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Meet the Producer OptiBac Probiotics

Meet the Producer OptiBac Probiotics

OptiBac Probiotics' range consists of twelve different supplements containing live cultures - all natural, and with no added colourings, flavours or preservatives. The range includes supplements suitable for infants, pregnant & breastfeeding mothers, for vegetarians, vegans, coeliacs, and for those who are lactose intolerant.

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Meet the Producer Stoats

Meet the Producer Stoats

Stoats are passionate about ‘all things porridge’. They take great pride in sourcing premium Scottish oats and working on different blends to give the best texture to their range. They use unrefined, wholesome ingredients to create delicious snacks, pots and bars. 

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Meet the Producer Pukka

Meet the Producer Pukka

A quick introduction to Pukka, purveyors of fine herbal teas and supplements. Find their products here in our webshop

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Meet the Producer TreeVitalise

Meet the Producer TreeVitalise
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Meet the Producer Roots Soda Co

Meet the Producer Roots Soda Co

Meet our producer of the month in August 2016 - Roots Soda Co, a local business providing sodas packed with fruits and vegetables and using minimal levels of cane sugar...  You can find their products here in our webshop

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A real village in the city

A real village in the city

Meet Irene, one of our loyal customers, and hear what she has to say...

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PROMOTIONS

PROMOTIONS

Grab a bargain  Take a look at our special offers and promotions

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Multinational Real Food

Multinational Real Food

Real Foods answer to the question that apparently stumped a multinational supermarket giant

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A Food Lovers Emporium by Ben Raffles

A Food Lovers Emporium by Ben Raffles

Meet Ben, one of our managers at Real Foods

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An Aladdin's cave for food lovers and cooks

An Aladdin's cave for food lovers and cooks

Find out what Jenny has to say about Real Foods...

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Willie's Cacao Range

Willie's Cacao Range

Willie’s Delectable Cacao Grating Blocks & Chocolate Bars range are available in both our Edinburgh branches and the full range is available in our Chocolate shop here. The blocks are great for adding an unrivalled depth of flavour to cooking, while the bars are simply delicious.

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Competitions at Real Foods

Competitions at Real Foods

Have a go at winning some great prizes at Real Foods, and in the ubiquitous style of Jim B, 'Take a look at what you could win' P.S. no naff plastic figurine for losers here!

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Events at Real Foods

Events at Real Foods

Real Foods regularly runs fun and informative events and here we have listed all past and future events. If you would like any further information on events at Real Foods, please email [email protected] .  If anyone is interested in hosting or running a collaborative event with Real Foods, please do contact us.

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Solgar Essentials for Life

Solgar Essentials for Life

Introducing Solgar - our 'Meet the Producer' for September.

 

 

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Meet the Producer Over Langshaw Farm

Meet the Producer Over Langshaw Farm

It takes a great deal of hard work and dedication to be an organic supplier, so when it comes to finding a good local organic and free-range egg,  it's not quite so easy, you must have heard the expression 'rare as hens teeth'. So can you imagine our joy when we discovered the lovely folk at Over Langshaw Farm, who not only produce free-range organic eggs for us, they also make their own very delicious luxury ice-cream which you'll be able to try for yourself in both our Edinburgh stores in June.

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Meet the Producer Kwan's Kitchen

Meet the Producer Kwan's Kitchen

Kwan’s Kitchen have been running Chinese restaurants in the Scottish Borders for over 35 years using traditional family recipes, They’ve now branched out to create restaurant quality foods, using authentic and easy to use Chinese ingredients, without artificial additives and suitable for vegetarians. Find their products here in our online webshop.

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Meet the Producer Chain Bridge Honey Farm

Meet the Producer Chain Bridge Honey Farm

Chain Bridge Honey Farm produce beautiful honeycombs, delicious honey and are a fount of information on bees! 

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Meet the Producer Pacari Chocolates

Meet the Producer Pacari Chocolates
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Meet the Producer Equal Exchange

Meet the Producer Equal Exchange

https://www.realfoods.co.uk/shop?search=Equal%20ExchangeThe origins of Equal Exchange stretch back to 1979 when three voluntary workers returned to Edinburgh after working on aid projects in various parts of Africa. Along with a sister organisation in London, Campaign Co-op, they started buying instant coffee from Bukoba on Lake Victoria in Tanzania. As a result Campaign Coffee was born.

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Meet the Producer Mara Seaweed

Meet the Producer Mara Seaweed

Have you been thinking about including seaweed in your diet, but you are not sure about which type or how to prepare it? Read about this month's spotlighted producer: Mara Seaweed.

