Affordable groceries

Information and advice about the support for residents to access food.

Affordable Groceries

Community Grocery Redcar

Community Grocery offers a range of food, household, and toiletry options available to choose from at the fraction of the cost of your weekly shop. 

Members can come and shop for their whole family at the fraction of the cost of a supermarket, whilst also saving hundreds of tonnes of food being wasted each year.

There are different sized shops available from £5, with each item in store being worth a certain number of points. 

  • Small shop: £5 (12 point shop)
  • Medium shop: £7.50 (18 point shop)
  • Large shop: £10 (24 point shop)
  • Extra-large shop: £12.50 (30 point shop) 

Being a Community Grocery member means you can shop in store multiple times each week, helping you save on your shopping budget. We have stores across the country and your membership can be used in them all. 

They offer courses/training and one-to-one support sessions for both members and non-members.

Community Grocery has two locations in Redcar and South Bank.

Redcar Community Grocery opening hours:

  • Mon – Fri: 9:30am – 4:30pm

Redcar Baptist Church, Park Avenue, Redcar, TS10 3LJ

Please visit: https://communitygrocery.org.uk/redcar/ for more information.

South Bank Community Grocery: 

  • Opening hours: Mon – Fri: 9:30am – 4:30pm

South Bank Community Grocery, 73 Normanby Road, South Bank, Middlesbrough, TS6 6SA

Please visit https://communitygrocery.org.uk/southbank for more information

Hope For East Cleveland Community Grocery

Opening times:

  • Monday 10am till 11.30am
  • Tuesday 10am till 11.30am
  • Thursday 1pm till 2.30pm
  • Friday 10am till 11.30am

The grocery is low-cost basket shop where customers can buy around 9-10 items (amounts may vary) for £3.

The grocery is open to anyone in the East Cleveland / North Yorkshire coast

One shop per household per visit, but you can visit more than once per week.

Each item is worth points, which can vary in cost depending on the items, and customers can spend a certain number of points in each category as listed below

  • Fridge/freezer – 2 points
  • Store Cupboard – 5 points
  • Fresh fruit/vegetables 2 points

The grocery also runs alongside Hope for East Cleveland’s welcome space, where people can have a free hot drink, access to Wi-Fi, company, etc.