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Mr_Blott @feddit.uk

5mo ago

The UK section of my local supermarket is taking the piss

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I have never seen mac and cheese in a can before and I am honestly mildly disgusted.
- They started making canned spaghetti carbonara now too
  
  It's like they're trying to commit war crimes.
  
  Considering the origin of carbonara, it's not that weird.
- I live in the USA and can confirm never seeing this before.
  Though I'd try it tbh
  
  It's... Not good
  
  You can get it at WinCo if you're in the west.
- Canned anything with cheese tastes revolting from my experience.
  
  I mean Philly cheese steaks are made with canned cheese wiz, and then there's salsa queso dip they sell in cans, and everyone loves that shit.
- You ought to be. It's a struggle meal, not because of the price but because you struggle to keep it down. The noodles feel simultaneously overcooked, limp and somehow grainy. The sauce is virtually flavorless except for a musky odor of nuclear cheese. The consistency of the sauce is like that of milk, and it does not adhere to the noodles. Your bowl will be a nice mix of cold, pallid noodle soup and boiling hot noodle soup.
- Avoid at all costs. Bought one can for the novelty of feeling the same way. It is so much worse than you're imagining.
  
  I can imagine fake chese custard and slight amounts of overcooked rubbery pasta.
- Chef Boyardee sells mac and cheese in a can in the US!
- That narrow band of survivalists who are not unnaturally interested in fire

As a brit id say blimey they got it spot on
- Victoria would be proud to know her empire still provides for the people even now

In British supermarkets, they often don't even put the beans on shelves. Instead they have stacked palettes of them, because they need to restock so often it'd be inefficient to have to unpack and shelve them.

Marmite, Lea and Perrin's, Curry.
Yup, this is actually the UK section and not just the beans section
- I was shocked to find out that Lea and Perrins wasn't from Louisiana. They use that stuff in everything in Cajun land

Tikka masala is English food no matter how Indian it seems
- It was invented in Scotland, so it's British but not English.
  
  Still can't understand how some people think England is synonymous with the entire United Kingdom, when in reality it's only a fraction of it.

Royaume-Uni/USA
Angleterre/États-Unis
With the signs in two languages and the one trying to be in english (lulz) being smaller, where in Quebec is that?
Edit: Turns out it's in France, I don't think they would be importing French milk all the way to Quebec
- Another clue it isn't Quebec is that Quebec wouldn't bother having a separate US section when the States are just a couple hours drive away.
- Le moo
  
  Fetchez la vache

Beautiful. This should be the national flag.

Canned Macaroni and Cheese?
Barbarians!
It comes out of a damn box!

I'm British and I only eat beans and curry, so I can't see any problem here.
- The vindaloo and butter chicken sauces are fuckin class

Looks about right.

I bet only British tourists are shopping in this section. French people craving for beans are just eating cassoulet.

Jeez why so many cans? Is the country getting ready for war?

In the end, a Heinz a conquered GB. Eat that Brits!

is it joint usa/uk food section?
- Looking at both flags alternating repeatedly on every shelf I would assume yes.
  
  So the English language food section
- All of that is uk other than the macaroni. Even the Indian curries are uk. That's like our speciality, not fish n chips
  
  FYIW, that brand of "simmer sauce" is a staple in my US kitchen.

I regularly buy from the UK section of my supermarket. Brown sauce and lemon curd are necessities.
- HP, Branston, marmalade, and additionally, Cream Crackers due to childhood trauma
  
  What is Hewlett Packard doing in your grocers?
  
  You forgot to buy your marmite

This is a Carrefour, right? I've quit shopping at Carrefour a while back. I find their selection getting steadily worse, their house brands quality very low, their price not competitive. Nowadays I shop at medium size chains, and most of non food online, trying to use Amazon as a last resort.
- Yeah, Grand Frais is my usual now
  
  I'm in Spain. I usually shop at Lidl, Aldi, or Mercadona, a large chain of medium size stores, generally well regarded, with a very good selection, and high quality house brands. Mercadona puts customer satisfaction first, and employee satisfaction second. This seems to be true as employee satisfaction is high, rotation low, and satisfaction levels of around 70%, which in this type of sector is very high. They also pay up to 150% of the median income for these types of jobs.

Apart from having the flags the wrong way around, what's wrong?
/s

those chicken stock cans at the top are taking the botulism

Not even Branston beans. What a disgrace.

Yeah, what the fuck why is Mississippi Belle macaroni and cheese in the UK section?
- Ok, correction I do see a tiny USA flag on the top shelf, but not on the second shelf

Has it always been Beanz with a Z?

I haven't seen that many beans in one place outside of a farm.

Where is the HP sauce?

But beanz meanz Heinz.....

That's not a terrible price for Patak's stuff....it's like double that in Canada from what I've seen

Heinz macaroni cheese is the food of the gods. I love it.

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