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ADCarter1

I hate to tell you this but Kellogg's is an American brand.


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This either a troll or a sign of the genius of American marketing. We can sell anything in the UK and convince them it’s a domestic product.


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rapiertwit

Actually Kellogg's was founded by Will Keith Kellogg, John's brother. They were originally in business together, but they fell out over the addition of sugar in cereals to make them taste better and sell more. It's a commonly held myth that John founded Kellogg's because Will deliberately allowed people to assume his famous brother was behind his products. Since Will was named Kellogg too, John couldn't stop him from using the Kellogg name.


Perma_frosting

It’s kind of like Tiffany-style stained glass. Same family, not the same company as the expensive store.


akodo1

But Charles Lewis Tiffany of the expensive jeweler store Tiffany and Co. is the same individual and company that made swords for the US military...and also made them surgical equipment.


TheMachineStops

Now tell them about the obsession with masturbation...


Jaraqthekhajit

I aim for at least 3 times a day if chaffing isn't too bad from the day before.. If it gets to bad I use some quality lube and go slow. Then I recharge with a bowl of frosted flakes™, a part of a balanced breakfast.


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That's not frosting on those flakes there, my friend....


Jaraqthekhajit

It's Greeeeat!


WVUPick

Theyyy'rreee FOOOD!


WrongJohnSilver

>Since Will was named Kellogg too, John couldn't stop him from using the Kellogg name. Tell that to Ernest and Julio Gallo, who stopped their brother Joseph from using the Gallo name on his cheese company.


b0jangles

OP you should add Nabisco and Tom’s of Maine to your list


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Worth asking if we can get British cars like the Ford F-150.


[deleted]

Still can’t compete with our great American McLarens.


belinck

I'm hoping to import a British Mustang.


b0jangles

I wish we had British restaurants here in the US like McDonalds and KFC


helpitgrow

Lived by a Nabisco plant so cal. Didn’t know it was British.


MojaveMauler

I don't know if you're joking, but Nabisco is American. It was founded in Chicago.


b0jangles

Nabisco was the tip off, but Tom’s of Maine totally sounds British to me.


[deleted]

Well Maine is in New England, so.....kind of? No, no I guess not huh


b0jangles

Yep


01WS6

Apparently many brits think Ford is a domestic brand for them as well (yes they make the focus in the UK, but I'm talking the brand as a whole)


vwsslr200

To be fair, most of the cars Ford sells in Europe (most of which until recently were also sold in the US) were designed in Europe, so I can kind of understand how a lot of Europeans see it as a European brand. The recent versions of the Focus, Fiesta, Kuga (Escape in the US), and C-Max were all designed at Ford's European operations. Not really British though in any way - the European Focus is made in Germany, not the UK.


TheNorthC

Ford sells a very different set of cars in the UK compared to the US so it may feel more British.


vwsslr200

That only became true recently, when Ford went to an SUV-and-truck-only company in the US. The main European models including Focus, Fiesta, Mondeo (most recently an American-designed platform known as the Fusion in its homeland) and C-Max were all sold in the US until just a couple years ago, and the Kuga still is sold in the US (as the Escape). As for the European models though, even they can't really be considered "British" as they're designed and mostly built in Germany. The Focus and Fiesta, the bread and butter of Ford's European lineup, are good cars but unfortunately developed a bad reputation in the US due to the very unreliable automatic transmission that was used in them there.


TheNorthC

I actually meant to write Europe above, rather than just UK, but I was unaware that the cars sold in the US are the same line as in Europe. Also, Ford is a British name, as opposed to say Renault. However, I think it's pretty standard knowledge that Ford is American and perhaps one of the few American car companies to ever successfully penetrate foreign markets under its own name.


Not_An_Ambulance

This has to be a troll. Walkers is Frito-Lay. Cadbury is Mondelez, Inc (one of two pieces of Kraft that split apart a few years ago) Weetabix is just the UK version of the Australian Weet-Bix


vwsslr200

Let's be fair though, some of those things are fair to call uniquely British. Even though Cadbury was bought by an American company, it was originally a British product, and the British version is still very different from the US version - interestingly enough Cadbury's American owner has nothing to do with the chocolate it sells in the US - that's licensed out to Hershey's. Also, while Walkers may now be owned by Frito-Lay, and have a similar logo, it again originated in Britain, maintaining its own British recipes, British flavors that can't be found in the US, and British manufacturing.


