Tesco's USA sweet goodies!

Merlin5 · 12 Jan 2013 at 12:53

Wow, Tesco have got an amazing section on their world foods aisle. Tons of stuff from america that you could previously only get from certain department stores like Fenwicks. And guess what? They've got Lucky Charms cereal and it's £5 a box, cheaper than ebay. I want to try them and also a Baby Ruth chocolate bar since it's very famous.

Also I'm tempted by the quaker cinnamon and spice grits. Anyone tried grits? Is it nice, similar to porridge?

Glaucus · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:00

Do they have root beer, that's all I want to know.

Judgeneo · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:02

Erg, Hersheys...

stokecity_m · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:03

Corn Dogs?

Please God, let them have corn dogs.

4T5 · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:14

How sad is it that the **** poor facing bothers me.

Jokester · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:17

Mountain Dew?

4T5 said:
How sad is it that the **** poor facing bothers me.

Haha, the sad thing is I face off tins and stuff in my cupboards. Been institutionalised after working in a supermarket for 7 years.

cheechm · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:18

Reese's Puffs !! Lived off them for two months in Florida.

Yas786 · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:21

About time

...will have to pop into my local tescos and see if they have anything worth picking up.

Mmmmm 3 musketeers and Aunt Jemima pancake syrup....

TheVoice · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:23

Oh Pop Tarts. Gimme. I still have some s'mores ones my parents got me while they were living in Canada.

Somehow though, I doubt the Tesco near me will ever stock this stuff.

Craig1981 · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:29

Jokester said:
Mountain Dew?

Highly doubtful. Theres some BS regulation that prevents companies selling American style Mountain Dew over here if its called "MTN Dew" Insane I know...

I wish our crappy Tesco store had a worlds food isle. We dont get anything good

4T5 · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:31

Jokester said:
Haha, the sad thing is I face off tins and stuff in my cupboards. Been institutionalised after working in a supermarket for 7 years.

Same & I face off shelves when I take something when I'm out shopping.

Oh the shame.

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Yas786 · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:58

Jokester said:
Mountain Dew?.

You can get Mountain Dew here in the UK but its called Mountain Dew Energy, its pretty much the same stuff you get over in the States and Canada.

Available pretty much everywhere but getting the real deal isnt possible unless you ship some over or find somewhere that does the real mountain dew.

For me the energy mountain dew does the job for me, i cant really tell the difference between the American MD and the ones u get here.

Razor-BladE · 12 Jan 2013 at 13:59

Twinkies? Really want to try one!

Jokester · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:02

Yas786 said:
You can get Mountain Dew here in the UK but its called Mountain Dew Energy, its pretty much the same stuff you get over in the States and Canada.

Available pretty much everywhere but getting the real deal isnt possible unless you ship some over or find somewhere that does the real mountain dew.

For me the energy mountain dew does the job for me, i cant really tell the difference between the American MD and the ones u get here.

If it tastes the same that's good enough for me, I'll see if I can track some down.

Yas786 · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:18

Razor-BladE said:
Twinkies? Really want to try one!

Dont...they really arent that good. Having lived in Canada for a good 20 yrs i could never quite understand why kids over there liked Twinkies. I prefer the cakes you get over here, much more tastier.

Jokester said:
If it tastes the same that's good enough for me, I'll see if I can track some down.

They arent hard to find, i usually pick up a few bottles from my local tesco express. Stick to the lime green ones though, the bright orange MD's are in a nutshell absolutely rank :/

Craig1981 · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:19

Yas786 said:
You can get Mountain Dew here in the UK but its called Mountain Dew Energy, its pretty much the same stuff you get over in the States and Canada.

No. It really is not. I've had several different genuine American Dews and they dont taste the same as the stuff we get made over here. Especially the green one. That one tastes like rat ****! The red energy one is tasty though.

Sui · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:20

I want to know how the heck people find Hershey's enjoyable. It tastes like vomit.

Craig1981 · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:22

Razor-BladE said:
Twinkies? Really want to try one!

Personally I find twinkies are completely overrated. There basically an average tasting sponge coated in syrup, with an average vanilla cream filling.

I bought a box of 10 and only ended up eating about 4 of them. I gave a few away and binned the rest.

Jokester · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:23

They are pretty **** to be honest. Can't understand the fuss about them but at the same time can understand why the company that made them went bust.

Craig1981 · 12 Jan 2013 at 14:27

Jokester said:
They are pretty **** to be honest. Can't understand the fuss about them but at the same time can understand why the company that made them went bust.

I suppose its down to the fact that Americans have grown up eating those products for generations, so for them they truly are the muts nuts.

Even though I have a serious addiction to buying American goodies, I have to admit that a lot of US products are actually really cheap quality. Stuff we get made in the UK often seems to be of a higher standard. Thats not to say that a lot of the US isn't tasty and delicious though. I would sell my soul to get them to start selling Welchs grape soda in UK stores. (other than speciality ones)