18 April 2023
This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.
This week we're releasing the final tranche of cookery school dates for this side of the summer. If you're looking to do a class in June or July, scroll down.
We're also launching our new Canine Parking Zone. Exciting!
Scroll down for this weekâs lunch menu, cookery school spaces and community news.
đ Pre-order your bread and pastries đ„
Weâll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.
This week our bakery opening hours are:
Wed - Fri: 12 - 6
Saturday: 8 - 1
Back to normal Tuesdays next week.
The final tranche of cookery school dates for this half of the year are now live and ready to book. This is it now before the summer break â classes will start up again from September, including the seafood and sausage masterclasses, which only run in the colder months.
You can sign up to alert lists for specific classes here.
Loafâs all-day classes:
Loafâs evening classes:
Haseenâs evening classes:
Lapâs evening classes:
At the height of the pandemic, when we moved our counter to the front door, a lot of you got in the habit of collecting your baked goods while walking your dog. This was lovely as we got to meet a wide range of your canine chums.
Since we opened the shop up again we've been a bit concerned about the hygiene issues around dogs in a food environment, so we're going to revert to our previous rules of no dogs in the shop.
To help with this, we're introducing a Canine Parking Zone (CPZ). On the right-hand side of the bakery shop door, we'll put a chunky carabiner clip on the fixed metal hoop and invite you to secure your pup there while you pick up your loaves. (Assistance dogs are, of course, always allowed).
This is a work in progress and we welcome feedback!
đ„ CoCoMAD is running a fundraising event at Birmingham Brewing Company on Sunday 23 April from 1-4pm
đ„ Stirchley Community Market is looking for volunteers. If you're interested in helping run a great Stirchley institution, email stirchleycommunitymarket@gmail.com
đ„ The Plum Festival at Ten Acres park is crowdfunding to hire the area for this year's event. They only need ÂŁ570 and they have badges!
đ„ Stirchley Open Cinema has a pretty top-drawer programme of films showing at Stirchley Baths and in venues across Stirchley.
đ„ As a worker-owned co-operative we'd be remiss not to mention this Mayday gathering in Cotteridge Park to mark International Workers Day on Monday May 1st, 1-4pm.
If youâve got news or an event in Loafâs wheelhouse (some variation on bread / community / cooperatives), let us know at newsletter@loaf.coop
Lunches are made fresh weekdays for 12 noon.
Our menu for the week â with ingredients and allergens â is on the website.
Thanks for all your continued support. See you next week!
Team Loaf: Neil, Nancy, Dave, Martha, Ian, Molly, Rach, Dorit, Sarah & Pete
Website: loaf.coop
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