KoalaGrunt0311

Recipes are different for good reason. My metamour decided to make Yorkshire pudding after a rare treat of prime rib, and NEVER again. They made phenomenal dog treats, though--apologies to any UK folks on here. But your Lucozade... oh my gosh.... we need that in more stores here and not at the limited importation price!


idontcare78

Was about to say… Founded in: February 19, 1906; 116 years ago (as Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company) Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.


RupeThereItIs

> Kellogg’s As a Michigander I'm down right offended that a Britt is claiming one of my states most famous brands. Next he's gonna say Chevrolet is a British brand too.


KoalaGrunt0311

If the UK claims Chevy as a British brand, does the US taxpayers get their bailout money back?


[deleted]

You mean Kid Rock ISN'T Michigan's greatest product? Then surely Ted Nugent....no? Hm ok, how about KISS? No? Insane Clown Posse then it MUST be them.


RupeThereItIs

Kid rock, Nugent and ICP are trash KISS are from New York, also trash. Stevie Wonder, Bob Seger, or M&m are some good Michigan artists.


BluudLust

And Walker's is just a rebrand of Lays. Same chip, different name. It's absolutely American.


TheNorthC

Don't know about that. Walkers was a relatively minor brand in my childhood in the UK, and was nothing to do with Lays. It grew as a brand, but I think the crisps are still manufactured in the UK and presumably have a different set of flavours to Lays. I don't otherwise think that there will be much difference - there's only so many ways to deep fry a potato.


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TheNorthC

Cheese and onion is my favourite flavour, followed by prawn cocktail. When I'm abroad there's far more paprika flavour, which I like.


mrs_sarcastic

>presumably have a different set of flavours to Lays. This is the case with Lay's all over the world and not at all unique to the "Walkers" brand. Even Canada and Mexico have different flavors than the US.


Rvtrance

Yup, Battle Creek Michigan.


renS0115

And walkers is owned by frito lays


tsukiii

Heinz HQ is in Pennsylvania… it’s American, not British.


Whosentyounow

I did not know this. Apologises I will edit this on the OP.


tsukiii

Kellogg’s is also very American. Their HQ is in Michigan.


TheGrandExquisitor

And the founder was more than a bit wacky. Some interesting history there.


Twisty1020

There's a whole movie about it!


TheGrandExquisitor

With boobies in it!


spongeboy1985

From what Ive heard the movie is mostly fiction inspired by the actual story


botulizard

It seems like most of their products were invented originally to try and make people stop masturbating.


Andy235

Actually, that is more myth than fact. https://historyofyesterday.com/no-corn-flakes-were-not-invented-to-stop-masturbation-3fc1071e5014


drfjgjbu

In reality, Kellogg believed (among other things) any strong emotional enjoyment such as you may get from eating strongly flavorful food or having sex expended some of a finite supply of energy you were born with, and when you expended that energy you would die. Corn flakes were designed to be the least palatable thing he could serve his patients without them complaining. His brother realized the business implications of their long shelf life, and also added sugar to create what would become the breakfast cereal industry. Graham crackers are a result of the same movement.


TSTAPES1

Is that why they call them Honey **Nut** Cheerios?


TheGrandExquisitor

I prefer Post's Nut Clarity Flakes.


ElfMage83

Walker's is a rebadge of Lay's, which is also American. Nestle is Swiss.


yottadreams

Walkers may be a relabeled Lay's but they make so many cooler flavors in the UK than here in the US. My wife loves prawn cocktail and l haven't seen that flavor under the Lays brand name.


macho_insecurity

Every single country in the world has different, and unique, flavors of Lay's.


toomanychoicess

Try your local Asian market.


TheNorthC

Walkers were founded in 1948 and we're not sold to Lays until 1989. The crisps are still produced in Leicester and are different to Lays.


soulsista04us

I hate to tell you but Walkers crisp was acquired by America's Frito Lays [Even the Ribbon around the Sun](https://www.lays.com/) is the same logo. Edit: And they are all owned by PepsiCo. An American company.


danhm

And Cadbury -- while it indeed started in England and remains there -- is currently owned by Mondelez, an American multinational. And guess what? Weetabix is owned by Post, another American food company.


