Apples

I was in the greengrocer's on Castle Street the other day when a lady came in with a bucket full of apples. She left them for Stuart to look for, and said she'd be back to discuss payment later.
This is something no supermarket could ever do!
I think it's great that it's possible for local people to bring their surplus fruit and vegetables to the local greengrocer so that other local people can buy them. It keeps money in the local economy and the surplus fruit and veg don't go to waste.

Meanwhile, in the Thoughts of a Greengrocer, in WyeLocal, Stuart has been doing a bit of market research. He compared prices between Waitrose in Abergavenny, Tesco in Belmont, the Co-op in Hay and his own shop and Gibbons the Butchers in Castle Street.
The dearest for the same basket of shopping (chicken and veg) was Waitrose, followed by Tesco, and then the Co-op. The local shops on Castle Street cost mere pennies more than the Co-op - and of course, that price doesn't include the time and petrol to get to the supermarkets out of town.