Juniper

Juniper is a cheerful and inviting little packaging free shop on Lavant Street in Petersfield, which opened in December 2020. They stock almost everything you might need in your household cupboards – from rice, porridge oats, chickpeas, chocolate and dried mango to washing-up liquid, floor soap, bubble-bath and face creams. Most of Juniper’s goods are certified as organically produced.

Vickie and Victoria are motivated by a conviction that we can each make a positive contribution to reducing the alarming and unnecessary damage that plastic waste is doing to our natural environment and our health. Customers can bring their own containers, jars, bottles and bags to refill (anything will do), or they can buy reusable, refillable containers from the shop. Alternatively, they can use one of the home-compostable paper bags or use pre-owned, washed, donated bottles and containers from the store room.

Victoria’s drive to open Juniper came from a desire to be able to do a regular household shop locally, conveniently and most importantly package free. With a background in outdoor education and a love of being outdoors in a healthy, thriving, natural environment she has been keen to do more to protect and improve our precious planet now and for future generations. Vickie’s The Real Bread and Food Company, based in Froxfield, has been making sourdough bread using organically grown ingredients for 8 years. Using renewable energy to power the ovens and delivery van, environmental responsibility in food production has always been a core driver. Having sold loaves through a number of very supportive Petersfield shops, cafes and restaurants, The Real Bread and Food Company now has the perfect premises and business partnership to sell direct. Long term friendship and shared values have brought Vickie and Victoria together with a common goal of making package free, high quality, sustainable shopping available in Petersfield.