London Food Delivery Service

When you move to London, one of the first things that you’ll need to do is suss out where the local supermarkets are so that you can get some food in. You’ll find that the closer to Central London you live, the smaller the supermarkets become. You can check out the nearest local supermarkets to a certain area, in the area guides featured on our North London, South London, East London and West London guides.

If you happen to live near a supermarket then great! But there will probably come a time, when for one of many reasons, you require food to be delivered to your door.

Perhaps…..

• You work really long hours and are too tired to cook or go to the supermarkets in whatever is left of your spare time.
• You’re unwell (self-inflicted or otherwise!) and don’t have the energy to go and pick up any food.
• The supermarket is a long walk from your house and you don’t drive, so lugging shopping bags home isn’t your idea of fun.
• When you arrive back from a weekend away, the supermarkets are closed on a Sunday evening.
• It’s past 11pm, you don’t want to go to the pub, but you have run out of alcohol at home.

Whatever the reasons for needing food to be delivered to your house, luckily there are many options available in London.

Supermarkets such as Sainsbury’s will deliver to your door. Simply sign up, type your postcode in and then book an appointment for delivery before you start shopping. The price of the delivery will usually depend on the time you’ve selected and how much you’ve put in your shopping basket.

If you often find yourself underwhelmed by the selection of fruit left on supermarket shelves, then Graze will probably be right up your street. Graze has been created by the founder of Lovefilm.com and allows high quality fresh fruit to be sent through the post to your door. You have the option to either let the team at Graze put a box of fresh fruit together for you, or you can set your preferences if you have a particular dislike to pears. You can also opt to have 3 of your 5-a-day guaranteed in every box. It costs from £2.99 per box with free first class delivery and you get your first box half price when you sign up with Graze for the first time.  

For those with cash to splash and a rich palate, look no further than London Fine Foods. With much of it’s produce found in Harrods, Selfridges or Fortums, you could expect treats such as fresh truffles, caviar, spanish/italian hams or smoked eels to be delivered to your own front door. Pricey it certainly is, but delivery costs start at £6.50 and you’ll be sure to impress a few dinner guests.

Returning now to a moderate-sized wallet and we’ll investigate the world of take-aways! Dominos is the most popular pizza delivery company in the UK; take advantage of their Two-for-Tuesday deal, when you get 2 large or medium pizzas for the price of one.  Just-eat.co.uk is the UK’s largest online food delivery service. Mentioned on Dragon’s Den, this takeaway system requires users to simply type in their postcode and a list of takeaway restaurants in your area will be returned to you. Whether it be Indian or Italian, Chinese or Lebanese, you can view the menus of the takeaway restaurants nearest to you, select your food online and then opt to pay via credit card on the site, or by cash on delivery. Just-eat.co.uk also gives the majority of London postcodes access to a 24/7 alcohol delivery service, which can be extremely useful when you have friends round past 11pm and they’ve guzzled all your booze!

Also delivering booze, is Majestic Wine. The UK’s largest wine retailer offer FREE delivery and are able to deliver on evenings and weekends.

Finally, for those with a sweet tooth, you’ll have surely heard of Thorntons chocolates? Probably, but have you heard of their ‘Treats to Share’ range including ‘Girls Night In’, ‘Just Because’, ‘Cosy Night In’ and ‘Dinner Party Treats’? Well if not, then take a look now!