Australian shopper loves ‘unreal’ UK supermarkets with ‘amazing’ lunches
Brits have been left astounded after a woman who moved from Australia to the UK revealed some of the differences she’s noticed. In a video that’s gone viral, she highlighted several changes that surprised her, from supermarkets to pop stars, houses, and the weather.
Posting on TikTok as @ella.overseas, Ella Smith told her followers: “These are some random things I found to be different as an Australian who’s just moved to the UK.” She said, “So the first one is that you can buy alcohol at like any of the main food supermarkets.
“You just take it to the checkout, and someone comes and presses the button or checks your ID.” Ella continued: “Next thing is meal deals. We don’t have anything like this in Australia. I really think it’s amazing.”
Ella was so impressed she said she’d happily eat a supermarket lunch every day of the week. “I love Tesco so much, I would eat there for every lunch,” she claimed.
In fact, Ella thinks UK supermarkets are “unreal.” Later in her video, she explained: “The supermarkets here are literally amazing. I feel like every time I go to the big Tesco or big Sainsbury’s, it’s like a cultural experience for me.
“Like we have two main supermarkets in Australia, and they basically sell like 95% the same products. So it’s not that exciting. When I come here, there’s literally like so many things I’ve never seen before, and you can buy literally everything in some of those stores. It’s unreal.”
It’s not just the supermarkets that surprised the social media user. “The next one is really random, but the lines in the sky after a plane has gone by, like big white lines,” Ella added.
She also listed “the Jet2holidays ad.” Ella said: “I’ve heard this song literally everywhere, and apparently this chick is now doing like festival appearances or something, which I think is crazy,” perhaps not realising that singer-songwriter Jess Glynne was famous long before her song ‘Hold My Hand’ featured in the holiday ads.
“Sunbeds is another random thing that I didn’t think really existed anymore,” shared Ella, explaining that commercial sunbeds are banned in Australia.
Predictably, her video also included the weather. “I feel like I have to mention the weather. Obviously, everyone warns you moving to the UK that the weather is gonna be s**t all the time, like today it’s raining. But it’s been so hot here, and I feel like the heat here when it’s really hot is literally like… it feels different to the heat in Australia when it’s really hot.”
Finally, Ella turned her attention to the UK’s houses. “The last thing I can think of right now is conservatories, like the room,” she revealed. “We don’t have any equivalent to this in Australia, I don’t think. Or at least, I’ve never heard of it.”