Customers at Exeter’s community-owned Real Food Store have raised almost £100 for Exeter Foodbank in just one month, by ‘rounding up’ their shopping bills to support the charity.
The funds have been raised as part of a new partnership between the Real Food Store and Exeter Foodbank, to support vulnerable and low-income Exeter residents to access high quality, local produce.
Launched in early February, the ‘Round It Up’ scheme gives Real Food Store customers the option of rounding up their receipt to the nearest pound, with the proceeds being used to provide vouchers to...
Exeter’s popular local food co-operative is celebrating the change of season with a tasty series of ‘meet the supplier’ events.
The Real Food Store on Paris Street will play host to a range of artisan suppliers who will talk about where their products come from and how they are made. Customers will be able to taste samples and buy products in store.
Natalie Ohlson, the Real Food Store’s shop manager said: “Customers really enjoy meeting our suppliers and learning how their food is made. We have a fantastic range of high quality local producers and many people are surprised...
Customers of Exeter's The Real Food Store and Pickle Shack pop-up restaurant regulars were indulged with three courses of local fare following the successful collaboration of the two businesses.
The Real Food Store is a community owned store and cafe consisting of over 300 members, staff and board members.
The store was set-up by enthusiastic food lovers who upheld values of sustainability, locality and seasonality, ideals which mirror those of Michelin trained chef and founder of Pickle Shack, Josh McDonald-Johnson.
To celebrate the end of a wonderful summer the Real Food Store, Exeter is hosting a Devon wine tasting evening to launch their new range on Tuesday 19 November between 6-8pm.
Three vineyards, all within 12 miles of the city, are supplying wine to the community owned store which opened in March 2011. Pebblebed, at Clyst St George, Yearlstone, at Bickleigh, and Manstree based at Shillingford St George.
Customers can sample at least six wines for just £5 during the evening and meet the local wine producers.
This is the first wine tasting evening to be held at the Real...
The Real Food Store, on Exeter's Paris Street, has teamed up with Sitting Firm Chairmakers - a family-run furniture makers based in the heart of England specialising in Windsor chairs - to bring its customers a fantastic new range of products. Customers can now view, try out for themselves and purchase a selection of the furniture in the cafe.
Sarah Collier, a founder member of the Real Food Store said “We are really excited about showcasing this furniture in our café sourced from woodlands in Devon & Dorset, it is a practical way of supporting the creation of a strong ‘wood...
An evocative exhibition of Devon landscapes showing throughout July and August features the work of two photographers, Natalie Christie and Martin Sharpe.
Christie captures landscape through artistic eyes and the selection of her works large and small is stunning, including summer grasses against a stormy sky and crashing waves.
Sharpe’s work is abstract with an emphasis on line, shape, pattern and beautiful spectrums of colour. All of the works are available for sale and can be ordered in different sizes.
Greeting cards reproducing the artists work will also be...
We will be opening the store every Thursday night until 8pm for Christmas shopping - pick up some groceries or some great local food gifts including chutney, jams, chocolate, wine, beer and cider. We'd love to see you there.
Having enjoyed a mini-boom since the new John Lewis store opened just up the street, the Real Store and Cafe has announced it will be opening for late-night shopping until 8pm every Thursday from 18th October. Pop in early evening to pick up your groceries, or for those wishing to plan ahead, maybe a few Christmas gifts - local chutneys, jams, biscuits, coffees or cider will go down a treat. The fresh produce is looking decidedly autumnal with corn, leeks, bulb onions, shallots, beetroot and scrumptious squash all crying out to be transformed into a culinary feast.
