As a result of the Covid19 pandemic we’re experiencing unprecedented demand and have a huge backlog of orders. We’re also seeing some of our suppliers hit by demand surges and suffer stock shortages because of changing purchasing habits. Therefore we’ve decided to suspend UK wide deliveries and only offer deliveries within our local community of
Send in your own packaging to be refilled
All single-use packaging, even if it’s recyclable or compostable, has an impact upon the environment. We’ve accepted people’s own packaging to be refilled for a while now but we’re really keen to encourage take up on this more and significantly reduce, and hopefully eventually eliminate completely the compostable and paper bags we also use. To
Free local delivery
In order to help those self-isolating during the Covid-19 outbreak and to protect our team’s well-being by reducing visits to our workshop, we’ve made all local deliveries free Deliveries will take place on Thursday evenings or Friday daytime. We’ll let you know an approximate time when we’re scheduling the deliveries or you can nominate a
Christmas & New Year delivery times 2019
Collection Our last local collection day is Monday 23rd December. Orders should be placed by Saturday 21st December. UK deliveries Last delivery date: Monday 23rd December Orders to be placed by: 9am Thursday 19th December
We’re changing what we do
Dear customers and supporters of Plastic Free Pantry, We’ve decided to embark on a change of direction. It’s been 2 years since the walk on the beach that kick started Plastic Free Pantry. Back then there were few places to buy food without plastic packaging and so I decided to start an online shop. If
Part-time operations assistant
24 hours per week Hours of work: Tuesday – Friday 5 hours, Saturday 4 hours Location: Daybrook, Nottinghamshire Immediate start £9ph Duties Food handling and packing Customer order fulfilment Front desk customer service Maintaining clean workspace Skills Food hygiene certificate and/or food handling experience desirable but training is provided Basic IT skills Customer service Good
Homemade proper crisps
I’ve been obsessed with finding crisps since quitting plastic. Crisps my favourite naughty snack, made all the more tempting by seeing them everywhere but not being able to buy them. I’ve tried making them at home many times but never been able to cut them thin enough – until I realised that the answer is
Christmas order cut-off dates
Our last date for you to order is Monday 17th December Our last order dispatch day before Christmas is Thursday 20th December. We’re getting busier in the run-up to Christmas so we recommend you get your order in as soon as possible. We’ll still be accepting orders after 17th December but to avoid potential disappointment, get them
How to wrap gifts without plastic
Did you know that a lot of gift wrapping paper contains plastic? I had no idea until earlier this year. It looks just like paper, how can it contain plastic? But gift paper manufacturers have been sneaking it in for years. How can you tell if gift paper contains plastic? Scrunch it up in to
Easy seitan recipe
Seitan is one of those things that seems complicated to make, and some recipes certainly do make it that way, but actually can be made incredibly easily with few ingredients. Once you’ve got the basics perfected, it’s then easy to adapt to your own preferences or to suit specific dishes. This is based on Isa