We’re here to provide a bridge between food banks and supermarkets, helping keep families fed so that no-one goes hungry.
To sign up to be a member at one of our Community Groceries, all you need to do is visit your nearest store (see our ‘Locations’ page to find yours) and let one of our team know it’s your first time. We will then get you a form to fill in and explain all about how the groceries work.
All you need to do is bring £5 for your annual membership fee*, and a couple of shopping bags to put your £5 shop in and then start shopping. It’s as simple as that!
Being a Community Grocery member means you can shop in store multiple times each week, helping you save on your shopping budget. We have stores across the country and your membership can be used in them all.
A typical shop can include:
Bakery item
Fresh fruit or veg
Canned or boxed shelf items
Non-food item
Freezer items
Chilled items
Optional ‘little extras’ can be added to the shop and are all priced separately. You’ll find these on the little extras shelf in store as well as in the little extra fridge/freezer.
Access Support
The Community Grocery is about more than food.
Your membership gives you free access to the courses running in store too. Whether you’re looking to learn a new skill or meet new people, there are lots of courses available. Please speak to someone in your local store to find out more about the courses, classes and events that are currently running that you could get involved with.
Below are some of our most popular courses that we run across the Community Grocery network.
What’s cooking
Come and learn how to feed your family with delicious food on a budget.
Money Course
Ever wanted to be better at managing your money and know how to make simple budgets? Come and find out how.
Life skills
Come and have fun that will brighten your day and change your life as you learn new life skills.
Debt advice
Call Christians Against Poverty on 0800 328 0006 (free call) to book an appointment for their free debt help service.
One-on-one support
Need someone to listen and help? Talk about the challenges your currently facing in confidence with one of our trained counsellors.
The4Points
Want to know more about faith and Christianity? Come and get your questions answered on our exploring Christianity course
To get involved you can sign up for courses next time you are in the store.
*Terms and conditions apply.
Reduce Waste
At The Community Grocery as well as saving money on food, you’re helping save the planet too!
A lot of the food has been supplied to us as it’s close to or just past it’s best before date, and would have likely been thrown away despite being perfectly fine to eat. Everything we supply will regularly be checked for quality and we’ll never stock anything that’s past it’s best before date.
