The Village Shop has won the award for Best Local Food Retailer in the BBC Food and Farming Awards 2011!
The award ceremony will be broadcast on Radio 4 on 25 November at 12 noon and will be repeated on Christmas Day, early in the morning, on Farming Today. It can also be heard on the BBC iPlayer.
The Village Shop appeared in the Saturday Times in the number one slot under best farm shops in the country. Congratultions to all concerned.
If you have a brilliant original soup recipe, we want it. The volunteers make fabulous soup but they like to be inspired. If you have a wonderful soup that we can add to our recipe book, please either email it to me or drop it in. The recipe that is not the soup!
Fresh Fish on a Friday
Fabulous Fish are providing us with Fabulous Fresh Fish every Friday. Each week there will be a special catch delivered. If you have any special requests please give us a call on 01291 689995 and we can see if we can get it out of the sea and to Brockweir for you. Sarahs fish recipes can be requested.
Photography Competition
We are looking for the best photograph that represents the village shop, it may be a scenic shot of the shop in the evening light, a close up of local produce or a candid shot of the volunteers. Get your camera out.
New Shop Noticeboard
We have placed a community noticeboard to the outside of the shop, if you are advertising a local event or a charity event it is free to put a poster on this board. Please pop into the shop and we will be happy to help. Private adverts offering courses or services can be displayed inside the shop sized less than A5 for 50p per week or £3 for two months.
Spare time?
Why not volunteer? New volunteers are always needed. Come in and talk to Alison and find out how you can help your community shop. Volunteer are not paid because they are priceless
Shop appears inThe Saturday Times.
Wednesday 18th January 2012
Pizza Night
Book your handmade pizza now. Our takeaways can be ordered by email or by filling in and returning one of our forms, or by phoning us on 01291 689995. Gluten free option available on request.