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Old Mar 10th 2018 | 5:42 pm
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After a month long vacation and checking out the board strange to see the a new sticky advertising British good shops. Strange ive not thought about any UK food items ive missed in Kuwait - even saw Iron Bru in Sultan centre !!
 
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I see a decent amount of British food at Spinneys and Waitrose but can't bring myself to pay the 5x cost!
 
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After a month long vacation and checking out the board strange to see the a new sticky advertising British good shops. Strange ive not thought about any UK food items ive missed in Kuwait - even saw Iron Bru in Sultan centre !!
The Mrs filled the suitcase yesterday in Blighty with 6 tins of Beef Ravioli. I'm not joking.

Other than that there's barely anything you can't get.
 
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Wine gums. Never seen them here. Is it the name and the implication of alcohol? Is there pork product in them?
 
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Wine gums. Never seen them here. Is it the name and the implication of alcohol? Is there pork product in them?
Name I would guess.

Buy on desert cart though
 
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Name I would guess.

Buy on desert cart though
Always preferred Midget Gems (Lyons) and American Hard Gums.
 
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Name I would guess.

Buy on desert cart though
Nice one. Link won't work for me. though. I'm going home for a week at Easter so will be stocking up.
 
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Nice one. Link won't work for me. though. I'm going home for a week at Easter so will be stocking up.
Did you mean Spring break....
 
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Always preferred Midget Gems (Lyons) and American Hard Gums.
I like midget gems too. Definitely more of a fruit pastille kind of guy though.
 
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Did you mean Spring break....
No, isn't that when loads of American teenagers go to Florida on the lash?
 
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I like midget gems too. Definitely more of a fruit pastille kind of guy though.
Just for you (as I'm not sure you were born when this came out)...

 
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No, isn't that when loads of American teenagers go to Florida on the lash?
Spring break here in the ME..along with grape and hops.
 
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No, isn't that when loads of American teenagers go to Florida on the lash?
Spring break here in the ME..along with grape and hops.
 
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Spring break here in the ME..along with grape and hops.
Ah right. Funnily enough I've seen Easter eggs in Spinneys and Hot Cross (not Crescent) buns in Park 'n' Rob.
 
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Ah right. Funnily enough I've seen Easter eggs in Spinneys and Hot Cross (not Crescent) buns in Park 'n' Rob.

Easter eggs? Or branded as chocolate eggs as seems to be the case here in UK st the moment. The only ones I’ve seen with the words ‘Easter Egg’ are the Cadbury ones.
 


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