Scrapcat

I can find loads of US and UK suppliers but to avoid customs I'd like to buy from within Canada. Any suggestions or recommendations?

Thanks!

Aviator

Buy Canadian

TrishP

Hi Scrapcat

Simple google search came up with this little lot:

http://www.simplybritishfoods.com/index1.html
http://scottishandirishstore.com/
http://www.abitofhome.ca/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?
http://www.atasteofbritain.ca/
http://paulsimportedbritishfood.com/

Scrapcat

Thanks for that Aviator but noone here in little old PEI sells PG Tips instant tea and after 5 years it's the only item I still HAVE to have......

Scrapcat

Thanks Trish - clearly my google search wasn't the right one!

CanadaJimmy

Whereabouts do you live in Canada? If BC, Western Family English Breakfast tea is *very* close to PG Tips in my opinion. It all depends on how good the water is in your area though.

Silverdragon102

Post #4 indicates they are in PEI

Scrapcat, Do you visit Halifax at all? Pete Frootique may have what you are looking for, I will be going down Oct time to stock up on a few things like Robinson squash

jericho

Safeway and Sobeys started selling PG Tips here last year. I got all excited, spent a bloody fortune on the stuff, and found it to be not what I was expecting.

We switched back to Tetley pretty quick, and it tastes just the same as the stuff in the UK.

pdarwin

Near Ottawa we have the Scottish and Irish Store, but some UK foods there are outrageously expensive and often out of date too.
As time goes on, you miss UK foodstuffs less and less and each time you go back to the UK you bring less and less items back that you supposedly missed.
You learn to adapt.

Lethe

There's a great place in Niagara on the lake which I love and it ships all over Canada.
http://www.scottishloft.com/

Oakvillian

I know there's no accounting for other people's taste, but.... Instant tea? Bllleeeuuuggghhhh!!

However, if you must, try the Brit stores mentioned above - some will do a special import if they don't normally carry the product. Alternatively, you could try asking Unilever if there's anywhere in Canada that stocks it - their main tea brands in Canada are Red Rose and Lipton, but you never know...

Unilever Canada
PO Box 38
Saint John NB
E2L 3X1

Consumer contact centre:
1-800-565-7273
Fax: 506 631 6424

Or, apparently, you can email [email protected]

B91212

Same here

AdrianR

I'll chime in here to agree: The PG Tips in Canada is most definitely NOT the same as the PG in the UK.

The closest I found, tastewise, was Presidents Choice (Loblaws own brand) 'English Breakfast Blend'.

Lorry1

Realyy?
after 3 years I still miss loads

Steve_

I'm just about to put that to the test with a pork pie I bought yesterday, haven't had one for years.

But anyway, the one main thing I miss are crisps because the American ones they sell here are awful. One tip I can share is that a box of crisps is below the weight limit and is classified as a small parcel, regardless of what someone at Royal Mail may tell you otherwise. So even though it's quite large it doesn't cost that much to mail it here.