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Meet the Producer Greenscents

Meet the Producer Greenscents

This month our producer is Greenscents, a brand behind which are Peter and Christina Hawkes, who started with a passion to provide a more ethical range of household cleaning options and have succeeded in bringing the very comprehensive and environmentally friendly Greenscents range of household cleaning products to the market.

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Meet the Producer Pickled in Scotland

Meet the Producer Pickled in Scotland

Ever heard of fruit cheese? Find out all about it and our local producer - Pickled in Scotland.

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Meet The Producer The Raw Chocolate Company

Meet The Producer The Raw Chocolate Company

Meet The Raw Chocolate Company, our producer of the month. All of their products are vegan, most are Fairtrade and Organic and their factory is renewably powered.

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Meet the Producer Eteaket

Meet the Producer Eteaket

Based just up the road from us in Real Foods, eteaket have been shaking up the world of tea with fresh ideas, amazingly high quality teas and an innovative approach to tea inspired delights. 

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Meet the Producer Mani Organics

Meet the Producer Mani Organics

This February, Real Foods is happy to introduce a new addition to our range of olives. MANI takes their name from the Mani Peninsula in Greece where their business is based.

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Meet the Producer Mungoswells

Meet the Producer Mungoswells

Mungoswells are based just north of Haddington near Edinburgh. Their products are made from crops grown, harvested, milled and packaged all within 5 miles, resulting in quality local produce with unrivalled traceability.

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Meet the Producer Breadshare Community Bakery

Meet the Producer Breadshare Community Bakery

Meet Breadshare, our Producer of the Month. Breadshare are a community interest company located in Portobello, Edinburgh, they were originally started in 2012 at Whitmuir Farm in Lamancha (around 16 miles from central Edinburgh) .  Their mission is to serve and involve the community by making excellent bread using organic ingredients and distinctive local products, helping to create a more sustainable and health-enhancing food system.

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Meet the Producer Provamel

Meet the Producer Provamel

Now that we are into the beginning of May we will be turning our attention to a current supplier who is launching several new and really interesting products at Real Foods. Find Provamel's exciting range of dairy free drinks and yoghurts here

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Meet the Producer Tiphereth In a Jar

Meet the Producer Tiphereth In a Jar

With the month of April usually comes rain, daffodils, and here at Real Foods, jam!

In order to brighten up everyone’s Spring a bit, this month’s Meet the Producer spotlight is turned to local Edinburgh social enterprise, Tiphereth and their ‘In a Jar’ line of organic jams and marmalades.

You can find their Jams and Marmalade here in our webshop or if you're in Edinburgh, pop into one of their tastings...

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Meet the Producer Plant n Grow

Meet the Producer Plant n Grow

Find out more about Real Foods' March Meet the Producer: Plant 'n' Grow

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Meet the Producer Pudology

Meet the Producer Pudology

The subject of our March Meet the Producer is 'Pudology' and the woman behind that concept, Lucy Wager. Visit our stores this month for a chance to sample Lucy's delightful range of dairy-free desserts and follow our Facebook page for an indepth look at the products, and for a chance to win some of these delicious sweet treats for yourself.

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Meet the Producer Chilli Papas

Meet the Producer Chilli Papas

In February, our Meet the Producer event will feature local father-of-four Darren Mollan, founder of Chilli Papas. Chilli Papas spice mixes make child's play of cooking Mexican fare and tasty curries. The mixes are fat-free, gluten-free and vegan and use an oil free cooking method. In this article Darren gives you his account of how it all began...

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Meet the Producer Mother Nature

Meet the Producer Mother Nature

It’s organic September, so we thought we should meet the producer of ALL of our organic produce…. Mother Nature!

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Meet the Producer Plan Bee

Meet the Producer Plan Bee

Meet the Producer Plan Bee. Find their products here in our webshop.

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Meet the Producer Almighty Foods

Meet the Producer Almighty Foods

Almighty Foods was founded in 2015 by health advocates Josh and Molly. It was created with the intentions to help nurture the earth and its inhabitants. This means that they not only provide organic, nutrient-dense foods, but also support ethical and organic farming practices. These practices protect the natural habitats of which our food and medicines are grown.

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Win 25 GBP off your next Real Foods order

Win 25 GBP off your next Real Foods order

Share a photo of your home baking with your friends, include the hashtag #bakingwithrealfoods and tag us for a chance to win £25 off your next Real Foods order.

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Supporting Scottish Producers

Supporting Scottish Producers

At Real Foods we love all things Scottish. We want to support local brands by selling products that are made right here in Scotland. We know that many of our customers are keen for us to do this too.

