Dan Kelly spent 11 years travelling the world visiting supermarkets in 150 countries
A man who has visited 1,000 supermarkets across 150 countries has shared that he discovered a couple of British products appearing in virtually every shop worldwide.
Dan Kelly, 38, started his global supermarket odyssey in 2014 while job hunting.
A languages and humanities graduate, Dan secured a position with a firm where his responsibility was to gather cost of living data for companies that relocate employees for businesses.
Dan’s task was to establish product prices in supermarkets across different countries, with that information then being sent to a London office for processing.
For Dan, this meant arriving in a new major city every two days. In each location he would arrive with a list of approximately 164 items, with his primary responsibility being to determine the cost of each product in that city, reports the Express.
Consequently, Dan has gained extensive familiarity with the world’s supermarkets and shopping centres, as well as the interiors of commercial aircraft.
Over 11 years in the role, Dan has travelled to 1,000 supermarkets spanning 150 countries, predominantly journeying solo on a daily accommodation budget of £70.
In an interview with the i newspaper, Dan discussed some of the unexpected discoveries he made in numerous supermarkets, including two commonplace items that are immensely popular in Britain. Certain products were surprisingly prevalent, particularly coffee, tea, and various biscuits.
He noted: “You’d always be able to find them, even at the back of a dusty shelf.
“Tea and coffee as well. I would see the 100g red box of Twining’s English Breakfast Tea everywhere. And 100g jars of Nescafé Gold.”
While Dan has considerable knowledge of supermarket prices across the globe, UK shoppers have recently been given the lowdown on the most affordable supermarket in Britain.
According to Which?, the cheapest supermarket in the UK in May was ALDI. Having assessed the prices of 95 items, ALDI came out on top with the lowest combined total of £168.30.
In a statement explaining their methodology for determining the most affordable supermarket, Which? said: “We check the prices of hundreds of grocery items at eight major supermarkets, using an independent price comparison website. For each supermarket, we calculate the average price of each item across the month, then add those up to get each supermarket’s average total price.”
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