfistikated, coffee ones moreso :nod:

mint ones were good too...like after eights.

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Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 12877177)

:eek:
Iâ€™m sure there must be an actual geordie around to explain better

Could almost pass for ciabatta !

Completed an Instacart order last night from Walmart today. MIL wanted to "add a few things" and it tripled the cost :lol: But never mind, she's paying.

5 minutes after delivery I was giving the 5* rating and upping the tip to take account of the bigger shop than originally planned and I noticed a 'sales' category that I'd never seen before.

There was a pack of my razor cartridges of choice for a ridiculous price. Since the price might change tomorrow I had to get them. MIL naturally suggested a couple of other things, made a quick order and 34 minutes later delivery was taken.

https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...0af41f64d3.gif
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Originally Posted by BristolUK (Post 12878608)

You love the instacart :p

I bet you tip better than most in Vancouver too, our average tip last week was $2.87, of course we only got 11 batches all week so not a huge amount. Batches have been in short supply since majority of shoppers appear to have started to go shopping again rather than use instacart.

Doesn't help IC will choose stores way too far from the delivery address (IC chooses the actual store location) no IC, I am not driving 12km to the store, to drive 12km back for $10 and no tip, stupid thing is to get to the location on some of these batches you pass other locations of the chain your going to...weird system they have sometimes, pass a Wal-Mart to go to another Wal-Mart only to pass the first Wal-Mart to do the delivery.