Comments on: Differences Between American vs British Grocery Stores

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 01:20:28 +0000

In reply to Kyle. Same here in Chicago. My family pours concrete and business is booming! Like we haven’t seen since before 08. We are swamped with work.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:26:30 +0000

One interesting thing since the whole Tarriff thing is in grocery stores from Mexico there is glass being used in products again. Actual glass.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:25:23 +0000

Don’t worry it all is made in China. Even if it’s put together in the country it still comes from slave labor. The Tariffs is something that should’ve been done way back to Nixon. Every President promised but failed to do it now it’s too late since the capital is gone.

All the investors left as we truly were in a 30s depression under the entire Obama era the numbers were fudged to make it look better. Now the economy is booming and construction is everwhere even here in hokey Oregon.

Under Obama not a SINGLE crane was moving. Maybe Liberal Portland had something going on but many times even up there I saw nothing and now cranes are moving non stop. I am seeing houses even being built in the winter time. Even the 90s economy when I was little didn’t have houses being built in the winter.

And lots of construction between here and Portland every time I go there. More construction then when I was little. Never thought I’d see that again.

Anyone who says the economy isn’t any better needs to tell that to all the delivery trucks now on the road that weren’t there so dense. Truck job statistics all show there isn’t ENOUGH trucks being made for the demand because the demand was so low for so long they stopped making very much trucks and parts.

Now there is a huge influx and here in Oregon there is discussion of making a truck/rail transport hub either in Albany or Brooks which Brooks would be better situation for Portland and has the electric waste plant.

By: Marvin

Marvin — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:30:00 +0000

In reply to Sheila. That is so not true, I lived in Sydney from 2010 to 2015, and made frequent visits to woolworth, target, big w etc and all of them had baggers.

By: John Mayers

John Mayers — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 05:22:53 +0000

“You wouldn’t think that a country that originated from the other would be separated by so many things”

Seriously? I’m just dumbfounded by your ignorance! Are you really trying to imply here that United States originated from UK? If you do, then please do us all a favor, and take a few classes on American history.

By: Sheila

Sheila — Fri, 04 May 2018 15:21:12 +0000

The USA also has 6+ times more people than England so you would expect there to be more items of one thing on a shelf. We don’t have baggers here (Australia) any more either. That went out decades ago. I love self-service checkouts 🙂

By: Steven Betts

Steven Betts — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 00:22:30 +0000

Sainsburys or Tescos is a 100 times better than Publix.Much more choice.The produce is fresh, many more ready made meals.

By: Stacey @ One Trip at a Time

Stacey @ One Trip at a Time — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 00:46:57 +0000

I LOVE online grocery shopping and am so glad they have finally brought it to the US side of the pond. I’ve seen my boyfriend order his groceries from Tesco for years in the UK and have been super jealous.

I live in the Houston area and it’s been about 6 months since Kroger’s introduced it. Unfortunately they don’t deliver but even curbside pick up is better than nothing. Like your shops they do save my favourites and it’s so quick and easy now to put an order in. It then typically takes about 5 minutes to pick them up at the store. With Kroger it’s a $4.95 fee per order for the service but to me it’s worth it for the time it saves, and the decrease in impulse buys. Plus I really just dislike grocery shopping.

Walmart and HEB also do the online shopping and I think HEB delivers to your home, depending on where you live.

This has definitely been a game changer for me and it’s really starting to catch on here now. Every time I stop to pick up my groceries they seem a little busier than the last.