Speaker A

Let's go on to the lightning round, you guys.

Speaker A

Ben, question number one is for you.

Speaker A

A recent article in Food Dive warned of the elimination of some of our most nostalgic childhood foods due to regulatory changes in ingredients and inflation, among other things.

Speaker A

What nostalgic food would you be most sad to see wiped off of grocery store shelves?

Speaker A

Or perhaps it's already been wiped off of shelves in the UK because you're much further along than we are in.

Speaker B

The U.S.

Speaker B

i know it's.

Speaker B

It's still there, and it's still there in the US I've lots of nostalgia for the.

Speaker B

So in the.

Speaker B

In you.

Speaker B

In UK we come for Kellogg's Variety Pack.

Speaker B

I think in the US they're called Fun Pack.

Speaker B

You know, you get eight little different types of Kellogg cereals.

Speaker A

Yeah.

Speaker B

So that was like a birthday treat, and it was the only time that I ever got sugary or chocolatey breakfast cereals.

Speaker B

So love those.

Speaker B

And my.

Speaker B

My girls still love those to today, so we still have them.

Speaker B

My oldest is nearly 18, and yet we still have variety packs for birthdays.

Speaker B

So, yeah, lots of nostalgia for those.

Speaker A

Oh, my gosh, I love that.

Speaker A

I thought you were gonna say Curly Whirly.

Speaker A

That was the first gift that you gave us, Ben, was a Curly Whirly that we, Chris and I got to enjoy, thanks to you.

Speaker A

But.

Speaker A

But Kellogg's Variety pack.

Speaker A

All right, Keep making it Kellogg's.

Speaker C

Nicely done.

Speaker C

All right, number number two, It's National Teacher Appreciation this week here in the United States.

Speaker C

Ben, who is one teacher in your life that you would like to give a nod of thanks to on this podcast?

Speaker B

Oh, man.

Speaker B

I'd like to give a nod to Mr.

Speaker B

Sheehan.

Speaker B

And Mr.

Speaker B

Sheehan was my grade seven to nine business and economics teacher.

Speaker B

So at a small school in sort of rural Yorkshire, completely opened my eyes to the world of commerce and finance, and I've been fascinated ever since.

Speaker B

So, yeah, thanks, Mr.

Speaker B

Sheehan.

Speaker B

Appreciate you.

Speaker A

My God, that's amazing.

Speaker A

Mr.

Speaker A

Sheehan.

Speaker A

Changing lives one kid at a time.

Speaker A

Question number three, Ben.

Speaker A

According to JOR CEO Kristen Sevilla in a recent payments article, 76% of retailers outside the US will not shop US brands because they can no longer do so profitably.

Speaker A

What is one clothing item that you would smuggle back to the UK to sell out of your boot and make a killing off of?

Speaker B

Oh, I love the use of boot rather than trunk.

Speaker B

Thank you, Anne.

Speaker B

Look, I'm.

Speaker B

I'm not going to go down the rabbit hole.

Speaker B

I'm calling BS on that stat as well.

Speaker B

But let's not.

Speaker B

Let's not go there.

Speaker B

Let's not go there.

Speaker B

I mean, you know, the world where you can't get Nike or CKR Ralph or Converse on New Balance, outside the US we're okay.

Speaker B

But if I could, I've got a.

Speaker B

I've got a wardrobe full of North Face stuff that I wear when I go hiking.

Speaker B

So I would bring a suitcase load of North Face stuff for me to keep me going.

Speaker B

And then maybe with some, some new.

Speaker B

New Balances.

Speaker B

And then I have a suitcase full of classic Nike sneakers that I could sell as well, because that be.

Speaker B

If you could no longer get Nike sneakers outside of the US you could make.

Speaker B

I'd make a killing on those.

Speaker A

You would.

Speaker A

That would be.

Speaker A

That would be a great strategy.

Speaker A

Ben.

Speaker A

Ben's.

Speaker A

Ben's bargain boot.

Speaker A

That's what.

Speaker A

That's what's happening.

Speaker C

Bargain boot.

Speaker C

I like that.

Speaker C

Triple B.

Speaker C

Yeah, that's great.

Speaker C

And who knew we had a hiker on the podcast dad, for those longtime listeners, you know how big of a fan I am of hiker hiking.

Speaker C

All right, then, last one.

Speaker C

Who won the Met Gala?

Speaker B

Oh, my God.

Speaker B

So this was a hot topic in the Shop Talk office yesterday, a conversation I very quickly realized I could add no value to whatsoever.

Speaker B

But I did listen.

Speaker B

So my colleagues Rebecca and Josephine today are running content for our new luxury show, and they were raving about Lana Del Rey's look, which.

Speaker B

Which was from Valentino.

Speaker B

Now, I think there might be some balance, some bias going on because Andrea Cappy from Valentina is one of our really engaged ad board members.

Speaker B

So that might have swung it, but, you know, I'm going to go with them as I know nothing in this space.

Speaker B

So Lana Del Rey is what they've told me to say.

Speaker C

Wow.

Speaker C

Mine was Diana Ross, because when was the last time Diana Ross was in the news?

Speaker C

But, Ed, what's yours?

Speaker C

You're the fashionista.

Speaker C

Of the three of us, I mean.

Speaker A

There was a lot to love.

Speaker A

I think Dochi's look was amazing, the Louis Vuitton shorts set.

Speaker A

But I think the person that for me won, like theme wise, it was Janelle Monae that, like, the reveal of her outfit was so good.

Speaker A

And man, I love the Met Gala.

Speaker A

So good.