Only Organic Has Been Bought By Abel & Cole
November 10th 2008
After a lot of research we have decided to sell Only Organic to Abel & Cole. Despite being bigger than us Abel & Cole are still small enough that you will be treated as an individual, not a customer number. I went to their Wimbledon offices a few weeks ago and was hugely impressed by their team, their ethos and particularly in the way they treat their customers, staff and suppliers.
Abel & Cole are so good at customer service – something we take very seriously – that they have won the National Customer Service Award 2006, 2007, 2008 as well as the Best Organic Home Delivery Service 2008 (The Natural and Organic Awards), to name but a few of their awards.
Do go to www.abelandcole.co.uk to read about all the great things they do with local and UK suppliers, more about their ethical, employment and environmental policies. They really are good at all this important stuff!
Here are a few of the reasons we think you will love to order from Abel & Cole ;
- You will get more for your money as Abel & Cole have direct relationships with their suppliers and don’t need to use wholesalers. Translation: Great value for money!
- You can tell them what you don’t like so they won’t send it and what you love so they will send more of that. It’s really simple and you may change your preferences as often as you like.
- Abel & Cole run a special not-for-profit scheme to raise money for schools called Farmers Choice. Read more about this here
- Abel & Cole offer a full range of products from veg/fruit boxes to meat, dairy, bread and many other lines. Much like an organic supermarket that delivers, great value and very ethical to boot.
Here is what one customer that has moved to Cambridge says about Abel & Cole: “Since moving out of your delivery area (I have been in Cambridge for the past year) I have been using Abel and Cole and I can vouch for them first hand. They do seem to be a great company and I’ve been impressed by the ease of using them for delivery of a whole range (they even sell non-homogenised milk!). Just thought I’d let you know anyway; I’m sure your existing customers will be pleased with A&C too.”
It just remains for me to give everyone who supports us or has done in the past a HUGE thank you from me and the team.
Please do try Abel & Cole as we all think that this is a really great choice and we are lucky that they have chosen to take us over. Even if you no longer buy from us then I would still encourage you to give Abel & Cole a try as they offer so much more flexibility than we could.
I would also like to thank, from the bottom of my heart, all the team. Their contribution to the firm has been more valuable than I can say. Thank you to Kate, Robin, Kim, Brett & Jon.
Our last delivery day will be Friday 28th November.
Kindest Regards,
Dominic Shadbolt – Owner, Only Organic
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