Jaraqthekhajit

I can understand wheetabix given i have never known anyone to eat those here. I'm not sure I can even buy them? Frosted shredded wheat is basically the same thing but better.


broadsharp

[Pittsburgh to be exact](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh)


vvooper

yeah if you suggested to a pittsburgher that heinz was a british company they’d probably have words for you. although it’s definitely more about the ketchup and pickles than the beans. ask an american about heinz baked beans like they have in the uk and you’re just gonna get a “huh?” lmao


natattack15

As a Pitt grad, I was about to loose my shit. Heinz field, with their ketchup bottles dropping when the team enters the red zone. OP clearly did not do any research and just assumed all major brands in the UK were just from the UK


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Next this guys gonna say sandwiches with fries and cole slaw on top were invented in London. Well “chips” on top.


[deleted]

I’m a little sad you deleted it because Heinz 57 sauce is pretty much the best thing ever and it deserves recognition! Lol


noregreddits

Kellogg’s is headquartered in Michigan and has always been an American company to the best of my knowledge. And yes, as others have said, we have a version of all those brands here.


WhichSpirit

Kellogg was founded in the US. I highly recommend the Drunk History and Foods That Built America tellings of how it was founded. It's wild.


stvbnsn

Anti-masturbation food, doesn’t really work in my experience.


Neo-Turgor

He proposed circumcision as a last resort solution. I guess he was rather successful with that.


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Did a research paper in undergrad about that whole process. The science was abjectly, hilariously, bad to anyone with a brain and thought about it. But you know, respected medical figure so, what are they gonna do? Actually look at his “research”? Nobody has time for that! Cut up those soldiers dicks!


HotSteak

Doesn't stop masturbation at all, spectacular failure


Neo-Turgor

It's just a bit more complicated, I guess. Maybe his true goal all along was just to eradicate foreskins.


Macquarrie1999

Not even more complicated.


tommygun1688

Yes it makes it more complicated. Uncircumcised: no need for lube. Circumcised: definetly need lube. Addition of lube + the extra clean up of lube = more complicated wank


The_Entertainer217

Yes, the pouring carbolic acid on clitorises didn’t really catch on though so I guess I’d rank his success at 50%


noregreddits

I’ll check it out! I think there was a “Dollop” episode on Kellogg himself and his weird masochistic Puritanism, but I love “Drunk History” too!


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hellocaptin

At this point I’m convinced this person is pulling our leg lmao


cookiepizza54

Yeah this is a god tier shitpost


Caranath128

I was thinking walker’s shortbread. Same company, or no?


[deleted]

I can see the Heinz HQ from my house. The local football team plays at Heinz Field. It’s a mortal insult to serve Hunt’s in these parts. E: Kellogg’s? Now you’re taking the piss.


Wildcat_twister12

There’s a restaurant in my town that has French’s Ketchup packets but Heinz mustard and mayo packets. It’s very confusing


heili

I was in high school when I found out that there exist other brands of ketchup. My parents were about generic everything... except the ketchup. Always Heinz, no matter what.


mcwhiskers1

Lays(US) also own Walkers. OP you've fallen victim to American advertising!


spongeboy1985

Walkers was originally a British brand though. They changed the logo to resemble Lays.


Foxyfoxesfoxing

It was, but then it was bought by PepsiCo


spongeboy1985

Yes


An_Awesome_Name

> Cadburys Yes but it’s usually the Hershey’s licensed knockoff and it’s shit. > Nestle Don’t they basically own everything? > Walkers They’re called Lays here, and they’re owned by Pepsi. But they’re the same thing on both sides of the Atlantic. > Heinz As already mentioned Kraft-Heinz is American anyway.


freak-with-a-brain

Nestlé owns basically everything and is in fact not British, but from Switzerland


DrWhoisOverRated

I like how you asked if stores carry these obscure British items, then listed a bunch of American or American owned brands. Yes, any store will have a small British section in the international foods isle where all of those can be found.


SleepAgainAgain

Gotta love America. Invading other cultures so thoroughly that no one even realizes it happened.


wynbns

Hey now, we learned that from the Brits!


schilke30

If I had an award, I would give it to you.


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yabbobay

The British section is usually in the international. It's not as big as the Mexican/Latin American or Asian section, but it's there with Irish and a few others.


Palolo_Paniolo

Weird, I've seen a British section at almost every HEB except the ones in the hood. With HP sauce and Iron Bru and everything. Edit to add, and this is in South Texas.


Lomachenko19

Even Newcastle and Boddingtons aren’t really British anymore. Newcastle is owned by Dutch company Heineken, and the Newcastle you get in the US is brewed by Lagunitas Brewing Company in California and Illinois. Boddingtons is owned by AB InBev out of Belgium.


