US/UK equivalents

[no name 1]

What would be the US equivalent to boots or superdrug then? I'm so gonna miss boots

CVS or Walgreens. CVS carries some No7 stuff too.

[Lou Lou 1]

I really thought I would miss Boots but I don't miss it one bit any more. The amount of high end products you can get at great prices just pushes Boots way out of the market for me. Plus I have started buying handmade beauty products from places like Etsy. Really top quality stuff there too. There's also Bath & Body works, and with their sale twice a year they are a HUGE bargain. All I'm pissed off about is spray deodorant. I don't understand why they don't have decent stuff here. Yes, they have spray deodorant but it's nasty, powdery, and looks like something that left a rust ring on my grannie's bath tub back in 1974. I don't dig the blocks or gel.

[StillThePrettiest 3]

what, no 'no white marks' stuff?

perhaps I'd better stock up... can that sort of thing be sent by mail?

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I don't miss really Boots really either, expect for their No 7 concealer which is the only one thatworks for me - fortunately they started stocking in at my local CVS.

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

I was always weirded out by the way that places like Walgreens and 7-11's appear to have food, but when you actually look for something to eat, there's no fresh food whatsoever. It's all cans of stuff, and nothing that you'd actually want to eat...

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I was always weirded out by the way that places like Walgreens and 7-11's appear to have food, but when you actually look for something to eat, there's no fresh food whatsoever. It's all cans of stuff, and nothing that you'd actually want to eat...

Unless your idea of a good meal is canned spaghetti or rice-a-roni

[no name 1]

I was always weirded out by the way that places like Walgreens and 7-11's appear to have food, but when you actually look for something to eat, there's no fresh food whatsoever. It's all cans of stuff, and nothing that you'd actually want to eat...

Unless your idea of a good meal is canned spaghetti or rice-a-roni

Hey 7-11 has all kinds of weird hot dogs too.....like those gross pasties sold in UK corner shops.

Edited March 27, 2008 by illumine

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I was always weirded out by the way that places like Walgreens and 7-11's appear to have food, but when you actually look for something to eat, there's no fresh food whatsoever. It's all cans of stuff, and nothing that you'd actually want to eat...

Unless your idea of a good meal is canned spaghetti or rice-a-roni

Hey 7-11 has all kinds of weird hot dogs too.....like those gross pasties sold in UK corner shops.

does anyone ever actually eat those hot dogs that sit on those metal rollers all day?

[no name 1]

I was always weirded out by the way that places like Walgreens and 7-11's appear to have food, but when you actually look for something to eat, there's no fresh food whatsoever. It's all cans of stuff, and nothing that you'd actually want to eat...

Unless your idea of a good meal is canned spaghetti or rice-a-roni

Hey 7-11 has all kinds of weird hot dogs too.....like those gross pasties sold in UK corner shops.

does anyone ever actually eat those hot dogs that sit on those metal rollers all day?

Skater kids by my house do!

[tom_g 3]

I was always weirded out by the way that places like Walgreens and 7-11's appear to have food, but when you actually look for something to eat, there's no fresh food whatsoever. It's all cans of stuff, and nothing that you'd actually want to eat...

Unless your idea of a good meal is canned spaghetti or rice-a-roni

Hey 7-11 has all kinds of weird hot dogs too.....like those gross pasties sold in UK corner shops.

does anyone ever actually eat those hot dogs that sit on those metal rollers all day?

truck drivers!

and my dog quite likes them as well

they remind me of the hot dog sellers on the street corners in london, they'd turn my stomach when i saw them. they never throw sausages away, at the end of the day they just leave them in the trolley and warm them up the next day ..

[rebeccajo 14]

I'd say where you are moving too is gonna be more telling than going specifically by this list.

Unless you're moving to a large US city, you likely won't find many of the 'equivalents' provided by readers within a handy distance to you.

So.....we might have the shops in the US, but will they be close enough to you to be of any use?

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Well, the OP did caveat that it would be regional

I think most grocery stores are pretty regional anyway, except maybe Walmart

[StillThePrettiest 3]

I'm going to Houston; fourth largest US city

and sometimes I just like to have some knowledge, regardless of how immediately practical it's going to be to me... I've done a major international move before, so I know at least some of what's going to seem weird to me, and I just want to feel a little less ignorant

plus, I knew hearing all the different opinions would be fun

[BexandAlan 0]

I don't think you will have much of a problem finding most if not all of the listed stores. I've traveled quite a bit of the US and we could always find a Target and a Walgreens or equivalent if we really needed too. Houston is fun and there is serious shopping to be done. We love San Antonio too, that place has some amazing restaurants on the river walk. We got lost in a little time portal called Port Arther when we drove though Texas though and Alan is scared of going back in case we get sucked in again!

I'm jealous of any one moving near to Denver too they have some killer shopping on the "mile." I'm trying to convince Alan that if I can move countries he can definitely move states. He was born and raised in FL and now lives in GA though so I doubt very much he could deal with the change in climate Anyway I love this thread its definitely a welcome break from Visa stress.

Happy Friday! xxx

[lisalu100 0]

Now, don't you guys think Tesco is more like Giant? We have two giants near us. One is like a regular Tesco, the other one we call Gucci Giant. It's like a Tesco Extra. And it's only 15 days now until I can get in my new car and use my new Tomtom to find my way to Wegman's.... Wegman's is like a cross between Waitrose, and the Selfridges's food hall. Yum yum yum!!! Toshtishtash and I like to get halloumi cheese there...!