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Workers co-op still delivers super foods 30 years on
While the big supermarkets have only just cottoned on to the fact that consumers want quality, organic
produce, Swindon Pulse has just celebrated thirty years of supplying healthy food to the town.
What's more the or- organic veg and bread. PULSE
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ganisation is still a work- "It's been the place where ^ i s ^ s 9LJ
ers cooperative, run by we could get the right ^^LEFp^
its members on the na- food to improve our A WORKERS CO OPERATIV E
tional minimum wage health. I've noticed 27 Curtis St, Swindon SN1 57U
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who take turns serving they've got busier and Opening Hours
in the shop in Curtis busier over the years. I Mon Toes Wed & Sat 9 - 5.30
Thorn 9 - 6 Fri 9.30 - 5.30
Street. Pulse was the first don't know what we'd do
whole food shop in Swin- without them." Organic Fruit, Veg and Bread an Thursdays
Local Organic Veg Box scheme available
don and is thought to be Left, the workers at Su,indon 100% Vegetarian and Vegan
GM Free
Britain's oldest continu- Pulse, from left, Step{i Large selection of Herbs & Spices °_
ally operating coopera- Robshan', Cath Dolling, Essential Oils & Herbal remedies
Gluten & Wheat free range of foods
tive of its kind. Tracer/ Duck, Colin Cabbage, We support Fairtrade & Ethical Trading
Madeline James
In the mid-70s, being a REAL FOOD FROM A REAL SHOP
vegetarian was considered radical have enough information. Organic
and being vegan almost unheard food is increasingly popular and
of. In true hippie fashion, goods natural nutritional supplements
the •
were sold from the back of a Mor- like the blue! green algae spirulina
ris Minor van in Swindon's mar- are getting a lot of attention." as
ket. Television programmes and diet y
Cath Dolling, a member since books have inspired people to visit H d rot k era pyICIiniC
1999, said that, although super- the shop. When Carol Vorderman , , - . t, - Caia„;a c;ea.s,,,y
markets are now stocking a wider published her Detox Plan, there was
range of organic and healthy foods, a surge of interest and, recently, Do you suffer from?
it has not had an effect on the busi- customers have been shopping for
ness. In fact, many people turn to ingredients listed in Gillian X Acne
Pulse when supermarkets discon- McKeith's You are what you c'at.
tinue a favourite item. "A lot of Ivy Poole and her husband Ted, X PMT
people come because they've seen have been shopping at Pulse since X Is
a nutritionist, and they need to it first opened. Still active at 76 and
avoid dairy or gluten, or because 81, they are a good example of the X Headaches
their doctor has told them to benefit of healthy eating. Ivy is a
change their diet. Often they don't regular on Thursdays to collect her X Weight problems
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