calling all Brits

[noggie]

A friend is thinking of setting up a British shop.

what do you miss the most from home?

 

[Gjest]

British prices!!

 

marmalade, marmite, branston pickle, heinz tomato soup, baxters soups, spices/spice mixes, ribena, proper tea (e.g. twinings, pg tips etc), better selection of herbal teas (e.g. London fruit and spice co, Hampstead tea), non-biological washing powder, kelloggs fruit n' nut, weetabix, butternut squash, mothercare (especially babygros), early learning centre, the gap (ok these last ones are whole shops, but really there is nothing like it here for children's things in quality, selection or price), lemonade, ground coffee that tastes good i.e. more italian/french style roasts), whole bean coffee, childrens books in english, cheddar & english cheeses, good quality meat (especially lamb), real bacon, children's dvds in english, flavoured crisps, biscuits, children's snacks e.g. organix, children's cereals and fruit yogurts without added sugar!

 

That just off the top of my head...

[Anonym bruker]

Dettol

[ij30]

Im not british, but my man is, and he is complaining about horrible tea in norway..He miss Pg tips!

[noggie]

Thanks for input. Planning to open before Christmas ( if all turns out well). Keep coming up with more stuff......

 

[*Little Miss Sunshine*]

I'll answer eventhough I'm not British I lived in Scotland for 7 years and I miss:

Blackcurrant'n'liqurice, appeltiser, kids snacks like organix (as said above), more cheddar cheeses (I can only find one, that I think is good), yeo vally yoghurts, different flavour Lindt chocolates (I know it's Swiss;), strongbow cider and a better selection of beer and ale, treacle toffee, good quality british sausages, better selection of fresh vegetables and meat like for an example butternut squash and duck meat, fresh made steak pies and sausagerolls from gregg's (might be a bit hard;), pecan nuts, smoked paprika,....

 

And lots of things that are not food and not easy to sell in a small shop here

Childrens clothes from John Lewis, TK Maxx (I used to walk by one everytime I went to the shops, and it was always fun to have a look:), big bookshops like Waterstones and Borders, people who know how to queue and be polite and lots more that is really no help to you!

 

Where are you planning on opening the shop? Oslo?

 

 

 

 

 

[*Little Miss Sunshine*]

and cinnamon and raisin bagels, cinnamon and raisin toast and english muffins

[Anon99]

Yes, British prices, I agree!

There are other things people have already mentioned so I won't repeat but to add on to the list.....marmite, Heinz baked beans and spaghetti hoops, fresh homous in different varieties like from Tesco, ready made salads and stir fries, rusks, antibacterial surface wipes and spray, different varieties of cheese, crumpets, vegetarian food in general e.g. mushroom burgers, quorn products etc, gripe water Milton steriliser, 'Simple' range products, cheese and onion pasties, iron bru, cream crackers, teething gel, British magazines, Strepsils, Horlicks, Scampi Fries...

If I think of other things, I'll post again.

Good luck with your business, you'll have to let us all know where you are located when you're up and running

[Fikkennydeliggutt08]

I can't wait for this shop to open.

I really miss tea, but I have found a couple of shops that sell PG tips in huge bags!

I even found pickle and marmite at ICA Maxi, Bjølsen.

I really miss Cadbury's chocolate too, I haven't found it anywhere so that would be a good thing!

 

[Fikkennydeliggutt08]

I forgot to add...Farley's Rusks! My son loved these when I was visiting family in England a few months back, but I only bought a few packets with me so I ran out pretty quick.

 

Hearing all this is making me homesick!

[noggie]

Thanks for feedback.

Just spoken to mattilsynet( foodpeople) and everything looks fine at the moment.

Defenetly have Cadburys chocolate, and Galaxy (just ganed a stone typing that ; ) ), large HP bottles (as can't get that over here), bangers, British cut bacon, just to mention some of the things we'll planning on bringning in.

Crhistmas stuff as well as are planning to open around that time.

Will keep you posted.

 

 

[Anonym bruker]

I'm not british, but my fiance is Scottish, and here are some og the things we miss:

 

Beef/Chicken pie (or pie in general), Tetley Tea, Reggea Reggea Sauce, Frazzles, Irn Bru (I know you can find it somewhere, but not here), proper cheddar cheese, McCoys,

 

Thank God for eBay...

 

I wish there was a mothercare in Norway, but after being in contact with them about opening a shop, we learned that they are already in conversations with big investors about opening in Norway;o)

But this is just a maybe!

 

 

[noggie]

Hi guys,

An update on how things are going setting up the shop....

So much paperwork to go through! Sorting out all that now, but everything looks set for beginning of December.

To start with, we're gonna run it from a website, to see whether it is viable. If it is we will open a "proper" shop as well.

We're located in Nannestad, but got friends with transport business that will deliver in the Oslo/Akershus area. And there's always the post for those of you who live further away.

Building the website now, so will put it up when ready.

 

 

[littlepeanut]

Hello.

 

My fiancee is brittish and he misses proper english tea, custard, bisto gravy, gammon steaks, sossages (the one with flavor in brackets)pot nudels. This is just from the top of his head.

[Pære]

Hi! Birds custard powder, things for making Christmas puds and cakes; candied peal, glace cherries, mixed ground spice, suet, cream of tartar for the soda bread

 

mothercare, M & S, Next!!!

 

Good luck with the shop!

[NormaJean]

ARNOTT'S SHAPES..... yum:)

[Anonym bruker]

Proper bacon, and decent cheese - cheddar, lancashire..mouth watering now Milkybars, strepsils and beechams hot lemnon - the only thing that works when you've got a cold!

Mothercare definitely would be great!

[zia]

I cannot find mulberry juice!!!

[NormaJean]

mulberry juice, i think its also called Noni Juice?

http://www.noni-norge.no/

[Anonym bruker]

Any news about the website?

[noggie]

Hi,

Thank you for all your inputs.

Hubby is building the website now( no good with computers my self).

We can't get any medical stuff ( yet?) as need special lisence for that, but if this works out like we hope it will then that's something to think about in the future.

 

[Anonym bruker]

pg tips is available in norway !!! ive bought it hundreds of times, u get them in the foreigh shops, chinese/vietnamese, maybe in healthshops too?

[Anonym bruker]

have you been to other shops than kiwi and rimi? many foods you mention are to be found in invandrerbutikker.... try also ultra, meny and other "quality" shops....

[Anonym bruker]

I miss:

The selection of biscuits

Walkers crisps

fresh houmous

real Cheddar cheese

the great variety of organic products

the great selection of healthy ready made meals

 

+ polite staff ;-)

 

[Gjest]

Daddy loves the Colman's Tartare sauce and Mustard plus the blue and the green gums from Wrigley's. The kids love the yoghurt without any bits, like Tweenies. And I love the PG decaf tea (buying the reg from the immigrant shops in Norway) plus hot cross buns. Oh, we miss the UK so much.

 

The best of luck with your startup!