Alternative Stores

Your 100% vegan online superstore

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Vegan Store

We are an independent, family run vegan health food store and online retailer run entirely by vegans! Our mission is to make it as easy as possible to lead a cruelty free lifestyle and we would love to help you on your journey. We sell everything from food, drinks, organics and wholefoods to cruelty free footwear and clothing. We were voted ‘Best Vegan Store’ in the Vegan Awards UK 2017 & 2019.

We offer the best vegan products including hard to find vegan foods and grocery, vegan cheese, free from foods, chilled, frozen, sweets, vegan shoes, chocolates, fresh foods, t shirts, Sosmix, vitamins & minerals, health & beauty, eco living, refills, household items and so much more.

Our Products

Everything we sell is vegan, dairy free, lactose free and egg free and we also cater for many other dietary requirements such as gluten free, coeliac, soya free, low protein/PKU and nut free. We will always try to locate Organic, Fair Trade, Gluten Free or Palm Oil free options when possible. We add new products weekly and we’re always on the lookout for the next best vegan thing! Expect to find products from ethical, vegan companies which you won’t find in the supermarkets. If you are looking for a vegan product which we don’t currently stock, please ask and we’ll do our best to find it for you.

How to Buy From Alternative Stores –

Our Online Store

You’ll find our online store bursting with great vegan products all available for delivery to your door. We deliver chilled and frozen goods using special insulated packaging designed to keep your products at the required temperatures and we use a DPD next day delivery service which covers most of the UK. DPD  give you a 1 hour delivery window the morning your parcel is due for delivery and alternative options should no-one be home to accept your delivery. Delivery via DPD costs £6.50 for up to 30kg or we offer free mainland UK delivery on orders £60+. If you live outside the DPD postal zone then we may offer an alternative delivery method via Myhermes. Please get a quote from the shopping cart section.

Our Store

Our store is 20 minutes outside of Newcastle upon Tyne city centre. We’re based in Plant Based Valley in Seaton Delaval, Whitley Bay. We’re open 6 days a week and we have ample free parking outside.

Our opening hours are:

Monday – Friday – 9am-5pm
Saturday – 10am-4pm
Sunday – Closed

Please note we are closed on all public holidays.

As a company, we are committed to re-using and recycling as much as we can and limiting our consumption and use of resources.

Our Sosmix and pre-packed items are packed in biodegradeable/compostable packaging including the sellotape, film and label. Bags are made from cellulose (made from wood pulp).

In-store we offer a refill & recycle scheme which includes many household and beauty items including Laundry Liquid, Fabric Softener, Multi Surface Cleanser, Bathroom Cleaner, Washing Up Liquid, Shampoo, Conditioner, Bath/Shower Gel. We also offer refills on Marigold Nutritional Yeast with B12.

We also stock a wide range of products with no single use plastic which can help you cut down your plastic consumption.

You can view our Homewear Eco Living here.

You can view our Health & Beauty Eco Living here.

How is your order packed?

If your order is packed in a DPD posting bag then the bag is made from partly recycled plastics and is 100% recyclable.

If your order is packed in a box then we have re-used the box and the box is recyclable. To keep your products safe whilst in transit we re-use as much packaging as possible including cardboard lining and fillers. You may find cardboard blankets, bubble wrap and polystyrene peanuts, this is because we re-use materials that could otherwise end up in the bin.

If you have ordered chilled and or frozen goods then we use chill bags/bubble bags and ice packs, again re-used where possible and the polystyrene cool boxes we use have always been delivered to us and we have re-used them.We’re always happy to re-use your packaging again where possible so if you are ever passing our store, visiting us at a vegan festival or would simply like to post your packaging back to us, please do so.

We are always committed to finding the right solution to get your goods to you in the best condition possible. We know we can do more and we are working on it.

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