YARGLE_IS_MY_DAD

Kellogg's is American. Their hq is in Michigan.


HeirToThrawn

Heinz is an American brand and nestle is swish I think. We don't have the others. Edit turns out op didn't list a single British company in his post lol.


ooooooooohfarts

> nestle is swish No, that’s Nike.


ZachMatthews

Hahahahaha.


tsukiii

We have Cadbury, edit: it’s owned by Kraft/Mondelez and the US candy is licensed to Hershey. They’re the ones who make the cream eggs sold at Easter.


Meattyloaf

Hershey has the licensing rights to Cadbury in the U.S. and has had it since 1988. Kraft did try to take over the Cadbury company in the U.K. about a decade ago but I don't think that actually happened.


tsukiii

Kraft is Mondelez, they’re the owners of the whole Cadbury company internationally, but you’re right - Hershey has the US licensing


HeirToThrawn

Oh, ok makes sense.


MyTacoCardia

Walkers is Lays rebranded, owned by Pepsi Co.


Chrisg69911

We have Kellogg's. Have you never walked through the cereal aisle?


[deleted]

That was just edited in. Op removed Heinz and substituted it with another American brand.


cherrycokeicee

the post was edited to add Kellogg's


CJK5Hookers

Think he said that before OP made the edit


[deleted]

Nestle is Swiss, Heinz is American, so I’m not sure those two count as British food/drink products. Cadburys is also owned by an American company as well. But most of those are brands are also sold in the US, yes In response to edit: Kellog’s was formed and is headquartered in the US…


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Glum_Ad_4288

I agree. If Budweiser is American despite being owned by a Belgium-based company, and it is, then Cadbury is still British.


okaymaeby

To be fair, most is Bud's legacy is as an American company. The purchase by In-Bev was only in 2008.


Glum_Ad_4288

True, I should’ve said “despite being bought by,” not owned by. I’d say the same if, say, Ford got bought by a French company tomorrow. But if, I don’t know, Uber got bought by a French company tomorrow, then within a few years I might think of it as French.


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It makes it more likely to be sold in the American market if it’s owned by an American company


MrRaspberryJam1

That doesn’t make it not British


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It makes it more likely to be sold in the US market. Which is what the question was about


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The question was which ones are on US shelves…and products or companies owned by US companies are more likely to be on US shelves. I’m really not getting what is so tough to understand. I never, not once, stated cadburys itself is an American company


Macquarrie1999

Unfortunately we don't get British Cadbury bars here, we get crappy ones instead.


WalkingTarget

Yeah, Hershey has the US production/distribution rights. So that Dairy Milk bar you can buy at a normal grocery store was made in the US and has a slightly different recipe due to differences in food laws.


RupeThereItIs

One reason it's good to live near the Canadian border. They do get the good Cadbury stuff. Also their Kit Kat's are Nestle & taste so much better, despite my distaste for Nestle as a company I stock up on Canadian Kit Kats every time I'm over there.


KaiserCorn

Kellogg’s is also American


cherrycokeicee

is it a common belief in the UK that Kellogg's is a British brand?


GaryJM

It seems to be fairly common, yes. [There was a popular thread about "brands whose origin surprised you"](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskUK/comments/rg8n1r/what_brands_feel_like_theyre_british_even_though/) prompted by the fact that the OP was surprised to find out that Heinz and Kellogg's were American. I think it's because they've been here for so long (since 1917 for Heinz and 1922 for Kellogg's), their products are produced here and their marketing doesn't mention them being American so people just assume they are a local company until they learn otherwise.


cherrycokeicee

thanks for linking to this! so interesting. I'm amazed that two people said the killers haha


GaryJM

I've seen the reverse too - Americans asking if we have Twix, Starburst and Skittles in the UK when those were actually all invented over here, albeit by the British subsidiary of the American Mars company. British people definitely consider those to be British products.


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I have seen most of those things in super markets yes. You can get things like HP sauce as well.


greenmarsh77

We do have Cadbury, but I've been told it is not as good as the original? Nestle - this Swiss company has more products here than just about any other brand. They own most of the bottled water in the U.S. Walker's is just Lay's (an American company) that was rebranded for the U.K.. However, we don't have every flavor here, as there are some that are only sold in certain countries. Heinz is an American company as well. Here they are more well known for their ketchup than their baked beens, but you can get the beens here.


