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Warburtons Wholemeal Medium Sliced 800g: front of the plastic pack showing the sliced loaf.

Warburtons Wholemeal Bread - 800g

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$12.99 - $12.99
$12.99
$12.99 - $12.99
$12.99
Ships frozen; 5 days freshness from dispatch

Made for frozen export

Some of Britain's best-loved bakery has a short shelf life. Far too short to cross the Atlantic and sit on a shelf, which is why most shops over here cannot stock it at all.

Ours is made in the UK for frozen export: frozen straight after baking, shipped to us frozen, and kept in our Halifax freezers until the moment your order is packed.

It leaves us frozen and thaws on the way, so it arrives ready to eat. Enjoy it within about 5 days of dispatch, the same as a fresh pack at home, and please do not refreeze it.

Please note: These products are frozen immediately after manufacture and kept frozen until we ship them to you. As they're made for the UK market, some may arrive with a best-before date that appears to have passed. These dates reflect their original UK shelf life, not their frozen storage life, which allows us to bring these short-shelf-life favourites to Canada.
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About our best-before dates

We work hard to bring proper British groceries to Canada, but importing food across an ocean is not as tidy as stocking a supermarket shelf down the road.

Some products arrive with long dates. Some arrive with shorter ones. Different products come through the import process with different shelf lives, so the dates are not always as neat or predictable as they would be in a regular Canadian supermarket.

Most online grocery shops do not show best-before dates unless something is getting close. We do it differently.

If you were shopping in our Halifax store, you could pick up the product, turn it over, and check the date before buying. We think our online customers should get that same level of transparency.

That is why we show best-before dates clearly on our products.

What "best before" actually means

A best-before date is about quality — flavour, texture, freshness, and how the product is expected to be at its best.

It is not the same as a "use by" or expiry date, which only appears on certain regulated foods.

For everyday groceries like chocolate, biscuits, crisps, sweets, tea, sauces, jams, and pantry items, the best-before date is a quality marker, not a safety marker.

Why our dates vary so much

British imports are unpredictable. We do not get to choose every date that arrives in Canada, and different products naturally come with different shelf lives.

A jar of sauce may have months or years on it. A bag of crisps might arrive with a much shorter window and still be completely normal for that type of product.

We check dates, show them clearly, and give you the information before you buy — because that is how it should be.

What the colours mean

  • More than 30 days remaining
  • Within 30 days
  • Within 5 days, or past the best-before date

The product page will still show the actual date, so you can decide what works for you.

Why some customers like shorter dates

Many of our regular customers deliberately shop shorter-dated items when the price makes sense.

A chocolate bar with two weeks left is often every bit as good as one with six months left — and if we can pass on a saving instead of letting perfectly good food go to waste, everyone wins.

It is not about cutting corners. It is about being clear, fair, and sensible with stock that has travelled a long way to get here.

Questions about a specific product? Email help@thegreatbritishshop.ca — we read every message.

About our best-before dates

We work hard to bring proper British groceries to Canada, but importing food across an ocean is not as tidy as stocking a supermarket shelf down the road.

Some products arrive with long dates. Some arrive with shorter ones. Different products come through the import process with different shelf lives, so the dates are not always as neat or predictable as they would be in a regular Canadian supermarket.

Most online grocery shops do not show best-before dates unless something is getting close. We do it differently.

If you were shopping in our Halifax store, you could pick up the product, turn it over, and check the date before buying. We think our online customers should get that same level of transparency.

That is why we show best-before dates clearly on our products.

What "best before" actually means

A best-before date is about quality — flavour, texture, freshness, and how the product is expected to be at its best.

It is not the same as a "use by" or expiry date, which only appears on certain regulated foods.

For everyday groceries like chocolate, biscuits, crisps, sweets, tea, sauces, jams, and pantry items, the best-before date is a quality marker, not a safety marker.

Why our dates vary so much

British imports are unpredictable. We do not get to choose every date that arrives in Canada, and different products naturally come with different shelf lives.

A jar of sauce may have months or years on it. A bag of crisps might arrive with a much shorter window and still be completely normal for that type of product.

We check dates, show them clearly, and give you the information before you buy — because that is how it should be.

What the colours mean

  • More than 30 days remaining
  • Within 30 days
  • Within 5 days, or past the best-before date

The product page will still show the actual date, so you can decide what works for you.

Why some customers like shorter dates

Many of our regular customers deliberately shop shorter-dated items when the price makes sense.

A chocolate bar with two weeks left is often every bit as good as one with six months left — and if we can pass on a saving instead of letting perfectly good food go to waste, everyone wins.

It is not about cutting corners. It is about being clear, fair, and sensible with stock that has travelled a long way to get here.

Questions about a specific product? Email help@thegreatbritishshop.ca — we read every message.
 
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About Warburtons Wholemeal Bread

About Warburtons Wholemeal Bread

The brown half of the Warburtons bread bin. Soft wholemeal, sliced, from the Bolton bakers who have been at this since 1876.

It does everything the white loaf does, toast, sandwiches, something under poached eggs, while letting you feel mildly sensible about it.

Shop more Warburtons in Canada available to order online from The Great British Shop.

More about Warburtons Wholemeal Bread

Warburtons started as a Bolton grocery shop in 1870 and switched to baking in 1876 when Ellen Warburton decided bread would sell better than groceries. It did. The firm is still family-run and still in Bolton.

If you are searching for Warburtons wholemeal in Canada or soft British brown bread, this is the one.

Additional Information

Packaging Accuracy. We keep product information as accurate and up to date as possible. Manufacturers sometimes change packaging, ingredients, nutritional information, allergen advice, pack sizes or branding without notice, so the product you receive may look slightly different from the images shown. If you have a question about ingredients or allergens before ordering, please get in touch and we will gladly check for you.

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The story of Warburtons Wholemeal Bread

By Aaron A.  |  October 23, 2025

A grocery shop that changed its mind

Thomas and Ellen Warburton opened a grocery shop on Bow Street in Bolton in 1870. In 1876, with the grocery trade struggling, Ellen started baking bread to sell instead, and it went well enough that the shop became a bakery. That decision is the company.

Warburtons has stayed a family firm ever since, still based in Bolton, and grew into one of the biggest names in British baking without ever really leaving home. In much of the north of England the name on the wrapper is simply what bread is called.

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