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Organic one-stop shop opens in the town centre
Anne Snelgrove MP and Mayoress Joyce Bawden were the first shoppers at Farmed Fair, a new organic
supermarket, in the centre of Swindon.
The shop on Commercial Road, with the range
stocks a huge range of organic and and wished the
fair trade food and household es- business success.
sentials. Owners Paul and Wendy Mayor Mike
Nicholls from Abbey Meads, hope Bawden wel-
it will appeal to people who usu- comed the arrival
ally buy their organics at large su- of Farmed Fair.
permarkets. “People living and
The bright and airy shop in- working in Swin-
cludes fruit and vegetables, gro- don are demand-
ceries, frozen foods including baby ing a greater vari-
food, soft drinks and cordials. Toi- ety of retail outlet
letries, cleaning products and dog and Paul and
food are also on sale and, when Wendy’s initiative Paul, Wendy and Leigh Nicholls with the Mayor and
licensed, organic wine and beer demonstrates the Anne Snelgrove launch the new venture on 5 January
will be on the shelves. confidence retail-
Paul recently converted to eat- ers have in the town centre.”
ing organic. Prompted by Wendy’s Anne Snelgrove said she was It’s simple!
decision to stop eating meat, the pleased to see a new type of busi-
family, including six year old ness in the town centre. “Like many, 1You drop it off
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