We buy in cakes and breads from local bakers, much of this on a daily basis as we use freshly baked breadcakes for our home made sandwiches and sell a wide variety of freshly baked cakes each day . (A wide variety of cakes are now baked by hand in –house and are sold under the label of Monk Foodie.)
Our large daily sliced loaves now come from a local baker , and our small daily sliced loaves from Warburtons.
Some breads are baked – off in – house daily . These include our organic brown and white loaves, long parisiennes, croissants, demi-baguettes and more recently, cheese, olive and onion bloomers. We also regularly trial new hand made breads from local bakers.
Roast ham, beef and turkey are sliced to order off the bone. Bacon is sold unsmoked by the rasher, dry cured by Martin Nunns of Birkin, or smoked in packs. Our sausages are made by Starkeys of Sherburn and Rorty Crankle from Monk Fryston.
We stock regional cheeses, chorizo, prosciutto, salad tubs , local free range eggs, pates, Longley Farm dairy products, Yorkshire preserves and honey. A recent addition is organic cream and milk (alongside our regular milk).
We also now stock handmade local soups, pies, quiche and family meals, and locally produced breakfast cereals. From Feb 2019 ready meals will be made exclusively for us by Beningborough Hall Home Farm.
We offer a wide variety of cigarettes, e-cigerattes and tobacco, as well as lighters, matches, cigars and filter papers.
A wide variety of Cadburys , Nestle and Mars chocolate. Bagged sweets, weigh-outs, ‘pocket money’ sweets, and boxed chocolates are stocked. We now hand make our own ‘Monk Foodie’ fresh cream truffles and fudges in a variety of flavours – all bagged and ribboned for gifting and treating!
Always in stock are logs and kindling , charcoal and coal and firelighters.
Alongside meals and veg by Walls and Birds Eye, we also stock frozen ready meals by Starkeys of Sherburn and organic beef and pies by Monk Fryston Organics. Our own homemade Monk Foodie puddings are always in stock. Other locally produced foods are trialled regularly.
Selection of fresh daily essentials. Flowers and plants when available locally – Christmas wreaths (locally made).
Occasions cards including some hand made locally, wrapping paper and gift bags, envelopes, writing pads and jotters, printer paper, card, files, ,laminating sheets, paper clips, glues, staplers, hole punchers, calculators, confetti, pens and pencils, sharpeners and erasers, mail bags and boxes, adhesive tapes and labels, birthday candles , balloons.
Unique high quality locally made crafts – bath products, Harris tweed bags, hand dyed silk scarves, hand made felt gifts, turned pens, jewellery and purses, hand made truffles and fudges (made on the premises). We are proud to support local small businesses.
Cleaning fluids, washing powders, bathroom products, cleaning cloths, tissues, toilet rolls, kitchen rolls, toiletries.
Scissors, bottle openers, fuses, bicycle puncture kits, hairbrushes, combs, toothbrushes, dummies, safety pins.
National and Health lotteries.
National lottery scratchcards.
Daily national and local newspapers. A broad variety of magazines.
Main essentials – pain killers, cold remedies, plasters etc .
The main post office services available include:
Free cash withdrawals, business banking, personal banking, travel insurance, foreign currency (to order), DVLA forms and car tax, post office card account withdrawals, itunes and One for All gift cards, stamps, letter and parcel services.
Bean to cup coffees and a variety of teas to take away.
Freshly made to order hot and cold sandwiches.
Salad boxes.
Jacket potatoes.
Paninis
Locally made hot pies (including vegetarian pies).
Samosas, bhajiis, scotch eggs, quiches, pork pies, gala pie, falafels, pakoras etc…
Morning goods, cakes and biscuits.
Soft drinks , beers and wines, crisps and snacks.
Hot freshly made soups (winter months)
NB.Menu available for groups of 8-50 people – please enquire
Locally brewed real ales are always available.
Fortified wines , spirits , beers and lagers
Our most recent addition is a collection of Yorkshire gins.
Money back at till.
Gift packs of varying prices containing deli items , wines , ales, and chocolates will be available from mid October – for Christmas . Other packs will be available for Valentines, Easter, Mothers’ Day and other main special occasions.