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Grocery stores around the world often try to persuade their customers to buy more by having "exotic" displays of foreign products. However, they aren't necessarily accurate. Take the American sections, for example. You can find them in pretty much any country. Wild flavors of Dr. Pepper, chocolate-covered pretzels, hamburger cookies, and of course, Snapple—the cornerstones of every American diet. Continue scrolling, take a look at these shelves, and let us know in the comments if you think this is actually what Uncle Sam eats or the stores have stocked up on too much sugar and are trying to get rid of it!

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KellyShmo Report

Rowlie
Community Member
5 years ago

next edition should totally also contain fries and bacon , this seems incomplete

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    #2

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    helloitskolo Report

    Serial pacifist
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I think this one is mostly ok. Substitute Virgil's for Budweiser, ad some mac & cheese and that's about it.

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    #3

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    foolishnfading Report

    Andrew Gibb
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    American supermarkets have a European section- it is called fruit and vegetables

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    #4

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    talonfast Report

    James016
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I do like cheese crackers

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    #5

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    erik_kaars Report

    Ulrich Weber
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Not to forget the fabulous Jelly beans!

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    #6

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    DowntimeDude Report

    H Edwards
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    Now this is a useful thing to stock in the American section

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    #7

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    MatthewAMullins Report

    Jane S.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Sugar. It tastes like sugar.

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    #8

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    wolfman70 Report

    N G
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    It looks like some fancy American cherry flavoured medicine

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    #9

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    anarchymarie Report

    N G
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    what Sorcery is this?

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    #10

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    ruinroux Report

    Samantha PandaNotBored
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    The price of American cereal over here is ridiculous. I’ve never tried any, only because I refuse to pay that much for a 330g box of cereal that wouldn’t share between 5 people for the week .

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    #11

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    ButchandProv Report

    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    As an American, most of this looks right to me as quintessential American food. But canned black beans? I had no idea those were unique to the USA. I assumed canned black beans were a universal staple.

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    #12

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    UrsulaV Report

    N G
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I know it's not what it said, but I read this as Vague and Plague and I just had to stare at the wall until my brain restarted.

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    #13

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    TheRielJVL Report

    Pungent Sauce
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    20 years in Colorado and I was completely oblivious to our state’s official marshmallows XD

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    #14

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    Litzz11 Report

    Pungent Sauce
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    HP for the win!

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    #15

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    supervillain18 Report

    Pungent Sauce
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Dark is better, but the combo is solid.

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    #16

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    jennafischer Report

    Mimi
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Not too far off lol

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    #17

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    liz315 Report

    Thomas Es Thomas
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I see they have a Mexican section too.

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    #18

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    UrsulaV Report

    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I have no objection to that!

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    #19

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    georgetownsfs Report

    Random Person
    Community Member
    5 years ago (edited)

    this is the most accurate to actual American supermarkets. Some healthy cereal, some junky, crackers, oil, dressing, cookies, jello, vinegar, pudding. I live in the US and this seems right.

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    #20

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    Schmiricle Report

    Karin Gibson
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I remember Shnapple.

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    #21

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    Quarkitty Report

    Random Person
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I an truthfully say, as an american, that we have none of this, and I have NEVER heard of this brand. My guess is that it is in Europe and makes "American" food to appeal to the market.

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    #22

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    fascinathings Report

    Jane S.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This is cute, but I shudder to think how they tasted.

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    #23

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    chloerophyll_a Report

    Pungent Sauce
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Baking soda?

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    #24

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    Kafers8bit Report

    Andrew Gibb
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    everything in this section is overpriced chemicals

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    #25

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    kipellis Report

    Pungent Sauce
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Nope.

    riley_is_trans_
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Did it ever occur to anyone that Americans eat food other then pure sugar

    Community Member
    5 years ago

    No why would they care even if they knew lol

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    Bridget Price
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    the mike and ikes mega mix is my personal favorite.😋

    Imheresometimes
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Definitely not the warheads

    Random Person
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    sample the runts. they are fire. the rest is trash

    Jane S.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    A handful of Nerds is good for stopping hiccups, but a big spoonful of sugar works just as well. So, not really.

