The Great British Shop

The Great British Shop Explore the best of Britain in Halifax, Nova Scotia at The Great British Shop! Experience authentic UK flavours with us!
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Award-winning British style baked goods made with fresh locally sourced meats await, as well as imported groceries and frozen food! Explore the best of Britain in Halifax at The Great British Shop! Located in the heart of the HRM, our family-owned business is your gateway to authentic British-style baked goods. Since opening our doors, we have been dedicated to bringing you a genuine taste of the

UK, featuring award-winning British delicacies made with locally sourced meats and traditional ingredients. Our commitment to authenticity and quality has not only won us over 100 awards across Canada but has also endeared us to the fantastic Atlantic community. At The Great British Shop, we pride ourselves on creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere that celebrates the rich culinary heritage of Britain. Whether you're craving freshly baked sausage rolls, scones, or the classic meat pie, every item we serve is crafted with care and expertise to ensure you experience the true flavours of the UK. Our extensive selection of imported groceries and frozen foods adds to our diverse offerings, making us a one-stop shop for all your British food desires. We are incredibly thankful to the HRM and the wider Atlantic community for their phenomenal support. Your enthusiasm and patronage have helped us grow and continue to serve high-quality British goods. For those who have yet to visit us, we invite you to stop by or explore our offerings online at www.thegreatbritishshop.ca. Join us to experience the authenticity and charm of British cuisine right here in Halifax.

Fancy working at The Great British Shop?We’re hiring for a behind-the-scenes role at our shop and bakery in Bayers Lake....
06/09/2026

Fancy working at The Great British Shop?

We’re hiring for a behind-the-scenes role at our shop and bakery in Bayers Lake.

This is not really a light role. It’s a busy, hands-on, active job helping keep the whole place moving.

Packing wholesale bakery orders
Wrapping, labelling and dating meat pies
Picking and packing online grocery orders
Receiving grocery stock
Restocking shelves
Keeping things clean and organized
Helping the bakery team (egg washing, dishes, lidding pies etc)
Jumping in wherever the day takes you

It’s a bit of everything, which is exactly why we need the right person.

We’re a small team, and everyone helps each other out. The days are busy, there’s always something different going on and we have a lot of fun while getting through the work.

There is a physical side to the job. You’ll be on your feet, moving around, lifting boxes, carrying stock, packing orders and keeping pace with a busy food business.

So if you like staying active, enjoy practical work and don’t want to spend your day doing the exact same thing every hour, this could be a great fit.

We’re looking for someone who is reliable, careful, practical, good with details and happy to get stuck in.

Experience in packing, grocery, bakery, food production, warehouse, retail or order fulfilment would be helpful, but attitude matters most.

Job on site at The Great British Shop, 201 Chain Lake Drive, Bayers Lake, Halifax

To apply, email your resume to:

[email protected] - Subject line: Job Application

The job is also posted on Indeed :)

If you know someone who would be great for this, please tag them or send this their way.

And if you’re in any local Facebook groups where a job post like this would be allowed, we’d really appreciate you sharing it there too.

Finding the right person for a small team can be tricky, so every share genuinely helps.

Freezer favourites are back in Bayers Lake.We’ve had another big freezer refresh this week and there are some very famil...
06/02/2026

Freezer favourites are back in Bayers Lake.

We’ve had another big freezer refresh this week and there are some very familiar names back in.

Mr Kipling Bakewell Tarts, Mini Battenbergs, Apple Pies and French Fancies are back, along with Jamaica Ginger Cake, Golden Syrup Cake, Warburtons bread and Warburtons crumpets.

Aunt Bessie’s Homestyle Chips and McCain chips are back too, plus Linda McCartney vegan pies and vegan sausage rolls.

Mayflower Curry & Chips is back as well. That one has been asked about a lot!

There are also lots of in-store sales around the shop, so it’s a decent week to pop in.

Also, small bakery update: about three weeks ago, we quietly added about 25–30% more meat into our sausage rolls to see if anyone noticed.

You did.

