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In case you missed the publicity, don't watch KrisTV, don't shop at the selected SM groceries where the promotion is operating (eg SouthMall, MegaMall,,MOA) there's a wide range of own brand Tesco groceries on sale. Tesco may not be your favourite UK grocery, it's not mine, and most of the products seem to me to not be attractive at the prices asked. Who's going to buy a pack of their salt?

However, in a few cases it may be worth it to, for example, find a can of baked beans that doesn't require one to fish out pork fat before consuming! Or get a gift for someone left out when you last came back from a UK trip.

What's next? Sainsbury's at Robinsons?

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We buy CIAO baked beans from SM consolacion. Made in Italy and more than acceptable. Very like Tesco/Waitrose own brand.

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At the risk of turning this into a baked beans thread...coincidentally, as I was putting my can of Tesco beans into the basket a fellow Brit brought the CIAO brand to my notice. I bought a can and have compared them with Tesco's. I would say they are certainly acceptable, nice taste....just that the Tesco beans are a bit softer. However the Italian brand is a great deal cheaper. And they are also certainly better than the Spanish Montera brand, which has nice beans but in a tasteless sauce.
As an alternative there is a brand of Pork and Beans available in Walter Mart - "Senorita" - smaller UK type beans and with just one or two bits of pork fat.
When in the UK last year I was greatly disappointed with the revamped Heinz beans - too thick a sauce now for my liking.

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Yes the CIAO beans now available in SM City, Consolacion, are fine, but need a little spicing up. At least they are suitable for vegetarians. For some reason Hunts Baked Beans without meat, have not been available for months. Gaisano Pacific Mall in Mandaue, occasionally have Heinz Beans, but at a price.

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I found the AYAM baked beans were very nice. I believe they are made in Malaysia. I always buy a few tins to add to my American breakfast when I visit there.im not sure on the price but there again I never check because I'm on holiday to I just don't compare prices

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Waitrose and M&S food plus a wide selection of Japanese and Korean brands can be found in Fort Bonifacio.

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Waitrose is in Rustans

I buy the beans and pork sausages from tesco plus their own brand of dish washing liquid and fabric softner

All else for me is not of interest, we v can get as good from local sources far cheaper

Now if they sent some of the beers and wines they stock at fair price then it could get interesting plus a good confectionary range

Biscuits why not custard creams and bourbons etc instead of more mc vities style plus Manor house fruit cakes that are sealed with malt fruit loaves etc

The marketing team really need to re think what they are sending

Nice to see them trying hope they persevere and chop and change the range they are sending

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A lot of the product we are familier with that we see in the tropics have had their recipes adjusted to cope with the climate. A lot of the product we see in the UK supermarkets wouldn't survive. Have you notice how the packaging is a lot heavier in the Philippines than the UK, that's to keep the bugs out.

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Yes Gazza -d many locally made products are sweetened to aid preservation ..bread for one. Whether this has given people here a sweet tooth or they have developed that for other reasons they won't be too keen on the taste of some British products, which have undergone significant reductions in sugar and salt content over recent years. Hunts Pork and Beans has more than double the sugar content per 100g serving compared with the Tesco offering. Interestingly Hunts is a bit lower in salt, perhaps because it is a US company. But generally there's a lot of salt in food products here.

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Have you tried making your own, I have and if I had a bigger kitchen - Watch Out Heinz.

I use the attached as a basis and adjust a little bit to my own taste buds ( I normally add a little bit of chilli and Worcestershire sauce and leave out the celery), all ingredients widely available here.

How to cook the perfect baked beans | Life and style | The Guardian

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Marks & Spencer also have a limited range attached to their department store

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While residing in the UK I was never too fond of own label products except for a few items from Sainsbury's, Waitrose and M&S. Anyway, I expect they've now dropped those products.. but I decided a while ago to wean myself off UK brands here, mainly because of the price but partly because getting re-acquainted with them is one big thing I look forward to on UK trips. I usually shy away from the international sections here too.
But I wonder which UK branded products contributors are willing to regularly pay over the odds for here in the Philippines?