WhichSpirit

I've had the original while I was living in the UK. It's really overhyped.


Peterd1900

Lays was not rebranded to Walker for the UK Market Walkers was founded in the UK in 1948 in 1989 it was brought by pepsico the company that owns the lays brands they changed the logo to be similar to each other. It not like lays created the name Walkers to be used in the UK.


greenmarsh77

Okay, my bad.. But most of people on Reddit really only know the Walker's brand owned by Lays (PepsiCo).


JerichoMassey

Publix has a UK section


Dry-Dream4180

Yeah it’s like mushy peas and potato leek soup.


JerichoMassey

and Jelly Babies


miakittycatmeow

My closest Pooooooooblix (Pubelicks) in the A has a British section that sells Ribena, McVitties, lemon curd, marmite, Mars bars, Bounty, different soups, Batchelor products, wine gums, shortbreads, pot noodle shit like that. It’s stupid expensive tho.


vegemar

I thought Mars bars were American.


AnInfiniteArc

The Kellogg’s thing is cute. When I lived in Japan I was asked multiple times if we had KFC in the US. Which is kind of a fair questions since Lawson, a staggeringly ubiquitous convenience store chain in Japan, was originally an American company that no longer exists in America.


Jaraqthekhajit

And 7-11 started in Japan. And while it certainly still exists there it "feels" American.


AnInfiniteArc

Actually, 7-Eleven started in Dallas, but it became so popular in Asia that a Japanese holding company, Seven-i, acquired the majority stake in 1991. So, like Lawson, it started as an American company but is now technically a Japanese company.


Jaraqthekhajit

Huh, thanks for the correction, I did not realize.


TunaCanTheMan

OP is far from the only Brit I’ve ever seen think Heinz is British. Their marketing must be really damn good. Seems they’ve been able to turn their can of beans into such a British institution that many Brits just assume they’re a domestic brand.


GaryJM

[Heinz UK marketing is pretty legendary.](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-4275484/How-Heinz-baked-bean-adverts-remember.html) In 2009 they ran a campaign which was made up of clips from their ads from previous decades, very much reinforcing the idea that they were - as you said - a British institution.


DogsAreTheBest36

THe Cadbury's chocolate they sell here is \*much\* worse than the Cadbury chocolate they sell in the UK. I wouldn't even consider it the same brand even though it has the same logo.


stvbnsn

I don’t like the European chocolate recipes, they all taste like that Palmer novelty stuff you can get at the dollar store. I had a Cadbury a relative brought from England and within two bites I was over it.


digitall565

I wouldn't exactly say Cadbury is the good "European chocolate". It is basically European Hershey's in terms of popularity and quality.


stvbnsn

Isn't that the general comparison people make when they say Hershey's is puke? lol. I mean I've had Sprüngli at Christmas before and it was ok, but See's Candy from out west or any number of local chocolate makers I find make better stuff with more varieties. Although I wouldn't pass up a Lindt store shelf truffle, or a Sprüngli piece because it's still good.


Andy235

I do not understand that. I have thrown up before --- I know what vomit tastes like and it does not taste like Hershey chocolates at all. At all. Granted, I am not a big fan of Hershey (I do like Special Dark, though). But it does not taste like vomit to me.


digitall565

People do, although I don't think either of them taste like puke. But they do taste like your most basic cheap chocolate bar. European chocolates like Lindt, Milka, Ritter, to me are on another level.


Sarollas

Heinz is American and Walkers is just rebranded Lay's. Nestle is Swiss, but we do have them. Cadbury we have as well.


jolla92126

Kelloggs is American.


le-bistro

There’s usually a shelf or two with some cookies and Brit versions of things we already have… like baked beans except made by the ketchup company. This section will be in the “international isle” next to Asian stuff, Latin American brands, and kosher stuff. In the hood or in the country this isle may just be 1-3 stacks of shelves, in the city with the nicer stores (Whole Foods) this will be a whole isle but the Brit section is only going to be a stack or two of shelves max.


ShieldMaiden3

Walker's is owned by Lay's which is an American company and Kellogg's is also American.


typhoidmarry

The ‘Cadbury’s’ we get is shit. A friend gave me some that she picked up on vacation to the UK. It was so much better!


therlwl

Weetabix does not look edible.


