We have news. If you’ve been following us over the last few years you’ll know that we have been struggling through financial difficulties following an ambitious and ill timed expansion which saw us scale up; opening new shops and a central distribution hub. A year back loads of you supported our crowdfunder which bought us…
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Save Locavore – Crowdfunder
Locavore is in trouble and we really need your help so that we can continue to take forward our work to build a food system that’s better for people and planet. We’ve had a difficult year following fast expansion which saw us open new shops in Garnethill, Kirkintilloch and Edinburgh as well as buy new…
Glasgow City Food Plan Response
Glasgow City Council is currently running a consultation on their proposed Glasgow City Food Plan, which you can read in full (50+ pages) or you can check out the summary. We think there are lots of positives to take from this, the first significant move towards developing a city-wide approach to reforming and rebuilding a…
Veg Box newsletter w/c 20th April 2020
Rhubarb Rhubarb I’m very excited about the fruit bags this week! The delicious citrus from the winter is still going, with those delicious, flavourful grapefruits. I’ll be juicing my grapefruits and oranges and turning them into a simple granita to eat while watching the blue tits outside my kitchen window. And then we have the…
Grow the Growers 2019
We are happy to announce Grow the Growers is returning for a fourth year! One of our key aims here at Locavore is to build a better local food network. One way we’ve been working on making this a reality is by helping people get starting growing vegetables for profit through our Grow the Growers…
Now Recruiting: Trading Coordinator
We’re looking for someone to join Locavore Trading, our UK wide organic grocery wholesale business. Locavore Trading suppliers around 90 shops and caterers around the UK with organic groceries sourced directly from producers around the EU as well as other established organic brands. The post holder will join a year into the launch of Locavore…