Waitrose shopping spree, what would you pack. Emigrating from UK

[sappersrest]

I have one spare box left what would you pack? Must be non perishable food ,spices, sauces etc.

[jcgodber]

Mexican stuff if you are coming from the U.S.

[kurnell]

Waitrose is readily available here. Buy something else.

[wayned]

Money!

[meatboy]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

[tommytouch]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

Pretty sure all those products are readily available in Thailand, no?

Reckon I'd probably be stocking up on a selection of rare beers

[chiang mai]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

Pretty sure all those products are readily available in Thailand, no?

Reckon I'd probably be stocking up on a selection of rare beers

All those things are available here.

And since Waitrose has an agreement with Tops supermarkets here and you can pretty much buy most key Waitrose products at Tops, there's probably no point to this exercise.

[jmccarty]

Better western food selection in the various grocery stores here than in Singapore anyway.

But, I have yet to find Ro Tel Tomatoes and doubt Waitrose will have them either.

[ToddWeston]

As mentioned some of the Waitrose items are here but you'll pay. If your into reading the ingredients on labels forget it here as they cover them with super duper glue on labels, so maybe familiarise yourself with a few items before you come.

Maldon Sea Salt 200 gram 385 baht, maramite 165 baht, Waitrose self rising flour 189 baht.

I'd be packing sweets myself

[meatboy]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

Pretty sure all those products are readily available in Thailand, no?

Reckon I'd probably be stocking up on a selection of rare beers

All those things are available here.

And since Waitrose has an agreement with Tops supermarkets here and you can pretty much buy most key Waitrose products at Tops, there's probably no point to this exercise.

the point of the exercise it would help him get over the initial shock.

eg.branston pickle uk.eq.85bht. thailand 350bht.

[Alwyn]

Mexican stuff if you are coming from the U.S.

You need to put your reading glasses on mate, look at the title of the post EMIGRATING FROM UK

[Upnotover]

Encona hot pepper sauce, nothing like it here (that I have found).

[AyG]

On my return trips to the UK I load up with Branston Pickle, Mango Chutney (Sharwoods and Geeta's), lawn weedkiller, chickpea flour (for making bhaji), Bazooka (for treating warts/verrucas), harissa, a bottle of Pineau des Charentres, Coleman's mustard powder, Spanish smoked paprika, fennel seeds, fenugreek seeds, extra large condoms, and that's about it. Hope I haven't shared too much.

[hawksway]

Marmite and Weetabix or Waitrose equiv.

Cheaper of course if you go to Costco Wholesale www.costco.co.uk where you can buy a 1KG tub of Marmite enabling survival in Thailand for a year.

[uptheos]

paxo stuffing,branston pickle,hp.brown,oxo cubes,colemans mustard and not forgetting those blow back heinz baked beans.

Pretty sure all those products are readily available in Thailand, no?

Reckon I'd probably be stocking up on a selection of rare beers

All those things are available here.

And since Waitrose has an agreement with Tops supermarkets here and you can pretty much buy most key Waitrose products at Tops, there's probably no point to this exercise.

the point of the exercise it would help him get over the initial shock.

eg.branston pickle uk.eq.85bht. thailand 350bht.

Really? I thought that I saw it the other day in Rimping, Chiang Mai for 185 Baht.......

.........or was it 265 Baht........certainly not 350 Baht.

Edited September 4, 2013 by uptheos

[chuenyongman]

I cannot find powder her that cleans the sinks etc. When I left England in 1970 it had a trade name called Mirror. It is a white fine powder that cleans bench tops, Stainless sinks and suchlike items.

[Card]

I would bring some rhubarb - preserved, dried or canned, treacle (both unavailable), mince meat (3 quid a jar here and only Waitrose available), Xmas pudding is way overpriced, vanilla pods if u want to cook with them - available but expensive, pure licorice pellets (only sweets with limited availability here). Suet and lard - well, I am from Yorkshire - just love tucking into big lumps of lard. Home brew kits don't exist but lager is good anyway. As you can see, I cook desserts a lot!

[Card]

I cannot find powder her that cleans the sinks etc. When I left England in 1970 it had a trade name called Mirror. It is a white fine powder that cleans bench tops, Stainless sinks and suchlike items.

You can buy similar in Villa market - it's called steel cleaner.

[Card]

Marmite and Weetabix or Waitrose equiv.

Cheaper of course if you go to Costco Wholesale www.costco.co.uk where you can buy a 1KG tub of Marmite enabling survival in Thailand for a year.

Tops sells Weetabix and also the ozzie vegemite, although some say nothing good ever came out of Oz.

Edited September 4, 2013 by Card

[cabanlit]

Wine......my remover labelled the box 'ornaments' - good lads!

But, why Waitrose? Ain't you got an Aldi or a Lidl close by? ;-)

[surfinglife]

Return ticket! You're not gonna like it here mate. Thailand (or at least the Sin City) is full of your Pommie criminals on the run!

[uptheos]

Marmite and Weetabix or Waitrose equiv.

Cheaper of course if you go to Costco Wholesale www.costco.co.uk where you can buy a 1KG tub of Marmite enabling survival in Thailand for a year.

Tops sells Weetabix and also the ozzie vegemite, although some say nothing good ever came out of Oz.

Cherry Blossom is cheaper and better.

[chiang mai]

Return ticket! You're not gonna like it here mate. Thailand (or at least the Sin City) is full of your Pommie criminals on the run!

Oddly true!

[Card]

Return ticket! You're not gonna like it here mate. Thailand (or at least the Sin City) is full of your Pommie criminals on the run!

Whinge, whinge, whinge - that's all Ozzies ever do. Well... apart from playing lousy cricket. Oh and other sports when not on the pills.

[sappersrest]

Hi folks thanks for all the replies, We are moving to Chiang Mai in Jan. So will keep adding to my shopping list, the reason I said Waitrose is I like shopping there, we do have all the other big supermarkets in the area.

Many thanks.

[bkk_mike]

The only things I tend to stick in the suitcase when flying back and forth is...

HP sauce in the squeezable bottles. - Yes - you can get HP here easily enough, but only in the glass bottles - and it's pretty expensive.

Branston Pickle - again, it's a LOT cheaper in the UK, and you can get the plastic bottles (better for shipping) - also Branston isn't as easy to find as HP is here. (I've occasionally bought Del Monte sweet pickle here from "gourmet market", which tastes similar to Branston, at least when used in a cheese and pickle sandwich , but is green rather than brown...)

Chutney would probably be a similar purchase if you eat it regularly, although I'm not a fan of putting glass jars in my suitcase.

As others have said, a lot of Waitrose stuff is available here (from Tops Market), particularly the frozen foods.

[Elfin]

Card wrote "I cannot find powder her that cleans the sinks etc.

Does she??

[prk888]

Bags of shelled walnuts, almonds and brazils. Waitrose have a good selecion with various pack sizes

[SSSlongtime]

if waitrose is important best stay in the UK

[bkkbarnstormer]

Coffee (Illy or Lavazza) for me which is 3x price in Thailand, horseradish sauce and dishwasher tablets