Here we share with you some history and philosophy from behind some of our best loved Scottish brands.

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Understanding COP26

Understanding COP26

You have probably heard a lot about COP26, which is being held in our neighbouring city of Glasgow. Whilst the headlines are compelling, what does it all really mean?

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New Products at Edinburgh Real Foods

New Products at Edinburgh Real Foods

Check out this blog post for new products we've got in that you may not know about!

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Enjoying The Edinburgh Festival

Enjoying The Edinburgh Festival

Love it or loathe it the Edinburgh Festival will soon be upon us along with the many thousands of visitors from all around the globe. Real Foods has been in Edinburgh for 45 of the 62 years the festival has been running and we want to share with you our ideas on enjoying the festival season.

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Celebrating 40 years of our Tollcross store

Celebrating 40 years of our Tollcross store

This year we celebrate 40 years of our Tollcross store. Opened 5 years after our Broughton Street store, and 7 years after our original store on Morrison Street, the Tollcross store bought wholefoods to the Meadows and beyond!

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Happy 50th birthday Real Foods

Happy 50th birthday Real Foods

Get ready for a celebration! On 7th September we'll be marking 50 years of natural, healthy, ethical shopping. 

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Real Foods from 1963 to the present day

Real Foods from 1963 to the present day

You may not have realised but Real Foods has been serving it's customers for over 50 years. Here's a potted history of our business since trading began back in good old 1963.

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Real Foods Packaging

Real Foods Packaging

Did you know that most of our own brand products are packed in cellulose which is plant-based and 100% biodegradable? If you'd like to know more about our product packaging, read on.

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Plastic Free at Real Foods

Plastic Free at Real Foods

There's been a lot of talk recently about how to recycle, refuse, re-use and otherwise reduce our consumption of plastic. Here at Real Foods, we sell loose fresh fruit and vegetables, bulk and wholesale goods and provide packed down sizes of a huge array of dried goods. We use cellulose bags for the majority of our prepacks and are happy to have you bring your own containers into the store for refills. Read on for our guide to Plastic Free living...

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Helping to keep our customers healthy for 40 years

Helping to keep our customers healthy for 40 years
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Real Foods and the Soil Association

Real Foods and the Soil Association

So you can be confident about what you will find in our organic goods, we are licensed by the Soil Association, the UK's leading food and farming charity and organic certification body.

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Allergen Labelling at Real Foods

Allergen Labelling at Real Foods

This is a guide to the Allergen labelling policy at Real Foods, the legislation regarding  labelling and how to ensure you are buying the right product for your diet.

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Fair's fair Your guide to Fairtrade

Fair's fair Your guide to Fairtrade

You’ve heard about Fairtrade fortnight, you’ve bought Fairtrade tea but are you really clear on what Fairtrade means and how your Fairtrade swaps can bring about lasting change? Here’s our handy guide...

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Confidence in the Food You Buy

Confidence in the Food You Buy

Trust in what food labels say is under attack with all the horror stories in the media. We want to tell you why you can trust our Real Food Organic range.

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Healthy Eating with Tracy Griffen

Healthy Eating with Tracy Griffen

On Tuesday 19th October from 7.30pm at our Broughton Street store.The evening will feature tastings (including wine and Fairtrade chocolate oooh..) an entertaining guided tour and hints and tips on seasonal cooking.

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Foodies Review by Ben

Foodies Review by Ben

REAL FOODS AT FOODIES FESTIVAL – FRIDAY 13th, SATURDAY 14th & SUNDAY 15th

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Your Healthy Living Show Review

Your Healthy Living Show Review

 2010 Your Healthy Living Show reviewed by Jenny Schofield (Broughton Street store manageress).

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Nell Nelson Book Signing Eat Well With Nell

Nell Nelson Book Signing Eat Well With Nell

Meet the author and buy signed copies of her book Eat Well with Nell, 3-4pm on  June 5th at our Broughton Street store.

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Raw Food night Tuesday 20th July

Raw Food night Tuesday 20th July

Increase Vitality with Raw and Living Foods at Real Foods. Author, workshop leader and coach Judy Barber has moved to a largely raw and sprouted vegetarian way of eating in the last couple of years and will be in our Broughton Street store to share her wealth of knowledge about raw foods, including gourmet-level recipes. Tickets are available instore or call 0131 557 1911 and ask to speak to Ben or Jen.

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Raw Food Night Monday 6th September

Raw Food Night Monday 6th September

Dr Craig B. Sommers will be hosting, introduced by Judy Barber, on Monday 6th September at our Tollcross store from 19.30.

