Who Cares celebration with Town Mayor Isabel Martindale

Town Mayor celebrates with Who Cares


Councillor Isabel Martindale, Town Mayor celebrated with Who Cares after 3 years of trading and 1 year trading in Bradford on Avon. The caring, ethical, fair-trade and sustainable supermarket had a birthday party as part of Organic Fortnight 5 - 20 September 2009 to celebrate their retail success bringing ethical groceries and household goods to the people of Bradford on Avon.

The party took place on Saturday 19 September 2009 from 9:00 am with activities and sampling throughout the day. Christine Giles, owner, welcomed new and existing customers and thanked the loyalty card holders.

During the day customers and shoppers were welcomed with organic wine, chocolates, food sampling, new products trials and free gifts. There were also special goody bag for all loyalty card holders including samples from Faith in Nature, Plamil and Doves Farm amongst others. An organic birthday cake was cut and shared on the day between visitors.

Christine Giles commented, “We really wanted to give something back to the local community and our new and existing customers by holding a day-long celebration for everyone to join in and trial products.”

Christine added “I was constantly complaining about the ethics and policies of manufacturers and companies to the point where I decided to open my own shop that sourced products as locally and caring as possible. I’m so pleased I made the decision to open the shop and source groceries that are caring, ethical and fair-trade. We don’t keep any information about our products from our customers.”

Who Cares, are winners of Wiltshire Business of the Year Sustainability Award 2008 and are the UK's only sustainable supermarket, they have been trading in Bradford on Avon for a year and are committed to being a caring, ethical and fair trade supermarket, selling their goods with care for people, animals and the environment.

They maintain a strong reputation in the local area due to the five ethics they follow of, no factory farming, no animal testing, no potentially harmful additives, environmentally friendly and sticking to fair trade. With approximately 70-80% of the products being fair-trade.

Who Cares, 33 Silver Street, Bradford on Avon, BA15 1JX for more information on Who Cares visit the website at http://www.whocares.gb.com/