scrubbedexpat099

My local Safeway has some things, including stuff I have never heard of.

SultanOfSwing

They might be Australian. The one British section that was used to have some sweets I hadn't heard of and they turned out to be Australian when I looked them up.

scrubbedexpat099

Makes sense, Yanks can not tell the difference.

themadpooper

Yeah, Jewel (pretty crap compared to other Jewels in the city) but they also have UK stuff in Mariano's and Treasure Island. Trader's has stuff like clotted cream and scones

SultanOfSwing

I go to Jewel all the time, but the one actually in my town never had any British food, sadly. I can usually do OK without it but if I get a real urge for a Yorkie or some curry paste, I can nip to the Meijer that's 20 minutes down the road.

Mariano's and Treasure Island must only be in the city because I haven't heard of those. I couldn't even tell you where the closest Trader Joe's is either

I like the sticks, though. Nice and quiet up here

tonrob

Yup. HP beans are the way forward (I reckon) if you can find them. I abandoned Heinz in favour of HP long before paving the UK.

themadpooper

You've done this before and as I told you then, I've seen similar in supermarkets in other parts of the country, particularly Florida and New York where I previously lived

Seems the only area of US that doesn't have UK stuff is where you live

themadpooper

Mariano's is a bit like Whole Foods, posh and a bit pricey but they have a lot of great products and international stuff. Their beer selection in particular is better than you'd find in some liquor shops, the one I go to even has a walk-in fridge packed with beer. Jewel is great for beer, also, I find

Treasure Island is good for international stuff, they have isles devoted to various countries, including the UK and Ireland

Pulaski

Maybe you didn't read all the replies to the other thread? Several other people commented that their local groceries have little or no British merchandise either, and they aren't in the same state as me.

The problem you don't seem to recognize is that would be/soon to be immigrants come here looking for advice, and therefore making sweeping generalizations is unhelpful and often misleading. There is a huge difference between "you'll find that groceries in most major cities in the US carry a small range of British foods" and "you'll find British foods in American groceries".

SultanOfSwing

There aren't enough zeros in my paycheck for me to afford Mariano's then, by the sound of it . I do like Jewel's beer selection though and more importantly, they have Strongbow as well

Treasure Island looks to only have locations in the city, so that'd be why I had never heard of them.

Wintersong

Yup -no British food in my supermarkets either.

It depends entirely on demand, which depends on British expat presence. I don't think New York and Florida are good examples from which to generalise to the entire country.

SultanOfSwing

This is true, I doubt you'll find a lot of demand for HP Sauce and Ambrosia Creamed Rice in Bismarck, North Dakota for example ...

Matt Sabre

I've seen stuff in my local Raley's and some Safeways.

Pulaski

Well you're fairly close to NC, kind of, sort of, .... aren't you?
There is almost nothing about the US you can generalize across all 50 states, ..... except perhaps that the standard of driving is hideously bad, and that the quality of house and apartments/condo construction is poor.

Wintersong

And here was I thinking it was just California...