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Europe is going American

lcrcboy

I was in town the other day and noticed reeses peanut butter cupcakes on sale and mountain dew, and when I was up in Dublin the same thing, a few months back its was the same when I was over in the UK, Cadburys has been taken over by craft and now the NBA will be holding some of their games in London. Has this been going on for a long time or are the Americans really trying to push their brands at the moment into the European market.

Link to the story from the BBC about the NBA matches for those interested:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12635781

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Seaneh

pepsi, who own mountain dew will be officially launching Mountain Dew, Mountain Dew Code Red, Mug's Root Beer and another drink I can't remember, in the UK in late spring with a pretty big advertisement push.

I like Mugs so this pleases me...

Reices and hersheys stuff has been sold in loads of shops for years now. I know most news agents in Galway stock them anyway.

fontanalis

Mardy Bum wrote: »

We have lost our own culture and replaced it with America's.

Who replaced it?
The complaint here seems to be about big bad American shops destroying Ireland. Why don't people talk about irish indifference to their culture? After all plenty of people have a fondness for mocking Americas lack of culture.

rocco.

Mardy Bum wrote: »

We have lost our own culture and replaced it with America's.

Not atall!

Mardy Bum

fontanalis wrote: »

What about it?

We have lost our own culture and replaced it with America's.

Gunnerkid

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanization

http://www.wpp.com/annualreports/2007/what_we_think/ad_marketing_services/seven_key_factors/globalisation.html

some interesting articles on the topic

Xivilai

Didn't the whole dressing up for Halloween thing spread from Ireland to America

Lawrence1895

The traditional Turkey and Ham Dinner at Christmas is supposed to be from the US of A as well, so I heard...and going out for Trick and Treat On Halloween

BBDBB

^^ he thinks its a swell idea:

they should definitely get some

fontanalis

Mardy Bum wrote: »

He was not taking about McDonalds, he was talking about culture in general.

What about it?

this is arse

bonerm wrote: »

Word!

Excel!

lcrcboy

gargleblaster wrote: »

you keep using the word 'push'. if the stuff wasn't selling they wouldn't stock it. simple as that.

Well we cant say its really selling yet can we??, they must only be on the shelves a few months so there for the companies are not going off already existing sale figures here, but instead predicted sale figures, so it is a push, whether it works out or not Im not sure

gargleblaster

lcrcboy wrote: »

you took that completely the wrong way Im not complaining about it, just pointing out what seems to be a huge push in American brands over here at the moment

you keep using the word 'push'. if the stuff wasn't selling they wouldn't stock it. simple as that.

lcrcboy

rocco. wrote: »

This guy for real? next we'l have them toasters and them bins with the wheels, jaysus.

you took that completely the wrong way Im not complaining about it, just pointing out what seems to be a huge push in American brands over here at the moment

Mardy Bum

fontanalis wrote: »

If some manky fast food can make someone lose their identity then there wasn't much identity to begin with. Irish identity is for the Irish to lose, nothing is being forced on anyone.

Overheal wrote: »

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=mcdonalds&aq=&sll=48.873522,2.296228&sspn=0.039912,0.132093&ie=UTF8&hq=mcdonalds&hnear=&ll=48.870925,2.305326&spn=0.039914,0.132093&z=14

At least 13 of which are plainly visible from the Arc. I checked when I was there, because it was kinda weirding me out.

You can look at this one of two ways though: OMG American culture is taking over ze world

or

Oh wait, the French are still French and you even just said they still have a strong cultural identity in spite of saturated access to Le Big Mac and McFlurrys

He was not taking about McDonalds, he was talking about culture in general.

sagat2

On the flip side:

Football is getting very popular in the US we get more live Premiership matches over here than you do there.

Rugby, I'll be watching Ireland play England live on BBC America (a basic cable channel) unthinkable 5 years ago.

My local grocery store has a vast selection of chocolate bars from back home from Twirls to Crunchies, not to mention Lyons Tea, Hobnobs even Odlums Quick Bread.

