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Has they stopped selling them in your local Mercadona?

2 in my area and another 40km away are not stocking them anymore...

Pepco Alfafar is now my only choice for "english tea". Not a problem but I liked that the supermarket were an option with a decent price..

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A while ago they seemed to disappear, then were back again but now seem to be unavailable again. I order from Mercadona on line so I thought that maybe they were in the shops but not on line. Mercadona used to sell Tetleys too but not for a very, very long time. On line they do not sell any other alternative so Amazon is my current port of call.

Rosemary

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I have always bought my tea here in Spain from Pepco / Dealz - but now most of them do not have a food section...

Maybe mercadona were just using up their stocks since brexit?

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Amazon.es is your friend! Loads available

https://www.amazon.es/PG-Tips-Original-Pyramid-Bags/dp/B000MXX04S/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=35HO970TJP592&keywords=pg+tips +tea+bags&qid=1706136391&sprefix=%2Caps%2C113&sr=8-1

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That cant be right... 240 teabags for €22.99

We only pay €9.00 for that amount in Iceland Benidorm and I think thats expensive.
I usually wait for a deal and they drop the price to €7.50 which I still think is dear.

Be cheaper to drink Brandy... :)

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I only buy loose tea; can't stand tea bags!
I buy a 1.5kg bag from an Indian/Pakistani shop. They always have a plentiful supply, including tea bags if you prefer.

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Gave up UK brown tea years ago along with cow's milk and sugar. (But I will check my local Merca out of interest and report back)

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This article appeared in the newsfeed on my browser a few weeks ago, saying that Mercadona were no longer going to be selling PG Tips or Tetleys teabags, amongst other things. A friend said last week she couldn't find any in Mercadona, which jogged my memory. We never bought them as we prefer Yorkshire tea, either buy a supply when I go to the UK or get them from a British shop down the coast where I have an order delivered from a couple of times a year.

Mercadona confirma la retirada de todos estos populares productos de sus supermercados - Los Replicantes

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Quality of PG-Tips is terrible now anyway..more like dust. Can't even get 2 cups out of 1 bag.
Get a nice big bag of Yorkshire tea 240 bags..about the only one that still tastes real.

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I still have some left in a huge bag of 1,040 Yorkshire teabags I bought over a year ago.

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They have always been like that. I used to install machines in the factory in Manchester and every single piece of kit was covered in dust.
It gets everywhere and ruins bearings like you would not believe.

Although to be honest Typhoo which is bagged in Moreton is just as bad.
The cleanest plant has to be Taylor's in Harrogate.

Silly fact.. All machines destined for Tea Factories (well uk ones anyway) had to be painted a light green colour.

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I think Consum were also selling PG Tips and stopped around the same time.

Twinings is the backup in Consum....but it's not the same...:sad_smile:

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Have never seen PG Tips in a Consum or Charter.

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Living in North America I buy PGTips from Amazon, usually several boxes of 240. It is certainly cheaper than buying small boxes, from the few shops that sell them over here.

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Dealz is actually Poundland so although not entirely about food it should still have a decent food section with all the usual suspects.

The only tea I get is from M&S when flying from the UK, and since it's quite light anyway I tend to bring a year's+ supply with me every time... :)

Likewise I'll load up on tea in other countries, such as Poland for mint tea or Singapore for jasmine/green/oolong/roast rice tea. Good thing I travel light so there's lots of space for shopping... :)

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I used to fill a suitcase with PGTips. I actually used to empty the boxes into plastic bags so I could get more in the case. Always had secondary screening when I entered the US. Goodness knows what they must have thought the couple of thousand bags contained. :lol:

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Not any more Poundland got brought out by Pepco who are a cheap clothing retailer.
The food isle is getting smaller every-time the wife goes in the one in Albir.
They also got rid of the DIY section in the three near us (I used to buy knives for my model making and they were really cheap)
We stopped using them recently as the prices on the shelves didnt match the barcode on the item. Happened alot the two people in front of us were complaining about being overcharged and the manager didnt want to know..

