Phili's blog
To help inspire others to consider alternative ways of shopping Phili Denning shares her story of setting up a food buying group from her garage in South London. Over the following weeks we'll follow her story about the highs and lows of setting up a viable business whilst sticking firmly to your values.
Phili hopes that through this blog she can share her experiences and inspire others to consider alternative ways of shopping with less environmental impact. Thanks for reading it and feel free to contact Phili with any questions or comments you may have.
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Phili's blog
Plastic is definitely not fantastic!
How to sell food to my friends
Where to buy 25kg bags of food
Shelves, storage, scoops, scales
Now I need people!
Got my hands full now!
The money
Getting physical
Items out of stock, price changes and refunds
The day I’ve been waiting for
Collection conundrums
Collection two
Collection three - my birthday!
The no shows!
Packaging left over
Try, try and try again.
Naked Larder: Fighting against food packaging waste
Arthur St Trading: Working towards a more transparent, fairer and environmentally friendly food system
Unicorn Grocery: a supermarket with a difference
Frome Food Hub: say "yes to local!"
BeetBox
City Food Co-op
Hungry Dragon
Re-Vive
Sussex Food Co-operative
Come Dine With Us
Bees at Brunel
Green Loop Project
OurJar
RAU Honey
This Is Our Jam
The Apple Project
Grow, Love, Eat
Edible Campus Co-op and Preserves
Penryn Produce
Case studies from 2012
City University Food Co-op
Brighton University Food Co-op
Exeter VegShare
SOAS Food Co-op
Imperial Food Co-op
Weigh To Go
UEA Food Co-op
FetchUrVeg
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