A request for WHEETABIX to be stocked in Polish Tesco's

Personally I prefer thinner soups - botwinka and clear barszcz in Poland for example. I do think that British oxtail would go down well in Poland - there could be a market for that in the shops here. The same with British cullen skink - a heavier soup but one that Poles would like.

Weetabix and other American style cereals no. Not nice products and in any case the taste here would be for the sugary ones. One item that has appeared on the shelves here over the past few years is instant porridge in different flavours. Not something I'd buy, but instead of those little plastic pots, a canny housewife here with kids to feed and not much money or time might well buy Ready Brek.

Oh, you mean those tiny portioned ones in sachets that have preservative-d flavours mixed in with them which are 5x the price of płatki owsiane?

Weetabix lol. It's like eating "trociny z mlekiem" lol

Generally instant ones in plastic pots pots and a range of several flavours, becoming very popular in Poland, somewhere that has long liked anything with artificial flavours and a high sugar content. Perhaps licensing Ready Brek with a marketing campaign would introduce something less bad.

Never tried one myself, however they seem to fly off the shelf at the local supermarket.

@jon357

If I had to guess, it's the marketing and the packaging. You know how anything can have a health spin on it, and the public lap it up thinking they're taking making an informed health decision rather than read the nutritional information and be clued in on things.

It's the same in England even though NI has been required by law for yonks, forgive the slang haha.

Reading NI in Polish was one of the first things I learned, actually.

Btw is there a more efficient way of quoting than having to copy and paste plus write the username in the BBcode? There's no quote post option from what I can see.

I think so, plus also the convenience for people short of time. And of course the product (sugary with bits of stuff in) does suit some people's taste here.


Useful, though I sometimes need a magnifier to see it.


Highlight the text and click on the grey box with the poster's name in the bottom left corner of the post- at least on an iPad (though you have to click on the post as a whole to bring the little box up).

It's off-topic but I wanted to pass my thanks.

Weetabix tastes like chewy cardboard - No sure it would be so popular in Poland :-(

It's actually one of the few of the huge range of 'western' breakfast cereals that is sold in Poland. Presumably people buy it. For the record I don't much like it either and prefer a more traditional breakfast here (though not jajecznica).