ETHICAL & ORGANIC!

OUR NORMAL openING HOURS (INCLUDING EASTER) ARE:

TUESDAY to SATURDAY: 9 am to 6 pm

Christmas openING HOURS:

Tuesday 20th – Friday 23rd: 9 am to 6 pm

Saturday 24th: 9 am to 2 pm

Tuesday 27th – Saturday 31st: CLOSED

From Tuesday 3rd Jan: NORMAL OPENING

61 Grove Road, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8LJ

Vacancy for Business Development Lead

We are looking for someone to help us develop our business, primarily focusing on marketing and member engagement. This role is 15 hours per week, with flexibility on working patterns.

If you are interested and share our passion for ethically sourced, organic and zero-waste products, click the buttons below. Applications must be in by Friday 31st March.

Vacancy for Casual Shop Manager

We are looking for someone to join our team as a Casual Shop Manager – covering for the holidays, sickness, team meetings etc of our permanent staff. It is a flexible role, with no fixed hours.

If you are interested and share our passion for ethically sourced, organic and zero-waste products, click the buttons below.

We are Fundraising!

Our chest freezer broke down in January so we’re crowdfunding to buy a new one so we can continue to provide an excellent range of frozen meats, chips, vegan/vegetarian items and as summer approaches, the popular ice cream and ice lolly range. The new one costs £599 and if you’d like to make a donation towards this, please click the Paypal button.



Our Value Basics range

‘Value Basics’ is the range of existing everyday products that we have price checked and found we are cheaper, or comparable with , the mainstream supermarkets. They are still the same high quality, organic and ethical products we usually stock, they just happen to be great value too.

Look out for the orange Value Basics stickers in store!

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What people say about us…

Pc Holl
Pc Holl
14:42 16 Mar 23
Sustainable way to shop. Bring your own containers. Good variety.
Will Hughes
Will Hughes
12:41 23 Dec 22
Excellent range of products, fresh vegetables and artisan breads. Friendly service, mostly volunteers. A true cooperative!Interestingly, the prices here are often below the High Street supermarket prices. Definitely worth getting to know!
Jessica Hottinger
Jessica Hottinger
13:50 27 Nov 22
A great place to get organic and /or local fruit and veg. The variety of foodstuffs and ingredients is astonishing. You can bring your own bottles and containers to buy dishwashing liquid, shampoos or rice, pulses, dried fruit or pasta. The staff are friendly and responsive. And to think it is all done by volunteers.....hats off!
Anita
Anita
00:35 04 Nov 22
I went there as I heard the jam lady is supplying lovely jams. The jam is over priced then other places but I wanted 1 Lemon curd. So I brought one. I would of brought more if it was cheaper.The young lady on the till said do i want to buy some bread with my lemon curd jam. I said no thank you just the jam please. The lady then said oh are you just going to eat from the jar then. I was shocked by her rudeness and I won't be going there again. Feeling upset plus it'svery expensive 😡
Carole Perkin
Carole Perkin
16:37 01 Oct 22
All organic foods and they sell cleaning products etc in bulk. Lovely people too.
Ewan Shaw
Ewan Shaw
16:44 15 May 22
What a great idea! Congratulations to the team or person who set this up. Lots of very healthy food sold in a by the weight you pick fashion.
Emily Stone
Emily Stone
06:12 15 Apr 22
Very nice and helpful people. A nice to get your food release without any plastic.
Stella Clark
Stella Clark
19:12 16 Dec 21
I really rely on True Food.. Thank you and Happy Christmas, particularly to the volunteers.
Giles Drinkwater
Giles Drinkwater
10:33 08 Oct 21
excellent choice, helpful staff, good greengrocers next door so makes for a nice double trip.
Adrian Williams (Drain)
Adrian Williams (Drain)
12:17 03 Sep 21
Lots of zero waste / plastic free and organic & wholefoods options here. There is a huge range of cereals, nuts and dried fruit, grains, seeds, pasta and rice, soaps, laundry liquid and fabric softener etc available which you can fill your own containers with, plus a good selection of fresh fruits and vegetables, and fresh bread. Many vegan and health food options, vegan cheeses, kombucha and suchlike. I like the number of glass and paper packaged products, great for if you're trying to cut down on single-use plastics. Friendly helpful staff. Love supporting these small shops and co-ops.
Viren Sharma
Viren Sharma
09:29 26 Aug 21
Always friendly and a great range of produce. I always refill my household products here as well. It was a godsend during the lockdown.
Matt Young
Matt Young
23:42 20 Apr 21
Lovely, friendly staff. Great choice of plastic free products. Great store.
Anthony
Anthony
18:35 25 Mar 21
Lovely shop, lovely staff. 5/5. Would get 6 out of 5 once completely vegan 🙂
John Saunders
John Saunders
19:53 21 Feb 20
This was my first time there and I'm absolutely smitten. There's a great range of food as well as household products available. There are bins of serve yourself nuts and dried fruit etc., tinned goods, packet goods such as pasta and even a facility to re-fill your washing liquid and fabric conditioner bottles. The range of fresh fruit and vegetables looks great and the bakery items include sourdough bread. The only minor negative is the limited parking though I was lucky enough to find a space right outside. You might have to park a bit further away sometimes but that's not a great problem. Oh, yes, and I love the fact that the Co-op is owned by members and run by volunteers. The man who served me was friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful. A brilliant shop and long may it continue.
Rob Butler
Rob Butler
17:58 05 Nov 19
Wonderful local co-operative shop largely run by volunteers. Lots of organic food, fair trade items and local produce. Dry goods can be measured out into paper bags or in your own containers you've brought with you. So, you can buy as much or as little as you like. Really worth supporting this shop. Closed on Tuesdays and Sundays.
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