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, email me at the email address given below or write me at this address: Glencoe House Publications, 189 Anglesey Road, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire DE14 3NS, England.
E-mail: I'm giving it in two parts which you can piece together (this is to
defeat the 'spiders' that gather email addresses from the Internet and then
bombard them with spam).
The first part: delorajones The second part:
@glencoehouse98.freeserve.co.uk
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.
Americalicious -- Northgate Arcade, High Street, High Town, Bridgnorth, Shropshire WV16 4ER Tel. 01746 767 763 web: www.americalicious.co.uk
Americalicious in the High Town specialise in American candy, chocolate, sodas and groceries. Bridgnorth is comprised of a High Town and Low Town, with England's only remaining inland electric funicular railway (Cliff Railway) connecting the two, and a castle keep in the High Town which leans ominously over the footpath, the work of Cromwell's men some centuries back. It is also the terminus for the preserved Severn Valley Railway which runs 16 miles between Kiddeminster and Bridgnorth. Well worth a visit.
Avalon Farm – Tilford Road, Churt, nr. Farnham, Surrey GU10 2LL Tel. 01428-605161 for recorded information (e.g., what's in season), or 01428-604842 to speak with someone.
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-5pm.
BEEF JERKY -- you've
got your choice of three:
British Beef Jerky www.britishbeefjerky.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, here's what to do:
Log on to www.buffalowings.com, click
'ENTER HERE', scroll to the bottom of the page and, in the 'Search' category,
click on 'Retail Locations'. Scroll through the list to the 'England'
heading, where you will see the current British suppliers of this sauce which,
at this writing, include 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).
Cool Chile Co.
– PO Box 5702, London W11 2GS
Tel: 0870-902-1145 fax:
0870-162-3923
e-mail:
orders@coolchile.co.uk
web: www.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 -- Farm Shop: 9am-5pm everyday; Café: 11am-3pm everyday except Mondays; in winter -- Farm Shop: 9am-5pm, everyday except Mondays; Café: 11am-3pm, Saturdays and Sundays only.
Expat Essentials
Int'l. Ltd. -- This company had been listed on our web but we have been
notified they are no longer doing business.
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 Street Farm Shop – Friday Street, 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).
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
www.scottishjerky.com
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 Road, 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).
R. Walsh & Co. Ltd. -- 121 Rear Hamilton St., Blackburn, Lancashire
Walsh's manufacture an extract for making sarsaparilla beer; they are not a shop.
web addresses for
ordering American food products on-line:
www.americansoda.co.uk
Log on to find your favourite American sodas. [information received by
e-mail spring 2005]
www.cybercandy.co.uk and www.skyco.uk.com
The above two web addresses are good
web sites for locating American sweets 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).
Wild West Foods UK
Ltd.
www.wildwestjerky.co.uk
Wild West Foods sell teriyaki, peppered, and original-flavoured beef jerky online in the UK.
Yankee Doodle
www.yankeedoodleiow.com
Yankee Doodle are a mail-order business based in the Isle of Wight, where they also have a shop on the High Street you may visit. They sell a wide range of American imports, including candy, cakes, toys, clothing, candles, handmade quilts, etc., and you may order on-line or ring in your order.
