Is the butchery halal?

Yes — the butchery at Mega Food Centre is 100% halal certified, and only halal meat is handled at the counter. Certification is displayed at the counter for anyone who would like to see it.

Where exactly is Mega Food Centre?

We are at 1-3 Station Parade on Whitchurch Lane, Edgware HA8 6RW — next door to Melissa Restaurant and about two minutes on foot from Canons Park station on the Jubilee line.

What time are you open?

Mega Food Centre is open from 6am until midnight, seven days a week, bank holidays aside. The butchery and bakery counters keep the same hours as the shop.

Do you sell Turkish, Polish and Romanian food?

We do. The shop is built around European and Turkish groceries: Turkish cheeses, oils and teas, Polish deli meats and dairy, Romanian preserves and confectionery, alongside Greek, Balkan, Middle Eastern and everyday British brands.

Inside Mega Food Centre — the chilled deli aisle of European cold cuts, cheese and dairy running the length of the shop

Whitchurch Lane · Canons Park · Edgware

Half of Europe,
under one roof.

A proper food shop for a neighbourhood that cooks. A butchery that is 100% halal certified, a bakery running from bloomers to sesame simit, market-fresh fruit and veg out front — and aisles that read like a map of the continent.

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100% halalCertified butchery counter

Baked dailyBread, simit & baklava

Seven daysOpen now until midnight

Two minutesFrom Canons Park station

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The shop

Run by people who
actually cook.

Mega Food Centre opened on Whitchurch Lane because Canons Park deserved somewhere that stocked the whole shopping list — the British basics and the things you used to have to drive across London for.

One trolley takes you from Warburtons and Tetley to Bodrum sunflower oil, Polish kabanosy, Romanian măsline, Greek olive oil in five-litre tins and a wall of Turkish leaf tea. The fruit and veg is bought for the counter, not for a warehouse, so it turns over quickly and it is priced by the kilo rather than by the packet.

Behind it all is a service butchery that is 100% halal certified, and a bakery that keeps going through the day rather than selling out by nine.

100%Halal certified butchery

7 daysOpen every week

DailyFresh bread & pastries

2 minFrom the Jubilee line

Our story

A shelf of Turkish leaf tea at Mega Food Centre, Canons Park

100%Halal

Four counters

Everything under one blue awning.

Butchery, bakery, produce and off licence — each with someone behind it who knows the stock.

Department 01

Halal Butchery

A full service counter, 100% halal certified — lamb, mutton, beef and poultry cut to order while you carry on with the rest of the shop.

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Department 02

The Bakery

Bread through the day, sesame simit still warm in the basket, and a baklava case that does rather a lot of damage on a Saturday.

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Fresh fruit and vegetables on display at Mega Food Centre

Department 03

Fruit, Veg & World Food

Market-fresh produce out front; inside, aisle after aisle of Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Greek, Middle Eastern and British favourites.

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The off licence aisle at Mega Food Centre

Department 04

Off Licence & Everyday

Beers, wines and spirits, the newsagent essentials, and a household aisle stocked with the European brands you grew up with.

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The butchery

Halal, without an asterisk.

The counter is 100% halal certified and only halal meat is handled at it — no shared boards, no shared blocks, no small print. The certificate is on the wall, and you are very welcome to read it.