5 Black Owned Food Stores You Can Support
- Marbleous Food
- Jun 5, 2020
- 2 min read
So I’ve seen so many posts educating us on what shops are founded or owned by black people, so I thought I'd do some research and find some food stores that are owned by black people and you can support in the UK! I really good website I found was - https://www.ukblackowned.co.uk/ which is an amazing website and you can find other stores on there not just food all in your local area. Almost every blog I’ve read similar to this are alllll London or US-based, or were just fashion and beauty based so I've tried to find foodie things that you can order no matter where you live in the UK!
1. Windrush Bay - Quintessentially Caribbean
Windrush Bay is a Caribbean online food store selling everything from Jams to coffee and wine. The company is owned and run by Joanne Crossley
Joanne named her business Windrush Bay in tribute to her parents and the generation of Caribbean pioneers who came and settled the UK from the 1940s onwards, bringing their lively culture and delicious cuisines to remind them of home in the sunshine.
2. Dark Sugars Chocolate
Dark Sugars Chocolate is a London based “Cocoa House” that make chocolate using Ghanaian cocoa beans. They have a huge range of chocolates include a vegan range, hot chocolates and chocolate pearls. They deliver across the UK!
Dark Sugar Chocolates opened their Brick Lane store in 2013 by a woman called Nyanga.
3. Zoe’s Ghana Kitchen by Zoe Adjonyoh
Zoe Adjonyoh cookbook highlights some of her amazing Ghanian food.
“I deepened my understanding of West African cuisine after a trip in 2013 to visit my extended family in Ghana and research both recipes and family history for my MA in Creative and Life Writing”. You can read more about her story and visit her blog here > https://www.zoesghanakitchen.co.uk/about-ghana.
Or order her cookbook on amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zoes-Ghana-Kitchen-Zoe-Adjonyoh/dp/1784721638
4. The Real African Food Co.
Famous for their Chin Chin snacks The real African food co has brought a flavour of Africa to the UK and despite coronavirus, they are still running and are providing free delivery! Their products include the Chin Chin snacks that have vanilla, coconut and cinnamon flavours.
5. NimsDin
So NimsDin is probably famous for it’s Cham Cham hot pepper sauce that you may have also seen on the Instagram post going around that highlights a range of black-owned business you can support. On the NimsDin website, you can find all type of recipes using this sauce including the Corn on the Cob with CHAM CHAM Hot Pepper Lime and Butter Sauce
(https://nimsdin.com/2018/08/27/corn-on-the-cob/). You can order this sauce online for only £5 and get free delivery on orders over £40!
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