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T’is the season…

December 18 2009 at 10:30 am

Firstly we would like to thank all our customers, both in store and from across Ireland for such tremendous support throughout the past year.  We have managed to deliver fresh organic food to all corners of Ireland and are very proud to have served you.
Our last  internet order will be leaving our store on Santa’s [...]

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Our Staff Go Hungry for Concern

December 02 2009 at 7:29 pm

Our Staff are fasting for 24hrs tomorrow to experience what millions of children go through on a daily basis throughout the developing world.  Working surrounded by food all day, we felt that to do a day without food to raise funds and awareness that can even help one child was a worthy cause.  Please give [...]

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Golden Spider 2009 Best E-Commerce Best Retail and Commercial Shopping Website

November 20 2009 at 1:57 pm

The Organic Supermarket WINS “Best E-Commerce Best Retail and Commercial Shopping website 2009” at this years eircom Golden Spider Awards
I have to say on a personal note that I am humbled to have won this fantastic award. We had some amazingly worthy competition and we take our hat off to all!
Thanks to the Golden Spiders [...]

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Rozanne’s Recipe Corner – Quinoa!

November 16 2009 at 11:56 am

We are delighted to announce that celebrity chef Rozanne Steven’s has volunteered to bring her wealth of knowledge of food and recipes to our organic blog. Roz has been a great supporter of organic food and a frequent visitor to our store.
She even recently mentioned us on her weekly Pat Kenny show.  She has [...]

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Fairtrade for Irish farmers!

November 16 2009 at 11:33 am

The Sunday Tribune, Sunday 15th November 2009
For the cost of a cappuccino, Irish consumers could switch to Irish-grown, organic fruit and veg each week, says Darren Grant, owner of The Organic Supermarket, Ireland’s first dedicated supermarket where everything from pasta to parsnips are certified organic and sold seasonally.
“The average family spends €20 on fruit and [...]

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We’ve made the 2009 Golden Spider Awards shortlist!

October 28 2009 at 7:50 pm

They say good things come in 3’s and in our case it seems to be true.  We are delighted to announce our third award shortlist nomination this year for “Best Retail and Commercial Shopping Website” in the 2009 Golden Spider awards.
This year has already been a great acknowledgement of Independent retail in Ireland as we [...]

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Listen to Darren discuss a good wholesome organic breakfast.

October 28 2009 at 2:54 pm

Breakfast, the most important meal of the day, so why is it that the Irish are the largest eaters of puffed, flaked, flavoured, shaped, sugared and salted cereals in the world?  We munch our way through 8.4kg  f it per person per year .  This is a shocking statistic when we compare ourselves to our [...]

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It’s official – we’re pretty!

October 12 2009 at 7:14 pm

We are proud to announce that we won “Most Beautiful Website in Ireland” at the 2009 Irish Web Awards at the weekend.  This is truly an honour for us as we were up against some of Ireland’s finest websites!  We extend our thanks to the awards and the judges.

Worthy of a very special mention is [...]

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Why should we eat in season?

October 09 2009 at 11:06 am

Each season has different minerals and vitamins that have been benefiting humans for centuries.  Mother Nature has designed it so that each season’s food just happens to have exactly what our bodies require to stay fit and healthy.  For example, autumn has vegetables particularly high in Vitamin C, such as Kale, this builds up the [...]

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We are proud to announce that we have been approved as a member of Good Food Ireland

October 07 2009 at 11:51 am

Good Food Ireland’s independent review of our store:
“The very first thing we notice, on entering Darren Grant’s wonderful store in Blackrock, County Dublin, is how wonderfully colourful the space is and how eloquent the team are.
The shelves are stocked floor to ceiling with a vast and sumptuous array of goodies, all one hundred per cent, [...]

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