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Meet Fair Trade Lucy

How long have you known about Fair Trade? I can’t think of a time when I haven’t known about Fair Trade.  As a child I used to help my mum unpack and price up boxes of fairly traded crafts which she sold through our church. Buying Fairtrade tea, coffee and bananas was ‘the norm’ in […]

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Welcome Tia!

Tia has recently joined the team, she’s fitting in working with us between finishing her work with students and beginning her PGCE in September – very useful to us as she covers everyone’s holiday! Friendly and welcoming, we are sure all our customers are going to love getting to know Tia! How did you get […]

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Hello Nadiia!

Nadiia has recently become part of the Good Taste team after needing to leave Ukraine and make Sheffield her new home. Living in Broomhill with Saskia and her family has helped her to get used to the community here, and she has previously worked at other local businesses before starting to work with us. We […]

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July Newsletter

Welcome to our July newsletter, we’re wondering where the sunshine has gone and counting down the days until summer holidays… Keep reading for your monthly update on all things Fair Trade! PLASTIC FREE JULY We are in the midst of Plastic Free July® – a global movement that helps millions of people be part of the […]

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About Good Taste – By Kai

Good Taste is a very nice little shop in Broomhill. They sell fair trade items and the profits go to a charity organisation called Taste. They sell some very cool handmade items which are imported from all around the world. For example, this dog which is made out of scrap metal from a bike. There […]

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Welcome Katherine

History student Katherine joined us in 2023 and is a welcome addition to the Good Taste team. Always ready for a chat about history, politics (or both!) she is another friendly face behind the counter. Why not pop in and say hello to our newest member of the team! How did you get involved with […]

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Hello Isobel

Law student Isobel combines her hours in the shop with her university degree and a lot of sport (hockey and football to be precise!). And if you think she looks a bit familiar, it’s because she is the younger sister of Good Taste Alumnus Cara! We’re delighted to have Isobel as part of our team […]

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Meet Saskia

Sports superstar Saskia can be found behind the counter on Wednesdays and Fridays, ready to serve with a smile! A Broomhill native, Saskia combines her hours in the shop with other part term work and many hours training on the running track. We can safely say that she is without the fittest of all our […]

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Keeping Warm – our top tips!

The temperature is dropping at the same time as we are consciously turning our heating down… so how to keep warm? We are experts at keeping warm here at Good Taste, our heater doesn’t really work and we have had two winters of keeping the shop door open all day, every day! We thought we […]

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The Great Big Green Week

The Great Big Green Week runs from 24th September to the 2nd October 2022 and is the UK’s biggest celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature.  Great Big Green Week will unleash a wave of support for action to protect the planet. Tens of thousands of people in every corner of […]