As a alternative to the big chains, The People's Supermarket on Lamb's Conduit Street, London, is the ethical food idea that features on the recent Channel 4 series: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-peoples-supermarket. Run 'by the people for the people', it aims to sell the best food at the lowest possible prices to members, who must volunteer in return for a few hours every month.
Because the workforce is nearly all volunteers, staff costs are kept low - which means shopping costs less. With a flat management structure, there are no bonuses for bosses or dividends for shareholders here: it's the members who benefit from any profits. They also decide how the place is run, what it sells and ultimately, what kind of shop it will be.
The People's Supermarket, 72 - 78 Lamb's Conduit Street, London WC1N 3LP.
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