As well as selling well known brands at competitive prices, we also try to respond to your requests to sell fresh, local food that you won't find in supermarkets. We have eggs, bread, cheese, pies, curries, beer, cakes, honey, jam, flowers and vegetables for sale which are produced in Devon, some of them even in Payhembury. This month as well as our regular weekly supply of meat from K and M butchers in Ottery, who source all their meat from Devon and Somerset, we also have a real treat of beef from Tuck Mill. Many people will know Jon and …
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Each year our community shop has been able to help fund various projects around the village, sometimes as a one-off grant from our profits (eg the pavement outside the shop which we all take for granted now) or sometimes from the proceeds of our weekly raffle topped up by the shop profits. Many village groups and clubs have benefited this way over the last 6 years and in September we will be asking you to apply in writing to the shop committee for this year’s allocation of grants. Please consider supporting the raffle as by doing so you will …
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In the shop this month we have been using our new computer system to do a stock take, not the most exciting job but a very necessary one, and it has brought home to us how many different products we stock, from fresh peaches, strawberries and the best avocados in Devon to useful things like cleaning products, birthday cards and clothes pegs with all our staple everyday products in between, including bread, milk, cheese and eggs and those other two essentials; wine and chocolate. If we don't stock what you would like to buy please let us know …
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We're always delighted when we find a new local product to sell at the shop and this month we are going to stock a really indulgent sweet treat made in Broadhembury called Frandie macarons. If you were at the recent Broadhembury craft market you would have seen boxes of these flying off the shelves together with their jars of Gloop! which is a delicious sauce, in flavours including chocolate fudge or salted caramel...just right for spooning on ice-cream or for dipping fresh fruit in....mmmm! We have all seen price increases in supermarkets in …
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If you heard a collective sigh going round the village last month it was probably when our volunteers were told that David Curran is standing down from his shop responsibilities at our next annual members meeting in the autumn. To say we will miss him is a huge understatement; the shop's present success is due in a large part to him and to his ability to make everyone feel part of the team. But now we have to pull ourselves together and find some more people to join us. The good news is that already someone has volunteered to take on some of …
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At the beginning of March all our volunteers got together for a candlelit supper at the Parish Hall which has now become an annual occasion to thank everyone who helps in the shop in every way. This year there were over 40 of us tucking into Yellingham Farm beef casserole cooked by Ed, followed by Paula's lemon posset.....mmmmmm, and an after dinner talk by Janet East with some of her funnier moments on the farm. If you're new to the village I can't think of a better way to get to know people and feel at home here than by volunteering at …
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This month we are very happy to say that we have been able to make two substantial donations: Firstly, we were invited by the Parish Council to make a contribution towards the cost of a new gate for the playing field which we hope will make life easier for mums and carers struggling with toddlers and buggies. Secondly, we are delighted to help with the cost of a new mower for the Tale Millers cricket club, how's that?! I'm sure everyone will realise that we are only able to make donations to enhance our village because, unlike most other …
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It may be cold outside in February but as usual the atmosphere is warm and friendly in the village shop. Our hot drinks machine has been going at full steam ahead during December and January while we had a free hot drink offer but now we are back to charging again it is still a really good way to warm up and at only £1, and with a free biscuit if you’re lucky, it is very reasonable. We all need some small treats at this time of year and with Valentine’s Day coming up soon it may be time to treat your nearest and dearest too! We know from our …
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Some of you may have already discovered that at the shop we have been overcome with festive spirit and goodwill to all and are offering our customers a free hot drink while shopping throughout December and January. If you're lucky you may even get a free biscuit to go with your drink! We'd like to thank all our volunteers for their hard work over the past year and especially over Christmas. There are a huge number of ‘behind the scenes’ tasks, from ordering stock, fixing computers and collecting data, to organising the storeroom, sourcing new …
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If you've been into the shop recently you'll see the shelves are bursting with all sorts of festive goodies. We are here to make your Christmas shopping a pleasure not a drudge so banish your inner Grinch and come in and see how we may help you. First of all, Roy is again master-minding his ordering scheme not only for fresh fruit and vegetables but also turkey crowns, sausages and all kinds of dairy produce. All you need to do is pick up an order sheet fromthe shop (maybe) while you're ordering your turkey!) and fill it in when you have the …
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