ketchup...

One thing I noticed is there is a distinct difference between asking for ketchup and tomatoe sauce. For the longest time I couldn't fathom why anyone would want tomatoe sauce (as I know it). But I realized it is basically a generic, watery ketchup pastey gloop. That's the stuff that I can't stand. Sorry, but it's Heinz all the way for me!

Tomato sauce is just another name for ketchup.  A lot of people call Heinz tomato suace.   The cheap stuff is just cheap stuff that resturants use to save money. 

I think sauces here taste different....it took me along time to get use to the mayo...i had to use the olive oil one for a bit to get anything close to the taste of hellmans or kraft mayo....

we use heinz......sorry the kids use heinz i use nando's hot ketchup!!!

I think sauces here taste different....it took me along time to get use to the mayo...i had to use the olive oil one for a bit to get anything close to the taste of hellmans or kraft mayo....

Weird!
I think that Hellmans tastes like Hellmans, no matter where you go!

We didnt even have Hellmans in California when i left... it was called Best Foods, but i think it's the same stuff.  Even the label looks very similar. 

I never noticed a difference in taste.  We use Heinz Organic.

We didnt even have Hellmans in California when i left... it was called Best Foods, but i think it's the same stuff.  Even the label looks very similar. 

so were the ads... they are the same, just like Dryer's is Edy's on the East coast.

my old observation about ketchup here (Heinz) was it was more liquidy even when I shook it up. In the states I never used squeeze bottle things so I figured it was just less solid for that reason.

I just bought squeeze mayo  Oh, I am so old fashioned... I like my stuff in jars better.

so were the ads... they are the same, just like Dryer's is Edy's on the East coast.

my old observation about ketchup here (Heinz) was it was more liquidy even when I shook it up. In the states I never used squeeze bottle things so I figured it was just less solid for that reason.

I just bought squeeze mayo  Oh, I am so old fashioned... I like my stuff in jars better.

squeeze mayo just grosses me out for some reason, especially cause it comes out in like a ribbon type thing or something. 

And don't even get me started on the new squeeze Marmite. 

And don't even get me started on the new squeeze Marmite. 

you're JOKING!

you're JOKING!

I read about it in a trade journal all about product packaging (a friend subscribes for her business). It isn't in shops yet, but it's coming! They're keeping the same general shape of the original Marmite jar, but it'll be sort of upside down -- if that makes sense.

Sacrilege.

i saw an advert on the telly for squeeze Marmite... it was kind of a teaser one where they didnt really tell you what it was about, but as soon as i saw it i knew what it was going to be.

my old observation about ketchup here (Heinz) was it was more liquidy even when I shook it up

The  Heinz in the upside down bottles is without a doubt thinner,stick to the proper ones when you can get them.

Dave

I would bet my life that the packets of ketchup in McDonalds are way more sugary than in the US and they are made by Heinz!   I find it odd too because the British like vinegar on chips so much it seems that the ketchup would be more geared toward that taste instead of tasting like a mouthful of sugar.   The Heinz ketchup out of a normal bottle from the grocery store tastes just the same as the Heinz in the US though. 

i saw an advert on the telly for squeeze Marmite... it was kind of a teaser one where they didnt really tell you what it was about, but as soon as i saw it i knew what it was going to be.

I saw it in the supermarket today.

Sqeezy Marmite's been around for a while, also squeezy Colmans English mustard.

Sqeezy Marmite's been around for a while,

Since March, apparently, but today's the first time I'd seen it! On the plus side, they claim they're not going to phase out the old-style jars. Whew!