Curly Wurly's, Lion Bars, and Bourbon Cremes! (Where I order British Brands)
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
August 16, 2018 4:19pm CST
This is going to be a really quick discussion.
On occasion, I start to crave foods that I can't get at a regular store around here. Our local stores carry some British brands, but either they are too expensive, or they don't have what I want.
I resolved to go online and find a few places I could order from. The picture above came from British Food Depot. Instead of linking you to all of these, I'm just going to say the name of the store and you can google them yourself.
So British Food Depot is where I got these, and they do have a rewards program. I can't really tell you how good the program is, because I haven't used it enough to know. I did get $1.16 off of this order from points I had accrued from previous orders.
British Food Depot is in Pennsylvania.
British Food Shop (.co.uk) is another one I order from, and they are in the UK. I forget where exactly, but they also have a rewards program. The food takes longer to get to me since they are "across the pond". I think I ordered a bunch of cereals and biscuits and ended up waiting a month.
Which was fine, because the food was delicious.
Then there is English Tea Store. I don't know where they are based, but I don't use them as often. I get candy from them.
Okay, so this was a quick discussion (Even if it didn't seem that way) to answer a few people's curiosity as to where I get my food.
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9 responses
@allknowing (130066)
• India
16 Aug 18
We do get some of the well known brands but they only have those names. Unless one imports them from whichever country they are originally from these brands that are available here are nothing to write home about.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
16 Aug 18
British Food Depot has Flake I believe. Not quite sure.
I know the store I used to work at had flake as well but it was expensive! Like $5.00 for it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
16 Aug 18
@Courage7 Well, import costs and all fall back to us.
That's one reason why I use the web, prices are more decent.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
21 Aug 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum that is possible We have shops here selling American candies like Hershey Bars but they are expensive imports
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
21 Aug 18
@arthurchappell The imports of British goods are expensive here. Aunty's Puddings are around $5-$6.00.
We don't have a lot of things imported either.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
21 Aug 18
I am not sure how the website I use gets their items. I just assumed they struck a deal with some of the brands.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
17 Aug 18
I am not ordering from the UK.
Well, not always.
Like this time, it was from the store in Pennsylvania.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
17 Aug 18
@LadyDuck Which is why I said "Well, not always"
I do order from the UK sometimes, but it does get expensive. However, that site has struck up some deal with one of the local chain stores and they offer that store brand's food for less. Not only that, but they've somehow made shipping a little more affordable to the US.
I haven't bought from them in ages, but they do carry more than the store in Pennsylvania does.
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@LadyDuck (457967)
• Switzerland
17 Aug 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum I noticed you mentioned a .co.uk and that is a British address, this is why I asked.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
17 Aug 18
Nah, this won't last too long.
I gave one curly wurly to a family member, split a lion bar with another family member.
I've already ate one bourbon cream.
I'm sure these will be gone by the middle of next week.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
18 Aug 18
@RubyHawk This is very true. I devoured another Lion Bar today. I'd say "eat" but that would infer that I ate it in more than four bites.
Whoops.
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@RubyHawk (99425)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 Aug 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum Goodies go fast when you have family nearby.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Aug 18
I may be placing an order tonight. Depending on.how expensive shipping is. I need some Jammie Dodgers.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
16 Aug 18
British Food Depot has coupon codes year round. They are displayed on the top of the page when you go to the site.
Every little bit helps. They went up on the price of the Jammy Dodgers. I think they are near $4.00 now and were about $2.50.
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@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
16 Aug 18
@ScribbledAdNauseum That's more than if I go to the store and get them. But I might just order it because in the long run it will be cheaper to order them.
I like the Cadbury flake too..
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
16 Aug 18
@thislittlepennyearns Just as an FYI? The Lion bar's are delicious. They taste like a rice crispy mixed with white chocolate and peanut butter.
I think the store I used to work at had the jammie dodgers at one point, but I was still able to get them cheaper online.
Oh, and if you type in "Jammy Cremes" in the search engine on the British Food Depot? They have an off brand of jammy dodgers, or they did when I bought this stuff last week.
@Aquitaine24 (11653)
• San Jose, California
16 Aug 18
Hello,do you have any Indian grocery stores in your area?They are generally big fans of British sweets and have Cadbury,HobNobs and other British sweets.They also have kinder.The one I usually go to is Trinethra.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
16 Aug 18
I don't think so. We have latino stores and Asian stores.
There's even a British food store, or so I've heard, but it's about an hour away.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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21 Aug 18
I've never had a white chocolate Lion Bar! Actually, I haven't had a Lion Bar for yonks. I should rectify that.
If you're willing to give me your address I'm more then willing to send you goodies which may not be available on these sites you frequent. Call it a present ... Christmas is coming up ... ;)
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
21 Aug 18
I am going to send you a private message.
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