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Award-winning social supermarket announces Leicester opening date
Community Shop, the award-winning social enterprise operating eight social supermarkets across England, has announced that its new store on the Stocking Farm estate in Leicester will open on 6th April.
The store will officially open at 11am and will welcome its new members from across the local community with a ‘Surplus Breakfast’ and a tour of the new Community Shop.
Community Shop Leicester will support around 750 members and is built around the innovative model of a store, selling surplus products at deeply discounted prices, a Hub that provides learning and development opportunities and a Kitchen serving quality meals at low costs, where kids eat free. In addition, the new Community Shop will, for the first time, feature a multi-purpose community space for local people and organisations to hire and use.
Community Shop Leicester, which is creating eight new jobs in the area, is opening thanks to the support of several partners including Leicester City Council, online supermarket Ocado, and Leicester-based food manufacturer, Samworth Brothers.
Membership for Community Shop is free and open to people who live locally, receive welfare support, and are motivated to make a positive change to their lives.
All items sold in Community Shop are perfectly good to eat or use and have been donated by major retailers and manufacturers after being deemed surplus for reasons such as incorrect or wonky labelling, seasonal packaging or overstock. These products otherwise may have gone to waste.
Revenue raised from the in-store sales is re-invested into Community Hub, where members can access personal development support, with sessions including everything from cookery clubs and home budgeting, to interview skills and business courses.
Natalie Brown, Head of Community Shop said: “We’re so excited to be opening our doors in April and welcoming hundreds of new members to Community Shop Leicester. The store is already looking fantastic, and we can’t wait to see the reaction from the local community in Stocking Farm when they see it for themselves.”
Community Shop is part of the UK’s leading surplus redistribution organisation, Company Shop Group, which runs 15 redistribution superstores including Company Shop Leicester on Leicester Business Park.
To learn more about Community Shop, and learn how to apply for free membership, head to: www.companyshopgroup.co.uk/communityshop/