Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "YIKES!! American Reacts to USA VS UK Grocery/Food Prices" video.

  1. The thing is, the UK is winning by big margins and when the US wins, it's a much smaller margin that technically it's a win for the US but only just. There was another video on YouTube showing the difference from Aldi US vs UK and the results were pretty much the same as these, Aldi, being a discount store in both the UK and US and sells a lot of the same items, so it gives a good indicator of the differences. What's weird about all this, in the UK, many seems to think everything is more expensive than other countries and especially compared to the US, but in many cases, that isn't true. We should also remember that companies will charge whatever they feel they can get away with in any given market and this is a big factor because if in the UK for instance, companies feel they can only charge such a price whereas in the US they can add 50% or more on the price, companies will do that, a lot of it is about supple and demand and what the market is willing to bear, clearly Americans are willing to pay more for their grocery than Brits are. I think it probably helps that in the UK and a lot of mainland Europe, there is a lot of competition for our money when it comes to grocery shopping, with a lot of big shops, discount stores and local shops competing for our business, that is probably the big reason why the cost is lower. What is really crazy about all this is that the quality of the goods in most cases is better in the UK compared to the US because of higher food standard laws.
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