Many households are feeling the financial impact of the escalating cost of living and many are now having to make a tough decision between heating and eating. In response to this, Blackpool Community Grocery has been launched to help keep families fed and allow people to access support too.
Providing a great selection of healthy branded items that you’d expect to find at your local supermarket but for a fraction of the price. It is run on a membership basis designed to help anyone who needs to bring down the cost of their food shop by offering a full selection of groceries for just £4 per shop. The project price matched their standard shopping bill against high street supermarkets and found that an average £25 to £30 could be saved on each visit.
Choosing the items you like for your family is really important and so Blackpool Community Grocery has thousands of products to select from each week with new lines added each day.
By becoming a member you not only get to save on your food shop but you also get to play your part in helping to protect the environment. Lots of the items in the grocery store have been given by local supermarkets and would have normally ended up going into landfill. The food is all great quality and there are many reasons why supermarkets have surplus food to donate, it may be there are packaging mistakes, errors with ordering or the food ends up close to its ‘best before’ date, so it is given to the Community Grocery.
As the store is reliant on what supermarkets donate it can’t guarantee what items will be in stock, so you may find that you need to do a top-up shop during the week for any key items you’re missing. New collections are received every day, so be sure to see what goodies are in stock by following your local Community Grocery on Facebook and Instagram.
And there’s more: all members will be able to access loads of other benefits like job clubs, money management courses, mental well-being courses, youth clubs, volunteering and much, much more.
Here's how it works:
- To become a member, just visit the grocery any time whilst open (Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 4.30pm) and get signed up by the friendly staff who will then walk you through your first shop. It’s £5 for a year membership and you can visit the grocery two times a week.
- A standard shop in the grocery is £4 and at the start of the day the grocery set limits on how much each person can take from each section depending on how much supply is in stock. A normal £4 shop will typically fill 2–3 shopping bags and include the following items:
• 1 sliced loaf of bread
• 5 portions of fruit and veg
• 7 shelf items (things like cereal, pasta, sauces, crisps, chocolate, etc.)
• 1 frozen item
• 1 non-food item
• There are also extra items you can get on top of your shop, including items such as fresh milk, meat, cheese and eggs - Community Groceries will also be running a variety of free courses and events to get to know members better and help support them with any specific needs. Once these go live, you can sign up for them in the grocery.
How to find us
Located on several bus routes it’s easy to get to the Community Grocery by public transport. Find out which bus routes are near and get help planning your journey at: www.blackpooltransport.com
Address
Kings Church Blackpool, 241 Bispham Road, Blackpool, FY2 0L
Find out more
www.communitygrocery.org.uk/blackpool
Email: blackpool@communitygrocery.org.uk
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