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.
The Bread and Butter Thing
Get your weekly groceries for a fraction of the cost.
The Bread and Butter Thing (TBBT) offers high-quality, low-cost food to everyone in East Cleveland and beyond.
For £8.50 you can pick up three bags of food worth roughly £35 including fresh fruit and vegetable, chilled food for the fridge, and cupboard staples like cereal. You can also pay just £5 for an individual bag or £17 for a six bag 'family' deal.
On average, you can expect to save around £25 versus buying the products you receive if you picked them up at a supermarket. The food comes from supermarkets, factories, and farms, meaning you can help reduce waste while also reducing your cost of living.
Many support organisations now attend the Bread and Butter Thing collection sessions, providing advice to people using the service. This helps to share important information about things like benefits, housing, employability and health. The Bread and Butter Thing volunteers, as trusted members of the community, can also share this support effectively with you.
Visit The Bread and Butter Thing website to find out more.
Hub location
We currently have one hub in Redcar and Cleveland: Loftus Social Club, West Road, Loftus, TS13 4RG, with collection day on Wednesday at 2pm.