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Well first, the size of supermarket locals / express negates the stock available, but yes, main outlets do stock a comprehensive range of yoghourts .Having not been to the UK for some years, on a Eurailpass last year with intensive travel I noted a poor selection of yoghurt at the small supermarkets (typically a Sainsbury's Local, but occasionally Marks'n'Sparks).
From memory the former had little or no variety.
I didn't have time to visit larger supermarkets such as a full size Tesco, as these tended to be away from stations. Is the selection of this dairy product better at the larger stores?
As an aside, what percentage of Englishmen and women do you estimate eat 'The Great British Breakfast' either daily, or at least once a week?
Is that extensive breakfast with its Yorkshire pudding, sausages, bacon and egg(s) still popular with Britons under say 35 years of age?
Which leads to..breakfast !
If you watch the television adverts, and believe them, then everybody eats super healthy breakfasts...the reality is probably very different plus healthy foods attract a mark up in price.
The fabled "Full English " (see also Welsh, Scottish including Lorne Sausage, the square one) and, if your cholesterol levels can stand it, the "Ulster Fry " are all pretty much the same. Can vary from region to region, hence the jaded palates of Sarf Lahdan, are missing an essential..black pudding !.....probably the best thing to come out of Bury, however, be warned.
In recent times, like Japanese Knotweed in contagion, the breakfast has been desecrated by the abomination called.....hash browns !!....these are cheap and nasty replacements for another essential...fried bread !...preferably cooked in lard.
Morrisons still serve fried bread with their breakfast, ask elsewhere and you will be regarded as the devil incarnate.
However, I can personally recommend "Greasy Lil's " as it was affectionately known, or "The Hollies " truck stop on the A5 outside Cannock. Yes, it's a truck stop, but, it's far from the stereotype....even featured in the Sunday Times for the quality of the breakfast. Tends to attract an eclectic range of clientele in the early hrs Sat / Sun.