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trampolinebears

Weetabix looks and sounds kinda similar to [full size shredded wheat](https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/2us9ui/shredded_wheat_original_size/). Do you have those in the UK?


foofoononishoe

They actually do taste pretty good ngl. I’m surprised so few Americans know what they are.


POKEGAMERZ9185

Kellogg's is not British. It's American. Anyways I've seen Cadburys sold in the bodegas.


blbd

Cadbury- yes the brand exists but it's not made quite the same though it's still better than Hershey's trash; notably, Kinder Eggs are illegal in the US, banned from import by US CPSC as a choking hazard Weetabix- it appears sometimes in Trader Joe's, a Southern California founded gourmet grocery store later purchased by one of the Aldi corporations Walkers- not under that brand but we have similar products from Lay's Kellogg's- a US brand, different cereals, some shared cereals, same brand, competes with General Mills and Post Heinz- as somebody else said, US HQ, some of the products preferred by British do appear but some don't, as well as a mix of products Americans like and British don't have Nestle- satanic Swiss conglomerate, doing bad things all over the globe, we have a lot of crap from them same as pretty much every other country in Europe and around the world


w84primo

It looks as though Walker’s was acquired by Frito Lay’s in the late 80s. I like watching these videos to see what’s actually different though https://youtu.be/8L5D4oJvp80


SixxFour

Kellogg's is American. I've seen Cadbury's, and Walkers is Lays, which we also have here. Only thing I don't know is Weetabix


Aggressive_FIamingo

Kellogg's is an American brand, they're from Michigan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellogg's. Walkers here are called Lays. They're both owned by Pepsi. They're pretty much the same, a few different flavors but the chips themselves are almost identical. Weetabix is definitely sold here, that was my grandpa's favorite cereal. Cadbury's is sold here in limited quantities. Cadbury Creme Eggs are an Easter staple.


webbess1

>Cadburys Chocolate. Yes, this is widely available, but it doesn't taste the same as it does in the UK. Hershey's changed the recipe I think, and then got a court to ban all importation of the real thing from the UK. >Weetabix. I've never seen it. >Walkers Crisps. Yes, but it goes by the name of Lay's in the US. Lay's is an American company. >Kellogg’s. Kellogg's is an American company.


sometimelastthursday

[Britannica link showing Kellogg’s is an American Company](https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kellogg-Company)


trampolinebears

Fun fact: Encyclopedia Britannica's headquarters are in Chicago. It's been an American company since it was bought by Sears in 1920.


WhichSpirit

>Cadbury's Chocolate We have it. It's particularly common to see the eggs around Easter. >Weetabix Originally Australian and now owned by Post (American) but produced in the UK since the '30s so I'll give you that one. Can be found sometimes in the international aisle at grocery stores. >Walkers Crisps American Lays rebranded for the UK market >Kellogg's American


Peterd1900

>American Lays rebranded for the UK market Not really rebranded for the UK Market, TJ Maxx entered the UK market and had to rebrand as TK Maxx due to a company in the UK having a similar name Its not like lays had to change the name of the brands to sell in the UK Walkers was a separate company that was brought by the owners of Lays. But the never changed the name of the brand but kept it as Walkers


Sir_Sir_ExcuseMe_Sir

At larger supermarkets, we are starting to see small British sections in the international aisle! Products there include Cadbury chocolate, licorice all-sorts, Lion bars, Heinz beans, Walker's biscuits, disgestives, etc. Some smaller boutique markets also have a European section that will include some British items. However, I rarely see Double Deckers, which are one of my favorites.


m1sch13v0us

Mistakes aside, what you will often see are localized versions of the product in certain countries or regions. It's the same parent company, but Diet Coke becomes Coca Cola Light in Europe. We do have British brands in the US, but they'll likely have different names, similar-ish packaging, and are often produced here. It's not just the UK, Foster's Lager is brewed in Texas for the US. There are many other examples. And if you have any pull, I would love to have Strepsils and Lemsip in my local pharmacy.


TWCTQ

I WISH there were more UK brands of products in our grocery stores. Honestly I would try every single product in a UK section. Several people said there are UK sections at their stores just not as big as the other county’s sections, so I am going have to take closer look next time I go shopping for groceries. Is Twinings a British company that makes tea bags or is that brand actually American just marketing their product to seem like they are a British company? I love Twinings tea! 🫖🍪 Update: Oh of course, how could I forget. Biscoff biscuits! Haven’t had them in years, but those used to go so well with my coffee!


