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Social supermarket ‘helps me to afford Christmas’
BBCA customer of a social supermarket has said she “can afford a few extras for Christmas” thanks to the money she saves there on her weekly groceries.
Yazz Gough, who goes to the Re:dish Good Stuff in the Reddish area of Stockport, Greater Manchester, said: “I save a fortune because I’ve got two teenage kids at home who never stop eating!”
The 56-year old said: “I buy a lot of the fresh fruit and vegetables to make things like apple strudels, chips or shepherd’s pie, so it has cut the cost of my midweek shop.”
Red:ish Good Stuff – open twice a week and funded by Stockport Council and local businesses including Vernon Building Society – charges customers £4 a week. So far it has about 330 members.
The social supermarket opened in June 2024 to offer low-cost, good quality, fresh and healthy food to people in Reddish, Heaton Norris and Heaton Chapel who are struggling with the cost of their weekly groceries.
Social supermarkets typically operate on a membership model.
It costs £5 to become a member of the Re:dish Good Stuff and £4 for each visit.
Members can choose one item from each table/freezer/area plus several items of fruit and vegetables.
The charity collects surplus food from large supermarkets and wholesalers which would otherwise go to waste.
For example, they sell excess seasonal goods like ice cream, which supermarkets struggle to sell in cold weather.
The choice of household groceries varies each week, depending upon what is available.
Re:dish’s CEO Lynn Brandwood said: “The main difference between us and a food bank is that there’s no referral needed, so it’s open to everybody in the community.
“You get shown around by a personal shopper so you get the chance for a chat and the savings mean there’s money for rent, bills, Christmas presents or a night out.”
Social supermarkets typically place an emphasis on fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as frozen items which can be used to create a meal.
Sue Bredbury, from Reddish, said: “I picked up luxury items like strawberries and ice cream today but getting the vegetables here really means I can save money.”
The 63-year-old added: “Being able to come here and pay £4 to get the bulk of the week’s shopping is amazing.”
Re:dish Good Stuff store also stocks seasonal items like Christmas crackers.
Mandy Carter, also from Reddish, told BBC Radio Manchester: “Each week is different, so it could be potatoes, onions, tomatoes and carrots to help make things like soup.”
The 69-year-old added: “It helps me out a lot, so I’m not worried about putting on the central heating to keep the house warm and I live quite well.”
Two ads promoting British beef and milk have been banned after television presenter and environmental campaigner Chris Packham complained that they misled consumers about the products’ carbon footprints.
Both ads for the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) Let’s Eat Balanced campaign used the carbon footprint of British beef and milk to promote the products, firstly stating: “British beef not only tastes great, but has a carbon footprint that’s half the global average*.”
The asterisk linked to text that stated: “Full lifecycle emissions of CO2 eq (carbon dioxide equivalent) per kg of beef.”
The ad for milk stated: “British milk not only tastes good, but is also produced to world-class standards, and has a carbon footprint a third lower than the global average.”
Packham complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) that the ads, and specifically the carbon footprint claims, were misleading as they did not reflect the full environmental impact of British meat and dairy.
The AHDB said the ads’ mention of carbon emissions would be understood in relation to the environmental impact of beef and milk that occurred between the “cradle-to-retail” stages.
But the ASA said the average consumer “being reasonably well-informed, observant and circumspect” would understand the claims to apply beyond the retail stage and include actions such as cooking and wastage.
The ASA said: “While we acknowledged the potential difficulties in producing post-retail emissions data, the claims in the ads suggested those emissions were included and we therefore expected the evidence provided to also include them.
“We therefore concluded that the evidence presented was insufficient to support the full life-cycle claims in the ads, which was how the average consumer was likely to interpret them.
“We reminded AHDB that environmental claims should be based on the full life cycle unless the ad stated otherwise.”
AHDB’s director of communications and market development, Will Jackson, said: “Let’s Eat Balanced is doing what it was designed to do, providing clear, factual, evidence-led information about British food, nutrition and farming standards.
“Since the investigation began, we have conducted independent consumer research which found that the majority of respondents interpreted these adverts as relating to the production phase only, from farm to retail.
“This research provides important insight into consumer understanding and supports our belief that consumers were not misled by the information we shared in these two specific adverts.”
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