The regulars have started commenting, which was exactly what we were hoping for.

So yes, the sausage rolls are now officially more sausagey.

Question for you: what frozen favourite are you happiest to see back?

The Great British Shop
201 Chain Lake Drive, Halifax

Our first Great British Bargains flyer is here.You’ll find sale tags around the shop this week, with select items anywhe...
05/22/2026

Our first Great British Bargains flyer is here.

You’ll find sale tags around the shop this week, with select items anywhere from 10% to 70% off.

The flyer shows 12 of the items, but there are around 40 items currently on sale in store, including a few not pictured like McVitie’s Ginger Nuts and Cadbury Wispa.

Also, full honesty: making the flyer somehow took longer than filling the bakery counters for the weekend, so next week’s may look slightly different. The deals will still be there though.

Bakery counters are full, shelves have plenty worth nosing through and the sale items are while quantities last.

Be honest, which one of these would you grab first?
And when you’re shopping British groceries, what’s always going in the basket? Crisps? Biscuits? Tea? Chocolate?

201 Chain Lake Drive, Halifax

Mother’s Day weekend and the shop’s looking the part!🌷If you’re sorting a Mother’s Day tea at home, we’ve got scones, cl...
05/08/2026

Mother’s Day weekend and the shop’s looking the part!🌷

If you’re sorting a Mother’s Day tea at home, we’ve got scones, clotted cream, plenty of jams, sweet cakes, fresh cream cakes, desserts, vanilla slices are back and a fair few nostalgic British bits Mum probably hasn’t had in years.

Freezers are stocked too, Linda McCartney and Quorn back in, Warburtons crumpets back and the crisp wall is in proper form.

And because it’s the weekend, we’ve got pies. All the regulars, plus three specials:

🥧 Breakfast Pie — sausage, bacon, egg and beans. Basically what happens when a full English and a meat pie get carried away.

🥧 Steak, Haggis & Peppercorn Pie — rich, punchy, exactly what it says.

🥧 Irish Guinness Stew Pie — slow-braised beef in Guinness gravy with potatoes, carrots and onions.

So whether you’re building a Mother’s Day spread, picking up something for Mum, or just using Mother’s Day as a very reasonable excuse to buy scones and crisps, we’re well stocked this weekend.

📍 201 Chain Lake Drive, Bayers Lake, Halifax

Right then, pie people. Our 4 meat pies for $24 sale ends Thursday!That means you’ve got the rest of today, Wednesday an...
05/05/2026

Right then, pie people. Our 4 meat pies for $24 sale ends Thursday!

That means you’ve got the rest of today, Wednesday and Thursday to grab:

Any 4 of your favourite meat pies!

Now we need your help with something important.

What’s your favourite meat pie we make?

And, more importantly…

If you could invent any meat pie at all, what would you make?

Steak & black pudding? Butter chicken? Lorne sausage pie? Donair pie? Something your nan would approve of? Something your nan absolutely would not approve of?

Comment below with your favourite and your dream pie idea.

We’re going to pick a pie idea or two from the comments and if we use yours, you’ll get a few on us so you can quality control them before anyone else gets a look in.

To enter, like this post and comment with your pie idea.

And if you know someone local who needs to hear that meat pies are on sale, please share the post or send it their way before Facebook shows it to them next week when it’s already too late.

We’ll contact the chosen person from this page only. We’ll never ask for payment details or send weird links.

4 for $24 until Thursday!

201 Chain Lake Drive, Bayers Lake, Halifax

We don’t do this often.From Friday through to Thursday next week, it’s 4 meat pies for $24. Mix and match however you li...
05/01/2026

We don’t do this often.

From Friday through to Thursday next week, it’s 4 meat pies for $24. Mix and match however you like.

They’re usually $7.99 each and this will be the only time we run this deal all year.

At the same time, all the Walker’s six-packs are $4.99
Quavers, Monster Munch, Cheese & Onion, Prawn Cocktail, Worcester Sauce, plus Frazzles and Chipsticks.

