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1. American Food Section In England
2. This Is The American Section In A New Zealand Grocery Store
3. Belgian Grocery Store's American Section Is Just Pop And Guac Mix
4. UK
5. American Food Section In France
6. The American Food Section In A Supermarket In Paris
7. American Food In German Super Market
8. Denmark.
9. Australia
10. Sweden
11. Another One From The UK
12. American Section Of International Grocery Store In Amsterdam
13. Dublin
14. Spain
If you look close there's a pattern emerging.
It's sugar.
The pattern here is sugar.
BlueCrocs
Tapatio?
InTheEndThoughItsJustInnuendo
I feel like the Lucky Charms in Dublin is just mocking
FriendshipSeven
Unless it's Thanksgiving, I don't know who is buying canned pumpkin enough to where it is a staple of our diet
IrvingZissman
I hate everything pumpkin flavored!
NonConformistFlamingo
It's actually good to eat if you're having diarrhea, which can happen abroad if you aren't used to the food, so... Maybe they just know?
pushformusic
The international sales team for Pop Tarts is really killing it.
YesButAlsoYes
We survive primarily on condiments, candy, and breakfast cereal. Our grocery stores and gas station mini marts are interchangeable
teardropivyyearofthetiger
Insert "sauce" comment here.
missladymondegreen
The Flake and Cadbury Dairy Milk in the French photo are actually more English than American...
pprmach3t3
Why does everyone assume we're into every possible le kind of syrup?
StillNotYouTube
OKiluvUBuhBai
Cmon Rabbit, he's beating you. You gotta open your throat.
ShowMeYourButtonhole
Pretty accurate. American food is garbage. Delicious garbage.
GHB89
On my deployment there were only Pringles. A full aisle of pringles.
ciroque
The trick in American grocery stores is to stay on the outside aisles. That's where the fresh / real food is. The center aisles are where...
ciroque
you find the preprocessed food-type-things. They are high yield for then stores as the shelf life is long and they are able to be mass ...
ciroque
produced. Other than that, this is spot on.
seeingsalty
Most of the "insert culture/nation here" sections here in American supermarkets are usually just snacks, sauces or condiments too. Most >
seeingsalty
< ingredients to make dishes can be found throughout the store. Also larger cities might have specific kinds of grocers, like asian or such.
Aelwero
kraft mac and cheese, soda, and dessert/snacks... that's actually pretty legit for a limited 'murica section :)
loveplusultra
Yeah cause that's the thing the rest of the store has normal food, so that section is for some American snacks for people whohaven't tried
h9var
The world thinks we live in a dollar store.
halogenlamp
I didn't realize fluffernutters defined our country so much
trukkusan
Marshmallows are American?
DrippySpaffMungeBimp
I've been in a German supermarket, and there was sandwich bread called "American bread". It was unlike any bread I had ever eaten here.
Jezebella
Americans....Why are we fat?!?!?!.....Oh.
gingerminge
My uncle hates travelling but has to for work. When he said he survives on poptarts I imagined he carries suitcases of it with him. TIL.
AbyssusPuella
I like how Denmark was the ONLY one to have pickles but the rest were sugary sweet things
trukkusan
I think they have pickles in other countries.
schlummi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreewald_gherkins for example.
SaltyTurnip
You're missing Canada, where the American section is just pop with a few extra flavours
HalloweenAintTillManana
Does Europe not believe in mustard?
schlummi
Why should someone put mustard into an american section?
WhoMe616
You're missing Twinkies.
Nutkin
U.K. Ones have twinkles ! These photos are quite ild
SenzaNome
Good job putting Canada Dry in the US section New Zealand.
slappyhamsalads
I found this ironic since it's probably the only thing I've bought from that picture in the past year or 2. Yes I'm 'murican
Aymehx
We usually call it an international section.
ProfessorBroflovski
But mad props for an entire row of Louisiana seasonings and mixes
MyNamesIsGurIAmGurImgur
They at least have canned lemonade. But is it sprite or lemonade?
