43 The Old High Street, Folkestone, Kent CT20 1RL / 01303 487879
We are an independent wholefoods shop in Folkestone’s Creative Quarter. We stock a broad range of products, including locally baked organic bread, fair-trade gifts and natural skin care. We emphasise local, ethical, vegetarian and plastic-free products wherever possible. We also offer a refill service on Faith in Nature and AlterNative shampoo conditioner and body cleaning products. Come and visit us soon!
In our small store you will find a very wide range of products!
We have a daily delivery of delicious local sourdough bread from Dockers, Folkestone’s local artisan brewery and bakery.
We are a whole foods shop after all! Where possible our dried food is grown in the uk.
Fairtrade, slavery free, vegan, non-vegan, conscious producers, all yummy!
Low food mile products, fairtrade, vegan and artisan brands. Helping you create great dishes and cakes!
Gluten free options, organic, convenient and flavourful.
Organic soups, coconut milk, tomatoes and saucy baked beans for an easy lunch.
Get your pies, ‘Baycon’ and vegan cheeses here! And don’t forget your vegan ice cream.
Natural, biodegradable, plastic free. Recycled, reusable and plastic free!
Everything you need in your bathroom… plus it’s planet friendly.
From candles, to baskets to jewellery. All ethical and fair traded.
Well-being is very important to us at Folkestone Wholefoods. Our ‘Well-being Corner’ is located at the bottom of the shop, by the till.
Local Medical Herbalist Lynda Jones supplies our ‘herbal apothecary’ and Folkestone Wholefoods partner Klara Darkly sources our supplements and healing range.
Klara is available for informal advice on Wednesday’s between 10am – 4pm.
Our Herbal Apothecary is stocked with around 50 different herbal tinctures, syrups and
distilled herbal waters supplied, and then refilled (to protect our wonderful planet) in pretty
glass bottles. We also have a selection of medicinal dried herbs dispensed by the scoopful
into paper bags, or your own jars. The tinctures and dried herbs are top class medicinal
grade, from UK companies who supply professional Medical Herbalists. They are almost all
organic with a small exception if it’s not possible to source responsibly.
There are guidelines and responsibilities associated with health advice. Our staff can sell the products but cannot give advice, thus, please be patient if they express their limitations. If in any doubt contact Lynda for a consultation. You will also find Klara Darkly serving in the shop on Wednesdays, who also has a wealth of expert knowledge in natural health.
These are most easily described as things that would eventually clear up on their own but you would like a helping hand with, like colds, coughs, hay-fever, short term insomnia, tummy upsets, aches and pains, exam nerves, travel sickness, occasional head-aches. Those with underlying health issues or taking other medicines will most likely need to speak to Lynda who will prescribe specific or personalised herbal medicine. A private consultation may be more appropriate in some circumstances. www.lyndajoneskent.co.uk for more information on Lynda’s Consulting Services.
We also stock carefully selected supplements, from ethically and environmentally friendly
companies as well as foodstuffs helpful in maintaining good health.
Topical products for the likes of sprains, cuts, bites, skin conditions etc can also be found
here.
43 The Old High Street, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1RL
01303 487 879
Our aim is to bring good quality products to the Old High Street and where possible to showcase local goods. We aim to supply a large cross-section of foods to meet many health, dietry and lifestyle needs. As well as stocking a variety of health conscious goods we are also able to offer a broad collection of experience and passion for health conscious goods.
Our business model focuses on
We’re not perfect, but we’re actively working on carrying out our business with integrity in line with our values!
The shop was conceived and established by Tessa and Beth in 2017, along with invaluable help from loyal friends, with a vision to bring the food they wanted to buy and eat to Folkestone!
Tessa had previously run the cafe above Canterbury Wholefoods, and Beth is a Yoga teacher with a particular interest in Yogi teas. They ran the shop successfully for 3 years, with the help of some committed staff, friends and colleagues. When Beth moved away from Folkestone in 2021 the core group of those involved created a Limited Liability Partnership, so that the shop could continue to serve the community with a structure that enabled the long-standing members of staff to join as partners.
The work of running the shop (not just serving) is shared by all of us alongside our other commitments. We all value this collaborative approach.
We chose to establish the business as an LLP so that the partners could have a say in how it is run and share the governance and accountability, as provided for in the structure of an LLP. Although this is a for-profit structure, we intend to invest any extra profit made back into the development of the business, the better to serve our community.
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The best bread this side of the Channel! We have a delivery every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.