July Shop Talk

July Shop Talk

Summer has arrived, the farmers are busy with hay making and preparing for the grain harvest. It’s the time too for scrumptious summer soft fruit such as raspberries, strawberries and cherries! We have a new supplier this year for cherries which arrived in store for...
June Shop Talk

June Shop Talk

Have you heard the great news? We are now open until 12 noon on Sundays, thanks to our kind and willing volunteers. These extended hours provide our local customers and visitors more opportunity to shop, especially if you enjoy a lazy Sunday lay in, and why not! We...
March Shop Talk

March Shop Talk

Don’t you just love Spring? Longer daylight hours, the birds full of song and the hedgerows and gardens springing into life! Soon the grass verge beneath the trees in the Valley Road will be full of beautiful bright yellow daffodils for us all to enjoy.   And...

Taste of Kent Awards 2018

The annual Taste of Kent Awards were held last Thursday during which the winners were revealed.  The great and the good of Kent’s food producers, retailers and restaurants were there to see who would be crowned champion in their field. Our store was up for Kent...
Latest Award

Latest Award

Best Community run shop in Kent 2016 – that’s the award we won from the Kent Retailers Association at their annual ceremony held in Lenham earlier this month. We are both proud of this achievement and grateful to all those who have contributed to the...