BUSINESS FEATURE Goodwoods British Market Old Town Spring shop oers U.K. eats, gifts A ccording to owner Alix Attaway, customers drive for miles to visit Goodwoods and HP Sauce, a condiment made with tomato, malt vinegar, molasses and spices. The location also sells a variety of teas, scones, cake mixes, cookies and bottled drinks. “We keep all the same staples, BY EMILY LINCKE
“I’M VERY PROUD THAT I’M ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THAT HELPS ME.” ALIX ATTAWAY, GOODWOODS BRITISH MARKET OWNER
British Market, and online orders are placed from all over the U.S. as patrons clamor to get the British goods they grew up with. While Attaway said many of the customers who visit Goodwoods used to live in the United Kingdom or one of the British overseas territories, anyone is welcome to stop by the Old Town Spring staple. “We ship all over the United States to maybe people who don’t have a British store and they miss the food,” Attaway said. “So we’re selling memories.” Ornate teapots, modern electric tea kettles and trinkets bearing the Union Jack ag are displayed at Goodwoods. On the front porch, cardboard cutouts of British royalty sit alongside a red telephone booth; inside, television screens play episodes of “The Great British Baking Show.” Attaway—who has dual citizenship for England and the U.S.—began operating Goodwoods in January 2021, after her father, Richard Goodlad, retired. After taking over, Attaway said she revamped the storefront so that it would be eye- catching and photo worthy. “I’ve tried to give people a lot of fun and exciting things to come and look at,” Attaway said. Some of the bestsellers for Goodwoods are Walkers cheese and onion chips; sausage, or banger, meat pies; Cadbury ake and Crunchie candy bars; Branston pickle chutney;
Goodwoods British Market owner Alix Attaway took over the shop in January 2021 after her father, Richard Goodlad, retired. (Photos by Emily Lincke/Community Impact)
everything that people love, and we are always adding new and fun items and switching them out so that it’s a new experience,” Attaway said. Goodlad opened Goodwoods in 1991 in Old Town Spring and in 2019 moved the store to its current location, also in Old Town Spring. Attaway has worked at the store since she was 13. Since Attaway took over, she also renovated the location, adding in new shelving, freezers and light xtures she made using tea pots and cups. Attaway also recently rede- signed the business’s website, which she said aims to make online ordering more intuitive. “We have a very large online business,” she said. In the last year, Attaway estimated Goodwoods has doubled its in-store and online sales. The last year has been especially busy for Attaway: a couple of months before giving birth to her fourth child, she launched a second Goodwoods location in Friendswood in February. She said the Friendswood and Spring communities have been supportive of Goodwoods, and she has worked to give back by participating in local charity events. “I’m very proud that I’m able to help support the community that helps me,” Attaway said.
British-themed jewelry is one of the many trinkets available for purchase at Goodwoods British Market.
Goodwoods British Market oers a mix of staple British goods and unexpected items in stock.
BRITISH BUZZWORDS
At Goodwoods British Market, U.S.-born shoppers might see terms that seem unfamiliar, but many of them just have another name in American English.
Chemist: pharmacist
Veg: vegetables
Biscuit: cookie
Banger: sausage
Walkers crisps: Lay’s potato chips
Sweets: candy
Galaxy chocolate: Dove chocolate
Crisps: chips
Rashers: bacon
Digestives: a mildly sweet, crunchy cookie SOURCES: GOODWOODS BRITISH MARKET, DELIGHTED COOKING, BUSINESS INSIDERCOMMUNITY IMPACT
Goodwoods British Market 220 Gentry St., Spring 281-419-7540 www.goodwoods.com Hours: Mon. 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Tue.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. noon-5 p.m.
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