UK suppliers of American foods & ingredients

The following is an alphabetical list of suppliers in the UK who carry American foods. This list will be updated with additional addresses of UK suppliers, whenever I learn of them.  If you have details of a supplier not included on this list, or changes to one already listed, then please let me know.  Click here for contact details.

Alma Delicatessen, 50-52 Corporation Street, Coventry CV1 1GF      
Tel: 024 76228898

Alma's carry a variety of American (and other) foods. Click here for further details.  
They also carry the widest range of coffees I've seen in an independent British deli, and you can enjoy them whilst sat at their counter having a chinwag with strangers.  If you're going to Coventry, do see the Cathedral and the Transport Museum, but definitely stop in at Alma's -- they're just a short walk away.

AmericanGoodies.co.uk  
web: www.americangoodies.co.uk

Avalon Farm, Tilford Road, Churt, nr. Farnham, Surrey GU10 2LL      
Tel.  01428-604842.

Avalon Farm grow blueberries (Dutch and American varieties) which you can pick when they are in season (ring first to be sure the fruit you want is ready for picking). They also grow pumpkins and a variety of squashes, including acorn squash.

At Avalon Farm, they are open everyday from 9am-5.30pm.

BEEF JERKY -- you've got your choice of four:
   British Beef Jerky  
www.britishbeefjerky.co.uk
           and
   LoveBiltong.co.uk  www.lovebiltong.co.uk
           and
   ScottishJerky.com  www.scottishjerky.com
           and
  Susman's Best Beef Biltong Co.  www.biltong.co.uk
 

Buffalo Chicken Wings Sauce -- This is a food item rather than a supplier, but I've received queries on where to find Frank & Teressa's Original Anchor Bar Buffalo Wing sauce in England, so for those of you seeking it, log on to www.buffalowings.com, click the 'Contact' link, and email them to ask where, near you in England, their product is sold.  Alternatively, check places like Partridges (details also on this page); Pepperama (01332-729-427); Rosslyn Deli in Hempstead, London; The Food Company in Colchester; and Tecmaco Int'l. (01453-731-737).

 

CANDY [sweets] -- here are two sources:
  
Cybercandy  www.cybercandy.co.uk   and   www.skyco.uk.com        

The above two web addresses are good web sites for locating American candies and other American foods in England.  Cybercandy also have a London shop in Covent Garden (3 Garrick Street) and a Brighton shop (98 Gloucester Road).   

 

Cool Chile Co, PO Box 5702, London W11 2GS
Tel: 0870-902-1145     fax: 0870-162-3923     
web:  www.coolchile.co.uk     e-mail: orders@coolchile.co.uk

The Cool Chile Co. specialise in dried chiles, and related items (e.g., dried corn husks for tamales). Click here for further details.

Essington Fruit Farm, Bognop Rd., Essington, Wolverhampton WV11 2BA      
Tel: 01902-735724

Essington Fruit Farm grow blueberries (and other berries) which you can pick when they are in season (ring first to be sure the fruit you want is ready for picking). They also grow pumpkins, little gem squash, onion squash, and a variety of gourds.

At Essington Fruit Farm, the hours are: 
in summer
-- fruit picking:  till 7pm most days; Farm Shop: 9am-5pm everyday; 
Tea Room, deli & butcher
: 9am-5pm Tuesdays to Saturdays 
in winter
-- Farm Shop: 9am-5pm, everyday except Mondays; 
Tea Room, deli & butcher
: 11am-3pm, Saturdays and Sundays only.

Fortnum & Mason, 181 Piccadilly, London W1A 1ER  (The two nearest underground stations are Piccadilly Circus and Green Park.)      
Tel: 0207-734-8040      fax:  0207-437-3278
web:  www.fortnumandmason.com

Fortnum & Mason specialise in a wide variety of international foods, including many American ones. Click here for further details.

Friday St. Farm Shop, Friday St, Farnham, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 1JX      
Tel: 01728-602783

The Friday Street Farm Shop grow a variety of winter and summer squash, including: acorn squash, turban squash, pumpkins (including the Australian green pumpkin), spaghetti squash, patty pans, and yellow crookneck squash. They also grow the orange-fleshed type of sweet potatoes. Ring ahead to make sure what you want is in season.

