This weekend (Saturday 13th November 2021) The Refillery – a plastic free grocery and ethical goods store – will open their third store in Edinburgh at Moorgarth’s Waverley Market. This will be their very first city centre location and their most ambitious project to date since opening their first store in 2019.
On a mission to ensure ethically sourced shopping that is accessible to everyone, The Refillery features over 1300 plastic free products in-store and online all designed to help people to move towards a minimal waste lifestyle.
The store will be Edinburgh’s largest plastic free grocery store, selling an extensive range of wholefoods, herbs and spices, detergents and bathroom essentials that can be refilled in existing packaging or in basically anything you can carry it home in. Working together with a range of local and independent suppliers as well as their very own in-store delicatessen, a great range of organic fruit and vegetables, delicious locally baked bread, fresh milk in returnable glass bottles and ethical gifts will be available to buy.
The Refillery was designed to reinvent the local grocery store by creating an inclusive shopping experience where customers share The Refillery’s mission to always protect People, Place & Planet. In just under 3 years, The Refillery’s customers have saved over ½ million pieces of plastic by offering a huge range of plastic free alternatives and helping local producers to create plastic free products and circular supply systems which they want to continue to grow and make a positive impact within their new city centre location.
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The Refillery has a real opportunity to significantly reduce the amount of single use items used by commuters and visitors to the city, as well as showcasing their fantastic range of Scottish suppliers at Waverley Market. These will include Planet Kuku, IJ Mellis Cheese, Union of Genius Soups, Eteaket, Chocolate Tree, Edinburgh Fermentarian and Unorthodox Coffee Roasters. The new store will offer refillable treats, a core range of refillable foods, meal solution recipe kits, refills on tap offering chilled and carbonated water as well as a range of kombucha flavours. A brand-new offering for their latest store will be their deposit return scheme for coffee cups which will be the first of its kind in the city.
Founder of The Refillery, Kelly Wright said: “Waverley Market is such a great location for us to continue our mission to make plastic free shopping accessible to more people. I’m really looking forward to opening our latest store, working closely with a range of local and independent Scottish suppliers with our very own deli and lots of other exciting plans coming up. We as a team continue to be so inspired by all our customers no matter what stage of the plastic free journey they are on. What we do know is that people want this, and we will continue to work hard to deliver the best range, affordable prices, and a great experience here at Waverley Market.”
Moorgarth’s Waverley Market is continually building trust and connectivity with Edinburgh’s innovative and independent businesses as they continue to look towards future implementation of their rooftop developments and their ongoing changes to their existing space.
The Refillery – www.therefillery.co.uk
Waverley Market – www.waverleymarketedin.com
All images © Stewart Attwood Photography 2021
