+ Located right outside Queen's Road Peckham station + Open…read more'til 11:00 p.m. + Good selection of sweets, beverages (alcoholic + non), ready-made food, snacks, etc. This is your best bet for a little chain shop in the area!

This is one of the excellent local stores on the high street of Motspur Park. This shop is open…read morevery early for the newspapers it stocks and shuts around 11pm on most days. They sell a small range of convience store food, like cheese, hams, noodles, etc etc. They also do great deals on beer and wine. They offer local store deals like 6 premium lagers in cans like Stella Artois for a fiver. You are always quickly served in this store and I have even bartered before when I have been short on cash. This independent store is great. I would recommend if you are arriving in this area for a party that you save getting a bottle or two until you get here. This store is quite big and has quiet a range.

Great shop. Friendly staff, oyster card top-ups and a good selection of beers, wines and snacks…read more It's very useful as it stays open until 11pm.

Raynes Park does not have many food shopping options. I normally do my shopping at Morrisons or…read moreSainsbury's in Wimbledon before heading home. However for anything I have missed or for any bits you need on the weekend the Co-op has it. They also do fresh bread and have a pretty good wine selection. Its located very near the station so very convenient. The staff are very friendly and can help you find anything you need. In summary its more expensive than your usual supermarkets so I would not use it for a weekly shop but if you need some bits and pieces of the papers and bread this is the place.

Wouldn't recommend doing a weekly shop here, but it is very handy for a few things when needed and…read morethere can be some good deals on. Decent staff too.

A Godsend to so many drunkard Londoners trying to get home from Trafalgar Square and Charing Cross…read moreit is almost untrue. Open 24hours they are a convenience store slightly on the pricier side because they can get away with it. They have a great selection of cold and hot snacks and the usual suspects you see throughout London in any other convenience store. The location and 24hour status make this Spar a hit every time

This is one of my best options I had for a cheap lunch time snack when I was working in the area…read more This SPAR serves almost everything you could want, from cold pastas, sandwiches, to sausage rolls, hot baguettes, pies, pizzas, calzones, chicken, fries, croissants, cakes, hot and cold drinks, and its all very cheap in comparison to any other cafes or food shops. If you time it right, you can catch a fair amount of food reduced after lunch, for example a hot beef baguette down to a pound, making this the unbeatable of cheap eats for a work lunch collection. Its also very close to Charing Cross and its tube station, if you are on the way to catch a train, and want to grab something quick and cheap.

The primary "USP" of this place is it's directly across the street from the famous Lahore Kebab…read moreHouse, and it's where you can get your beer and wine to take to Lahore, as the restaurant is BYOB only. But it also functions as a perfectly good off-license, they have a decent selection of fresh fruit, and anything else you'd require from a corner shop on a busy street in East London!

Though this place is only a corner news licence it rarely is out of stock and is more reliable…read more than the Tescos metro with regards to open hours (24/7) and stocking the basics. Nice selection of fruit,too.

Camden Market has so many different food stalls selling ethnic foods from all over the globe, any…read morehungry shopper will be spoilt for choice. Yet amongst all this wonder, occasionally one may want for something simpler. Camden is so alternative the plain day to day things can seem difficult to find. If you want a Mars bar and a can of Cola, perhaps a daily rag to read, head to the East Yard and pop into Riverside Food Stop for the simpler pleasures in life.

This place in handy and worth noting in the area specifically because it's open 24 hours. Only a…read morehop, skip and jump from tube station and right beside the number 8 bus-stop. They stock basic grocer supplies - you can get most things here; milk, bread, breakfast cereal, sauces. There's a good batch of fruit and veg outside. Wide range of beers and wines and most importantly - all the different varieties of Haribo mixes (which earns extra respect in my book!) It's a nice local and staff are friendly and actually abit madbut in a good way. They have most phone top-ups, but don't do any travelcards,Oysters, etc Only stock one local newspaper.

What I love about City View Food and Wine in Bethnal Green is the…read more fact that it has a 24 hour alcohol licence so they can sell alcoholic beverages (beers, wines, spirits.) right through the night, 7 days a week, thanks to the 24 hour drinking laws. If you are looking for a 24 hour off licence, this is the place to go. Apart from that, it's just a normal small supermarket / corner shop. You can find more 24 hour off licences on the 24 Hour Alcohol website: 24 Hour Off Licences & Booze Delivery (http://www.24houralcohol.co.uk/) .

Great little grocer just off of Oxford Street…read more They have the usual little bits - snacks, drinks, cigs, booze. Easy enough location, good selection, friendly staff, quick checking out. I'll definitely come here when I need to stock up on waters and snacks for my hotel room.

This is the superior corner shop/green grocers in the area. They are fairly priced, and sell quite…read morea range of products on top of the usual green-grocer stuff, brilliant if you are at home near-by and have forgotten something vital for dinner. They also sell quite a range of alcohols (liquers and spirits ect), as well as some really good samosas and other ready to eat foods. They don't have a vast array of publications on sale, other than the main UK newspapers, but there is a small shop across the road that sell the largest collection of magazines and newspapers from around the world, in all languages that I have ever seen. Go here, not Mayfair food Fayre!