Ireland's cricketing result over the English was reported in the New York Times.

There seems to be a Pret A Manger opening on every street corner in New York.

You can walk into a lot of pubs in New york and see basketball on one screen with Gaelic Football highlights on the other.

It goes both ways.

frag420

lcrcboy wrote: »

I was in town the other day and noticed reeses peanut butter cupcakes on sale and mountain dew,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12635781

Where can I get Mountain Due in Dublin, that stuff rocks. Now if we could get Minute Maid orange too and il be in sugar heaven

frAg

rocco.

lcrcboy wrote: »

I was in town the other day and noticed reeses peanut butter cupcakes on sale and mountain dew, and when I was up in Dublin the same thing, a few months back its was the same when I was over in the UK, Cadburys has been taken over by craft and now the NBA will be holding some of their games in London. Has this been going on for a long time or are the Americans really trying to push their brands at the moment into the European market.

Link to the story from the BBC about the NBA matches for those interested:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12635781

This guy for real? next we'l have them toasters and them bins with the wheels, jaysus.

Gunnerkid

Soon Are tv adds will look like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAjJZZDC9nE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkDpTMGgAoo

brummytom

antodeco wrote: »

Kraft didn't purchase Cadburys UK and Ireland.

Yes they did

bonerm

orourkeda wrote: »

Not this american hopefully

Inside charlie sheens head .....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qdp4hBYaa4

orourkeda

Not this american hopefully

J. Marston

Oh my gosh, shut up you douchebag.
Our Irishness is like, totally...irish.
Who cares about Europe anyway? It's a stupid country.

lcrcboy

SuperGrover wrote: »

Do you mean shops?

Hay I used to live in the States for a number of years so Im still using a bit of the slang

Overheal

Mardy Bum wrote: »

‘We are rapidly losing our identity as a people. We are losing our specific national identity which has not been lost by the Dutch or the Belgians or the French or Italians. We are no longer even West Britons; we are East Americans’ - Brian Friel on Ireland in 1979

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=mcdonalds&aq=&sll=48.873522,2.296228&sspn=0.039912,0.132093&ie=UTF8&hq=mcdonalds&hnear=&ll=48.870925,2.305326&spn=0.039914,0.132093&z=14

At least 13 of which are plainly visible from the Arc. I checked when I was there, because it was kinda weirding me out.

You can look at this one of two ways though: OMG American culture is taking over ze world

or

Oh wait, the French are still French and you even just said they still have a strong cultural identity in spite of saturated access to Le Big Mac and McFlurrys

fontanalis

Mardy Bum wrote: »

‘We are rapidly losing our identity as a people. We are losing our specific national identity which has not been lost by the Dutch or the Belgians or the French or Italians. We are no longer even West Britons; we are East Americans’ - Brian Friel on Ireland in 1979

If some manky fast food can make someone lose their identity then there wasn't much identity to begin with. Irish identity is for the Irish to lose, nothing is being forced on anyone.

SuperGrover

lcrcboy wrote: »

I know we have had the obvious stuff like American tv and things like Starbucks but it just seems that things that were very American and disliked in Europe are starting to pop up alot more, Like for example over in the UK I went into a good few stores and came across Root Beer and Lucky Charms, there is also a few Taco Bells popping up over there its mad

Do you mean shops?

lcrcboy

fontanalis wrote: »

If only those pesky companies would try to make a loss instead of a profit.

Not saying its a bad thing but just pointing out something that seems to be happening at the moment and hasn't been mentioned here yet I think

fontanalis

lcrcboy wrote: »

As I said above there has been the obvious American things floating around for years but It just seems that there has been a greater push in American Brands at the moment

If only those pesky companies would try to make a loss instead of a profit.

Mardy Bum

‘We are rapidly losing our identity as a people. We are losing our specific national identity which has not been lost by the Dutch or the Belgians or the French or Italians. We are no longer even West Britons; we are East Americans’ - Brian Friel on Ireland in 1979

Mongarra

OMG!