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Review of Healthy Eating Evening

Review of Healthy Eating Evening

Review of the evening held by Tracy Griffen on Tuesday 19th October at our Broughton Street store.

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Kitchen Cupboard Remedies Evening Review

Kitchen Cupboard Remedies Evening Review

Ben (assistant manager at our Broughton Street shop) reviews our  Kitchen Cupboard Remedies event, hosted in conjunction with Napiers The Herbalists

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Real Foods goes to the Gym

Real Foods goes to the Gym

We announce a winner of our Factory Gym membership competition and a quick update on what our team's been up to this month...

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Review of Foodies Festival

Review of Foodies Festival

Tash (one of our Broughton Street supervisor's) reviews the Foodies Festival we attended 3rd - 5th December at the Assembly Rooms...

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Kate Magic review

Kate Magic review

We held a Raw Food class with Raw Living's Kate Magic on Tuesday 14th April...

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Taste of Edinburgh Review

Taste of Edinburgh Review

Our review of the sunny Taste of Edinburgh event last month where we had a stand

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Your Healthy Living Show June 2010

Your Healthy Living Show June 2010

Hurry! Don't miss out! Real Foods is giving away free organic cotton bags with free samples inside to the first 1000 visitors each day of the show

You can read the Your Healthy Living Magazine here.

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An Evening of Health Choices review

An Evening of Health Choices review

Our Broughton Street Manageress Jenny reviews this seminar by Tracy Griffen.

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Join us at the Foodies Festival

Join us at the Foodies Festival

We'll be the Foodies Festival on Friday 13th, Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th August. Find out more and details of our competition to win a pair of free tickets...

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Review of our Raw Food Evening

Review of our Raw Food Evening

Our assistant manager Ben reviews our raw food event with Judy Barber that was held on the 20th July at the Broughton Street store.

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Gift Vouchers On Sale Now

Gift Vouchers On Sale Now

Gift vouchers for sale on line and in our shops

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Organic gold award for our local Steiner school

Organic gold award for our local Steiner school
The Edinburgh Rudolf Steiner School has become the first school in Edinburgh and the first independent school in Scotland to receive a Gold Food for Life Catering Mark from the Soil Association. They've kindly provided an article detailing their triumphs for us here at Real Foods...
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Think of the trees, is it just a recycled idea

Think of the trees, is it just a recycled idea

Revisiting and hopefully revitalising the practice of recycling

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The natural way to beauty

The natural way to beauty

Face masks you can make from the kitchen cupboard, the best pampering products and organic essentials, plus what to avoid...

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It's A Fair Crop Guv

It's A Fair Crop Guv

A brief introduction to Fair Trade, its background and some of the more unusual products available

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Bursting with life

Bursting with life

Find out what Tom Phillips of Cyrenians Farm has to say

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Chocofrolics

Chocofrolics

A review of a wine and chocolate tasting evening held in our Broughton Street store...

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Chocolate and Wine Tasting with Linda Ward

Chocolate and Wine Tasting with Linda Ward

We will have a chocolate and wine tasting evening with expert Linda Ward on the 30th November at Real Foods, 37 Broughton Street from 19:30 - 21:00

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YHLS review

YHLS review

Jenny our Broughton Street manageress reviews the Your Healthy Living Show. 

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Veggans a new trend in plant based diets

Veggans a new trend in plant based diets

 What is a veggan or an ovo lacto vegetarian? Or for that matter a pescetarian?

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Why can't I buy the raw Ecuadorian cacao

Why can't I buy the raw Ecuadorian cacao

We have had a recent update from our suppliers regarding the raw Cacao that is sourced from Ecuador. There have been supply issues recently and we hope this will help explain what has happened. Find our cacao here in the superfoods webshop

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Nakd Festival

Nakd Festival

Free Nakd Bar for Bite readers!

Nakd, Bite and Real Foods have joined together to offer you a free, delicious, tasty bar. Simply fill in the coupon inside Bite magazine and bring it into to one of our shops.

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Early Bird Discount

Early Bird Discount

Visit our Edinburgh shops early in the day for 10% off your full price shopping

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Review of our event on Tuesday 29th March

Review of our event on Tuesday 29th March

Everything you wanted to know about health food shops... but were afraid to ask!

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Why Buy Organic

Why Buy Organic
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Upcoming events

Upcoming events

Tastings, events and health checks, what we've planned and how to join in...

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SOS campaign time line

SOS campaign time line

Here is a summary of all of the SOS activity so far.

Thanks again to all those who have supported us in any way, we are overwhelmed by the love you have shown us, please keep it up.

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