Our Christmas tree, kindly donated by Charlie Frost in Newdigate, is happily planted on the island outside the shop, and Ant Hamilton has spent several hours of his precious time installing Christmas lights on the tree and on the fascia, as well as inside the shop. Heather Simister has done a wonderful job decorating the [...]
Our new fruit and veg chiller is stocked full this week with redcurrants, blackcurrants, strawberries and whitecurrants, plus broad beans, beetroot and beautiful fresh courgettes picked in Brockham this morning. We also have red spring onions, lollo rosso and other lettuces, and baby spinach – ready to make an interesting salad.Champion pork pies, great-quality ham [...]
Today we take delivery of our new fruit and veg chiller, thanks in part to a generous donation from Brockham Parish Council. We need it! In addition to the local veg we buy in from Guildford, and the staples we get from Covent Garden, we are stocking more and more of our own village produce. [...]
We have been too busy to write anything for two months! The shop has gone from strength to strength, gaining new customers all the time, and adding new lines and new ideas. We are starting to find our feet and have settled down with our suppliers, although we have made life a bit harder for [...]
The first three weeks of trading have been absolutely amazing, and our weekly turnover has turned out to be 50 percent higher than anticipated. We are delighted of course, especially because of the wonderful support from the local residents and all the positive comments. We soon realized that we had underestimated the number of staff [...]