Welcome to Miles Market. You are joining five generations of commitment to providing the world's finest foods. Our traditions started in 1862 and have evolved into our new state of the art food facilities on The Waterfront at Pitts Bay.
ABOUT US
Together, our family and team members travel the corners of the world to deliver the finest products to you, our patrons. We are proud that you are here and believe that each experience that you have at Miles is a small part of our quality commitment to you. Miles Market is not our job it is our passion! Fine product is one part of who we are. Miles' main belief is one in people. Each of our team members is hand-selected to deliver the quality that you expect. This combined with a belief in leading the way and constantly challenging what we do is how we deliver the best to you.
As Yogi Berra once said... You can be on the right track, but you will get run over if you are standing still! When you enter our site and store you will find tantalizing epicurean discoveries - come with us and discover the world of fine foods. Again welcome to a store that makes us very proud and one that strives to deliver exciting and unusual products to you.
Learn more about the History of Miles Market or read The Pipe and Pen journal articles by Harry Cox himself.
HISTORY
In a great many ways a human lifetime is a very perceptive measure of the quality and the meaning of history. The founder of the business was born eight years before the Battle of Waterloo was fought. It was this great victory that was celebrated when the house was built and named Waterloo. So in the first generation the “Waterloo” property began to be bought by investment in shares, and that was back in 1842 when William John Cox established himself in a general provisions business in Hamilton.
William J. Cox entered into one of the most lucrative businesses of the day – contracting the meat supply for the British Army and the Royal Navy in Bermuda. Mr. Somers Tucker, a competitor in the business operating his share of the meat business at “Waterloo”, eventually partnered. William J. Cox became the active partner and “Waterloo” property became the site of the cattle pen and abattoir. The Queen Street site was used to market the products…. read more here
THE PIPE + PEN
Much of what Miles is today is the legacy of Harry Cox - "The man at the helm" for many years who truly exemplified all that is good about Bermuda. Harry was always vigorous in the pursuit of his many passions, some of which included history, politics, diving, photography, writing, archeology and of course... excellent food and drink shared among friends and family.
Over a period of several years, Harry wrote a series of articles called The Pipe and Pen for publication in the Miles' newsletter. Collectively these writings provide a fascinating insight into life in Bermuda and Harry’s single minded focus on making Miles the foremost purveyor of gourmet food and drink from all over the world. These articles are reproduced here to be enjoyed by everyone however we ask that copyright be respected.
