Viva Brighton Issue #68 October 2018
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MY SPACE<br />
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Charlotte’s Cupboard<br />
Plastic-free mobile grocer<br />
This is Peggy, our 100% electric van.<br />
Charlotte’s Cupboard is the UK’s first<br />
packaging-free shop on wheels, and we also have<br />
a plastic-free delivery service. We all know we<br />
have a big problem with plastic waste and we<br />
wanted to give people the choice of being kind<br />
to the planet whilst still offering a convenient<br />
way to shop. We sell everything you need for<br />
your weekly grocery shop except for perishable<br />
items. My business partner Thalassa and I both<br />
get everything we need from the van, adding<br />
fresh fruit and veg.<br />
We have stationary pitches at Florence Road<br />
Market, as well as markets in Burgess Hill,<br />
Lewes, Hassocks, Forest Row and Cuckfield,<br />
and we deliver to 30 towns from Worthing, to<br />
Henfield, to Chailey in addition to <strong>Brighton</strong> &<br />
Hove. Most of the time it’s me going door-todoor<br />
in Peggy, but Zedify do our home deliveries<br />
in the centre of <strong>Brighton</strong> on their zero-emission<br />
bikes. They fit with our ethos.<br />
You shop on a refill basis and bring your own<br />
containers. You can bring anything. People<br />
bring pillow cases, nappy sacks, jam jars… It<br />
really doesn’t matter. We refill your container<br />
and you’re charged by weight. You can buy any<br />
quantity you like, no matter how small. If you<br />
choose home-delivery then your goods come in<br />
paper bags in a cardboard crate which you return<br />
when we next deliver so that we can reuse them<br />
in your future deliveries. It’s closing the loop on<br />
packaging, so nothing is thrown away.<br />
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