Stirchley Stores – A co-operative with the aim of supplying ethical, affordable and local food. Sustainability and community are at the heart of Stirchley Stores, empowering people to contribute to the rejuvenation of their High Street.
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New shop layout

New shop layout

This weekend, when the rest of you were nomming your eggs, a bunch of Stirchley Stores members, led by the redoubtable Ben, were rejigging the store. Here’s the new view from the bakery steps. We hope you enjoy it and that it prompts you to buy more stuff!
Why people volunteer

Why people volunteer

Like any volunteer run entity, Stirchley Stores always needs more members. People join something like Stirchley Stores for all manner of reasons. Some of them are obvious – they agree with the aims of the shop want it to succeed – but some are more more personal, quirky and even selfish. For example, I work...

January Scoop

2013 is well and truly upon us and at our meeting this week everyone was in great spirits for the new year.   The Snow looks like its not far off- get your hats and gloves ready for the fun!   Here’s a shorted version of the minutes to keep you updated on what’s been happening at...
Christmas Goodies

Christmas Goodies

So I went around the shelves photographing stuff that looked Christmassy.
A basket for the Stirchley School raffle

A basket for the Stirchley School raffle

A couple of weeks back Stirchley Community School asked shops along the high street for donations for the raffle at their Christmas Fayre. Member Graham and his wife put this beauty together with stock from our range.

How would you like the bulk buying to work?

Bulk buying will be introduced to the shop in the new year to our members and we need your vote to decide how its going to work. In past,  there have only been a limited number of members in attendance at meetings and we feel that it is an important decision that everyone should be...

Stirchley Stores November Scoop

What a wash out!  I’d like to give you an update on how the shop is getting on.  If you’d like the minutes from last nights get in touch cat@stirchleystores.co.uk meeting below, but in summary if you don’t get a chance to look to the bottom here’s our latest news…. Stirchley Stores now has 114 members.  Last...

Christmas Stock – What would you buy?

We’re getting some new stock in next week which will include some Christmas specials, to make sure what we buy is what people want we’d like to ask all members and shoppers to give us an idea of what they’d like. So we’ve composed a short list for everyone to vote on, its just a...

Members Discounts starts Tuesday

From the outset, one of the core benefits to being a member of Stirchley Stores was always intended to be a discount on your shopping. Putting this in place has taken longer than anyone would like but at the meeting on Thursday we bashed out the details and it’ll be starting on Tuesday 13th November....
New Stock for November

New Stock for November

Our big stock order came in this week and there are a few new items on sale, some from customer suggestions, some from watching the sales figures. I had a quick browse through the shelves and took some photos. Meadow Churn Butter (salted / unsalted) – £1.25 Chocolate Halva Bar – 51p Green & Blacks...

Stirchley Stores AGM

  Thanks to the 26 members who came to the AGM!  It was a great to see some new faces have an opportunity to have a couple of drinks!   A full version of the AGM has been sent to our members via email,  however if you aren’t lucky enough to be a member or...

We’re open!

From planning to opening, Stirchley Stores has enjoyed a successful first week of trading.  Thanks so much to everyone involved who made it all happen.  Our member count is now up to 45, the scoop section has been completed and we’ve made enough profit to be able to widen our product range in the next...