Saturday 29 January 2011
20% Discount Off Shipping Offer Extended
The current 20% Off delivery to all countries offer has been extended until the 2nd February, giving you an extra week to take advantage of these great savings.
Friday 21 January 2011
British Food Goes Global
British Corner Shop is now officially leading the way in British food exports. The brand is 12 years old this year, and has built up a loyal customer base of British expatriates around the world for it's online British supermarket.
In recent years, the wholesale arm of the business has also seen accelerated growth, and BCS Wholesale is now supplying a wide range of customers from small British shops, restaurants and bars up to large distributors and big retailers across the world.
So what has this growth been down to? Managing Director Mark Callaghan explains: "At the heart of our business is a commitment to excellent customer service. We work incredibly hard to ensure that we exceed the expectations of our customers, and our staff are fantastic with them."
"This customer service has translated to our wholesale food exports, we work very closely with our larger business customers to support their businesses. Our approach is very flexible, and is backed up by a superb supply chain."
As the UK government push for growth in exports, British Corner Shop is now one company at the forefront of this movement in the food sector.
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In recent years, the wholesale arm of the business has also seen accelerated growth, and BCS Wholesale is now supplying a wide range of customers from small British shops, restaurants and bars up to large distributors and big retailers across the world.
So what has this growth been down to? Managing Director Mark Callaghan explains: "At the heart of our business is a commitment to excellent customer service. We work incredibly hard to ensure that we exceed the expectations of our customers, and our staff are fantastic with them."
"This customer service has translated to our wholesale food exports, we work very closely with our larger business customers to support their businesses. Our approach is very flexible, and is backed up by a superb supply chain."
As the UK government push for growth in exports, British Corner Shop is now one company at the forefront of this movement in the food sector.
Thursday 20 January 2011
Delivery Cost & Getting Value for Money
British Corner Shop is the British supermarket with worldwide delivery. Today I'm going to discuss delivery charges and how to get the best value for money when placing an order with British Corner Shop.
The cost of delivery depends on a few different factors:
Points 2, 3 and 4 however can be managed to give you the best possible value on delivery. By optimising your shopping basket so that you fill exactly one or two boxes, you can achieve excellent value per Kg.
The good news is that the BCS website works it all out for you, and presents a one line "Shipping Optimiser" at the bottom of your shopping basket. This does a calculation of the weights and bulkiness of all the items in your basket, and shows a graphic of how full your current box (or parcel) is.
Quite simply then, you can get the best possible value for delivery cost by filling up a box to the top, and you can see exactly how much space you've got left for additional items by checking the 0% to 100% full graphic.
Take France for example, the delivery cost per box is £11.99. In an extreme case, if you order just one item then you'll be getting poor value for delivery. Add up to some 25 - 30Kg of shopping to your basket and you'll see that the delivery cost is still the same £11.99. This is simple economies of scale at work.
However, at some point around 25-30Kg you'll notice that the box is full, and you spill over into a second box. This will make the delivery cost £11.99 x 2 = £23.98.
Fortunately you can easily remove one or two items until you see the graphic indicator switch back down to just one full box, returning the delivery cost to £11.99.
So by having full visibility of how your parcel is filling up in this way, you can really optimise your order to gain the best possible value for delivery.
Different countries work on slightly different systems, many have a fixed rate per 30Kg box charge as described above, but some work on a more progressive sliding scale. The optimiser graphic still applies, but will move more quickly through "brackets" rather than boxes.
If your country happens to have a bracketed shipping cost, you can still make sure you are optimising the delivery cost by stopping at the top of a bracket rather than at the bottom.
I hope that has given you some insight into how to get better value for delivery. Fortunately BCS has some excellent delivery rates to begin with, so enjoy your shopping and of course your British food.
It's also worth mentioning once again that British Corner Shop currently have 20% off all delivery prices, until the 26th January 2010.
The cost of delivery depends on a few different factors:
- Which Country you're having your order delivered to.
- How heavy the products you are ordering are.
- How bulky the items that make up your order are.
- The number of parcels that your order will need to be packed
Points 2, 3 and 4 however can be managed to give you the best possible value on delivery. By optimising your shopping basket so that you fill exactly one or two boxes, you can achieve excellent value per Kg.
The good news is that the BCS website works it all out for you, and presents a one line "Shipping Optimiser" at the bottom of your shopping basket. This does a calculation of the weights and bulkiness of all the items in your basket, and shows a graphic of how full your current box (or parcel) is.
Quite simply then, you can get the best possible value for delivery cost by filling up a box to the top, and you can see exactly how much space you've got left for additional items by checking the 0% to 100% full graphic.
Take France for example, the delivery cost per box is £11.99. In an extreme case, if you order just one item then you'll be getting poor value for delivery. Add up to some 25 - 30Kg of shopping to your basket and you'll see that the delivery cost is still the same £11.99. This is simple economies of scale at work.
However, at some point around 25-30Kg you'll notice that the box is full, and you spill over into a second box. This will make the delivery cost £11.99 x 2 = £23.98.
