Behind the scenes at The Lettuce Shop

The Lettuce Shop team works like a well-oiled machine. Incoming orders are processed, produce is carefully selected from the markets and returned to our premises whereby we then set out to pack the orders for our customers in our refrigerated packing room. All produce selected by John at the markets is the freshest he can find. John doesn’t settle for substandard, he is very fussy when it comes to quality produce.

We hope you are happy with your deliveries, we welcome feedback and love to hear what you think. The Lettuce Shop team strive to provide the best service possible, we love what we do and it shows!

The Lettuce Shop Team

Cherry tomato love!

Cherry tomatoes, although botanically a fruit, are considered a vegetable as they are mostly used in savoury dishes. Cherry tomatoes are ideal for roasting, on bruschetta, as a basis for pasta sauces, as garnish, in salads and as a healthy snack option. Nutritional benefits include a rich vitamin C content, low in calories, fat and cholestrol free and a good source of lycopene, which scientists believe contain powerful anticancer properties. Cherry tomatoes are ideal for meat-free diets in assisting iron absorption due to the high vitamin C content. Cherry tomatoes are best when plump, tight-skinned and firm. 

For a deliciously easy pasta recipe check out this simple oven-roasted cherry tomato based pasta provencale that the whole family will enjoy.

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Have a fabulous week!

The Lettuce Shop Team

Fancy a good cuppa?

Coffee is one of the world’s most widely consumed beverages, and to the astute coffee lover it’s all in the bean. The Lettuce Shop gladly supplies Café Gourmet coffee beans to our customers, and the feedback has been fantastic! Café Gourmet's 100% Arabica beans are freshly roasted in WA. We supply 500g bags and we’ll happily deliver to the workplace. So if you have an espresso machine at work, why not have your milk and Café Gourmet coffee beans delivered right to your door? If you’re lucky enough to have an espresso machine at home, pop beans onto your next order and we'll deliver them to you. If past feedback from our customers is anything to go by, you won’t be disappointed. Order here.

For all you devoted foodies the annual Eat Drink Perth festival is on for the month of March. Head over to the website to see the program stocked with information on events, competitions and gourmet goodness. 

Enjoy the start of autumn!

Quality produce is our passion!

You may have heard about the recent price reduction by some supermarkets of their fresh produce. We can't vouch for the supermarkets however we can guarantee that none of the produce you order from The Lettuce Shop sits in a coolroom for days or weeks before reaching you. We select the fruit and vegetables to your order and buy all your produce the morning of your delivery. So when you are biting into a deliciously fresh piece of fruit be assured it has come to you straight from the market, not from a shelf in a coolroom. We take the quality of our fruit and veg very seriously, it's our passion!

New season Nashi are very impressive, take a look for yourself.

They are super crisp and as fresh as can be, perfect for school lunchboxes or healthy snack times. Order some today and try them for yourself.

We hope you had a deliciously fresh weekend!

The Lettuce Shop Team

Great food ideas

We have noticed a lot of interest lately surrounding meal plans. The idea of drafting up a list of weekly meals is a good one. There is no need to race home after work and try to concoct a meal at short notice, the key is preparation and knowing what will be cooking days ahead. Imagine having your week’s meals written out and an order in for your fresh produce, eggs and milk to be delivered at the start of the week. Talk about being prepared! (Watch this space.)

One great way to keep the sugar cravings at bay for kids is to cut up a whole heap of fruit and lay it out on a plate within easy reach. Kids won’t always think to pick up a piece of fruit and peel and/or cut it, but if it is all laid out strategically in their view chances are they will grab a bit on their way past. Do this on weekends to combat the afternoon sugar craving. Or at night after dinner to stop the night time fridge dwelling. And let’s face it, a colourful display of fresh, sweet fruit does look very enticing.

Well we can officially say The Lettuce Shop is back in full swing after the festive season break. New season Nashi are in and they are looking sensational! Fancy some delicious pears for kids’ lunchboxes? Order some here.

Have a fantastic week! 

Special Christmas delivery times

The Lettuce Shop will be closed for deliveries over the Christmas and New Year period following last deliveries on Friday 23rd December through Friday 6th January. To ensure you get your delivery of fresh produce in time for Christmas why not pop your order in now! We have put on a few extra deliveries to assist during the busy lead up to Christmas, extra deliveries for this week are as follows.