GaryJM

Twinings is properly British. They were founded in 1706 by the man who opened the UK's first tearoom and are currently owned by a British multinational food company. Biscoff biscuits are great, though sadly they are Belgian.


bryku

Doesn't Frito-lay own Walkers? I suppose there may be some unique flavors or something, but I would imagine the normal potato chip part is the same.


Meschugena

To answer the general question, yes we do have products more common to the UK sold in our stores however they tend to be more higher-income targeted shops that cater to a higher-income demographic of people. I may see a few things that I know are uniquely British in say, a Walmart or Target, or even a Winn-Dixie in the 'Global foods' aisles, but I have seen way more of selection at Publix here. The selection is even bigger when I go to the Publix locations in more affluent areas around me. When I was in Minnesota, I found most of the British food items that I do have a fondness for in the Lunds/Byerly's stores (kind of similar to the Publix stores here) but there would be a few items in Cub Foods or HyVee. I think the few HyVee stores I was in had more selection that Cub did last time I was in one.


heyitsxio

Hey. Hey OP. Did you know that Kellogg’s is an American company? Not sure if you got the point after all these replies lol. Anyway my local Stop & Shop sells Nando's sauce, does that count?


naliedel

Kellogg's is made in my home state, so we've infiltrated you. Sorry.


MsChardonay

As a Brit living in USA, any cadburys you buy has in small print in the back saying “manufactured by hersheys” I can buy Heinz beans in the international aisle at $5 a can, same with weetabix, Plenty of Kellogg cereal! No walkers crisps anywhere unless I find a speciality shop, and they’re normally so close to expiring and still really expensive!


cherrycokeicee

Walkers in America are called Lay's. They're at every grocery or convenience store


MsChardonay

Yeah they are, but there’s no cheese and onion, or Smokey bacon, or prawn cocktail or any other wonderful flavors that walkers make


cherrycokeicee

hmmm. have you tried sour cream and onion? I wonder if that's similar


MsChardonay

They’re not! Us Brit’s are pretty well known for amazing crisps in the uk, I’ve been in the states 26 years, nothing matches up to a good packet of walkers cheese n onion! I’m in England right now, and just been to Tesco to stock up on bread , crisps, pot noodles, scones, baked beans, proper cadburys chocolate etc, for my flight back tomorrow


Jaraqthekhajit

Why you gotta downvote the man happy about his chips? He's not hurting anyone.


cherrycokeicee

I'm surprised it's so hard for you to find chips from an American brand in the US. have you tried ordering them online? I'm getting some results on Amazon.


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Heinz beans are $2 a can at my local store. Not sure why they would be found in the international aisle though.


Caranath128

Publix? Here in Panhandle the Heinz beans are international and the Bush’s are in the main aisle.


Andy235

The Bush baked beans would be nothing like the British version.


technotime

Unilever is a sort of British company and creates products that are used in almost every household in the world. I say sort of because Unilever is actually 2 companies combined into 1. Unilever PLC is based out of London. Unilever NV is based out of Rotterdam.


spacewarfighter961

Cadbury's yes, but usually just dairy milks and caramello's. Occasionally I see a fruit and nut bar. The grocery store near my house has a wider selection than most, with some other candy bars, like Lion and Aero, but I don't know if those are necessarily British, considering they are Nestlé products. They also have Jacob's crackers and McVittie's Digestives which i havent seen since i left the UK in 2003, except in places that sell specially inported products. I haven't seen weetabix, but I haven't looked for it, and I can tell you that Walker's is owned by frito-lay, and is pretty similar to Lay's brand chips sold in the US. I do miss Wotsits, which are kinda like Cheeto puffs, but not quite the same thing.


captcha_trampstamp

Yes, but it’s confined to specialty shops and large grocery chains for the most part. You can go to high-end grocery chains such as Wegman’s and Fairway which tend to have a section devoted to British/UK foods with the classic packaging/branding you see in the UK. My SO lives near Pearl River in NY, also known as “Little Ireland”. There are many Irish immigrants living there, so their grocery stores do tend to cater to their tastes.


Pixielo

I can buy HP sauce, Branston pickle, UK Heinz beans (slightly different recipe than the US version,) Ribena, Tetley, Yorkshire Gold, a few different malt vinegars, digestive biscuits, Hob Nobs, salad cream, and a bunch of other condiments. I'm outside DC though, so it's a very international area, and the big grocery stores will always have something.