Is Britain becoming america?

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David S

Sadly yes particularly in the big cities with their American style shopping malls and peoples' addiction and obsession with shopping and their personal appearance. However the coun tryside and small country towns, largely retain their character and Englishness.

Angry Lizzie

Yeah we are the fattest nation in Europe, so i think this makes us similar to the US as everyone is huge over there! lol

Yeah noticed they were selling oreo cookies in Somerfield the other day and we have had hersheys peanut butter cups over here for years! lol

Junk food is def just as popular and abundant as it is in the US. It should be banned i think! Disgusting stuff! lol

The Pink Airplane

Oh, I certainly hope not...that's why I'm visiting the U.K. in the summer - to escape America, not to visit it somewhere else!

Someone

We still have alot of differences, THANK GOD!

SCG

Just so happen that Asda is an american company and largest in the US supermarket chain (Walmart). I think they just trying to introduce the taste of America in the UK.

Answer

It is already happening here in Australia. Sadly it seems your country is next to turn into mini America.

njyogibear

Keep a stiff upper lip! Britain survived the bombing of London, and I have confidence it will survive Oreos and Nutrageous bars as well. (BTW did you know Asda is US-owned?)

Duisend-poot

We drank Kool-aid in South-Africa when i was a child and they still sell it. I like it. I do not like Oreo cookies used to get that in SA as well and as for hershey bars, yughhhiieeeee. Will stick to my crunchie. But what about McDonalds and all those take-away places they are all over the world even to be found in some remote places. I don't mind American products it is the Chinese products i object to, cheap clothes, toys etc.

pmty

You must understand that the world is increasingly becoming a "flat" place to live in, and do business. The social, cultural, and differences in lifestyle habits between nations and continents are reducing every day. The advent of technology, the penetration of the usage of Internet, and multi-national companies bring about a global mindset with an ethos that cuts across geographical barriers.
Having said that, I understand and appreciate the fact that nations must protect their own culture and civilisation and not globalise everything for the sake of it. Globalisation, as a term and concept, needs to be understood in the right context.
Also, I would not read too much into the merchandise mix of Asda. Asda, as you know, is a subsidiary company of Wal-Mart. And, it makes more sense for them to offer some of their top-selling products (in America) in their international operations as well.

I should be doing something else

Yes I think so. Its not just the UK but a lot of countries.
I wish they had never introduced Reeses Butter Cups, they are addictive, but it has to be said on the whole our chocolate is soo much better than theirs!

32 weeks pregnant with a boy

Some ways yeah and others no!

serialkiller117

no, its not like that!

SavvySue

Sorry that you find that distressing.

sarch_uk

Just because they are on sale there doesn't mean we have to buy them. I spent three weeks with friends in America and they bought me some Oreos and Hershey kisses. The kisses were not too bad but not a patch on the chocolate that we have available to us here...and as for the Oreos...well I wouldn't even give them to a dog, they were disgusting!

wilsonaj101177

Britain = East New York

0955960

wow, you guys need to learn to let go and live and enjoy life. no offense but you all sound a little stuck up and annorexic! P.S. who's a dunker???

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