If you’ve been waiting for a proper stock-up, this is your moment.

It’s the sort of week where people come in for “just a couple of things” and leave with a very full bag and no regrets.

We’re at 201 Chain Lake Drive in Bayers Lake.

If you’re building your four… are you mixing it up, or going all in on one favourite?

Sausage rolls. 4 for $12 until Sunday!🇬🇧🇨🇦We just received a massive post-Easter order and the shop is STOCKED. If you'v...
04/10/2026

Sausage rolls. 4 for $12 until Sunday!🇬🇧🇨🇦

We just received a massive post-Easter order and the shop is STOCKED. If you've been waiting for an excuse to come in, this is it.

The cake counter is loaded. The pie counter is loaded. Steak, Haggis & Peppercorn pies are back, and we've just introduced a brand new steak & Ale pie that you're going to want to get in on early. Scotch eggs, scotch pies, pork pies, all in. Fresh cream cakes? Come on. You already know.

And the Cornish pasties are back in the counter. Proper ones. These never hang around long, so if you've been waiting, don't!

Oh and the crisp wall? Absolutely stacked. Loads of flavours, shelves are looking very healthy right now.

After the madness of Easter, come in, take your time and treat yourself to something proper.

Let us know what your favourite thing is in the shop! Is it the Scotch Eggs? Galaxy Chocolate? Cherryade? The pies? A specific Pie? Millionaire Tarts? The people? We want to know!

Have a fantastic weekend and we hope to see you!

📍 201 Chain Lake Drive, Bayers Lake

Edit; Missing Shoes have been picked up! Bit of an odd one today…A customer has accidentally left behind two brand new b...
04/04/2026

Edit; Missing Shoes have been picked up!

Bit of an odd one today…
A customer has accidentally left behind two brand new boxes of shoes in the shop after popping in on Thursday afternoon.

We were hoping they might realise and come back in for them, but unfortunately that hasn’t been the case.
We’ve checked the transaction but don’t have any contact details to reach out directly.

If this was you (or you know someone who might be wondering where their shoes have gone), just drop us a message and we’ll get them safely back to you.

Easter Weekend 🐣🇬🇧

As we head into the final hours, just a quick thank you for all the support over the last few days.

We know things aren’t always easy out there at the moment and it genuinely means a lot that people continue to come in and support us. It doesn’t go unnoticed.

We’ll be open tomorrow 10–5

Hope you all have a brilliant Easter 🐰

Hot Cross Buns are fresh out of the oven!🐣🐇🌷We're open Good Friday until 5pm!Saturday 9-5Sunday 10-4Monday 9-5Then back ...
04/03/2026

Hot Cross Buns are fresh out of the oven!🐣🐇🌷

We're open Good Friday until 5pm!

Saturday 9-5
Sunday 10-4
Monday 9-5

Then back to regular hours from Tuesday!

Easter Weekend 🐰🇬🇧🍫For the last month, Easter eggs have rightfully stolen the show. And look, we get it. We've loved eve...
04/02/2026

Easter Weekend 🐰🇬🇧🍫

For the last month, Easter eggs have rightfully stolen the show. And look, we get it. We've loved every second of it.
But this weekend? We get to remind you what we actually are.

We're a bakery. And this weekend the bakery is absolutely loaded.

Good Friday morning we'll have fresh Hot Cross Buns straight out the oven. Alongside those you'll find Victoria sponge, fresh cream cakes, tarts, sausage rolls, scotch eggs, meat pies, the full spread.

The kind of counter that makes you walk in for one thing and leave with six.

And yes, for anyone still on the hunt, we've still got a brilliant selection of Easter eggs in, a good variety of sizes and options, so don't panic.

The shelves are full this weekend. Biscuits, chocolates, drinks, pantry staples, everything you'd expect and then some.

We're here Friday (9-5), Saturday, Sunday and Monday!

Come say hello.

📍 201 Chain Lake Drive, Halifax (Bayers Lake)

Address

201 Chain Lake Drive
Halifax, NS
B3S1C8

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+18003989979

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