UK Supermarkets

I never thought the day would come where I enjoy going to the supermarket. Everything is a novelty in the likes of Sainsbury’s and Tesco’s. For starters they sell everything, from your regular supermarket goods like meat, fruit, veggies, bread and general groceries to electronics, clothing, shoes, bedding, pharmaceuticals, mobile phone shop, cafe and liquor (within the regular supermarket isles). The variety of liquor puts Dan Murphy’s to shame. Half a supermarket isle is for cider alone. Bulmer’s comes in pint sized cans in both apple and pear varieties. Beer mainly comes in 4 packs (including Corona’s) or slabs (but the bottles are considerably smaller in slabs). The only Australian beer sold is Foster’s!The Australian wine they sell is laughable. Wolfblass and Lindeman’s just about covers it. For a product that isn’t great and was sold for about $6 at Dan’s, it’s pretty hard to justify paying over $15 for. Oyster Bay is around $15 which is similar to home. Spirits tend to be cheaper if not the same price as home. Absolut vodka is about $30 and scotch is a little cheaper. RTD’s include Smirnoff mixed with Ocean Spray cranberry juice in Red Bull sized cans and Schweppes gin and tonic (a far cry from cruisers and UDL’s) They sell a lot of Cadbury products including deserts, cakes and biscuits along with regular choccies. They already have their Easter products in. Magazines come in ‘travel size’ (about 2/3 the size of a regular magazine). Most importantly I found Vegemite…wouldn’t have survived without it.