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Jim

Hiya! Welcome!

Oh gosh - you see what happens when you turn your computer off for a few days and then forget about it! Thank you to everyone who replied to this post. You're all very friendly! In response to a couple of points on this thread: 1. I live in Ipswich but have a shop at Stonham Barns, Stonham Aspal. 2....

A frog jumps into a pot of water which is gradually being heated. As the water gets warmer, the frog adjusts its body temperature and continues to adjust to the increasing water temperature until, ultimately, the frog is boiled alive. This story can be interpreted in a number of ways - political, e...

We used to turn plastic bags donated by customers and family and friends inside out, and write 'happy to recycle' on them to use in the shop, and had a carboard box for people to bring their bags to the next time they came in, so they did not have to make a special recycling trip. I have also seen ...

Huh! I have a discussion board on my website. When we set it up, we had hundreds of people joining in a few weeks. I was very excited until it was pointed out to me that they nearly all came from Russia and USA and were therefore very unlikely to be wanting to discuss the merits of Suffolk jams! We ...

In answer to both of your posts Annpan and Kiery, my shop is a strange hybrid of kitchen & table ware and local, speciality foods. I do lots of really nice local chutney, jam, apple juice, flour, biscuits, cakes, confectionery - its not quite a deli and not quite a farm shop but am getting a fri...

Oh I do - I have a nice lady in Ipswich who makes me some lovely fabric bags which are dotted around the shop, but only a couple of people have bought them so far. I think you're probably right - I'll just have to bite the bullet and take the plunge and get rid of them altogether, but its the food s...

I'm a small retailer in the heart of rural Suffolk and I'm desperate to get rid of the carrier bags. Its very interesting to see the reaction of customers when you ask "Do you need a bag?" and if they say yes, "Is paper ok?" I reckon about 50% of my customers decline a bag or tel...

Fank you... I feel VERY welcome already!

Just joined up yesterday - what a great site this is, and very much after my own heart. I've already got some great ideas after trawling through the forum yesterday!

Anyway, I can't promise to be posting on here every day, but I hope to be on here fairly often.

Cheers for now
Jim