    Cindy Arrieu-King
    Community Member
    3 years ago

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    rs_adahl1971
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    I like Mike and Ike's. But Reese's is better

    Pamela Blue
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Nope. ESPECIALLY NOT the chocolate bars. American chocolate is putrid. They use butyric acid in processing their chocolate and it gives the chocolate an unpleasant flavour. Americans don't notice it because they're brought up on it, but to someone who has eaten really good chocolate, the flavour is very definite.

    Dorothy Cloud
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    If you want to just live on candy.

    Community Member
    5 years ago

    No maybe nerds but meh

    Viv Hart
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    All snacking.

    Angelique Sweetman
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Not at all.

    Lynne Stankard
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Reese's!! Although most shops in UK now stock Reece's - lovely!

    Ms LaDonna
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    no....

    Susan Widomski
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Hershey's?

    gaby Lieb
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    No

    Sarah Grape
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    hershy's would be my first pick. get a little of both the cookies and cream and the original.(probably not the king sized that are there in case you don't like it) I like the cookies and cream, but the original is classic.

    SuePrew
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I personally love Hershey chocolate.

    PrincessTheSiameseKat
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    my family is american but we actually don't eat much sugar and candy or even sugary cereal

    LakeMonster
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I'm an American. The answer for these products is... no.

    Hollysmom
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    No

    TheBoredPanda
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    LOL, they have warheads!! omg, I ate so many of those one that my tongue blistered.

    Batwench
    Community Member
    Premium
    5 years ago

    Not the chocolate but the snack mix might be ok.

    just a hamilfan (hufflepuff)
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    the reeses and mike and ikes, everything else is crap

    Amanita Virosa
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Ha, maybe the Hersey's bar.

    Jessica Otto
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Not really, no

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    #26

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    SolomonPastor3 Report

    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    This is the first photo that has Ranch dressing in it. I do think that's a "must" for an American grocery section.

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    #27

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    its_me_kuba Report

    Hans
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Twinkies!

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    #28

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    Maxyma11 Report

    Vicky Zar
    Community Member
    5 years ago

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    Don't you guys have anything like jello? Where is this comment from?

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    #29

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    ButchandProv Report

    ComfyPanda
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Looks about right

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    #30

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    quarrygirl Report

    Susan Widomski
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    All the stores feature representations of sugar galore in the 'American' section. What I find curious is no protein bars.

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    #31

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    DjionRandon Report

    Jane S.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    The flag ratio to space available seems accurate.

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    #32

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    agtmadcat Report

    Pungent Sauce
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Canadian GF was oblivious to cornbread, now she demands it.

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    #33

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    JosephineZRapp Report

    Bob Knob
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Those Jimmy Dean croissants are bomb though.

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    #34

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    anoelocin Report

    Pungent Sauce
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Cholula hot sauce and Stubbs BBQ sauce are about the best there is, really. And what’s with the baking soda??

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    #35

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    Caleb_Denison Report

    Andy Acceber
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Come on now. Baking soda? Surely this store also sells baking soda. I don't believe that's uniquely American. 😂

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    #36

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    PlanetofFinks Report

    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I am amused at the choice of "French's" for mustard at a French supermarket. I think it's one of the better yellow mustards.

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    #37

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    lolkristin Report

    Sharon Vaughn
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    America is so very sweet.

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    #38

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    LonaPJ Report

    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I don't see any A&W in that picture, do you?

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    #39

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    Morrus Report

    Jane S.
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    No one wants to pay to overinflated prices for diabetes.

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    #40

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    rotatingcube Report

    Natalie Oleander
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Never seen hotdogs in a jar... this must be a NY thing

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    #41

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    WeAreXpats Report

    Nikki Sevven
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I thought they stopped making Twinkies ages ago?

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    #42

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    StuWatts73 Report

    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    What is with those "Dino's" jars??? They are in so many of these pictures, and in forty years of shopping I've never seen hot dogs in jars at any supermarket I've ever been in.

