Smoked fish & pâtés – time to place your Christmas order
Delicious smoked salmon and other fine quality smoked fish, meats and pates from Inverawe. A family owned traditional oak smokery based in Argyll, Scotland. View the price list.
Organic Microgreens – now available
We are delighted to be able to offer Organic Microgreens from Alston Market Garden. To ensure their freshness the microgreens are picked when needed. Please pre-order your microgreens at the shop, or by email, or by phone 01434 381588. See below for the range of microgreens on offer. Why eat Microgreens? Microgreens are vegetable and […]
Sarah Jarman, signwriter at work on our new shop
A big thank you to Simon Danby for recording this day with these lovely photos. Find out more about Sarah Jarman’s work at www.sarahjarmanart.co.uk
It’s Crunch Time at Alston Wholefoods
We are very fortunate to have on sale some fine varieties of northern apples – both cookers and eaters – from an orchard at nearby Renwick. Read about their special qualities below. All are at £1.50 per kilo. You can select your own mixed bag if you like. Don’t forget that apples are an excellent […]
We have a moving date!
We are thrilled to announce that we are moving into our new shop in the Market Place, Alston, on Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th September 2019 We are currently fitting out the shop and moving our stock. We will be moving to our new premises during Tuesday 24th and Wednesday 25th. For the first, and […]
Poster for our New Shop
We’ve produced a new poster to let everybody know about our big move. We want to distribute this far and wide. So, if you know of somwhere this poster could be displayed, please pick up a laminated A4 copy from the shop, or email to web@alstonwholefoods.com, or call us on 01434 381 588 and we’ll […]
#PlasticFree
Taking part in #PlasticFree July? We can help. Come and browse all the plastic-free alternatives that we stock. These include: Shampoo bars in cardboard packaging; Shaving bars in cardboard packaging; Vast range of solid soaps packed in cellophane or cardboard; Loofahs for bathtime, washing dishes and cleaning; Compostable food bags; Bamboo toothbrushes; Bamboo cotton buds; […]
Dhal News and Recipes
Revealed! Greencity’s Red Lentil Dhal Recipe. New to us: Essential Trading’s Organic Spicy Dhal Mix. More about the British Dal Festival.
We are moving to bigger and better premises!
UPDATE JUNE 2019 The building work on our new premises is taking a bit longer than expected, see photograph below. The eye of faith can see us settled in the new shop by late summer! Watch this space… This spring we will be moving Alston Wholefoods three doors down the hill to a key position […]
Get Creative with Cumberland Honey Mustard
Cumberland Honey Mustards have been lovingly produced in Alston by Geoff Cole and Marilyn Avens since 1983, and they are immensely popular here and much further afield too. There are visitors who call into our shop each year specially to replenish their supplies. Alston Wholefoods stocks the full range Cumberland Mustards (8 flavours), plus sauces, […]
