Problem
If you are an overseas visitor or a British one and forgot to order food for a bank holiday in the UK, a weekend, an unespected visitor or working from home - or out at work want to order fro the family at home. What if you want to eat breakfast, buy a sandwich or do a shop?
Answers
UK
You can google the trade name of the supermarket, (such as Aldi, marks & Spencers, Morrisons, Tesco, Tesco 24 hours, Tesco Express, Waitrose). Check your nearest branch. Go to opening hours (if not already displayed with open or closed today and today's closing time and tomorrow's opening time.
I checked on a branch of Morrisons and found that on the day I looked it was open 8-6 but the cafe closes earlier and the garden centre might open later or close earlier. Once before I thought I'd do my shopping and then stop for a coffee and cake or sandwich or even a hot meal at the end, but the cafe was already closed.
Mysupermarket.co.uk enables you to choose from assorted branded and unbranded goods and compare the prices at various supermarkets.
You can order British food worldwide from British Corner Shop.
Canyougo promises to deliver grocery shopping wihtin 90 minutes, from £3.95 within the M25.
SINGAPORE
Then I started looking for Singapore and stores worldwide.
WORLDWIDE
Some of the American and UK based stores have branches in several other countries. But if you want German, Spain, or Japan, you will find lots of unfamiliar local names so it's worth just checking, especially if you want only one product. For example, such as deliveries of fresh flowers, which is common in Singapore, a city with lots of busineses and restarantas and htels and expats who enterain in flats without gardens.)
Many pizza delivery services also have cooked potatoes, vegetable dishes, vegetarian pizzas, juices and fizzy drinks, and garlic bread.
TripAdvisor has questions from readers in several countries on forums with replies.
Useful Websites (alphabetically by shop name and country name):
ABEL & CO (Organic fruit and veg)
www.abelandcole.co.uk
ALDI
www.aldi.co.uk
AMAZON
amazon.co.uk
AMAZONFRESH
amazon.co.uk/Fresh
USA (Some US states, log in from the USA to find out); UK London; Japan Tokyo;Germany Berlin, Hamburg, Munich.
ASDA
groceries.asda.com
BOOTS (Sells pharmaceuticals, food and drink. Ships Worldwide but not Singapore.)
https://www.boots.com/wellness/food-and-drink
BRITISH FOOD WORLDWIDE
https://www.britishcornershop.co.uk
CANADA
https://www.walmart.ca/en/grocery/
DISH THE FISH (Fresh fruit, vegetables and fish in Singapore delivered)
www.dishthefish.com.sg/collections
HELLOFRESH
www.hellofresh.co.uk
ICELAND (Frozen food specialist)
groceries.iceland.co.uk
JAPANESE STORES IN JAPAN Seiyu, Daiei, Ito Yokado
http://netsuper.kakaku.com/netsuper/
LIDL
www.lidl.co.uk
MARKS & SPENCERS
marksandspencer.com/c/delivery-and-collection
MILK & MORE
milkandmore.co.uk
MORRISONS
morrisons.com/storefinder
https://groceries.morrisons.com/webshop/get
MYSUPERMARKET UK
mysupermarket.co.uk
OCADO
www.ocado.com/Grocery/Fresh
ORIENTAL IN UK
www.orientmart.co.uk
POUNDLAND
onlinepoundstore.co.uk
POUNDSHOP
www.poundshop.com/£_items/essentials
https://www.poundshop.com/food-drink
I noticed coffee, tea, chocolates, mustard, peanut butter and lots more.
SAINSBURY'S
sainsburys.co.uk/shop/groceries/discover
sainsburys.co.uk/webapp
SPAIN
Carrefour
www.carrefour.es
El Corte Ingles (The name means English Corner but it's thoroughly Spanish)
elcorteingles.es
Hipercor
https://www.hipercor.es/supermarket/
Mercadona
www.mercadona.es
Tu Despensa (price comparison)
https://www.expatica.com/new/es/living/household/online-supermarkets-108765/
MoneySaverSpain.com
SINGAPORE
coldstorage.com.sg/Supermarket/Delivery
phttps://giantonline.com.sg
https://redmart.com/frozen/japanese
SUPERDRUG (Deliveries include NHS medicine and items which must be kept in the fridge.)
https://onlinepharmacy.superdrug.com/delivery-information
WAITROSE
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/serviceselection?storeId
WONKY VEG DELIVERY IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK
www.oddbox.co.uk
UK
See Aldi, Asda, Morrisons, Waitrose, deliveroo.co.uk (meals from restaurants); canugo.co.uk (supermarkets; whatever you request).
UK and Europe
https://americanfizz.co.uk (Food and drinks.)
WORLDWIDE
For sending gifts such as flowers, birthday presents of Champagne, and Xmas hampers, many companies operate a worldwide service seasonally (eg at Xmas and New Year when they stock special lines) or all year.
Many more speciality shops offer to post or deliver, one-off or on a regular basis:
birthday cakes,
birthday gift boxes,
chocolate, or
fruit and veg,
organic fruit and veg
meat, or
nappies (Americans say diapers),
party food,
Wedding cakes,
wines and wine glasses for parties.
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