British Corner Shop

@SimCityAT

Sad that any business turns its toes up and thoughts go out to the owners and staff . As an aside I don't know if many people use GGBG.bg but you can do a home shop for those hard to find goods in the UK or Germany and have it delivered to their offices and couriered by them to BG where it will be delivered by Ekont. I use them for Amazon deliveries from Germany at a considerable saving and goods leave Berlin on the Friday and are normally available for pick up here the following Friday.

That is very sad.

Good to know about GGBG. I need to try again to set up an account with them. I tried a while back but couldn't get registered. Not sure what I did wrong.

There are lots of others you just need to google them.

One I found........

WE DO NOT HOLD STOCK. We are personal shoppers and purchase your goods once you have ordered. Our team of dedicated personal shoppers are here to hand-pick your goods to ensure the longest possible shelf life and quality.

Maybe that's the way forward?

Here in Bulgaria we have Sokoni, a family run store which provides a wide range of British foods and an extremely efficient next day service.

Also British Lion Food Store!

I looked at their prices, then didn't bother bookmarking their page.

The other reason is easy. Much as I still like beans on toast, I refuse to be stuck in the past.

So true, when Bulgaria has such wonderful food to offer. I'd prefer to eat local food.

Still, for some people, the tastes of home = comfort and make coping with change easier. Hubby was delighted to find that a little supermarket in the small town nearest to our Bulgarian house sold Heinz beans at much the same price as Sainsburys!

And sometimes we want things that just can't be bought locally. I love seitan, a vegan protein made from wheat gluten. It's a very quick and easy-to-make meat substitute. The region our house is in is Bulgaria's biggest wheat producer. I know for a fact they process wheat into wheat starch and gluten there. But gluten's not for sale anywhere, even online, unless I want to buy a tonne of the stuff! So if I want to keep making my own, I need to buy gluten from Amazon de, ironically possible produced just miles from our house!

Sokoni sell Marmite. Enough said.

Nooooooooooo! Not Marmite! You can tell I'm an Aussie. Vegemite all the way! I even converted my Brit hubby to Vegemite.

But I am glad you reminded me about Sokoni because they sell fab Asian ingredients.

Ha ha! Back in Qatar i had a couple of Aussie friends. Tried to convert them to Marmite. A hopeless cause.

    Also British Lion Food Store!
   

    -@mithras53

I'd suggest that anyone dealing with them does a little Googling first, just to get a flavour of whom they're dealing with.  To say that they've had mixed reviews over the years is an understatement!

Hi jimj,

I've never dealt with them, only sokoni, who provide an excellent service. You may well be right about British Lion.

Hi guys,

I have dealt with British Lion since they started in Bulgaria in 2005, almost 20 years, and never had a problem.  Always go above and beyond.

@Davvyx

And many others have had quite the opposite experience, as you are no doubt aware.

It's all out there, either way, for anyone who cares to do a bit of research.

@Davvyx

No, over all these years, I am not aware of any such thing.  Who are these people? There are no negative reports on Google or any of the major search engines.  If you have come across any, please do send links.

@SimCityAT

That's nice to know. I think the only thing that's irreplaceable is my PG Tips. 😋

@Davvyx

I don't know what "all these years" means in this context but anyone who's lived here more than just a few is either familiar with the saga, which started the best part of 20 years ago, or has had their head buried in the sand.  Either way, I'm now retired, so I'm afraid that my time of getting paid by the rich or indolent for doing their homework for them is long past.

@JimJ

So, you have no links.  That speaks volumes.

Hello everyone,

Please note that I have put aside some posts from this topic. Posts that turned into an argument and potentially defamatory content.

Regards

Bhavna