Crumbs!

[nmg]

First direct impact that the recession has had on us - our friendly, local, family-run bakery is closing shop this Saturday! There is a Greggs over the road from them, but their bread isn't a patch on that from the Shoebox (and the bread in Waitrose always leaves me feeling rather under-whelmed).

On the plus side, they're keeping the catering and celebration cakes side going, but not from the Portswood shop.

Comments

[marklesuk.livejournal.com]

our budgens now does absolutely lovely bread baked on the premises along with fresh meat and a whole stand of local goods.
one of the reasons it now sees about 25% of our food spend - that and walking to and from school

but the bakers in the village is naff- so god knows how that keeps going

lil