You may have read in the Stroud News and Journal and/or Stroud Life this week that there are plans afoot for yet another large supermarket in Stroud. You may also have read the excellent piece below by Stroud Life editor, Jason Chare, in his “The Editor says…” column in 12th June edition (click on the image to read it in full).

We at Stroudco are firmly of the belief that this supermarket is not necessary and that we and you, our producers and consumers, should be following Jason Chare in encouraging Stroud residents to buy their groceries from local producers.

Stroudco is, of course, by far the easiest way to do this. Simply order from our website and you can have fresh, locally produced goods delivered to your door every Saturday.

All of our producers either make or harvest their goods on the Saturday morning, or freeze and can them immediately at source. So, please spread the news of Stroudco far and wide, and order as often as you can. To blatantly paraphrase a well-known supermarket chain - every little really does help!

Stroudco is also Stroud’s only not-for-profit co-operative, bringing together an exclusive range of local, artisan food and drinks. Many of our producers have no other retail outlet.

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See this short film for an insight into Stroudco: Stroudco – Local Food Distribution

Download our catalogue here: Stroudco Catalogue ….and pass on copies to your friends. It’s a little out of date since our move to Stroud Valley’s School, but we are working on an update which will be on here soon.

Thanks to Paul Golding for his wonderful photos for our new leaflet. If you would like some copies, please let us know, as we will be happy to add some to your box when we fulfil your order. See www.goldsealphotography.co.uk for more of Paul’s excellent photographs.

NEW FEATURE: See how many of your neighbours are already shopping with Stroudco.  Contact them to share orders or home delivery.  Click on the pointers in this map. This will show the customer reference numbers of the shoppers at this postcode.  You can then send these numbers and a message in an email to orders@stroudco.org.uk

Sign up your friends and neighbours…..

If you are able to spare some time on a Saturday and are willing to help out at the food drop at Stroud Valley Community School please register your                   interest at: HELP AT FOOD DROP

If you’re able to help out with delivering Stroudco orders to customers please click the following                         link: STROUDCO DRIVER

Thanks to Sarah and Crockett at www.satoricreative.co.uk for all their work on the Stroudco logo and publicity