FRIENDSHIP THROUGH FOOD

MINT LANE MARKET

The Mint Lane Surplus Food Shop offers a wide range of produce, all of which has been donated or rescued from going to waste.

Local food producers stock our shelves with delicious fruit and vegetables.

Our prices are very reasonable, ranging from only 25p. We also make up generous fruit and veg boxes for only £5. Most customers find that the box keeps them going thorough the week.

Every Tuesday we receive our Fareshare delivery - this often brings ready to heat options and some more interesting chilled products.

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The Mint Lane Market is open every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from day from 10am until 3pm. It’s open to all, no membership, no subscription and no minimum spend.

You can also donate a veg box or a small ‘shop’ to someone who needs it through our Pay It Forward scheme.

Catering Services

Want to provide a truly sustainable spread for your next corporate or community event? Mint Lane Cafe staff and volunteers provide quality food from surplus ingredients that we source locally and from Fareshare Midlands.

This means that every catering job will have at least 80% surplus ingredients, some of which might even come from Lincoln allotments at the right time of year!

Focusing on utilising supermarket surplus definitely doesn't mean that there has to be a compromise on quality.

Pop in for a chat or email us at mintlanecic@gmail.com to discuss your requirements.

Cafe

Mint Lane Community Cafe is at the heart of our organisation, offering a community orientated space with shared tables to encourage sociability.

You can expect a hot meal every day, lovingly prepared by our brilliant volunteers in our fully kitted commercial kitchen.

Breakfast is served from 10am - 12pm and includes porridge, cereal and toast.

Lunch is served from 12pm – 2pm and we make sure to offer a two course meal everyday, from as little as £3

This offering includes homemade soup, a warming main course, a vegan option, an alternative option such as jacket potatoes, and a lovingly made, yummy pudding.

takeaways available.

Support Us - Pay it Forward - Donate

Mint Lane Café has a core aim to fight food poverty, fight food waste and create more opportunities for everyone in the community to have access to good quality food.

If you are passionate about creating a sustainable food system and supporting us in our mission to help everyone to eat well & thrive, you can help in a number of ways..

Donate your Time

Have some spare time in your week and want to help us to create a warm welcome in our café?

Why not check out our different volunteer roles or pop in for a chat to see where you might fit into our team?

Donate Ingredients

We get a regular delivery of supermarket surplus ingredients each week to help us to cook up a storm for our customers.. However, there are still a few store cupboard staples that we are regularly in need of to help us to work our magic.

If you are able to pop a couple of extras into your weekly shop for us from the list below we would be very grateful. Donations can be handed directly to a member of our café team or dropped into our donations box in the entrance area.

Mint Lane Donations List

  • Vegetable Oil

  • Sugar

  • Self Raising Flour

  • Cocoa Powder

  • Icing Sugar

  • UHT Soya Milk

Cash Donations

Find details of our ‘Go Fund Me’ donations page and our latest Summer fundraiser on the link below:

Support Us