FlintstonesChewableMorphine
Was watching torchwood last night and they said something about the American lemonade being flat. Never knew that was a weird thing before
SenzaNome
Wait, is lemonade supposed to be carbonated? How are little kids supposed to get the equipment to make a carbonated lemonade stand?
FlintstonesChewableMorphine
That's what it sounded like. At least on the BBC show. Dunno if the us is the exception or them
Solonoid
Canada Dry is in fact, not from Canada. They ran an all American "Taste of America" ad campaign in the eighties.
Fourhand
In fairness, it is the American section. They didn't specify country.
qwerty4007
Which other country has "America" in their name?
FlintstonesChewableMorphine
Canada is located in North America
qwerty4007
So, you're saying Canada is actually titled, "The United Canadian Provinces of America" or some other title with "America" in it's name?
FlintstonesChewableMorphine
I'm just saying it's a country located in the continent called North America
AMartianPotato
Yes, but the term 'American' or 'America' on their own always refers to the USA. As a Canadian, we never refer to ourselves as American.
louie187
Disappointed...... no big Red
politicsandlifts
If Texas had its own section.
IWasInThePool
Or Big League Chew
duttry98
Did they just assume our food gender or something
nanyatenyaa
Shall we just ignore that American food is a bunch of other countries food so there is hardly a need for section abroad?
equityforpunks
OP is just reposting this with weird agenda. We've these bc we see you guys glorifying them in internet and TV so obviously we wanna try too
crazymojomonkey
This section is really just for the foods we eat that are hard to come by in other countries
zzzaped
Yup, it contains stuff like mac n cheese mix, american chocolate brands that is not globally distributed and stuff like that.
shawnemack
It's like our food is a off version of someone else's food
HaveGinWillBabble
An*
shawnemack
Thanks, mom
guzapalooza
Depends on if you're ignoring the fact that American people are a bunch of other countries' people (or descendants of them)
nanyatenyaa
Or that some of the largest food distributors globally are American or popular in America, meaning the American section is 1/2
nanyatenyaa
2, simply foods you can only find easily in America without making a special order... which are snacks.
nanyatenyaa
Snacks from country to country tend to be some of the more unique things anyways.
sospicy
When I lived in China I loved finding American sections in grocery stores because they're food offerings are similar but different.
sospicy
It's nice to have something familiar when everything you're trying is new, all the time.
nanyatenyaa
Oh I do agree with this but it seemed the post pushed the agenda American food is junk food. The reality though is
nanyatenyaa
Most American entrees are borrowed from other cultures so having them included in an American section would silly
sospicy
***their as in Chinese grocery store food is much different than what you find in the states.
IHateTheLetterF
I was disappointed in how little corn is in these sections. It's a very common crop in the US.
nanyatenyaa
It's a common crop in a lot of places... you can do a lot of different shit with it... like feed animals.
nanyatenyaa
Make fuel... make sugar.... it's very flexible crop.
Dreigiau
It's there, look under 'corn starch'
AnalkinSkywalkersBowlCutinThePhantomMenace
The Irish section in stores https://imgur.com/C4U0eiw
itsallmckay
Ok but we have the same for I'm foods, its all of the candy and stuff. People realize it is imported sugary snacks
bayfarts315
We Americans love our pop tarts
TheRealPurpleDrink
Beat me to it.
Totallyscrewedinaustin
And those lucky charms. They were 11 bucks in one of the first couple of pictures
Frogen
Sweden here, what are they even made of? Been exposed to it so much over the internet but never seen one in real life.
Solonoid
Mostly tasteless batter with hard icing on top, and a millimeter thick layer of filling ranging from fruity to chocolate in the center.
tuxedobob
Those things are terrible!
MechaGandalf
and marshmallows.
ButterMyButtAndCallMeBiscuit
Covered in condiments.
MechaGandalf
dont knock mustard smores on pop tarts til you tried 'em
HomelingRazor
And our Hershey's syrup
TicoMachi
We have pop tarts up here in Canada too, but damn! When I went down I was surprised at how many flavors you had!
peanutbuterjellytime
I will never stop eating those chocolate chip cookie dough ones. Pretty sure that's where the extra weight came from...