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    #43

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    Meg_Ell_P Report

    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    As far as i can tell, most of this stuff is legit, but I have never in my life seen *jarred* hot dogs in the supermarket. ( Just to the left of the Bisquick. )

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    #44

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    rosejudson Report

    Valisbourne Spiritforge
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    What's with all the Nerds? And I thought Jelly Belly's were British?

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    #45

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    kevolutn Report

    Cain Hargreaves
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Again with the baking soda! What the heck?

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    #46

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    buzzfeedtravel Report

    James016
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    A1 Sauce is in 90% of the pictures so far

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    #47

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    EvanEdinger Report

    Cain Hargreaves
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Okay I just want to know what kind of store this is.

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    #48

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    Couzin_Vinny Report

    Spittnimage
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    At least this one has soup.

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    #49

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    quarrygirl Report

    kybourbonpearls
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    At least they have some Sweet Baby Rays!

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    #50

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    kaseeedilla Report

    Spittnimage
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Y'all must like sweets.

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    #51

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    missginsu Report

    lara
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Finally, a hot sauce section albeit tiny.

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    #52

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    natkpowell Report

    Coleen
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I think not.

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    #53

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    finaIdaysofrome Report

    Susan Widomski
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Those cookie doughs do not look like they are American.

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    #54

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    juliareinstein Report

    Camren Mugabe
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    That's not food those are snacks.

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    #55

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    pervocracy Report

    Pheebs
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    You could make like 4 s’mores out of 1 of those marshmallows

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    #56

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    WaterPM Report

    John Leavitt
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Fluff!

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    #57

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    SuperCroup Report

    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    I wonder who chose these particular items. The others have largely been a product of what people eat on American television, but this is a decidedly southern regional palate.

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    #58

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    herewasrachel Report

    Cain Hargreaves
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Yeah, I do. Where's the baking soda?

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    #59

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    scar__scar Report

    rs_adahl1971
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    $5 is roughly what they cost here in America.

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    #60

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    caroline_77 Report

    gaby Lieb
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    LOL! Americans don't live on Nerds candy!

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    #61

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    Colm_Keegan Report

    lara
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Whether anyone wishes to understand or "believe" ALL FOOD IS GENETICALLY MODIFIED. If it is fruits and veggies, they are all hybrids aka genetically modified, all protein are derived from hybrid animals aka genetically modified. What it should say, if correct, is screwed with the genes.

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    #62

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    hils_k Report

    Tracey Taylor
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    many of those items are not american brands though

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    #63

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    JesseBering Report

    rabbitsrabbit
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Junk food galore!

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    #64

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    SirColinBrant Report

    rs_adahl1971
    Community Member
    3 years ago

    So sad

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    #65

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    south_slice Report

    Sue Hazlewood
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Kisses cereal!

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    #66

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    AilishSinclair Report

    John Leavitt
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    FLUFF again! Most Americans outside of New England have never seen FLUFF!

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    #67

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    juliareinstein Report

    Cain Hargreaves
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Awwww yiss: Newman's Own salad dressings! (First time I've seen Campbell's soup in one of these pictures, I think?)

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    #68

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    cebinks Report

    RoseTheMad
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    You can get them a pound cheaper and also not in an "american food" section in B&M in my experience. Thankfully, I got over my addiction to these, but my love of the Penn State sour cream and chive pretzels however, will never go away. ever.

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    #69

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    ME!
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    whats with those marshmellos with the bear on the packaging?

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    #70

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    JillLawless Report

    SuePrew
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    No Lucky Charms?

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    #71

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    Karahdactyl Report

    Sharon Vaughn
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    The only truly American foods I see there are Kraft mac & Cheese, Chips Ahoy, and Snickers. Oh, Cracker Jack!

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    #72

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    Litzz11 Report

    Will Jones
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That’s actually bang on. They even got Yorkshire tea which is the best lol. Not to sure bout the curry. Very surprised hinez rival Branson isn’t there though lol

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    #73

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    lizadixon Report

    M O'Connell
    Community Member
    5 years ago

    Why is coconut milk in the American section?

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