It's been a two-year dream in the making with 'a real community effort' helping to bring a first to Carrickfergus - the opening of a community greengrocer shop stocked with locally-sourced fruit and veg.
By Louise Cullen"A two-year dream in the making" is how the team behind a community greengrocer shop in Carrickfergus describe their newly-opened premises.
The nine co-directors behind the project are aiming to put the heart back into their community, with a focus on sustainability.They have bought shares costing £25 and have helped to raise a total of £34,000. The project has been assisted by funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, Mid and East Antrim Council and donations of shelving.Co-director Beth Bell said matching cheaper supermarket prices was not the point of the project, adding that "fairness throughout the chain is really important"."It's really important we try everything we can to keep the prices as reasonable as we can," she said.
"So that's why we have a range of suppliers - wholesale, local - so people have that bit of choice really.Pricing was not on the minds of many coming through the door.Maggie Broadhead had come to get some vegetables to mix with cottage cheese as a treat for 14-month old Mayah. "My granny is visiting from Poland, she was saying, 'Oh maybe this is a little too expensive'," she added,"I'd rather pay a little bit extra and just make sure it's all fresh for the wee one.""This is the price we have to pay for quality," he added."This stuff here, grown in the good rich earth of Northern Ireland, has all the flavour with it.
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