Zephyur
And if you put them in the freezer = amazing
SpaceDust7
It all looks like crap that you can buy at 7/11...tourists...
MyMiddleNameIsAllen
In fairness, that's kind of what foreign food aisles are. A native Chinese person going through our "Asian" aisles would laugh.
Generallydontcare
Im sure Chinese people only eat soy sauce and rice...so....
MyMiddleNameIsAllen
And packaged ramen product that costs 24 cents per brick.
Generallydontcare
Exactly, haha!
AmaIthea
They are vile.
NikoPhiNiko
And chocolate milk
HaveGinWillBabble
Apparently! Geez.
spongebobsappypants
And Reeses
throwawaynoodle
As an American...I was okay with this
mckingkongslovin
And A1 cause merica n BBQ go hand in hand
Psychospark23
We do?
DrinkBootySweat
Apparently we do
Psychospark23
I had no idea... I'm such a failure!!
DrinkBootySweat
Me too. I haven't had a pop tart in years. I feel I let my country down
madcore
Spaniard here. Your country have pickles that make me feel envious with an alarming amount of drool.
GreatChase91
I've eaten then almost every morning for years for a quick breakfast.
Psychospark23
Are they good?
GreatChase91
Taste good but terrible for you. 210 calories each. I'm still young and active but I wouldn't eat them later in life when my metabolism slow
Psychospark23
So no, they don't
PCLR
Is this a legit thing that happens in other countries? American section? What other countries do you have? In the US there's usually a >
Rowald
Netherlands here, It used to be just the colonies. But thai, Chinese and other Asian foods are emerging everywhere. Mex corner, Italian row)
MackerelTex
In Spain and the U.K. There are small American stores
whyteraven74
Here in Chicago can find supermarkets with a UK section.
Imatreesurgeon
We have a grocery store with an all Jewish section and a large Asian section as well.
SomethingAwesomer
I lived in Sweden for 2 years, they had an entire store called The American Store which was just American junk food and hot sauce.
doverhavens
Ugh. I'm sorry
feawen
It's about two foot wide on one side of a whole aisle of sweets and crisps. Italian and asian stuff have a whole aisle to themselves.
trickster999
U.K. here,we have Polish areas too,but only recently,the American sections have been a staple of supermarkets for a while.
Limousinep
Jamaican\Caribbean too in London
JustAnotherSoulLessMonster
Sainsburys now stock a pretty legit 'world food' section with a bit of everything.
equityforpunks
Finland has these as novelty treats bc USA tv series etc. We have texmex as separate isles. Asians are typically in their own special stores
Artgirlnienie
In the US now, but born in England. I've seen Polish, Jamaican, Indian, Mexican and Asian food sections back in the UK.
Artgirlnienie
The funny thing is I paid 8 pounds for Lucky Charms back in the UK, now I wouldn't touch them for $2 because the novelty is lost.
OneCraftyHooker
In Wisconsin, we have a large Italian section, Polish section, and an entire "ethnic aisle" which is 1/2 Asian 1/2 Mexican.
OneCraftyHooker
We also have a couple grocery stores that are almost completely Mexican.
lostone1610
Yesss El Rey in MKE is the best
OneCraftyHooker
Yes! Exactly!
PCLR
Mexican section and am Asian section. I'm curious what other countries have for "foreign" sections.
gingermoll
We have 'world food' aisles with Greek, Italian, American, Turkish, Mexican food. Asian sections are usually really big
RoyFuckingMustang
At my commissary there is an Asian, German, and Mexican
AmArschdieRaeuber
We have italian, russian/polish, spanish, american
HAVEANOTHERONEOKp
We have Mexican And Asian supermarkets not sections
conniecpu
As an american, Asian supermarkets are definitely a thing here too
conniecpu
Although in general a lot of ingredients for mexican food are just found throughout the store anyways