So what's this broad whining about?
Laugh - Maybe she lives in some weird little village over there and never leaves. The town I was near (Bicester) was really quite small and it had a 24 hour grocery. (Tesco). There was a closer Tesco in Brackly - but it wasn't quite as large - and wasn't open as late. And it was swamped on Saturdays.
With a very few exeptions I found that shopping there was just like shopping here ... The only difference was their bacon is different.. haha. Had to learn to deal with that!
In fact - the first time I went to the deli counter things were weighed in lbs and ozs.. The next week they had been given a directive from their home office that everything had to be metric... laugh - the gals behind the counter were really having a time adjusting. ( And this was in the fall of 1999)
The last time I was there was Spring of 2003 - not much had changed. I was there only a week so only went to the grocery store once - that was to pick up some instant coffee. (Which by the way is MUCH better there than here) and some PG Tips tea bags to bring home.
It was just before Easter - and everywhere you looked they had those GIANT Chocolate easter eggs filled with other chocolate candy. I'd never seen them here (but have since). Apparently they are quite a tradition over there - kind of like Giant Candy Canes here at Christmas - or Chocolate Bunnies at Easter.