Fortunately you can easily remove one or two items until you see the graphic indicator switch back down to just one full box, returning the delivery cost to £11.99.
So by having full visibility of how your parcel is filling up in this way, you can really optimise your order to gain the best possible value for delivery.
Different countries work on slightly different systems, many have a fixed rate per 30Kg box charge as described above, but some work on a more progressive sliding scale. The optimiser graphic still applies, but will move more quickly through "brackets" rather than boxes.
If your country happens to have a bracketed shipping cost, you can still make sure you are optimising the delivery cost by stopping at the top of a bracket rather than at the bottom.
I hope that has given you some insight into how to get better value for delivery. Fortunately BCS has some excellent delivery rates to begin with, so enjoy your shopping and of course your British food.
It's also worth mentioning once again that British Corner Shop currently have 20% off all delivery prices, until the 26th January 2010.
Wednesday 19 January 2011
Top 50 Items Missed Most by British Expats
One of the most often asked questions we get at British Corner Shop is "What are your best sellers?".
So, we decided that we'd give a run down of the most popular British supermarket items missed by British Expats. The data for this has been compiled over the last 100,000 shopping basket items purchased by BCS customers, so gives a pretty good indication of what the nations favourites are!
1. Heinz Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce from Heinz.
2. Mr Porky Pork Scratchings from Red Mill.
3. Heinz Tomato Soup from Heinz.
4. Pinks Country Cured Back Bacon from Pinks.
5. Cadburys Fudge from Cadburys.
6. Bisto Gravy Granules from Bisto.
7. Paxo Sage and Onion Stuffing Mix from Paxo.
8. Jacobs Twiglets from Jacobs.
9. Fray Bentos Steak & Kidney Pie from Fray Bentos.
10. Mr Kipling Mince Pies from Mr Kipling.
11. Kingsmill Crumpets 6 Pack from Kingsmill.
12. Heinz Baked Beans and Pork Sausages Large Size from Heinz.
13. Branston Pickle from Branston.
14. Warburtons Crumpets 6 Pack from Warburtons.
15. Robinsons No Added Sugar Apple & Blackcurrant from Robinsons.
16. Milupa Aptamil Follow On Milk Ready to Drink from Milupa.
17. Batchelors Chip Shop Mushy Peas from Batchelors.
18. McVities Ginger Nuts from McVities.
19. Walkers Cheese and Onion Crisp 6 Pack from Walkers Crisps.
20. Walkers Salt and Vinegar 6 Pack from Walkers Crisps.
21. Pinks Smoked Cured Back Bacon from Pinks.
22. Robinsons No Added Sugar Orange from Robinsons.
23. Hovis Crumpets 6 Pack from Hovis.
24. Fray Bentos Steak and Ale Pie from Fray Bentos.
25. Paxo Sage & Onion Stuffing from Paxo.
26. Birds Custard Powder Original from Birds.
27. Smiths Scampi Fries from Smiths.
28. Heinz Squeezy Salad Cream Top Down from Heinz.
29. Crawfords Garibaldi Biscuits from Crawfords.
30. Goldenfry Yorkshire Pudding Mix from Goldenfry.
31. Bovril Paste from Bovril.
32. Smiths Bacon Fries from Smiths.
33. PG Tips Tea Bags 240 from PG Tips.
34. Marmite Large from Marmite.
35. Milupa Aptamil Growing Up Milk from Milupa.
36. Peperami Fire Stick from Peperami.
37. Soreen Fruity Malt Loaf from Soreen.
38. Fruit Pastilles Blackcurrant from Rowntrees.
39. Tetley Tea Bags 240 from Tetley.
40. Crawfords Custard Creams from Crawfords.
41. Fray Bentos Chicken & Mushroom Pie from Fray Bentos.
42. Heinz Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce Large Size from Heinz.
43. Cadburys Flake 4 Pack from Cadburys.
44. Barratt Sherbet Fountains from Barratt.
45. Heinz Baked Beans and Pork Sausages from Heinz.
46. Ambrosia Creamed Rice Pudding from Ambrosia.
47. Jacobs Cream Crackers from Jacobs.
48. Organix 12 Month Cheese and Herb Puffs from Organix.
49. Heinz Spaghetti Hoops in Tomato Sauce Large Size from Heinz.
50. Whiskas Crunch from Whiskas.
The humble Baked Bean makes it to the top of the list, and there is a good selection of biscuits, crisps and of course tea in there too.
Sometimes we get surprised by what is popular, who would have thought that the Fray Bentos pie would have made it into the top 10?
So, we decided that we'd give a run down of the most popular British supermarket items missed by British Expats. The data for this has been compiled over the last 100,000 shopping basket items purchased by BCS customers, so gives a pretty good indication of what the nations favourites are!