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Nice, I too do that a lot because way too often the packaging takes up way more space than all the teabags inside. Unless I have something fragile in my suitcase in which case I'll pack the entire boxes and use them as soft buffer zones. :)

I haven't been to any in Spain but if Pepco has taken over Poundland then they probably just want to convert those stores into regular Pepco outlets. Seems more like a multiple location grab than actually taking over the Poundland business. Which is a shame because Dealz on its own would have been very useful to us expats...

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Carrefour selling UK tea but you won't like the prices! Glad I have given it up.

I buy Pompadour green teas in all sorts of fabulous flavours.

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PG tips are back in Mercadona.

I was just updating my next order and looked at the list of what I habitually buy in case I had missed something important and there they were. New packaging, 2.50 a pack of 40.

Rosemary

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Thanks for that.. Have stopped looking but will look on Monday...

I have found another source here in Valencia - an arab, indian - Asian supermarket - tajmahau??? there are 4 of them spread around the city..

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I went into a Mercadona in Benalmadena around Christmas time to buy some tea bags. I noticed they had a row priced at the normal 1.75 euros the row was empty. Next to it another row priced at 2.50 packaging looked a little different but same standard tea bags. So that explained why the other row was empty .

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It would seem the price increase is down to PG Tips rather than Mercadona and price has gone up in UK also .
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dai...ng-crisis.html

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Taj Mahal. Great place. The big Chinese supermarket next to the train station had some last time I went there and they have a great selection of spices, sauces and veg too.

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I was in the Iceland store in Benidorm yesterday - tons of Uk teabags on the shelf, sorry didn't record exact prices etc.

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Not surprised to hear that as there are so many Brits living/visiting that area. Becomes much more difficult in areas lacking in Brits.

Rosemary

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Also found plenty of teas, including decaf - in a British store nearby. Prices haven't changed much in several months.

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Plenty of PG Tips in Morrisons in Gibraltar. We bought a box of 210 and it cost £6.79.

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€9.00 for a box of 240 unless you drink Yorkshire then it was more...
We got a couple of boxes last week. I usually wait for the deal time when it drops to €7.50 a box.
But we are off to the Uk in April and Im driving so we will fill up with a couple of thousand...

Have found DialaPrix *on the way to Altea Cheaper than Iceland for tea bags and curry sauces. (I would rather make my own but her ladyship wont let me)

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Russels in Torrox have a good range of english tea types. Relatively exoensive as is the case with most expat foodstuff. We switched to teabags from Dunnes. Cheap and an excellent substitute for PG, Yorkshire et al.

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I thought PG Tips claim to fame were their pyramid tea bags but the ones I just purchased from Mercadona are square... Still better than Typhoo though...

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Yes, I was surprised when I opened the box. Not seen square ones for many years.

Rosemary

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I recently got some Typhoo and was disappointed as seemed weak tea to me. I prefer very strong tea and tend to stick with either PG Tips or Tetley's

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Could definitely do with a M&S food store here. Until then part of my suitcase when traveling to the UK is reserved for their tea...

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Wot, no reserved space for biscuits and pork pies? :D

I liked the variety of teas in the UK, now we're back in Oz we drink Twinings english breakfast (extra strong), or good old Yorkshire tea.

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We're going to Alicante for a week mid April with Inmserso. Might miss some of their day trips, such as Ontinyent, Denia & go to Benidorm for the day.
Would the Iceland there sell things like pork pies?
No British shops anywhere here.

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I recently bought a walls pork pie from an English shop here in Spain . It was awful the texture of the meat just wasn't right and we ended up throwing it away. Not sure if that was because it had been frozen but I certainly wouldn't get one again. I only bought it as it was larger size than the smaller 4 pack ones I can get fairly easily they taste fine no problem with their content texture but they aren't Walls. Being a Yorkshireman I enjoy a nice pork pie but will definitely avoid Walls ones in future .

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Being a Yorkshirelass, I cannot stand pork pie. :lol:

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That's interesting - is that because pork pies are a Leicestershire thing?

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Maybe that’s the reason I do not like them…that and the horrid chopped up, lumpy meat and jelly. :sick:

Give me a Yorkshire pudding any day of the week :D