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He's definitely on to something here..Ayam beans are the larger bean which seems to be the favourite in these parts....they are a bit spicy and vinegary though....which may not be to everybody's taste. Price wise they are more expensive than the CIAO brand but not tremendously so.

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Made another visit today to the SM SouthMall Las Pinas, where I had first seen the Tesco own brand products a few weeks ago. Their Baked Beans are now down to the much more reasonable price of P67, but arrivederci CIAO baked beans .. now not on sale! Other CIAO products were there but not their cheaper and quite acceptable Baked Beans. Tesco may have lost some market power in the UK but it seems they can get their way with SM.

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CIAO are P47.50 in Consolacion, Cebu. So P67 doesn't seem a bad price in comparison.
White Gold in NRA, often used to have different items of British food on sale, on a very random basis. Usually at a well marked up price. Different things, every time you went. Rustans and Robinsons often used to have some British foods too.

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M&S in Ayala had their baked beans in today - 65p a can - CIAO still better value. did lash out and buy some M&S hand cooked crisps tho'! got my weetabix and Shredded wheat as well from Rustans.

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Has anyone seen Pickled Onions for sale here. I have tried to make them with the local onions but it is not the same.

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Go find Mike Stokes on FB. He imports UK goods each month and lists what he has. He'll ship to anywhere. I've got 2 jars of Asda pickled onions in my store box.
https://facebook.com/mikesimportedenglishgoods/

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I am sure i have seen jars of tesco pickled onions in my local SM

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Thanks, shall have a look next time I am there.

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Picked up a jar today silver skin pickled onions.

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Some Tesco items in SM NRA, and a small M & S kiosk situated on the "1st Floor" as they call it.
We used to buy Silverskin Onions in White Gold NRA.
It will be interesting to see what SM Seaside, and Gaisano Liloan have on offer, when they open shortly.

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Custard creams are here and about 25 pesos cheaper than marks and spencers.

I will have to do a detailed scout around to see what other new items they have brought

seems a shame they still have far too many duplicate imports like salt etc I think the merchandisers need to re think on more than a few products and gives us

Branston pickle
and other pickes and chutneys, oxo cubes and bisto etc
Bourbon
tinned meats like the steak pies and suet puddings etc not sure if they use refrigerated and freezer services. Some imports clearly are as imported bacons and hams are coming from the USA and Canada... humble banger with cumberlands would be nice..... dream on:))

have used the crumble topping for home made apple crumble, what chance of tinned rhubarb

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Yes, Mike2, they need to do a big rethink on their offer. What we saw in Bicutan the other day was most of the Tesco stuff in one corner of the store. Better to cut the number of products and put them in the main sections.

We did buy a nice Tesco Tomato Chutney - but I so agree with you about Branston Pickle. And maybe Picallili? Jars of sliced beetroot were there also. Also got a box of their medium strength tea - I drink tea mixed with dalandan concentrate here and one British type bag can be reused a number of times.

Some of their more basic cereals are also worth considering.

Bangers, yes, but on the pies I was never a great fan of theirs. But I did used to like M&S's microwaveable suet covered steak and kidney pies in a box. Don't even know if they still do them, but have you seen them here?

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Raffin

i have yet to see anything from M & S that the old woolworths would have done, in terns of limited food supplies being around sweets/candy with biscuits. They have bottles of plonk and sherry with port at very reasonable prices when comparing to places like Union Jack pub in alabang which charge over double for similar.

Yes I am hopeful that Tesco will listen to the e-mails sent. I am it sure how much is piggy backed off their deliveries to their other Asian markets and if at this time we are just getting the rump off slow over order up takes elsewhere. time will tell

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raffin sorry to take so long to respond. Am with you on the what we wants for sure.


I have not yet seen any items in the tinned meat/pie area or bangers for either MS or tesco or even waitrose in rustans. I live in hope, by then I will be a very young man :))


Tescos now have Jaffa cakes far cheaper than MS