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Cardiff Shoppers Celebrate St David's Day At New Real Food Market- Full article
- Consumers in Cardiff will have even more chance to buy locally produced food and drink when Roath Real Food Market gets underway on St David’s Day [Saturday, March 1st ].
The Market, which is being set up and run in the Welsh capital by the True Taste award-winning Riverside Market, will give more people the opportunity to do their weekly shop direct from Welsh producers.
“Roath Real Food Market has been set up in response to demand by Cardiff shoppers for more local food and an increase in the number of producers emerging to meet that need,” says Steve Garrett, chair of the Riverside Community Market Association.
“As with Riverside, all stallholders at Roath will have reared and/or made what they sell, so customers can be confident that it will be the freshest, healthiest best tasting food possible.”
First Minister, Rhodri Morgan, is a regular visitor to the Riverside Market and welcomed the launch of a second Real food market in Cardiff.
He said, “It is a great venture and I am sure that the Roath Real Food Market on Saturday will become just as popular as the Riverside Market is on Sunday. When I can’t get to Riverside on Sunday morning, I’ll make sure I pop over to the Mackintosh Sports Club on Saturday.
“Buying local and buying Welsh produce means enjoying fresh, quality food and also helping producers and the rural economy of Wales.”
Says Steve Garrett “The Roath Market will aim for the same combination of a wide choice of delicious fresh, Welsh - and in some cases - organic food and friendly atmosphere which has made the Riverside Market such a success over the past nine years.”
“There will be plenty of entertainment too, and as it will be St David’s Day a local nursery will be giving shoppers fresh daffodils to wear to mark the occasion and get everyone in the St David’s Day spirit, there will be the chance too to win a hamper of produce from stallholders in a free prize draw.”
More than 25 stalls have been confirmed for the Roath market’s launch on March 1st , including ‘world food’ stalls reflecting the ethnic diversity of Cardiff, and will also aim to be a plastic bag-free zone.
The opening at 9.30am will be conducted by Leader of Cardiff City Council and local councilor Rodney Berman, while the First Minister is expected to visit the market around 1pm.
Situated in the front car park of the MacKintosh Sports club on the corner of Keppoch Street and Plasnewydd Place in Roath the market will run every Saturday from 9.30am to 1pm.
For more details about the opening event and participating producers please contact:
Steve Garrett
Riverside Community Market Association
Tel: 029 20227982
Email: mail@riversidemarket.org.uk
Website: www.riversidemarket.org.uk
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Article published on: 22 February 2008
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