Home to 600 people, with just a handful of food shops and no cars on the island, the island of Sark is now receiving regular deliveries from Waitrose to meet the demands of residents.
Food Stop in Sark is now stocking products from the UK mainland-based Waitrose, which will be making regular deliveries of products to the island community.
The delivery is taken by tractor-drawn cart to Food Stop.
Food Stop, run by mother and daughter team, Julie and Nikki Baker, gained national fame when it featured in BBC Two TV programme, An Island Parish.
Nikki said:“We noticed that a lot of islanders were taking specific day trips to the Waitrose branches in Guernsey to stock up on their own-brand products. We thought that having our own stock of Waitrose groceries would be a great for islanders so they don’t have to travel so far to get their favourite items.
“It’s been an absolute hit with all of our customers and it’s great to have things like fresh pasta that we haven’t had delivered to the island previously. Everything is flying off the shelves and our customers know which days the deliveries arrive so, by the time I come in the next day, half the stock is gone!'
David Morton, director of business to business at Waitrose, said:“It's fantastic to be working with Nikki and Julie at Food Stop. They are at the heart of island life and have given us a great opportunity to sell our products in Sark.”
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