Wild Thyme Wholefoods Portsmouth

Wild Thyme is a wholefood shop with a takeaway and juice bar, run by a worker co-operative, at 102 Palmerston Road, Southsea, PO5 3PT.
As well as a massive range of natural and organic food, our take away food counter is supplied by our on site kitchen. We have our own packing operation, meaning we can keep prices down and make sure our food is top quality. Sourcing from local suppliers is a priority for us.

Our ethical standards are at the heart of what we do - we are committed to working towards a sustainable and ethical future which promotes some alternative ways of living to those currently offered by supermarket chains and other large corporations. We aim to create a positive impact on Portsmouth as well as contributing to the creation of a better world through offering healthy vegan wholefoods and other products. We offer a broad range of gluten-free, sugar-free, raw and specialist diet foods. We sell a large range of organic foods, as well as ensuring that none of our products contain GMO's, hydrogenated fats, artificial additives, MSG or artificial sweeteners such as aspartame. Throughout our design and development of the business as a whole we will make decisions strongly influenced by their environmental impact, and aim to use natural materials and keep our carbon footprint as low as possible. We will keep our packaging to a minimum, use biodegradable packaging for our own brand products and provide opportunities for refills (for example of cleaning products). In addition to food, we offer household and toiletry products which are less harmful to health or the environment and are not tested on animals. We will also promote building strong local communities by supporting local arts, environmental, community and social justice events and projects.

We are a not-for-profit worker co-operative, where every member of the business has an equal say and responsibility in the running of the business and make our decisions by consensus. We value our responsibility as workers to have control over our own workplace and conditions, with respect for our co-workers, as well as to the quality of the service and products which we provide for our customers. We also extend these principles to all others who we have a business relationship with, such as suppliers and producers.