The Real Food Guide Directory
The Real Food Guide Directory is a list of local businesses and organisations in and around Manchester that provide "Real Food". We define "Real Food" shops as predominantely selling any of the following:
- Vegetarian
- Fairtrade
- Organic
- Local
- GM Free
If your business is not listed here, or you know of a local business we are missing, please email details to update@realfoodguide.org.uk
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Abbey Leys Organic Farm
Organic Free Range Eggs including Speckledy and Leg Horn breed. Organic homegrown Cheshire potatoes and vegetables, fruit, farmhouse ice-cream, cheese, home made cakes and Abbey Leys honey.
Address: Peacock Lane, High Legh, Knutsford, WA16 6NS
Telephone: 01925 753 465
Email: tim@abbeyleys.co.uk
Website: http://www.abbeyleys.co.uk/ -
All Things Organic
We supply organic fresh fruit & vegetables via a home delivery service throughout Ramsbottom and cover a 30 mile radius. Deliveries can be arranged weekly or fortnightly. We accept all major cards. Now in partnership with The Farmshed: please order produce via their website.
Address: 66 Whalley Road, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Bury, BL0 0DE
Telephone: 01706 829282
Email: info@allthingsorganic.ltd.uk
Website: http://www.thefarmshed.co.uk/ -
Altrincham Farmers' Market
Stalls with local produce direct from the producer.
Address: Market Street, Altrincham, WA14 1PF
Opening Hours: 8am - 2pm, first Friday of each month.
Telephone: 0161 941 4261
Website: http://www.altrincham.org.uk/AltrinchamMarket.asp -
Ashton Farmers' and Producers' Market
Stalls with local produce direct from the producer.
Address: Ashton Market Ground, Bow Street, Ashton, OL6 6BZ
Opening Hours: 8am-3pm, last Sunday of each month.
Telephone: 0161 342 3268
Website: http://www.tameside.gov.uk/eandp/new/ashmarkt.htm -
Blue Corn
A small, friendly, family-run business selling organic, local, dried and fresh food, household and personal care products. There is also a small seating area where you can sample our teas and coffee and healthy snacks.
Address: 208 Heaton Moor Road, Stockport, SK4 4DU
Telephone: 0161 442 3355
Email: mtaghinejadi@yahoo.co.uk -
Bolton Farmers' Market
Stalls with local produce direct from the producer.
Address: Victoria Square, Bolton, BL1 1RU
Opening Hours: 10am-2pm, fourth Sunday of each month.
Telephone: 01204 336824 -
Café Cilantro
A small, family-run organic vegetarian/vegan café serving a range of meals and snacks, Fairtrade tea and coffee, as well as organic juices and smoothies. All dishes are freshly prepared to order in a microwave-free kitchen. The café is fully approved by the Vegetarian Society and has full disabled access.
Address: 52 Beech Road, Chorlton, M21 9EG
Opening Hours: 10:30am-5pm, Monday to Friday, 10am-5pm at weekends
Telephone: 0161 882 0101 -
Chorlton Wholefoods
Chorlton wholefoods sells a wide range of organic fruit and vegetables as well as herbs and spices which are sold by the gram! They also have an interest in homeopathic medicines and practices as well as running allergy testing clinics each month.
Address: 64 Beech Road, Chorlton, M21 9EG
Telephone: 0161 881 6399
Email: chorltonwholefoods@yahoo.co.uk -
Clippy's Apple Preserves
Preserves made from British apples - stockists all over Greater Manchester and Cheshire. See their website to find out where your nearest stockist is.
Address: PO Box 366, Sale, M33 4YH
Telephone: 07753 838928
Email: apples@clippys.com
Website: http://www.clippys.com -
Dig Food
We are an experienced, Manchester-based organic home delivery service with our feet firmly placed in the Manchester soil. We sell seasonal local veg in our veg boxes, whenever we can get it. We have veg from Glebelands in Sale and Dunham Massey Organics, both growers within 12 miles of Manchester. We also sell bread, eggs, dairy products and honey, all from within 50 miles of Manchester. We’re right up your street.
Address: 17 Manor Drive, Chorlton, M21 7QG
Telephone: 07511 554353
Email: hungry@digfood.co.uk
Website: http://www.digfood.co.uk -
Earth Café
Café serving 100% vegan food. Most of the food served is organic.
Address: 16-20 Turner Street, Northern Quarter, M4 1DZ
Opening Hours: Tue - Fri 10-7, Sat 10-5
Telephone: 0161 834 1996
Email: info@earthcafe.co.uk
Website: http://www.earthcafe.co.uk -
Eighth Day
Vegetarian café, take away, and vegetarian health food shop. Stocks fresh local and organic vegetables. Their website also has lots of information, events, and vegetarian recipes. On the Eighth Day offers a wide range of vegetarian and vegan foods as well as many fair-trade products, cruelty free personal care and eco friendly cleaning products. It is democratically run and controlled by its workers and they promote physical, mental and spiritual well being actively within the community. They have developed an environmental action plan and are founders of the ethical exchange.
Address: 111 Oxford Road, Manchester City Centre, M1 7DU
Opening Hours: The cafe is open 8.30am to 7pm every weekday. The shop shuts a little earlier at 5.30pm on Monday, Tuesday and Friday, but stays open till 7pm on Wednesday and Thursday. The cafe and shop are both open 9:30am - 5:30pm on Saturday.
Telephone: 0161 273 4878
Email: mail@eighth-day.co.uk
Website: http://www.eighth-day.co.uk -
Foodlife Doorstep Deliveries
Organic fruit and veg, meat and fish box scheme. Also stock ethical cleaning products.
Address: 68 Buckingham Road, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, SK8 5NA
Telephone: 0161 486 1173
Email: anna@foodlife-doorstepdeliveries.co.uk -
Forest Foods
A wholesale bakery offering a wide range of Vegetarian Society approved products. They aim simply to make food that tastes better. They have been established for 13 years, and still supply the same customers now as they first began with. Please contact for free samples.
Address: Unit 12, Albany Trading Estate, Chorlton, M21 0AZ
Telephone: 0161 881 8585
Email: admin@forestfoods.com
Website: http://www.forestfoods.com -
Fuel
Vegetarian café bar with some local and GM free produce. At night it hosts an eclectic mixture of musical events!
Address: 448 Wilmslow Road, Withington, M20 3BW
Opening Hours: 11am - midnight Mon - Fri, 10am - midnight Sat & Sun, serves food until 9pm
Telephone: 0161 448 9702