1. Heinz Baked Beans in Tomato Sauce from Heinz.
2. Mr Porky Pork Scratchings from Red Mill.
3. Heinz Tomato Soup from Heinz.
4. Pinks Country Cured Back Bacon from Pinks.
5. Cadburys Fudge from Cadburys.
6. Bisto Gravy Granules from Bisto.
7. Paxo Sage and Onion Stuffing Mix from Paxo.
8. Jacobs Twiglets from Jacobs.
9. Fray Bentos Steak & Kidney Pie from Fray Bentos.
10. Mr Kipling Mince Pies from Mr Kipling.
11. Kingsmill Crumpets 6 Pack from Kingsmill.
12. Heinz Baked Beans and Pork Sausages Large Size from Heinz.
13. Branston Pickle from Branston.
14. Warburtons Crumpets 6 Pack from Warburtons.
15. Robinsons No Added Sugar Apple & Blackcurrant from Robinsons.
16. Milupa Aptamil Follow On Milk Ready to Drink from Milupa.
17. Batchelors Chip Shop Mushy Peas from Batchelors.
18. McVities Ginger Nuts from McVities.
19. Walkers Cheese and Onion Crisp 6 Pack from Walkers Crisps.
20. Walkers Salt and Vinegar 6 Pack from Walkers Crisps.
21. Pinks Smoked Cured Back Bacon from Pinks.
22. Robinsons No Added Sugar Orange from Robinsons.
23. Hovis Crumpets 6 Pack from Hovis.
24. Fray Bentos Steak and Ale Pie from Fray Bentos.
25. Paxo Sage & Onion Stuffing from Paxo.
26. Birds Custard Powder Original from Birds.
27. Smiths Scampi Fries from Smiths.
28. Heinz Squeezy Salad Cream Top Down from Heinz.
29. Crawfords Garibaldi Biscuits from Crawfords.
30. Goldenfry Yorkshire Pudding Mix from Goldenfry.
31. Bovril Paste from Bovril.
32. Smiths Bacon Fries from Smiths.
33. PG Tips Tea Bags 240 from PG Tips.
34. Marmite Large from Marmite.
35. Milupa Aptamil Growing Up Milk from Milupa.
36. Peperami Fire Stick from Peperami.
37. Soreen Fruity Malt Loaf from Soreen.
38. Fruit Pastilles Blackcurrant from Rowntrees.
39. Tetley Tea Bags 240 from Tetley.
40. Crawfords Custard Creams from Crawfords.
41. Fray Bentos Chicken & Mushroom Pie from Fray Bentos.
42. Heinz Spaghetti in Tomato Sauce Large Size from Heinz.
43. Cadburys Flake 4 Pack from Cadburys.
44. Barratt Sherbet Fountains from Barratt.
45. Heinz Baked Beans and Pork Sausages from Heinz.
46. Ambrosia Creamed Rice Pudding from Ambrosia.
47. Jacobs Cream Crackers from Jacobs.
48. Organix 12 Month Cheese and Herb Puffs from Organix.
49. Heinz Spaghetti Hoops in Tomato Sauce Large Size from Heinz.
50. Whiskas Crunch from Whiskas.
The humble Baked Bean makes it to the top of the list, and there is a good selection of biscuits, crisps and of course tea in there too.
Sometimes we get surprised by what is popular, who would have thought that the Fray Bentos pie would have made it into the top 10?
Tuesday 18 January 2011
Special Offer of 20% Off All Worldwide Shipping Charges
British Corner Shop is currently offering a 20% discount to customers across the world on all shipping costs. The offer runs until 26th January, so make sure to get in quick with your order.
The international British supermarket already has some of the best worldwide delivery rates of any sector due to the volume of exports if achieves on both retail & wholesale arms of it's business, and this is a significant further reduction for a two week period.
For further details, visit: http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/news_shipping_offer.asp
British Corner Shop is the leading online supermarket for British Expats, British Forces or anyone working abroad who misses British food.
The international British supermarket already has some of the best worldwide delivery rates of any sector due to the volume of exports if achieves on both retail & wholesale arms of it's business, and this is a significant further reduction for a two week period.
For further details, visit: http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/news_shipping_offer.asp
British Corner Shop is the leading online supermarket for British Expats, British Forces or anyone working abroad who misses British food.
Sunday 16 January 2011
Welcome to the British Corner Shop Blog
Hello, and welcome to the new British Food for Expats blog from British Corner Shop (BCS).
New for 2011, we'll be posting regularly with news and offers from British Corner Shop as well as features about British food.
If you are a British Expat you may well miss traditional British food, and find British products difficult to find and buy in your new Country. The BCS service allows you to shop online, for all the branded products you would find in any British supermarket, and have them delivered to your door anywhere in the world.
Visit us at: http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/
New for 2011, we'll be posting regularly with news and offers from British Corner Shop as well as features about British food.
If you are a British Expat you may well miss traditional British food, and find British products difficult to find and buy in your new Country. The BCS service allows you to shop online, for all the branded products you would find in any British supermarket, and have them delivered to your door anywhere in the world.
Visit us at: http://www.britishcornershop.co.uk/
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