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Tips For A Plastic Free, Planet Friendly Kitchen
April 24, 2023

Tips For A Plastic Free, Planet Friendly Kitchen

We know it's a bit of a maze at first to break away from the plastic habit. It's everywhere, and it’s not easy to break away from something that consumes the market of products and packaging. But we've got your back! We've compiled a list of ways to cut down on plastic in your kitchen and make a positive change for the planet. Let's kick plastic to the curb, one kitchen at a time!

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Tips To Make Your Easter More Sustainable This Year
March 31, 2023

Tips To Make Your Easter More Sustainable This Year

Longer brighter days, daffodils blooming, getting the whole family together and baskets of chocolate. These are all things we think of when Easter rolls around. One thing that doesn't come to mind? The waste. 

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It’s Time To Ditch The Single Use Plastic Water Bottles! Why Invest In A Reusable?
March 21, 2023

It’s Time To Ditch The Single Use Plastic Water Bottles! Why Invest In A Reusable?

In this day and age, it’s pretty intuitive that single use plastic water bottles are bad for the environment. They end up on landfills, in the sea or, at worst in the belly of a fish. 60 million plastic water bottles getting heaped onto the landfill every single day, and it takes those 60 million around 1,000 years to decompose. That convenient chug might not be so convenient after all. 

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It's B Corp Month! How Shopping B Corp Helps You Stay Sustainable
March 17, 2023

It's B Corp Month! How Shopping B Corp Helps You Stay Sustainable

This year's theme is ‘Make business a force for good’, and is a good opportunity for us to continue raising awareness of what Certified B Corporations actually means. The B Corp certification provides us with a stamp of approval, we feel confident that the company has gone through quite a rigorous process. So for us, it means we can make better purchasing decisions and know that our values are also aligned with the brands.

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It's Food Waste Awareness Week! 5 Tips To Reduce Your Food Waste, Win Don't Bin
March 06, 2023

It's Food Waste Awareness Week! 5 Tips To Reduce Your Food Waste, Win Don't Bin

It's Food Action Week this week! Win. Don’t Bin. Reducing waste is a huge passion of ours at the deli, we practice it in everything we do; meaning we rarely have too much waste.  A lot of the time our customers don’t even realise we do these things - so we’ve highlighted some of them below!   We’ve also pulled together our top tips of easy steps you can make at home to try and eliminate your everyday waste. 

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8 Best Sustainable Mother’s Day Gifts 2023
March 03, 2023

8 Best Sustainable Mother’s Day Gifts 2023

So with just over 2 weeks to go to Mother's Day 2023; we can help you! Have a browse online or check us out in person if you’re local to Winchester. We’ve got nationwide delivery if time is running out and you need a last minute gift, or you can’t get there to give your special person a hug.

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Tips To Have A Sustainable Pancake Day
February 20, 2023

Tips To Have A Sustainable Pancake Day

At Open House Deli, the zero waste mindset of Pancake Day is still alive and flipping. We have some tips to reduce the amount of waste in your household this year. 

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Tips for a plastic-free Christmas
November 22, 2021

Tips for a plastic-free Christmas

How to aim for a sustainably led Christmas, focusing on plastic free and eco - friendly. 

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Deliveries come to end
September 16, 2021

Deliveries come to end

Our delivery service has come to an end!

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It's Compost Week!
March 18, 2021

It's Compost Week!

This week is #CompostWeekUK - a campaign which celebrates the benefits of composting and encourages all of us to be 'rotters!' We thought it a good opportunity to highlight some of the processes we have in place.  

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Gift Guide - For the Foodie
December 11, 2020

Gift Guide - For the Foodie

Want to buy some goodies for you foodie friend? We have the perfect gift guide to help you out.  We love making food using brilliant seasonal ingredients and making them the star of the show. 

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Gift Guide - Best Buys at the Deli
November 24, 2020

Gift Guide - Best Buys at the Deli

These are our favourite gifts in the deli right now, a mix between classics we've had in since day one, and newer items we've slowly been adding to in our store. 

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A spotlight on our suppliers
September 30, 2020

A spotlight on our suppliers

We are very proud of the brands and products that we stock and use in the deli, and choose every product carefully, making sure that all the brands are environmentally friendly and sustainable.

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Eat Out to Help Out
August 28, 2020

Eat Out to Help Out

As each month ends at the moment, it’s important to reflect on another period of change at the deli.  August has been another challenging month, but this time for completely different reasons. 

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Supporting Local
June 30, 2020

Supporting Local

When the pandemic hit and lockdown took over, we had to quickly stand back and rethink our purpose...

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