It's good to see that there's still room for an old-fashioned greengrocers somewhere in Leeds. Over…read morethe past few years, I've noticed them disappear in other nearby suburbs such as Cookridge and Adel, but this one on Town Street has held its ground. It offers a pretty impressive selection of fresh fruit and veg, some of which is local, and all of which is more appealing than that which is on offer just up the road in Morrisons. It will probably cost you more per item than the supermarket, but for those people who like to feel, admire and choose their own groceries, this is a small price to pay.

Lovely little farm shop with a good quality selection of fresh food and pantry treats. great deli…read morecounter and butchers. The chicken is up there with the best you can buy, you can tell that this a Labour of love. The owners are lovely too.

Excellent Service!! The butchers are friendly and will advise you on the type of cuts for what your…read morecooking. Ive visited this farm shop a few times now and being an indian i enjoy cooking curries... so i asked for the best cuts and the butchers were great on advice for what i wanted. Im also happy that I can buy fresh and know the food im buying is healthy and not packed with artificial ingredients. Thanks for supplying such great produce hand in hand with a fantastic service!!!! A Star!!

I was attracted to this shop by the large selection of flowers that lay outside it. The shop faces…read moreinto a small courtyard space, which was fully utilised by being filled with rows and rows of neatly laid out trays and pots of flowers and herbs, on the ground. A few were lined up on the two tables outside of the shop. It was a beautiful day and with the lovely colours of the flowers, it put me a thoroughly good mood. It wasn't until I went into the shop to buy one of these pots that I realised in the seasonal absence of flowers this was a traditional green grocers. With supermarkets buying up every available space its not so common to see a shop selling just fruit and vegetables these days. Although there were a few eggs and bottles of milk for sale also, sourced from a local farm, I noticed from the label. The inside of the store was a pleasing to the eye as the outside, with the large colourful array of foods spread out neatly.

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M & C Lawton is a little green grocers in Morley which sells a vast amount of fruit and veg and…read moresome beautiful flowers. They are a proper fruit and veg place with the stacks of goodies out front to lure you in and a huge array of produce inside under bright, but a nice glowing type lighting. They sell all kinds of English vegetables and fruits plus a few more exotic types to boost your vitamin C intake. I was really pleased to find it whilst walking through the cold, and feeling in need of some nutrients. I purchased a bag of about 15 apples for £1 and eyed up the flowers loads while I paid. I don't have anyone to buy flowers for, and by the time the lovely girl at the counter had processed my purchase I still hadn't justified buying flowers for myself and walked out. Silly girl. I should have done! They would have looked lovely in a nice vase. Next time I will. When I called up today to check their opening times I spoke to a very lovely guy with the thickest Leeds accent ever who said "Seven over five love" Lovely lovely lovely! If you are in that area and are in need of some yummy juicy goods, packed with nutrients and minerals then pop in for a chat and a bag of deliciousness. They are open every day!

If you are going to do a visit to Pudsey town it would be foolish of you not to stop by Something…read moreFruity for, well, something fruity. Sorry, that was awful, I know. But I couldn't resist! In all seriousness though, this little fruit and veg shop is one of the nicest in Leeds. (Possibly excepting the one's in Hyde Park and Headingley!) Even so, it's silly to compare independent grocers as you go to them because they are local and better than a supermarket - I can't really imagine anyone travelling half an hour to buy their weekly veg! Something Fruity has loads in the way of choice, with their fruit always looking cared for and nicely picked, as opposed to the dumped produce often proffered by my local supermarket. Everything here seems to be plus 20% in size and value compared to the supermarket options too, which is really why one might purchase their pink lady apple here rather than at Sainsburys. They mightn't be as cheap as some of the smaller indie veg places I've perchanced, but again, we're not going to travel to those for our weekly shop so it's a bit of a moot point! At any rate, this delightfully fresh, vitamin filled shop of goodness is a winner - which makes you a winner for shopping there. You know it makes sense.

Vague opening hours which indicate a truly independent shop. Open roughly between 730/8ish until…read moreabout 530 the lady in this shop was very, very nice. I like the way it smelt in here, very fresh and fruity. There was also a nice selection of groceries, tinned bits and chilled produced (milk and such like) but above the name, what really stuck out (something Fruity is really a good name don't you think) was the strange little flower-pot men made from logs who sit in a row at the windows edge. You can get a massive array of fruit and vegetables at a pretty good price and high quality.

To say that Abu Bakar is well-stocked is a gross understatement! The shelves are absolutley…read morechoc-a-block with row upon row upon row of immaculately presented groceries of endless variety and flavour! Wow! If, like me, you ever struggle to choose between about three sandwhich options then you may be liable to be frozen in cant-decide panic at the endless choices presented to you by Abu Bakar! Even the halva section appears to be never ending! They sell a wide selection of vegetables, a broad variety of juices, endless rows of pulses, spices, herbs, cakes, bread, jars of pickled items, huge sacks of rice and flour - possibly aimed at businesses but may be handy if you live in a big house, loads of condiments (including some very mysterious and tantalising items such as a pot of chololate and cherry something...spread?...whose ingredients list was in Polish only). Homeware-wise they have pots, pans, crockery and kitchen utensils. There is also a halal meat counter. As Susan mentions, Abu Bakar is aimed at the Aisian community, but for anyone like me with boringly British culinary habits it is a fascinating and exciting place of endless possibilities and obscure and intriguing ingredients.

