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Outdoor enthusiast Cara is one of our student employees here at Good Taste. Cara juggles her hours in the shop with her Modern History Masters and playing a lot of hockey! She’s always ready with a smile and to help the customers with whatever they need. We thought we would get to know Cara a […]
These chocolate chip cookies are absolutely delicious, easy to make and what’s more they are Vegan – perfect for Veganuary! This recipe creates a chewy textured cookie, but the addition of oats into the mixture means that they don’t fall apart yet still melt in the mouth! This recipe is from www.thevegspace.co.uk and as always […]
Kornel has joined our team as a retail assistant through the Kickstart scheme – this is his first job! You will find Kornel ready to serve you with a smile and his eagerness to learn new things has meant that he has quickly taken on lots of jobs from cleaning to shelf stacking! Kornel is […]
Overview This stunning jewellery is created by a small women’s cooperative of rural artisans, living in a village near to Taxco, Mexico. Most of the women are able to work close to home in small workshops and do not have to travel to street markets to sell their products. Skills passed down from generation to […]
We are have been delighted to welcome Juliet into the Good Taste Team, you may even have had the pleasure of meeting her when you come in for your Fairtrade essentials! We wanted to get to know her a bit better, so asked her a few questions about her life in and out of the […]
Plastic, it’s become a dirty word. But it’s not plastic that is actually the problem, it’s us. It’s our excessive consumption of it. We have become addicted as a society to the convenience of single-use plastic. And the thing about addictions is they are hard to break. Over the last few decades, seeing our fruit […]
We recently posted this picture on our Facebook page and it became one of the most engaged with posts we have ever posted. What does that tell us? It encourages us that our customers care about the person who made their clothes and the environmental impact clothing manufacture is having. We were asked by one […]
Alison is one of our wonderful volunteers and has been a familiar face over the last three years. As well as her friendly and welcoming nature she is also one of the shop’s best customers! She just can’t resist when we get new products in! We’ve asked her a few questions to help you to […]
Plastic, and the amount we use, has hit the headlines over the last few weeks. With so much going to landfill due to plastic either not being able to be recycled or people choosing not to, we are reaching a plastic crisis! The supermarkets have been called on to reduce their plastic packaging, but what […]
In the first in our series of ‘Meet the Artisans’ series we would like to introduce you to the people who work for Lanka Kade and make the beautiful and brightly coloured toys we sell in the shop. Step into the shop and it’s hard to miss the boldly coloured chunky puzzles, beautifully painted wooden […]