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Old Dec 4th 2008, 4:07 pm
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Hi Guys,

Feeling a little homesick this week :-( can anybody tell if there are any british food shops in Downtown Toronto or nearby please? Fancy some food from home! :-)

Cheers,

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Hi Guys,

Feeling a little homesick this week :-( can anybody tell if there are any british food shops in Downtown Toronto or nearby please? Fancy some food from home! :-)

Cheers,

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There is one at Mississauga 'a bit of home' it has a website.
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Hi Guys,

Feeling a little homesick this week :-( can anybody tell if there are any british food shops in Downtown Toronto or nearby please? Fancy some food from home! :-)

Cheers,

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Not quiet downtown but in the beach.

http://www.thenuttychocolatier.com/locations.php
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Not quiet downtown but in the beach.

http://www.thenuttychocolatier.com/locations.php
Great thats close enough! :-) Do they just sell chocolate? was looking for some nice biscuits, baked beans and more savory stuff! :-)
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Great thats close enough! :-) Do they just sell chocolate? was looking for some nice biscuits, baked beans and more savory stuff! :-)
You'll find lots of UK chocolate and Walkers crisps not sure about the savory stuff as I was making a bee line for the Galaxy bars (It is a bit expensive but I guess that's to be expected).
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Its not in your area but for foods that I or the kids really fancy (going through the missing home stage) I order from a uk site that ship to canada www.britishcornershop.com . They are brill, sell everything you can think of and you'll usually get the parcel in about a week to 10 days.
happy shopping
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Its not in your area but for foods that I or the kids really fancy (going through the missing home stage) I order from a uk site that ship to canada www.britishcornershop.com . They are brill, sell everything you can think of and you'll usually get the parcel in about a week to 10 days.
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Just correcting your link
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My local Bulk Barn has a selection of british stuff I'd long since forgoten about, Penguin and Club biscuits ($5 for a 6 pack), Sherbert Fountains ($1), those yummy Fries Chocolate Cream bars ($1.60), Yorkies, Cadbury Buttons plus stuff like Batchelors Mushy peas and instant Bisto Curry Sauce.

I got all nostalgic and bought a couple of sherbert fountains for the kids. I'm sure there will be hell to pay.
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My local Bulk Barn has a selection of british stuff I'd long since forgoten about, Penguin and Club biscuits ($5 for a 6 pack), Sherbert Fountains ($1), those yummy Fries Chocolate Cream bars ($1.60), Yorkies, Cadbury Buttons plus stuff like Batchelors Mushy peas and instant Bisto Curry Sauce.

I got all nostalgic and bought a couple of sherbert fountains for the kids. I'm sure there will be hell to pay.
You can get Penguins at Superstore too. My kids now expect them everytime we go shopping
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I hope this won't offend you cause it's Scottish:

http://clarksonscottish.foodpages.ca/

it's a backery. We buy Italian bread and never visited that one.
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We have a couple in Victoria if you want anything posted over

Expensive but they have ALL the stuff you just have to have. Branston Pickle, Bisto Gravy, Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup etc
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Originally Posted by pcuz
Hi Guys,

Feeling a little homesick this week :-( can anybody tell if there are any british food shops in Downtown Toronto or nearby please? Fancy some food from home! :-)

Cheers,

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Out of curiosity (because I am not a native of the UK) what would you consider to be "British" food?
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Out of curiosity (because I am not a native of the UK) what would you consider to be "British" food?
JAFFA CAKES!
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JAFFA CAKES!
Available at London Drugs if you're coming to western Canada.
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Great thats close enough! :-) Do they just sell chocolate? was looking for some nice biscuits, baked beans and more savory stuff! :-)

If you want baked beans in Canada that taste like Heinz UK version then try Clark's beans in tomato sauce which are sold at Sobeys for around 99c per can
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