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Old 09-28-2014, 09:49 AM
 
Location: Finland
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Yeah, here either. Never heard of Baskin-Robbins or TGI. Only franchises we have in Finland are McD's, Burger King and a few Pizza Huts.

Of course global brands are global and you can find them anywhere, but it's really hard to find mac&cheese, root beer, maple syrup and those things you said. Cherry coke I've seen sometimes as a seasonal product.
Neither do I know what poptarts, snapple or A&W is.

Perhaps they exist in specialised stores, but I'm not aware of them.

Maybe Americans think their products are more common than they in reality are, because of the true American global brands. These all probably exist in England, but Europe isn't England.
Most K-markets (well the supermarket ones, the smaller ones usually don't) that I've come across have at least some American products, usually a whole set of shelves devoted to them. Mac and cheese, poptarts, cupcake or other cake mixes, various American brand pancake syrups and soft drinks (though I haven't seen root beer for a while, mores the pity as I love that stuff)
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Old 09-28-2014, 09:54 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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Ben & Jerry's, Burger King, Dunkin' Donuts, Hard Rock Café, KFC, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Baskin-Robbins, T.G.I. Friday's, Taco Bell, 7-Eleven, Domino's Pizza, Subway and Starbucks. In all grocery stores you will find Lay's, Pepsi, Coca Cola, Budweiser, Wrigleys, Twinkies, Macaroni & Cheese, Pringles, A&W, Snapple, Boylan Soda, Mtn Dew, American Cookies, Gatorade, Dole Bananas, Nestlé coffee
The ones in bold I have never seen or heard of here. Lays are called Walkers here.

I'm not sure about Gatorade. It might be available here but I don't drink that stuff.

Poptarts can be bought just about anywhere these days. Cherry coke isn't always available.

Taco Bells have two or three restaurants in the UK but they have struggled to get going here.
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Old 09-28-2014, 10:33 AM
 
Location: God's Gift to Mankind for flying anything
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in the UK (but) they have struggled to get going here.
Some items just seem to be not the taste that is prevalent in a certain area.

We had family visit us here in the USA and they went nuts about Dunkin donuts.
They wondered why there were none where they lived in Europe.
We read up on it and found out they did try, but it did not last ...

Often, the product will get *localised* !
when it comes to *soft drinks*, the cans even are a different size !!

Same thing, the other way around !
Take the English *Fish and Chips*.
*I* think it is a typical English thing !

I have had them while visiting England,
but none of the fish and chip stuff in the USA comes close to it.
Way different taste !
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Old 09-28-2014, 10:43 AM
 
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No Taco bells in the UK...
Maybe none today ? (By the name of Taco Bell ?)

United Kingdom (From WikiPedia)

The United Kingdom was the first European country with a Taco Bell. In 1986, a location was opened in London on Coventry Street (between Leicester Square and Piccadilly Circus) followed by a second location in Earls Court near the Earl's Court tube station. One other store opened in Uxbridge but all closed in the mid-1990s.[76] In 1994, the university food provider Compass announced plans to open stores in its university and college sites. However, only one store was opened in Birmingham University, no other stores were opened, and the Birmingham site is now closed.[77][78]

There remained only Taco Bell sites in the UK in operation at the Strategic Air Command and United States Air Force bases at RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath; commensurate with existing security controls, access is restricted to relevant service personnel.[79]

Yum! Brands announced that it is considering reopening Taco Bell locations in the United Kingdom as part of a large planned expansion into Europe, with trial outlets opening first in Spain in early 2009. Yum! is taking advantage of the recent recession which led to increasing sales at other fast food outlets; it also said that there is now a greater awareness of Mexican food in the UK and that it can be successful with improved menu offerings and marketing.[72][73]

The first new store opened at the Lakeside Shopping Centre on June 28, 2010.[80] Taco Bell opened a second store in Basildon on November 29, 2010 and the third in the Manchester Arndale Food Court on November 7, 2011.

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Old 09-28-2014, 10:58 AM
 
Location: Leeds, UK
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Some items just seem to be not the taste that is prevalent in a certain area.

We had family visit us here in the USA and they went nuts about Dunkin donuts.
They wondered why there were none where they lived in Europe.
We read up on it and found out they did try, but it did not last ...

Often, the product will get *localised* !
when it comes to *soft drinks*, the cans even are a different size !!

Same thing, the other way around !
Take the English *Fish and Chips*.
*I* think it is a typical English thing !

I have had them while visiting England,
but none of the fish and chip stuff in the USA comes close to it.
Way different taste !
Possibly. We already have Mexican-style eateries so the quality they offer might be sub-par.
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Old 09-28-2014, 11:14 AM
 
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There are 13 in Spain only. Hardly McDonald's but they're definitely there.

Never seen a taco bell in Spain, I know there are but they must be in places only tourists visit. There are real Mexican restaurants, some are very good, also Mexican Tapas.

Dunkin Donuts, about 4 to 5 in Barcelona.

A lot of American products have to be manufactured here or in the US just for export to the EEC due to additives, mainly corn sirup, forbidden.

There are/were American restaurants, but I believe they closed down.
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Old 09-28-2014, 11:42 AM
 
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Never seen a taco bell in Spain.
Nuestros Restaurantes | Taco Bell España ???

My opinion ...
You post a picture without people in it, what does that mean ?
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Old 09-28-2014, 11:45 AM
 
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I don't know what happens to American franchises that are not BK or McD, they tend to have a high volatility. I remember when there were tons of PH and now are mostly gone, also KFC, Subs, etc.
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Old 09-28-2014, 11:48 AM
 
Location: Finland
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Most K-markets (well the supermarket ones, the smaller ones usually don't) that I've come across have at least some American products, usually a whole set of shelves devoted to them. Mac and cheese, poptarts, cupcake or other cake mixes, various American brand pancake syrups and soft drinks (though I haven't seen root beer for a while, mores the pity as I love that stuff)
Yes, I've seen those shelves sometimes, but don't know how widespread they are. Haven't been following too much.

Ahem, I choose to ignore that Anglo-Saxon rubbish. That way I can feel like a civilised European cultural supremacist, if only for a moment ...and then I go for a kebab.
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Old 09-28-2014, 11:50 AM
 
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Never seen a taco bell in Spain, I know there are but they must be in places only tourists visit.
They all seem to be in shopping malls, but not in touristy areas.
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