British Summertime has finally arrived, we have already had some amazingly hot summer days. Thankfully in the shop we have air conditioning which is now being generated by our newly installed solar panels, making the shop even more green. Don’t forget our fruit and vegetables are delivered to us daily from Drinkwaters. It is not packaged in lots of plastic, you can buy what you need, plus it … [Read more...]

I am sure you will agree watching the Coronation of our new King, King Charles III was a magnificent sight and something I will not forget in a very long time. Those of you that visited the shop the week before the Coronation will have been asked to donate a product to our foodbank collection on behalf of the North Cotswolds Foodbank. On behalf of the Trustees of the foodbank we would like to say … [Read more...]

April has brought us many showers, but as the proverb says, let’s hope it brings lots of May flowers. We have enjoyed a very busy month in both the shop and café with lots of visitors to the village during the Easter period. Our award winning bread supplier, Marks Cotswold Bakery, supplied us with lots of delicious hot cross buns and the Cotswold Chocolate Company supplied the most delicious … [Read more...]

March certainly arrived like a lion, we have had some very cold and snowy days. Lets hope it goes out like a lamb and that the longer days and the gorgeous Spring bulbs means that Spring is finally here. Have you seen the Spring bulbs and flowers that we have planted up just outside the entrance to the shop? We have been celebrating a few national food weeks, with “Real Bread Week” championing … [Read more...]

Wow where did February go????? We have had a very busy month in the shop. Love was in the air for Valentine’s Day, selling lots of yummy chocolates from the Cotswold Chocolate Company and beautiful bouquets from Stow Flowers. Spring is definitely in the air, with lighter mornings and evenings and bulbs slowly showing their heads. Daffodils and vibrant rhubarb from Yorkshire are available in the … [Read more...]

Happy New Year and we hope you have all had a very Merry Christmas and a great start to 2023. January arrived with very soggy weather, so our café has been very busy with customers sitting inside and enjoying hot drinks, tasty pastries, pies and delicious cakes. Don’t forget our community café is a welcoming warm hub to meet friends for a good old chinwag! We continue to enjoy an abundance … [Read more...]

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Bledington Community Shop & Café. We celebrated our 3rd birthday on Saturday 12 November. It was a fun day with lots of you commenting how lucky we are to have such an amazing community shop and café. All the children received a birthday balloon, and we had Graham White, a local gardener, signing his new book “Notes from a KinghamGardener” Many of you … [Read more...]

Autumn has arrived and our countryside is ablaze with colour, the trees are slowing shedding their leaves and the nights are slowly drawing in. October in the shop has seen the arrival of lots of new and very tempting products. In our frozen section we have some delicious new fishcakes from salmon, lemon and dill to smoked haddock. We have some very early brussels sprouts and kale in, easy to cook … [Read more...]

As autumn draws in, we are starting to see an amazing new selection of fruit and vegetables, with purple sprouting broccoli and winter squash’s being the first to arrive. With the demand for tasty homemade soups and stews ever increasing we have all the local ingredients you will need. With the changing economic climate, we are all watching our pennies, so as a local service we are conscious … [Read more...]

What a wonderful August we have had in the shop serving you all, plus many customers who have travelled from further afield. I have had the opportunity to meet lots of amazing people with the furthest coming from Christchurch, New Zealand who told me the temperature there was a chilly 7 degrees, very different to what we have been experiencing! It was National Cream tea week during the second … [Read more...]