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Whole foods market opposite Hammersmith Town Hall stocking a variety of food and grocery items, has organic fruit and vegetable, vitamins, macrobiotic, aromatherapy oils, homeopathic remedies, biodegradable cleaning products and more. Previously named Bushwacker Wholefoods. Open Mon-Thu 10:00-18:00, Fri 10:00-15:00, Sun 11:00-17:00. Closed Sat.


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6 Reviews

First Review by JohnnySensible

CLRtraveller

Points +8103

Vegan
13 Jan 2024

Similar offerings to the formerly named Bushwacker Wholefoods

January 2024 update: new hours posted on the door: Mon-Thu 10-6, Fri 10-3, Sun 11-5 (Saturdays closed).
New owner; same food and other products - many vegan. Packaged nuts, seeds, grains, legumes. Chilled and frozen items. Tofu, tempeh, non-dairy foods. Fresh bread from an organic bakery in Greater London. Some fresh produce. Household items. Chocolate and snack bars.

Updated from previous review on 2023-09-28

Emancipation1

Points +11

Mostly Veg
10 Nov 2023

Organic vibe

We need more companies like this which essentially possess an organic community vibe, sharing information which is paramount and beneficial for health of mankind.

Rebecca25

Points +112

Vegan
26 Jul 2023

Used to love this place

Honestly used to love this place but now it’s literally never open and when it is, you can’t buy anything without them trying to sell you conspiracy theories. It’s a really hard sell of a conspiracy theory newspaper and why vaccines are killing us, the government want to control us by taking away cash etc. It’s honestly a bit ridiculous so I’ve stopped going.

craftycrusader

Points +286

Vegan
03 Mar 2020

Cute place

Has a few things you can get to take away like sandwiches and really nice dessert pots

Pros: Lots of variety and unusual items

Cons: Very expensive, Lots of plastic packaging

es_audland

Points +22

Vegan
06 Aug 2016

Wholefood Heaven

My best friend an I (she isn't vegan but super health conscious) went to have a browse and ended up finding so many things that just aren't stocked elsewhere!! They have absolutely everything you could want.

Pros: amazing selection of things, lovely people

Cons: NONE AT ALL!!

JohnnySensible

Points +7596

Herbivore
19 Apr 2008

Stephen Cowan on Bushwhacker

One of London's best loved wholefood shops.

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http://thecowanreport.blogspot.com/2008/03/hammersmiths-bushwacker-wholefoods-at.html

Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Hammersmith's Bushwacker Wholefoods At the Forefront Of A Retail Revolution

Back in 1982, six years before the modern Fair Trade movement was formally established and when the current organic food sector was still a twinkle in an environmentalist's eye; Chris and Sunita Shipton set up Bushwacker Wholefoods.

Chris tells me that their aim "was always to source high quality food that's produced by suppliers committed to looking after their workers, their livestock and their land, and who work with the underlying nature of things". Chris says that he and Sunita "thought it was important to support the people that produce our food in a sustainable way". Twenty six years later and they're still serving the people of Hammersmith with the same ethos.

The store is homely and the shelves are stacked with an impressive variety of high-end produce. Amazing Dijon mustard and beautifully produced chocolates sit alongside their sugar-free breakfast cereals. Bags of exotic dried fruits, rustic breads, and jars of delicious rainforest honey line up next to dairy products and a wide array of teas, coffees, lentils, split peas, fresh fruit and vegetables. Almost everything is organic, Fair Trade or both. It's one of the few places I know where you can pick up the most obscure cooking ingredients and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg.

Look around London and you'll quickly realise that there's fewer and fewer shops like Bushwacker Wholefoods. Large supermarket groups have actively sought to crowd out their smaller competitors. Concern is such that the Evening Standard is running a campaign to protect London's small retailers and, as reported here, there is concern from Parliamentary Select Committees to influential think tanks about the future of the UK's independently owned shops.




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