British Import Shop

Located in the no mans land area of West Edmonton Mall this place sells British foods, candy, newspapers and one other very important thing. I’m a new fan of Football (Soccer) and I was literally looking all over the city for a Chelsea cap or toque. My friend then suggested I try this place as a finally resort. Well wouldn’t you know it. They had both items for $ 29 each. I bought them both without even thinking. Made my friggn’ day!!! So if you’re looking for English Premier League football merch just come here. Ignore Sportcheck and all the other cap stores in this mall as they don’t carry EPL merch at all, which is sad. Anyway, the lady working here is so nice too so shop here if you want to chat with someone nice at the till for once.

We have been coming here for years now to pick up flavours from back home for my husband. We have always had great service, unfortunately in the last few months the selection has gone down significantly. A couple of times they have been out of both crisps and pop completely, which are 2 of the items he is most craving when we go.
The chocolate selection hasn’t seemed to be affected as of yet and maybe the low supply of the other items has been because of higher than normal demand? Regardless we will continue to pop in and pick up treats and eats from the UK at this location whenever we are in WEM.

I come for the bacon, pickled onions, and sweets, but I sometimes leave with other bits and pieces such as football team posters and mugs. Great selection of British products, and friendly service for the almost 8 years that I have been coming here. I’ve no idea what the miserable person was talking about in the 2009 review.

Because my family is Scottish I love this store. I can find all the candy that I used to live on our visits back to Scotland. It is a bit pricey but that is to be expected. You can also find an array of British food and other gift items. The service has always been great.

I lovvveeee this store. Being originally from Nigeria, and raised in Zambia and Zimbabwe, I’ve had a lot of British influence while growing up since all those countries were colonized by Britain. All the candy I used to eat growing up was from Britain, and you can’t really find them in North America. The British Import has pretty much every type of candy I remember from my childhood, and that is AWESOME.
I would give the store 5 stars, but all their football (soccer) gifts and merchandise have Liverpool branded all over them. Being a Manchester United fan, this is quite disturbing.

The British Import shop is a cool shop to browse and even buy a few items from. They carry a variety of things like soccer items, gifts, British magazines, mugs, pictures, flags, signs and many other novelty items.
I have to agree with the other review. The candy is the best thing about this store. The Brits seem to love their toffee. They have plenty of candies here that you will not find in Canada and they also offer many different flavors for candies that we already have.
If you are looking for a small gift for someone who loves Britain or likes to have items from different parts of the world, this would be ideal. If you just love candy and want something new, this would be perfect.

I had the misfortune to go into this shop the other day, only to be subjected to an aggressive tirade from the manager (I assume — an angry woman with red hair and glasses) who proceeded to tear strips off me because I asked why the cost of one of the items was so high; I do understand that importing goods is not an easy or inexpensive process, so I do have a basic understanding of this.
Anyway, this nasty, patronising explanation — quite frankly left me a bit speechless; if it hadn’t been for the fact that I would have been disappointing someone at Xmas, I certainly would not have purchased anything, needless to say I will NEVER go back there again!
I was disappointed that a fellow Scot could speak to me in such a manner, that’s what bothered me the most!
The Scots are usually a friendly bunch… of course there are always some exceptions to the rule!

There’s really only one reason I come to the British Import Shop, and that is for the delicious imported chocolate. The British are big on orange-​flavoured chocolate. I love the stuff and love them for loving it too.
This place does have other items, other than food, but man, do they ever have a lot of candy! It’s really hard for me to resist buying at least one chocolate bar, because I have a weakness for chocolate; not to mention, I have a weakness for anything that is different from our norm.
They have a lot of chocolate bars and candy that look similar to ours, or is even the same, except that it will be a flavour that is not available in Canada, like orange or cappuccino flavoured Kit-​Kat. My favourite chocolate bar that I’ve tried to date is called Lion. It’s a caramel-​filled bar covered in crispy rice and coated in chocolate – YUM.
The food items are cool to look at too, like the instant mashed peas or the British tea. I love the British version of Heinz Beans, because the label on the can is a cool-​looking turquoise and black.
There’s other things too like gift items, soccer merchandise, and British newspapers. But really, it’s the chocolate that keeps me coming back.