Organic Supermarket goes online.

Last year I visited the Organic Supermarket in Blackrock and wrote a review of it for Organic Yum-Yum. I was very impressed with the place and the range of organic produce, I was particularly impressed that all the food was organic and that Darren Grant, the owner, had gone to the extra effort of getting the premises certified organic.

The one disadvantage was that it was in Blackrock. Living in Kildare this meant I was unable to do my weekly shop there. It is rarely that I have had the chance to pop in since but I do make it my mission every time that I am in the vicinity.

As you can imagine I was delighted when I heard that the Organic Supermarket was moving online offering over 3000 products for home delivery.

The website is well laid out with weekly specials, managers picks and easy to navigate product groups. Delivery costs €6.50 to anywhere in Ireland.

I have yet to place my first order, probably because I still like to buy from the Farmers markets and I would imagine this will be the strongest competition the site will face. I am sure however that I will be availing of the service, particularly on those weeks where it is just impossible for me to make it to the market. It is good to know that there is somewhere that I can shop and know I am getting good quality organic produce. When I do get my first delivery I will be sure to write about it here.

The Organic Supermarket

I was lucky enough to visit the new 'Organic Supermarket' in Blackrock last week. The store which has been open for 7 weeks now has been attracting quite a lot of media attention recently and I was keen to check it out, particularly as the owner Darren Grant had gone the full hog and got the place certified organic.

The store can be found next to the old post office (now Starbucks) on the main street. I was delighted when I walked in and found that this was a large, gourmet food store. The decor of dark wood gave the interior a certain amount of class whilst still appearing earthy. 

Darren's idea was to bring the farmers market indoors, and he has achieved this goal. Even as you walk by the front door you are tempted in the display of freshly baked bread from Blazing Salads and fresh produce all delivered daily.  Every part of your grocery shopping is catered for here, with everything from cheese and meat to pasta wine and chocolate. There are products here, particularly in the chilled section that I had no idea were available. They even have the organic pies that I wrote about in my last post and I finally got to try one. Because the shop has certification provided by the Organic Trust, every item that is stocked in The Organic Supermarket has to be certified organic. This is the one big difference between this store and numerous others I have visited and it felt great to be able to pick anything up and know without reading the label that it really was an organic product.

I have high hopes for the 'Organic Supermarket'.  Darren already has plans for expansion telling me that he has his eye on a city centre location for the next shop in the chain. My only criticism is that Blackrock is a long way from Athy, far too far for me to travel for my weekly shop!