Quality is the name of the game here, and great effort goes into producing consistent products. Good salad leaves, pre-packed vegetables, fresh fruit and trimmed meat. They are now very much geared to offering pre-packaged traiteur dishes, which simply need re-heating or a few minutes of basic cooking. Their varieties span the world, those from the Far-East, while good, are designed to be inoffensive so tend to hold the middle-ground in the flavour stakes.
However, the British and European-style dishes are of a standard not easily achieved in the average British household; and this makes many of them ideal for entertaining (or, if you can afford to, for everyday eating). Their excellent party nibbles, mean that you can have a party or barbecue at a moments notice and the range has to be commended.
They still produce the best chicken Kievs available; but, be careful not to buy the cheaper reformed meat version.
Perhaps their next efforts should be put into incorporating more free-range/organic/local products into their existing range.
Key Features
- Open: Mon-Fri 9.00-20.00; Sat 8.00-19.00; Sun 11.00-17.00
- Closed: some Bank Holidays
Products
Show All ProductsShow Less ProductsAnchovies brown fillets - preserved in oil Apples Asparagus fresh in season Avocado Oil Bacon Beef - grass fed Biscuits - for cheese Biscuits - sweet Blini - ready made Blueberries - in season Brandy Butter (often only near Christmas) Bread - French Bread Bread - Italian Breakfast cereal Christmas Cake Cakes - home-made style Cakes - special occasion Charcuterie Cheese Straws Cheese - British Isles Cheese - French Cheese - general Cheese - Italian Cheese - soft Cheesecake Chicken Kiev - top class Chicken - reputable Free Range Chili Powder Chilis / Chillis - fresh (seasonal) Chinese & Far-Eastern basics Chocolate - Drinking Chutney pickles & relishes Coffee Condiment Sauces & Jellies Cornish pasties Crème fraiche Crisps; top quality Croissant fresh Cucumbers; pickled Curry Paste: Danish Pastries fresh Delicatessen; general Dips Eggs - Hens free range Eggs - Hens organic Food as Gifts Fruit Coulis Fruit juices Fruit - dried Fruit - fresh Fruit - tinned Gingerbread Greengages - in season Groceries Ham - Parma Hazelnut Oil Herbs - fresh these will be seasonal Herrings - marinated Honey Houmus Ice cream - top quality Jam & preserves Kippers Kippers - undyed Lemon grass - fresh Marmalade Mince pies high quality Muesli Muffins American - style Mustard Oatcakes Oils Olive Oil Olive Oil - flavoured Olives Party Nibbles Pasta - dried Pasta - fresh Peanut Oil (groundnut) Pork pies Potatoes - top class/unusual Prawns - King Christmas Pudding Pulses Pumpkin Seed Oil Quiche Risotto; flavoured mixes Salad Dressing - top quality Salad leaves - of high quality Salami Sauces - prepared Chinese Sauces - prepared curry Sauces - prepared pasta Sausages - Pork Sesame Oil Shortbread Smoked Haddock - golden Smoked Mackerel Smoked salmon Stilton Stock - top-quality made Tapenade Taramasalata Tea - organic Tea - specialist Tisanes / Herbal Infusions Tomatoes - in season Tortillas Traiteur/ Take Away/Ready Meals Traiteur/ Take Away/ Ready Meals - vegetarian Trout - Rainbow Vegetables - Baby Vegetables - good selection of fresh Vinegar - wine Vinegar - balsamic Walnut Oil Watercress Yeast - dried Yoghurt - cows' milk Yoghurt - dairy free Yoghurt - goats' milk Yoghurt - organic