Related old thread: What can I buy in Canada but not the US?
Alas, no “spring surprise” then.
I have found them in ethnic markets in California on occasion. They probably get them through smaller importers who aren’t being scrutinized for illegal kinder eggs.
Yes, but aspirin is not a trade name in the US. It is up here.
Once upon a time, Peugeot, Renault, Fiat and Lancia were all available in the US. I’ve not car-shopped for a while, so don’t know if they’re still a presence here.
Cadbury’s by US mfg. cannot compare to the UK version. I’ve had both. I’ll take the UK any time! Thankfully, we have a few import stores near where I am, so I can get them. Oh, and Heinz baked beans. The UK ones are freaking awesome.
I’m not sure what you mean by “trade name”, exactly. You can buy aspirin in the US that’s labeled as aspirin. Am I misinterpreting you?
We have it in our main supermarket (Stop and Shop) here in CT.
In Canada, Aspirin is a brand name, like Tylenol. Only Bayer can sell Aspirin. Generics have to use a different name.
OH. I get things! Yeah, that is different. But you can still get Bayer Aspirin in the US. So I don’t think it actually fits this thread.
IIRC we got it at Costco. Or Safeway. My boss wasn’t one for small ethnic markets.
Check your auto-parts stores. It’s available there, or from an electrical supply house.
**sugar and spice- **Check for it in the baking goods aisle. Near the dry milk. That’s where I always found it… not that I have any interest in buying it. What benefit, other than unopened shelf life, does it have over the stuff in the dairy case?
Exactly the benefit you mention. Which means that if, like my family, yours drinks about a quart a day, you can buy enough for the week without needing a whole fridge for it. Milk was the one item that we never wrote in the shopping list: it was understood that you bought whatever was in the list and filled the rest of the cart with milk.
Nope. Peugeot, Fiat, Lancia, Alfa Romeo and Renault all dropped out of the US market in the early 80s. Alfa will be back for the 2010 model year, though, and IIRC Fiat-badged models will follow in 2011.
They sometimes carry them at Publix, the 7th largest grocery chain in the country, so I don’t think they’re illegal.
Bimbo brand bread. Not that the bread itself is anything other than WonderBread with a different label, but my inner 12-year old is endlessly amused by the name. (It’s common in Mexico, anyway; you can see all kinds of vans driving around with BIMBO! in giant letters on the side. ( You can get that delivered now? Why, yes, I’d like one. Blonde, please). I don’t know about its presence in the rest of the world.
You can get Bimbo products in the United States, but only in stores that cater to a Mexican clientele.
In the same stores, you can often get Mexican Coca-Cola, which some people swear tastes better than the American version, because it’s sweetened with sugar rather than corn syrup.
While Parmalat does sell shelf-stable milk, they are actually a $4+ billion international company, based in Italy. They own many brands that are popular here in Canada, including Astro yogurt, Black Diamond and Balderson cheese, Beatrice milk, Lactantia butter and Parkay margarine.
Milo!
When I was a kid and lived in Thailand, I thought it was the greatest thing in the world. But really couldn’t find it here. But Sunday, I went into a Sengalese grocery store, and there it was! I had to have it. It still tastes great, but the label tells me that I probably don’t want to be putting it down like I did 40 years ago. 
It’ll be a special treat for every now and then. The grocer had homemade beignets that were just darn fine too. Another special treat.
I’ve never seen Chupa Chups in the States, but they are everywhere in Europe. Doesn’t mean they aren’t here, I just have never seen them
Stimorol Gum
Dr. Oetker
TyNant is hard to find in my neck of the woods.