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ladyholly

I would love to have a zero waste shop but nothing around here. We do have a food larder but last time I passed they were shut despite being half an hour after the time they advertise they open and the time before all they had was some sliced btead and rolls.

Cheery_Daff

That is indeed a lot of thoughts for one day Foxgloves! Very glad you're feeling better, and I quite agree about keeping a well stocked home pharmacy. We have a decent one (and a relatively decent chicken one too - ha!)

I've not been to our zero waste shop for ages, it's not often open when I'm in town, and I often forget 🙄 I don't need anything at the minute, but I'd like to get washing up liquid from there at least. I've been experimenting with shampoo bars (I am a convert) and have a two in one shampoo and conditioner bar to try next. I've made my own washing liquid which will probably last a few years 😂 so don't really need anything else cleaner-wise. Might have a pop in for some seeds etc - I very rarely buy them but they are nice to have!

Four_Seasons

A zero waste shop would be lovely.  So pleased you are both feeling so much better. Both jabs done and only a little bit of a sore arm to  show for them.  I definitely second reading/watching all the Shetland books so good.  My furry friend has T.... own make dried biscuits and their cheap sachets 12 for £2.35 fish flavour not sure of make. Still looking for a good wood based cat litter now said supermarket don't seem to have any. Have a lovely weekend, take care x

EssexHebridean

I’d love a decent zero waste shop around here, even if just for the choice of things like dried fruit, herbs etc to refill our own containers. Such a good idea! 

Glad to hear you sounding so much better - and hope all those thoughts didn’t wear you out too much! 

Sun_Addict

We don’t have a zero waste shop here either ☹️ There’s a shop at the bottom of my road that sells out of date foods very cheaply but that’s all. 

Baileys_Babe

We don't have a zero waste shop either but we do buy our washing-up liquid, laundry detergent, shampoo bars, hand wash, oats, GF oats, flour, sugar, herbs, spices and plenty of other things in bulk from a wholesaler, which works out so much cheaper as well as being better for the environment as there is much less packaging. 
I feel it also saves us even more money as when a jar of herbs, for example, runs out we don't need to do a dreaded top up shop. we can just use our refill shop.
I'm very grateful to have the money to afford to do this as well as the space to store it.

We too keep a well-stocked home pharmacy, the last thing I want to do when I am ill is need to go out to get some medication.

Tescodealqueen

Not sure I have seen a zero waste shop locally and I don’t get to Cheery’s neck of the woods so often since I finished working in the city centre. Such a shame. . But I am a fan of the world food bit of the supermarket spices so much better value than those little jars,

Glad you are feeling much better Foxgloves, I think for those of us who are usually generally fit and well it knocks you for six if you do get the lurgy and you then recognise again just how lucky we are not to be in constant pain like a lot of folk are.

Sun_Addict

I googled it and there’s a zero waste shop in our city centre. What a great idea, especially if you need a small amount of a particular ingredient and unsure whether you’d use a bigger bag of it. I usually use a local international supermarket for cheap and larger packs of ingredients but will definitely take a look at the zero waste shop. 

milann

Pleased to hear your out and about.
 We have the frontage of a 0 waste shop….it’s been there a few weeks. It looks fully stocked but I haven’t actually seen it open yet. There is one in one of the posher suburbs but I’d have to drive and it’s a pain to park. The drive seems rather counter productive.

foxgloves

Well, in an ideal world, you'd ALL have access to a local zero-waste shop. Ours is quite new. It started as a market stall then moved into an empty shop unit, of which there are plenty, because even though our town is regarded by people from other areas of the county as 'affluent', we have lost heaps of shops  - a process which began before the pandemic & will doubtless continue as the economic situation bites further into lives.
Now when I'm washing out empty containers, I actively think about whether they are worth keeping for refills at the Eco-refill shop. I saved 2 big washing-up liquid bottles & 2 from an environmentally friendly loo cleaner because they are perfect for refilling & having 2 of each means we can be using one & having another refilled for stores. I use various containers for edibles. I know a lot of people take along lidded plastic boxes from take-aways. We mostly use those big squat transparent yoghurt pots from an expensive brand Mr F used to favour - well, he still very much does tbh, but he won't pay the current price for it, so only buys now if it is on an extremely good offer. The pots have tight fitting lids & unless I want to buy a large amount of something to fill one of my big glass pantry jars, they hold a useful amount. As you can imagine, the containers are handed over for weighing first & a little label applied stating weight, then customers get on with filling them. I have been buying ingredients for making mincemeat, so made sure to weigh my containers as I went along, so as to buy pretty much just the amounts I needed. Our shop also sells green brands of things like deodorants, bar soap, plastic-free cleaning cloths, etc, as well as locally-produced honey & vinegar. I do hope it is supported & can keep going. They honestly don't seem to mind how small a quantity of stuff customers buy. I just had a couple of tablespoons of a particular spice mix just to try it - it's an economical way of experimenting with different things, I think.
Let's hope lots more of these shops spring up because mainstream supermarkets are way behind the curve on this.
F