Central Stores, is a small village shop run by Roger and Anne Howe. Situated in the centre of Stogumber, it provides a vital service to the local community offering:

We aim to maintain an independent local food shop, free from concerns of national and international big business. Our focus is on local food, local people and local service.

We aim to create a world where we can live comfortably together without the exploitation of the Earth and everything that lives in it.

We believe that central to our success are the people who work together with us.

We actively support local businesses and individuals, fair trade, environmental issues and community activities.

We have recently introduced Re-Usable Tote bags as well as Bio-Degradable Bags to encourage recycling and to increase awareness of how simple actions can benefit the environment. We aim to recycle most of the packaging received from our suppliers.

We sell a wide range of Local Produce, and continue to source quality locally produced food in an attempt to reduce our contribution to food miles.

There has been a shop in Stogumber for well over a century. A healthy village hosts a school, church, pub and village shop and we will endeavour to take Central Stores into the next century.

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Post Office:

The Post Office is open most mornings and provides access to local banking, bill payments, mail and parcel services and the like.