Community Shop, a new supermarket concept that targets residents on income support, opened in London’s West Norwood district this week. The concept will operate on a membership basis and will offer surplus products from Tesco, Morrisons, Marks & Spencer, Asda, Nestlé, Müller, the Co-operative, Ocado, Innocent and Brake Brothers. Community Shop members must be on income support. Food and drink products will be offered at prices that are up to 70 percent less than high street retailers
“Community Shop is tackling the problem of surplus food while giving it real social purpose. Not only do we offer high-quality, low-cost food to people experiencing tough times, but we provide them with the chance to take up support services because they are motivated to do better,” said John Marren, chairman of Company Shop Group, the parent company of Community Shop. An additional 20 locations are expected to open across the UK in the future.
