This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.

🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐

We’ll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.

This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.

We had our AGM today so time for newsletter writing is limited. Just short one this week - check Instagram for updates!

🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐

This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.

🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐

We’ll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.

This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.

🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐

We’ll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.

This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.

🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐

We’ll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.

This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.

We're tight for time this week so this is the new minimum viable newsletter. Short and sweet!

🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐

This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes.

🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐

We’ll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.

This is the weekly bulletin from Loaf in Stirchley, with our specials, lunches and cookery school classes, sent on .

🍞 Pre-order your bread and pastries 🥐

We’ll have plenty on the shelves all week, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.

20 February 2024

This is the 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 is the last Weekly Loaf in it's current form! Don't panic though. More info below. Also, cobs!

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31 January 2024

This is the weekly-ish 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 it's a community news special! We haven't included any Stirchley bits and bobs for a while, so this week the newsletter is dedicated to them.

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24 January 2024

This is the weekly-ish 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 talk a bit about price increases, why we have to make them and how we come to that decision. We also have the grand total of money raised by you for Birmingham LGBT last year, and are taking part in a workshop in Stirchley on setting up a co-op.

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17 January 2024

This is the weekly-ish 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 welcome two new members to our little coop, say goodbye to those they're replacing and thank our friends at the other worker coops in Stirchley for getting us through Christmas.

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19 December 2023

This is the weekly-ish newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

It's the week before Christmas and the bakery is about to get busy! Here's how best to shop with us in the last few days.

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15 December 2023

This is a short emergency issue of the weekly-ish newsletter from Loaf. We apologies for the break in your scheduled programming.

In the last newsletter we neglected to emphasise that the deadline for pre-ordering bread, pastries and mince pies is THIS WEEKEND.

If you want to guarantee your baked goods for collection between Wednesday 20th and Sunday 24th, you will need to get them in the system by 6am Monday morning.

12 December 2023

This is the weekly-ish newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

It's two weeks to Christmas and we're talking about the cookery school! We've put classes on sale for the new year and want to remind you of our gift vouchers which, as the name implies, make great gifts!

We also have plenty of baking equipment in stock, for the baker in your life who always needs more tins...

5 December 2023

This is the weekly-ish 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 it's the Loaf gift guide, where we remind you of the locally produced produce and merch we have for sale, in the hope that you consider purchasing some as gifts for your loved ones.

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28 November 2023

This is the weekly-ish 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 it's all about the mince pies! MINCE! PIES! M!I!N!C!E! P!I!E!S! What more do you want?

OK, howabout Rach's advent calendar treasure hunt, this year with an extra something special? Will that do?

21 November 2023

This is the weekly-ish 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 congratulate Rossiters on 40 years, remind you of the B30 food bank deadline, notify you of Artefact's party, and recommend a documentary about the housing crisis.

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7 November 2023

This is the weekly-ish 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 hosted the nascent West Midlands Grain Network for a morning of baking and chatting.

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24 October 2023

This is the weekly-ish 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 look at our three cookery masterclasses which are coming up over the autumn. We also have some Real Bread books in stock.

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10 October 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 give notice that we will be hiring a new baker to start in January. Please spread the word! We also have chocolate, honey, sauce and jam news and a timeline for the building work over the road.

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26 September 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 our classes in November have gone on sale, we've made the mincemeat for our mince pies, and The Breadcrumbs are back.

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20 September 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 still need your apples for the mince pie mix! 🍎🍏 We also baked with the Desem starter for the first time...

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12 September 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 have our Thai and Sourdough classes, a report on our free kids snacks initiative, honey and preserves news, and celebrate a new co-op in Kings Heath.

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4 September 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 our cookery school is back with Dumplings on Wednesday evening. We also have some exciting plans for Sourdough September and are in need of your apples!

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22 August 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 bringing back the Maslin sourdough, even though it never went away. We're also putting some prices up and closing on Tuesdays. See below for why.

Note we are open on Friday and Saturday this week having scrubbed the bakery and redecorated the shop. Welcome back!

14 August 2023

This is the weekly-ish 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 it's all cookery school news, with classes for September and October now on sale.

Otherwise there's not much to report as we're in our August shutdown for 10 days, giving the bakery a deep clean and doing all those non-urgent jobs we never have time for. Back open next Friday 25th.

8 August 2023

This is the weekly-ish 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 is a bit of a co-op special! Two new co-operative organisations are on their way in Birmingham, plus applications are open to live in the housing co-op in our new building (which needs a name).

Please note that our summer shutdown starts next week. We'll be closed from Tuesday 15 to Thursday 24 August. If you need to stock up, you have until this Saturday.

17 July 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 asking for donations so we can give snack packs to kids in need this summer holiday.

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10 July 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.

Last week we took Loaf on tour with two market stalls and a conference. This week we look forward to Artefact's Artefacts and KHARnival. Also, focaccia!

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3 July 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 announcing the charity we're raising money for from now to the end of 2023: Birmingham LGBT.

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26 June 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 it's a short one as we get ready for our first appearance at Cocomad in a years! See you there!

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21 June 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 have exciting news! Construction has started on our new building in Stirchley!

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13 June 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’ve formalised selling loose and bulk flour, and it’s the return of the Breadcrumbs!

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5 June 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 have some news about our new building in Stirchley which is starting construction very soon!

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29 May 2023

This is the weekly(ish) 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 were interviewed by Japan’s Asahi Shimbu newspaper and have some cookery school classes we’d like to sell.

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15 May 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.

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1 May 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 mark May Day and say goodbye, for now, to our friends at Ten Four Bakehouse.

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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!

10 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.

We hope you’re having a nice Easter! This week we have a look at a new vegan cookie that’s emerged from the Loaf kitchen…

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3 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 check in with fundraising for SIFA Fireside, reassure you we’re open over Easter, inspect the recent coffee delivery, look forward to this week’s sweets and cakes and, ponder the Plum Festival.

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27 March 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 look at the Heritage Grains class we ran for the first time on Saturday.

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20 March 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 report on the inaugural meeting of the West Midlands Grain Network, a gathering of growers, millers and bakers with an interest in rethinking our industry.

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13 March 2023

This is the weekly (ish) newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

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27 January 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 Hot Cross Buns are back! Because it’s Easter soon! And that’s when we have Hot Cross Buns!

We’ve also added a few more classes for March and April run by tutor Lap-fai Lee and Loaf’s own bakers.

6 February 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 Rachel recommends some baking books and we look at the power of regenerative flour.

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30 January 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 have a preview of our upcoming pasta class, returning after a break and better than ever.

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23 January 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 hear from Haseen, one of our cookery school teachers, about growing up in south India and learning to make the Dosa and Thaali dishes he teaches at Loaf.

We also explore the inner workings of our worker coop with a fascinating, no really, look at how we run our meetings. Yes seriously.

16 January 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 launching a brand new baking class led by Loaf’s founder Tom Baker who is returning to the fold. We’ve got a short interview with him on why this class and why now.

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9 January 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.

Happy new year! This week we announce the charity we’re fundraising for and draw your attention to a very important historical stone on the riverbank.

🍞 Pre-order your bread 🥐