At Friday Street Farm Shop, the hours are: in summer -- 9am-6pm Mondays through Saturdays, and 9am-5pm Sundays; in winter -- 9am-5.30pm, Mondays through Thursdays, also Saturdays; 9am-6pm, Fridays; and 9am-5pm, Sundays.

Harrods Ltd, Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7XL      
Tel: 0207-730-1234      fax: 0207-581-0470
web:  www.harrods.com

Harrods specialise in a wide variety of international foods, including American ones.  They also have an American restaurant in their building, called Mo's Diner. Click here for details about American foods they carry, or go directly to their web (listed above).

LoveBiltong.co.uk
Tel: 01282-449046
web:  www.lovebiltong.co.uk      email:  enquiries@lovebiltong.co.uk

LoveBiltong are a South African shop selling biltong, droewors, & jerky of all flavours, made from prime beef sourced from a local butcher, and may be ordered throughout the UK.

Lupe Pinto's, 24 Leven Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LJ Scotland
Tel/fax: 0131-228-6241      
web:  www.lupepintos.com

Lupe Pinto's specialise in a wide variety of Mexican, American, Spanish, Italian, Caribbean, and Oriental foods; they sell retail, wholesale, and mail-order (ring the above number for a catalogue). Click here for further details, or click here to go to the Lupe Pintos website.

The American food supplier, Made in America, is no longer trading. 

Panzer's Delicatessen, 13-19 Circus Road, St John's Wood, London NW8 6PB
Deli:  Tel:  0207-722-8596 / 8162 / 1496     fax for Deli: 0207-586-0209
Greengrocer:  Tel:  0208-586-2067     fax for Greengrocer:  0208-586-0209
Hampers:  Tel:  0207-722-1496     fax for Hampers:  0207-431-3814
web:  www.panzers.co.uk     e-mail:  email@panzers.co.uk

Panzer's carry a wide variety of American (and other) foods. Click here for further details.

Partridges of Sloane Street, 132/134 Sloane Street, London SW1
Tel: 0207-730-0651 & 0207-730-7102/3      fax: 0207-730-7104
web:  www.partridges.co.uk      e-mail:  partridges@partridges.co.uk

Partridges specialise in a wide variety of international foods, including American ones. Click here for further details.

Peppers by Post, Sea Spring Farm, West Bexington, Dorchester DT2 9DD
Tel 01308-897892      fax:01308-897735     web:  www.peppersbypost.biz

Peppers by Post specialise in fresh chillies and tomatillos, grown on their market garden in West Dorset. They are normally harvested from late July to November, British weather permitting. Click here for further details.  To request a catalogue, e-mail them at:  joy@seaspringphotos.com

PS Foods Limited, PO Box 575, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, WD6 2XN
web: www.psfoods.co.uk     e-mail:  psfoods@aol.com

PS Foods are importers of many American brands, which they supply to a
number of the retailers listed on this page.  

ScottishJerky.com  
web: www.scottishjerky.com

SODAS [fizzy soft drinks] -- here are two sources:
www.americansoda.co.uk for ordering American sodas

Or, for an extract for making sarsaparilla beer, contact:
R. Walsh & Co. Ltd, 121 Rear Hamilton St., Blackburn, Lancashire who manufacture an extract, and may be able to tell you which shops carry it (I first saw it on Blackburn Market).

Susman's Best Beef Biltong Co, Unit A, Rich Industrial Estate, Avis Way, Newhaven, E. Sussex  BN9 0DS      
Tel: 01273-516160      fax: 01273-516165   
web:  www.biltong.co.uk     e-mail:  sales@biltong.co.uk

Susman's are a shop and mail order company specialising in beef jerky, biltong, and other South African foods. I have included them here because beef jerky is so difficult to find in the UK.  

The Susman's shop hours are 9am-5pm, Mondays through Saturdays.  They are closed Sundays.

James Trehane & Sons, Stapehill Rd, Hampreston, Wimborne, Dorset BH21 7ND
Tel: 01202-873490

James Trehane & Sons grow blueberries which you can pick when they are in season (ring first to be sure they're ready for picking).

Wild West Foods UK Ltd.
www.wildwestjerky.co.uk

Wild West Foods sell teriyaki, peppered, and original-flavoured beef jerky online in the UK.