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Grocery Stores for Expats in Singapore

Singapore’s international population, with its variant culinary desires, supports a wide number of specialty food shops, and one can find nearly any specialty food, including international ingredients, organic selections, and fine meats and cheeses.

Meat

  • Swiss Butchery: Provides fresh premium cut meats, including air-flown beef, pork, and veal to the exotic game, and gourmet cheeses and condiments. They also have a bakery section that provides fresh bread. 30/32 Greenwood Ave, Tel: 6468 7588.
  • The Butcher: Offers a wide selection of fresh Australian beef, pork, lamb, and veal, as well as prepared foods and condiments, offers online shopping and home delivery service. 44 Jln Merah Saga, Chip Bee Gdns, Holland Village, Tel: 6472 0073.
  • Huber’s Butchery: All types of air-flown meat, hams, sausages, Kurobuta pork, Swiss cheeses and other gourmet items. 56 Tanglin Rd, Level 1 or 122 Upper Bukit Timah Rd, Tel: 6737 1588 / 6465 0122.
  • Meat the Butcher: Sells a selection of various meats and specialty products. 615 Bukit Timah Road, Tel: 6465 1651.
  • Mmmm Meat Marinates Much More: Offers marinated, chilled, frozen meat, seafood, Wagyu and Angus beef from Australia and USA, 10 Sinaran Drive #04-55, Square 2 at Novena, Tel: 6397 6818.
  • Peter’s Butchery: Traditional butcher selling fresh meat, sausages and specially prepared cuts of meat. 32 Holland Grove Road and 32 Siglap Drive, Tel: 6468 1237
  • Ridgewood Gourmet: Retail and home delivery of a variety of meats, fresh sausages, BBQ grills and delicatessens. 5 Ridgewood Close G3, Tel: 6462 1229

Fish

  • Greenwood Fish Market & Bistro: Fresh fish and shellfish, fresh vegetables and sauces. Runs a newly-expanded fish and seafood restaurant and take away shop at the same location. 34 Greenwood Avenue, Tel: 6467 4950.
  • Song Fish Dealer Pte Ltd: Importer of seafood and fresh fish including sea bass and Chilean black cod, delivery available, Block 23, No. 201 Pandan Loop, Tel: 6777 3939

Organic

  • L’Organic Market: Sells a wide range of organic groceries, Block 18, Dempsey Road
  • Brown Rice Paradise: Organic fruit and vegetables and a range of imported organic/macrobiotic fresh and dried foods. Level 2-35, Tanglin Mall, 163 Tanglin Road, Tel: 6738 1121
  • Eat Organic: Fresh organic fruit and organic vegetables from local and international sources. 619H Bukit Timah Road, Tel: 6219 7156,
  • Essential Living: Product range includes organic rice and soy milk, organic Japanese pasta, brown rice crackers and macrobiotic foods, organic juices and tea sodas, healthy snacks and supplements. 545 Orchard Road #15-08 Far East Shopping Centre, Tel: 6276 1380.
  • Four Seasons Organic Market: A natural and organic grocery shop and organic wines, inside Carrefour at Suntec City, Tel: 6235 6816, and at #B2-07 Great World City, Tel: 6836 1855
  • GreenCircle Eco-Farm: A Biodynamic organic vegetable farm in Singapore, with home delivery service, 41 Neo Tiew Road, Tel: 6861 9286.
  • NaturaWorks: Organic and all-natural groceries delivered to the door. Including wholesome grains and noodles, nutritious snacks, natural condiments, organic hair care and body care products, Tel: 6533 1091.
  • Organic On-Line: An online organic shop for vegetables, natural, wholesome and safe foods, Tel: 6876 1181.
  • Pacific Cybergreen Pte Ltd: Fresh organic natural vegetables and food delivered to your door, Tel: 6569 5255 / 9145 0291
  • SuperNature: Offers a range of organic and natural, fresh food, grocery and household care items. Certified organic fresh produce air-flown from Australia, 21 Orchard Blvd, #01-21/27 Park House, Tel: 6735 4338.

