Viva Brighton Issue #68 October 2018
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MY SPACE<br />
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We have around 120 product<br />
lines ranging from toilet<br />
cleaner to pumpkin seeds,<br />
loose-leaf tea to tooth brushes,<br />
chocolate to chia seeds. We<br />
source most of our products<br />
from Infinity Foods and other<br />
local companies. Our teas and<br />
coffees are direct trade and<br />
are from Sussex suppliers, our<br />
linseed comes from The Flax<br />
Farm in Sussex, and we have<br />
chocolate from two Sussex chocolatiers. Our<br />
ketchup and raspberry jams are made in small<br />
batches in Worthing and the jars are returned to<br />
be used again.<br />
We’ve yet to find a plastic-free supplier<br />
of pasta, so we’ve made a<br />
decision not to sell it at the<br />
moment. We can only buy<br />
it in five-kilo bags and you<br />
could buy that yourself. We<br />
buy wholesale in 25-kilo paper<br />
sacks and we’ll only buy items<br />
packaged in plastic if we can<br />
cut down significantly on<br />
packaging to the individual<br />
customers. We’ve asked our<br />
herb and spice supplier to send<br />
our orders packaged in paper only and we’ve<br />
created a contract to say that we’ll accept the risk<br />
if it’s damaged. We’re trying to change the supply<br />
chain. As told to Lizzie Lower by Charlotte Cross<br />
charlottescupboard.com<br />
Photos by Lizzie Lower<br />
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