Sam’s Club is a high-end, paid member-only store with over 800 clubs and 50 million members worldwide, offering high-quality and high-value products selected from top brands and origins in the world. They only sell around 4,000 items. Member’s Mark, their private... Read more
Sam’s Club is a high-end, paid member-only store with over 800 clubs and 50 million members worldwide, offering high-quality and high-value products selected from top brands and origins in the world. They only sell around 4,000 items. Member’s Mark, their private... Read more
Boutique Spanish import shop with wine and cheese, meat and seafood, canned fish, spices, and more. They claim to have the best tomatoes in town. The dude running the place is a supplier for some fine Spanish restaurants in town, and they have small outdoor seating... Read more
Butcher shop with a large selection of North American steaks and a variety of cuts. They also regularly carry Australian Wagyu, and a large amount of Spanish imported wines and Iberico hams. Read more
Korean import grocery store with Korean brands in every category: oils, sauces, fresh kimchi, pantry items, and household and beauty products. Fresh meat, poultry, produce and fish are in the fridge along with Korean specialty beverages and cheap soju. Read more
Fishmonger specializing in imported frozen seafood, like wild salmon and snow crab, plus a large variety of white fish. They also have fresh oysters and farm salmon in sashimi cuts. More fresh seafood options are available at their sister store in Xuhui,
Green & Safe is a chain of specialty grocers and restaurants by the same folks who own organic hotpot chain Qimin. The retail side of the operation sells produce and meats grown and raised at the company's organic farm in nearby Kunshan as well as specialty items... Read more
The Avocado Lady is not an urban myth, but to many expats is one of Shanghai's urban legends. Her store is ever gaining in size and produce, what she doesn't have she can order. Her store is regularly stocked with fresh mints, herbs, tropical fruits, cheese, olive... Read more
Artisanal bakery and deli from the Wagas Group, in a striking wood-grained marble storefront. Baguettes, bagels, cakes, jams, pates, granola, coffee, etc... One rough-hewn communal table for seating, reasonable prices. Read more
By popular consensus, Swiss Butchery's one of Shanghai's better providers of meat. They stock fresh (non frozen) beef and veal from Australia complimented by a large assortment of pork, lamb and chicken cuts. All with oversight on the whole supply chain, ending up... Read more
Part of the massive Lost Heaven complex on Julu Lu (which we wrote about here), More Than Eat was shut down in 2017 and reopened in 2018 with about half a dozen F&B concepts on the first floor of... Read more
Green & Safe is a chain of specialty grocers and restaurants by the same folks who own organic hotpot chain Qimin. The retail side of the operation sells produce and meats grown and raised at the company's organic farm in nearby Kunshan as well as specialty items... Read more
This vast supermarket stocks pricey reminders of home. Stock up here on good-quality meat and bread, plus imported goods from cereal to sweets and candy. Some of the stuff takes a 400% markup -- cereal is particularly killing -- but the vegetables (grown on the... Read more
ALDI is an international retailer with German roots, 100 year history and more than 10,000 stores around the world. In China, they carry a range of products spanning across 15 categories, including both locally sourced and imported products. Categories include Wine &... Read more
High-end supermarket from Hong Kong that sells a lot of premium goods, fresh fish and seafood, fresh meat, imported fruit and packaged foods. You'll pay through the nose, but you'll get exceptional produce in a large, stroll-around-and-graze environment. Read more
By popular consensus, Swiss Butchery's one of Shanghai's better providers of meat. They stock fresh (non frozen) beef and veal from Australia complimented by a large assortment of pork, lamb and chicken cuts. All with oversight on the whole supplychain, ending up... Read more
China's answer to Costco (until Costco arrived), German chain METRO doesn't have the nicest locations, but their distance from the downtown means that the warehouse spaces are absolutely massive. Vertigo-inducing shelves of pallets loom overhead while you're picking... Read more
A tiny boutique deli selling foods and natural products imported from Greece. Amphora markets as a shop catering to the healthy lifestyle. Read more
ALDI is an international retailer with German roots, 100 year history and more than 10,000 stores around the world. In China, they carry a range of products spanning across 15 categories, including both locally sourced and imported products. Categories include Wine &... Read more
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