Thank you Tim for last month’s amazing cartoon – were you able to identify everyone? Unfortunately he has passed the baton to me for this month – what an act to follow!!
You may notice some new brands appearing on the shelves lately – from fruit juice to oat milk; biscuits to naan breads and toilet rolls to baby wipes, we are having to search widely to source products that are no longer available from our usual wholesalers. This problem isn’t specific to Payhembury Provisions and we are really committed to getting the best products for the best price for you, the customer. If there are items currently not available on the shelves or in the chillers, please be assured we will do our very best to find suitable alternatives as soon as we can. We are on it!!
Your lovely local shop would be nothing without its wonderful band of willing and cheerful volunteers. We cannot thank you enough for all the help and support you give week in week out. It is a fantastic way to get to know people and make new friends – and of course there is the annual supper (our way of saying ‘thank you’ everyone) to look forward to! We are always needing to recruit new volunteers to join the team, so please think about it ….. I draw your attention to the article by our Volunteer coordinator Anne Baxter in this month’s paper and ask you to maybe consider becoming one of the team.
We have been really saddened of late to find that some mornings the outside chillers, storing the fruit and vegetables, have been raided during the night and the contents discarded around the vicinity of the shop. This is so disappointing and not what we expect from our lovely local community. It might seem like a fun thing to do, but it really isn’t much fun having to clear up the mess each morning, and apart from that, it is such a terrible waste of produce. Please, if you know anything about this and can help
stop it, we would be most grateful as we would rather not have to take matters further.
Finally just to let you know we have a delivery of delicious Tuck Mill sausages in the freezers under the label of ‘The Meat Men’. Delicious for Sunday brunch and fabulous barbecued too.
