Blairgowrie & Rattray Hub Magazine Summer 2023

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The BaRI Food Project contains a number of initiatives based on reaching people through food and reducing food waste. The BaRI Store is based at 53-55 High Street, Blairgowrie, and sells in-date food and food which is at its best-before-date that supermarkets cannot sell anymore. Open to everyone, the store also receives food from the supermarkets which would otherwise be thrown away because the packaging has been damaged. A range of items - which can include fresh fruit and vegetables, bread, cereal, pasta, sauces and tinned soup and fruit and vegetables - is available to purchase at heavily discounted prices. We also stock eco-friendly cleaning products and toiletries that can be refilled at the store, saving on the number of plastic bottles that end up in landfill. And once every month, local volunteer Elinor Smith visits the store to host her fabulous taster sessions. So far this year, Elinor has tempted our taste buds with some delicious treats including carrot and coriander soup, leek and potato soup, garlic pesto and garlic soup made from fresh, locally foraged wild garlic. As well as providing tasters, the recipes themselves are all posted online on the Discover Blairgowrie website for anyone interested in making the tasty soups and sauces themselves at home. And as well as selling surplus food in the store, some of it is used as ingredients for the popular Saturday and Wednesday lunch clubs and for our nutritious pre-cooked meals, initiatives that aim to reduce social isolation, undernourishment, food costs and food waste. We also top up the BaRI Larders in the town to further help reduce food waste and reach people through food. The Saturday Lunch Club sees a team of volunteer drivers deliver around 100 portions of soup and cake to local residents. As well as lunch, you can order from a choice of three pre-cooked meals at significantly reduced prices, with some of the meals also available to purchase in the store. We’re currently looking for volunteer drivers to help out for a couple of hours once a fortnight delivering lunches to our Saturday Lunch Clubbers in the town and would love to hear from anyone who might be interested in helping out. And if you know of anyone who would like to receive a free soup and cake delivery every week, or would like to try the delicious precooked meals and have a night off cooking, please get in touch. The lunch club has also expanded to include monthly in-person get-togethers over soup and cake – as well as a quiz - with residents of Harriet Court, Cluny Court, Darroch Gate and Ericht Court. Again, just get in touch if you would like to find out more. The BaRI Food store is open on Mondays, 2pm to 3pm, Wednesdays, 4pm to 6pm, Thursdays, 9.30am to 10.30am and Saturdays, 1pm to 3pm. For more information follow BaRI Food &amp; Refill on Facebook. Alternatively, email admin@discoverblairgowrie.co.uk. For more information on the Saturday and Wednesday lunch clubs, email lunchclub@discoverblairgowrie.co.uk Photo by Clare McMicking, CraicN Communications PAGE 10 BRDT MAGAZINE - SUMMER 2023
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