Sitting somewhere between supermarket and corner shop, Abubakar is aimed mostly at the Asian…read morecommunity, with a large selection of Halal meats and more exotic fruits and spices, but it's also a popular spot with local residents and students looking to stock up. They often have good deals on fresh fruit like mangoes, and you can pick up all the ingredients you could possibly need to cook a decent curry from scratch. The staff are really helpful, and the nearby parking means it's ideal if you need to do a large shop but don't want to do the supermarket run. Worth stopping by to check out the huge range of exotic fruit juices - hangover heaven.

Wow this was an absolute delight to go to last weekend, I can't believe I have lived in Leeds all…read morethese years and never been before. I didn't actually believe that anything substantial, let alone good, could take place in the small rose garden outside of the bar, The Arc, in Headingley. It just looked too small. But when I went last weekend it was like the space had magically morphed and increased in size! There were stalls selling organic vegetables, fruit, cheese, local wine, local meat, cakes, bread, Indian food, eggs, even a stall selling plants from a nursery in Pudsey. They had some pots of raspberry stems but I was on my bike so I couldn't get them home. Fortunately, I got their card and might pop along during the week to pick some up as they were a good price and I know they will work on the allotment as they have been grown in Leeds. Besides the market stalls there was a live band! This made it for me as usually at farmers markets you want to linger a bit but once you've made your purchases can't really find a reason to but the band was the perfect Saturday morning entertainment. If you haven't been down you better give it a go!

There's nothing quite so entertaining as watching harassed-looking people stumble out of…read moreSainsbury's with bags bulging with bread, eggs and vegetables while you hop across the road to buy the same goods at cheaper prices and a far higher quality - such is the beauty of Headingley Farmers' Market. With stalls selling tasty organic vegetables, free-range eggs the size of your palm, fresh fish and meat, artisan cheeses and a whole host of seasonal, local treats, this market, held the second Saturday of each month, turns the weekly shop into a day out in its own right. There are always plenty of free samples to taste, and with each purchase helping to support local farmers and keep your food miles low, stuffing your face has never felt so good!

It's another branch of one of the county's most revered butcher's, J B Wilkinson, a store that…read moreseems to pop up in a number of little market towns on the outskirts of Leeds. This time it's Yeadon, and it's on the high street behind the huge Morrisons supermarket - which it outclasses considerably as far as meat is concerned. Think huge fresh cuts of pork, lamb, beef, chicken and other lovely meats, cut and wrapped to order and quite often presented alongside a tip from the butcher who hands you it. These guys aren't just butchers, they're chefs by the sound of it - they're all willing to give you a recipe for the meat you buy when asked, and they know what they're on about. The prices are what you'd expect from a quality butcher using local produce, and are the same as all the other J B Wilkinson's, but for some unexplainable reason, I just prefer the Rawdon branch. This one's still mighty fine though.

On entering the shop, my eyes were met with a beautiful array of fresh, organic fruit and…read morevegetables. (Or venchtables as I used to call them, until I was embarrassingly old enough to know better.) Large wicker baskets full of apples greet the customer, many having the all important bonus leaf. It truly made me want to pick them up and start skipping through a nearby meadow, wearing a flowing dress and possibly conversing with tamed animals. Too far? Forget it. A former vegetarian myself, I understand the convenience of having somewhere like Out Of This World to rely on in a city centre. It means being able to purchase items which are sometimes not even stocked in the larger supermarkets, to maintain a balanced diet without being forced to use unwanted substitutions. Too well stocked to be a health food shop, Out Of This World falls into the category of health food supermarket. There is a huge range of the usual nuts, seeds and pulses; but also a surprising number of Traidcraft toiletries, recycled stationary, hair dye and household cleaning products. Alongside fairly traded tea and coffee, vitamins, supplements and natural remedies, the store also caters for sufferers of restrictive diets. There is a varied selection of groceries for people who have to omit gluten, wheat and diary from their nutritional intake, and a large number of vegetarian and vegan ready meals. One reason why I particularly like Out Of This World, is because they stock Samuel Smith ale and lager. A real favourite with my Other Half and I, they provide us with a constant hoard. Bondgate Bakery in Otley supply the store with freshly baked loaves and buns, with gluten and wheat free alternatives available. A deli counter offers freshly made quiches, samosas and wraps - a handy lunch or a lazy supper. The staff are very approachable and were more than happy to assist me in finding a difficult item for a family member. What I mean by that, is my Gran was looking for bee pollen, because the lothario that she listens to on her local radio station had been praising its medical benefits. Any shop that can help me in my quest for bee pollen, has earned respect in my eyes.

This shop is the city centre's answer to Chapel A's Love Organic. It has been here ever since I…read moremoved to Leeds and as such is certainly one of the more longstanding stores in town. A lot of places have changed in what feels like a very small space of time, but not Out Of This World. I used to come here on Saturdays to purchase their organic milk and elderflower cordial for the bar that I worked at on Call Lane. It was always handy to stock up in case anyone wanted a White Russian, but really it was mostly to supply my need for coffee. Also, there is nothing quite as refreshing as elderflower cordial and lemonade. Seriously, it used to be my favourite drink. I love the smell when you walk in to this shop. It's not exclusive, it's that same smell most organic shops have, but it is lovely. The smell of good. Only goodness. Nothing in here can really be bad for you. At least, that's what we can believe until we learn otherwise! Within you will find, as well as hoards of organic foods, all sorts of enviro-friendly cosmetics, cleaning products (for you and your clothes) and much more. It errs on the expensive side if you wanted to do your weekly shop here, but it is sure worth buying that elderflower cordial. Yum!