• Hills/Southern suburbs - Thursday 2pm to 5pm; orders in by Wednesday 10pm
• Northern Suburbs - Friday 5am to 10am; orders in by Wednesday 10pm
• Canning Hwy South/Western suburbs - Friday 2pm to 7pm; orders in by Thursday 10pm

To find out delivery times for your area you can also refer to our website. Simply enter your postcode into the box in the bottom left side of the screen and we'll let you know what days we deliver to you. We will commence taking orders for these extra deliveries immediately. With early orders we have a better chance of ensuring you don’t miss out on something you need, so place your order now.

Meat ordersWith a higher than usual demand leading up to Christmas we would also like to ensure our customers do not miss out on organic beef orders so we urge you to place your order in asap. Be prepared for Christmas dinner and get your order for meat and fresh produce in now.

Seasons GreetingsThe Lettuce Shop team thank you for your patronage this year and we wish you all a Merry Christmas. We look forward to providing you quality produce in the New Year. Pop back here and to our Facebook page during the holidays for some holiday and recipe ideas. And don’t forget to share your ideas with us too!
                   

Seasons Greetings,

The Lettuce Shop Team 

Meet our social media coordinator

The Lettuce Shop is passionate about providing convenience for our customers with our easy ordering process and delivery to your front door. We are also passionate about communicating with our customers, we love to keep you informed and we love feedback!

Recently through our love of keeping in touch with our customers we employed a social media coordinator to manage our newsletter, our blog and our Facebook page. Peggy Saas is a writer who is passionate about social media. She is also passionate about good food! The collaboration works well, she writes exactly what we want you to know about The Lettuce Shop. She also contributes with her very own photographs taken for The Lettuce Shop so the images you see are in fact not someone else’s images, they’re ours.

Peggy has recently released her very first eBook titled The Self-Love Guide for the Working Mum and we thought we would share the news with you. The Self-Love Guide for the Working Mum is a no-nonsense guide for working mums in maintaining balance and calm in the busy working mum world. If you would like to take a look please pop over to Peggy’s blog, she has provided two testimonials and an insight to her eBook.

Happy reading!

Cassandra (and Peggy)

Stone fruit; best when ripe!

You may have recently noticed that some local supermarkets are already stocking stone fruit. Stone fruit is tastiest when picked once ripe, not green, and quite simply the quality of stone fruit currently being stocked is not up to our standard. John (our fruit taster extraordinaire) samples various stone fruit every morning and he will only select it when it is palatable. The Lettuce Shop will supply peaches, nectarines and plums once they are at their optimal ripeness. So hang in there, you will see stone fruit on our website very soon!

Quality Organic Beef

Did you know that The Lettuce Shop supplies Blackwood Valley Organic Beef? We supply 10kg packs of quality organic beef which can be ordered via our website and will be delivered to your door with your fruit and veg. If you are keen on consuming quality beef, Blackwood Valley will not disappoint. Visit their website for information on their Australian organic certified produce. Warren at Blackwood Valley welcomes enquiries from customers, so go ahead and email him if you want to know more.

Happy Monday!

Cassandra 

Mangoes and the Queen, they are in town!

As you are most likely aware the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011, or the better-known CHOGM, will be held in Perth from Friday 28th October. As Friday is a public holiday The Lettuce Shop will make an extra delivery on Thursday afternoon in place of the usual Friday afternoon delivery. For your convenience orders can be made online up until 10pm Wednesday evening. 

Social Media Buzz! 

Due to the ever-growing interest in social media The Lettuce Shop is currently creating a blog especially for our customers. The blog will feature our newsletters, as you have been receiving via email, in addition to recipes, FAQs and fruit and veg storage tips. We will keep you posted when the blog is published and you will continue to receive the newsletter via subscription direct to your email inbox. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us via email or visit our Facebook page.

As mango season is approaching we thought we should share this fabulous recipe with you. Mangoes are the quintessential summer fruit; lovely eaten raw and fabulous grilled. Fit for a queen!

You know, just in case the Queen drops in.

Cassandra

School's out!

There seems to be a lot of information out there about things to keep kids occupied during school holidays, but did you know kids also need quality time to relax and refresh after a busy school term? Like adults, kids need time to recover and spending time at home with no agenda is the perfect way to do this. So before we overload the school holidays with a mountain of fun activities we need to consider leaving a day or two for total relaxation. Pyjamas welcome.

Furthermore, we all know how much our children loathe being dragged through the supermarket, so why not order your fresh produce online today and save yourself the supermarket trip these holidays. Ordering is as easy as ever, jump online and we will do the hard work for you. Your kids will love you for it!

If your kids love getting hands-on in the kitchen why not treat them to these delicious, easy to make pancakes. Fresh strawberries essential.

Happy holidays!

Cassandra