This review is for the delivery service only, as I have not been to the store…read more Recently my boyfriend moved into a new flat in Leicester. I wanted to surprise him with a housewarming gift, but being in San Francisco at the moment my options were limited, so I decided on having some goodies delivered. This meant getting the delivery on Saturday, since that would be the only day I could guarantee his presence during delivery hours without tipping him off. After some googling I decided on the Wholefood Co-op, however I misread their site, where it clearly states deliveries are on Sunday. After finishing the online order, I expected someplace to select a delivery date (as some grocery stores do here) but there was none. There was a comment field though, so I wrote a note asking for Saturday delivery, and explaining I was not the resident. I also shot an email to the contact listed on the site. Within a few hours I received a reply from Paul, stating deliveries were on Sunday, I apologized for the mistake and said I'd cancel the order and Paul replied asking for my phone number. I told him it was a US number but sent it anyway and a few minutes later received a call (10PM UK time!), I explained why I needed Saturday, and he said the address wasn't to far and he'd be out on shop business anyway so not to worry about it. Like that isn't enough, turns out when he got there Saturday my boyfriend was not home yet, and there was no good place to leave the groceries and no way to contact either of us. So Paul took the groceries back to the store and repeated the delivery attempt on Sunday, this time successfully! So, for being quick to communicate, extremely patient, and getting the job done, five stars :)

Ideally located for the homes and business around the area this local Co-op has a great selection…read moreof food. Quick in and out no lines.

I always come here when I'm in Leicester to get not only old fashioned sweets but also to get…read moresweets as they should be. The quality of sweet here is much greater than you will find in the newsagent or in the supermarket. Proper midget gems!

Hehe, this place is cool!!! It's name is highly appropriate as it reminds you of proper olde sweet…read moreshops from your youth, with shelves to the ceiling and lots of lovely jars of sweets to buy by the 100g - and still by the quarter too!! They also have a wide range of other candied delights, lovely small boxes of Belgian chocs for low, low prices for example. Furthermore, and not everyone knows this, if you need them they are one of the few places in that particular bit of the city that sells fags, and not just the chocolate ones. You're sure of a warm welcome from the friendly propriotors of this oft forgot City Centre gem!