We are thrilled and delighted to welcome Laura Groves as the new Assistant Manager at Ilmington Community Shop and Café. After a hard-fought recruitment and interview process, Laura emerged a worthy winner and she starts her new role this week, learning procedures across both the shop and café. Many of you will know Laura as […]

Well instore we can with a delicious bounty of British summer crops; peas, Bobby beans, raspberries, strawberries.. and juicy peaches. A veggie supper of pea and Parmesan risotto? Bobby beans simply steamed with a dab of butter and squeeze of lemon? A summer fruit salad with cream? The taste of summer – in store now.

Wallace’s favourite crumbly Wensleydale, served with a delicious slice of fruit cake, “that’ll do ya lad”! On a rainy day like this, we all need a bit of comfort food to cheer us up…

And if you take one of those seats whilst enjoying a coffee or tea and homemade cake you get a wonderful view of the village. We’re enjoying the sun while it’s visiting, although it means you’ll currently find our chocolate treats in the back of the fridges in store and we’ve stocked the ice cream […]

It’s cherry season and they’re in store now! The last few days are also definitely ice-cream season too… Why not combine the two by making a simple cherry compote to enjoy with ice cream as a light and tasty pud? A simple way to create the compote is to stone your cherries, careful as they […]