Independent Thinking - Exploring a new era for retail and the high street

The joys of slow shopping and buying thoughtfully with zero-waste shop The Good Store, Edinburgh

October 19, 2020 Season 1 Episode 5
Independent Thinking - Exploring a new era for retail and the high street
The joys of slow shopping and buying thoughtfully with zero-waste shop The Good Store, Edinburgh
Show Notes

Hello and welcome to Independent Thinking, the podcast exploring a new era for the high street. 

In today’s episode,  I’m delighted to be joined by Jamila and Natasha from The Good Store, a plastic free groceries store in the leafy neighbourhood of Inverleith, Edinburgh. 

With a background in Nutrition and a passion for sustainability between them, the two sisters established their waste-free grocery store in late 2019, recognising there was a gap in the market to make zero-plastic shopping feel altogether more chic...

We discuss developing an idea and bringing it to fruition, how their relationship with their customers has evolved during lockdown, the impact of Black Lives Matter as black business owners and why it's so much more pleasant to 'shop slowly'. 

We discuss the recent controversy around Blackstone's investment in the oat milk company, Oatly. You can read Oatly's statement, and their side of the story here: https://www.oatly.com/int/climate-and-capital

Independent Businesses mentioned in the episode:

The Good Store:
https://www.thegoodstore.scot/

Style Your Spaces: https://styleyourspaces.co.uk/

Untitled Oats: https://untitledoats.co.uk/

GreenCity : https://www.greencity.coop/

Our Lovely Goods: https://ourlovelygoods.com/

Pieute: https://pieute.scot/

Treen: https://shoptreen.com/

Company bakery: https://www.companybakery.com/

Elliot Clark Flowers: https://www.elliottclarkflowers.co.uk/


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