International & Gourmet

  • Le Bon Marche: A gourmet shop located in Tiong Bahru estate near Tiong Bahru wet market selling farmed cheese, prime meat, seafood, freshly baked bread, European food and pastry items, wines and liquors. 78 Guan Chuan Street #01-41, Tel: 6226 3269
  • Belmonte Latin Foods: Mexican food specialist, offers delivery of authentic Mexican food products, Tel: 6245 1413
  • Culina Food & Beverage: Sells specialty wines and beverages as well as French and international food products. 21 Orchard Boulevard #01-23, 617 Bukit Timah Rd and Block 8 Dempsey Road #01-13, Tel: 6735 8858 / 6474 7338 / 6468 5255.
  • Da Paolo Gastronomia: A range of gourmet prepared foods and ingredients, known for fantastic desserts, Jalan Merah Saga, #01-74, Great World City, #B1-03/04, Paragon, #B1-20 and 501 Bukit Timah Road, #01-01, Tel: 6475 1323.
  • Epicurious: Small restaurant and deli that serves antipasto, cheese, bread, wine and international, take-home or eat-in, #01-02 The Quayside, 60 Robertson Quay, Tel: 6734 7720.
  • Galbiati Gourmet: The grocery list ranges from pre-cooked food items, homemade pasta and pasta sauces, premium wine and cheese, imported Italian beverages and quality dry products including olive oil and balsamic vinegar, The Rail Mall, 400 Upper Bukit Timah Rd, Tel: 6465 5336.
  • German Market Place: German shop selling food and household products, 615 Bukit Timah Road, Tel: 6466 4044
  • Jasons, The Gourmet Grocer: Gourmet supermarket, sells specialized items as well as the usual supermarket fare and stocks a large wine cellar. Available at 1 Claymore Drive, #01-01 Orchard Towers, Tel: 6235 4355 / 252 North Bridge Road #B1-01 Raffles City Shopping Centre S(179103) / 31 Ocean Way, Sentosa Cove.
  • Jones The Grocer: Sells fresh meats, seafood, cheese and grocery products, with a 10-seat bar area serving coffee and tapas-style meals. A separate section will incorporate an 80-seat cafe, serving casual all-day meals. Block 9 Dempsey Road, #01-12, Tel: 6476 1512.
  • La Fromagerie: A farm cheese and gourmet store providing 150 varieties of cheese, fine foods, port wines, plus French prepared foods, 5 Mohamed Sultan Rd, #01-01, Tel: 6732 6269
  • Media-Ya: Japanese supermarket offering Japanese ingredients, seafood, and some specialty foods. Has a great selection of British confectionary. B1 Liang Court, 177 River Valley Road, Tel: 6339 1111
  • Saveurs de France: Offering a selection of French Terroir gourmet products imported directly from France, home delivery available, Tel: 6848 8069
  • Teuscher Chocolates: Sells these famous chocolates of Switzerland, 390 Orchard Road, #01-07A Palais Rennaissance, Tel: 6735 2235
  • The Cellar Door: Restaurant that also houses a delicatessen specializing in cheese and New Zealand wines, 611 & 619, Bukit Timah Road, Tel: 6463 5296.

Top Tips

01 A service of SingPost, vPost, allows users to set up overseas mailing addresses in the US, Europe, and Japan so that buyers can purchase from there.
02 When searching for rental properties find listings that are not co-broked. You will be charged a commission on co-broked properties.
03 When searching for property look for any nearby spaces that may be built on. There is a lot of development taking place and building work is noisy.
04 Despite what many websites say, quarantine is no longer required for the majority of domestic animals arriving in Singapore.
05 If take Permanent Residency in Singapore and have, or are considering having, children. Be aware that male children may have to do national service.

Useful links

  • http://www.smrt.com.sg
    Offers detailed information on the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) train system in Singapore, including rates, route maps, and rules.
  • http://www.nea.gov.sg
    Weather conditions and forecasts plus information on Singapore’s environmental initiatives.

Interesting fact

Singapore has more than 3,000 kilometers of roads. Stretched end to end, they can cover the distance from Singapore to Hong Kong.
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