u/mimyson

I love them but not that easy to get in the UK and can be expensive (1.8lb bag in UK around £18, equivalent bag is£5 ($7.50) in the US.

Going in November so will be stocking up but just interested to know if they are loved or loathed in the US - and also only purchased just before you go into a movie as American sitcoms would have us believe?

Edit: wow, did not expect this level of response. Would seem they are a staple of American life and has brought back fond memories for some. Thanks for all the responses, some made me laugh so hard.

Are these popular in the US? I love them but not that easy to get in the UK and can be expensive (1.8lb bag in UK around £18, equivalent bag is£5 ($7.50) in the US.

Going in November so will be stocking up but just interested to know if they are loved or loathed in the US (and also only purchased just before you go into a movie as American sitcoms would have us believe?)

Hi, I am 55 and have a £1.1m house with just under £200 mortgage. Pension pot is not great (around £350k) but am planning on downsizing around 60 so that pot would be around £750k + by then. I have a financial adviser (for about 5 years) but am not sure I still need him. Am just looking for nice stable investments for the next 5 years (something I feel I can manage) and will then look for further advice when I get to 60 on how to draw down pension, invest from house sale etc. my question is can I stop with the FA for now, save on the charges and then look again when relevant? I used to be an IFA (25+ years ago) so have a basic grasp but not sure if I am missing anything.

Edit- might have explained myself poorly. I have not been an IFA for over 30 years and used my friend (who is a FA) to assist with combining a number of separate pension pots into one (they were all over the place, several house moves, new jobs etc). He did this for me and then I just left him to carry on monitoring everything. I am not high net worth (the type of people he usually works with are multi millionaires) so not sure it am gaining from keeping him.