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Ethnic shops
There are 5 ethnic and hallal shops on St. Helens road in Swansea. Here you will be able to find hallal meat, and a great choice of groceries including exotic fruit and vegetables, spices like harrissa and herbs from the middle East , the famous Hamoud Boualem, a lemonade from Algeria. Also, there are a lot of “Indian” and other restaurants and take-aways here too, most of them not very expensive.
There is another Hallal shop in Ebenezer Street near the train station.
There is a Chinese supermarket on the corner of Oxford Streetand another on High Street.
Discount shops and supermarkets
- The cheapest shops for food are LIDL & ALDI, they are also good for things like nappies, detergents etc.
There are 5 LIDL stores in town:
1 - near the centre of town at Parc Tawe North, SA1 2AL
2 - on Pentregethin Rd, SA5 5ET
3 - Sway Rd, Morriston SA6 6JA
4 - Trallawn Rd, SA7 9WL
5 - Gorseinon Rd, SA4 3
There are 2 ALDI Stores in Swansea:
- Carmarthen Rd, SA5 8LL
- Neath Rd, Morriston
Car boot sales
On Saturday morning the car boot sale in Singleton Hospital car park is a good place to look for incredible bargains, but you have to be up early - they start selling at 6.30 – 7.00. A good multicultural meeting place with a buzz. People sell stuff from the boot of their car.
Markets
 Swansea Indoor Market, right in the centre of town on Oxford Street, is good for fish, fruit and vegetables and you can try the local specialities. In the middle of the market are lots of “cockle stalls” that sell cockles – a local seafood and "laver bread" (nothing like bread!) which is cooked seaweed. It looks a bit strange, like cooked spinach, but it’s very good for you.
Open from 8am to 5.30pm six days a week.
http://www.swanseamarket.co.uk/
There are also some good local markets taking place at the weekends in Swansea. For example:
Waterfront Local Produce Market at the National Waterfront Museum, Swansea - 10am – 4pm, Every first Sunday of the month to stock up on the best of local Welsh produce and enjoy different monthly events. In partnership with the Good Food Co-op, City Centre Partnership and Sustainable Swansea.
The Big Indoor & Outdoor Clydach Market is open every Sunday 9am to 3 pm at the Players Industrial Estate on the A4603 Road to Pontardawe. You can bring your unwanted goods to sell in a table-top sales area.
Clydach car boot sale, every Wednesday 8 am to 2pm, Every Saturday 8 am to 2pm - at the Players Industrial Estate.
Clydach local produce market takes place on Saturdays at Clydach Community centre, Vardre road.
There is a Farmer's Market held once a month on Saturdays in Mumbles, in the car park on the front. As well as local farmed trout, local vegetables, there's an olive stall, organic meat and speciality bread for sale.
For more detailed information about local markets have a look on the Food Passion website
Food Co-ops
Some Community centres organise Food Co-operatives (Co-ops) to provide cheaper food for their community.
Local Examples of Food Co-ops:
● Roots ‘n’ Fruits Co-op Bonymaen. Contact Healthy Directions, 61 - 63 Caernarvon Way, Winch Wen, Swansea. Tel: 01792 474757
● Spuds United Food Co-op, Townhill-Mayhill. Contact 07888 600727
● Tutti Frutti Food Co-op, The View Community House, 17 Beasconview Road, Clase Tel:01792 534286
● Blaenymaes Food Co-op, Drop in Centre, 86-90 Blaenymaes Drive, Swansea Tel: 01792 580905
● Nine Carrots Food Co-op, Cyrenians Community Centre, High St, Swansea. Tel: 01792 470127. runs a food co-op every Thursday morning, at the side of St Mathews Church, in the High St http://www.cyrenians-community-centre.co.uk/
Student volunteers from Discovery run a food co-op on Swansea University Campus, in Fulton House from 1pm to 3pm on Mondays, re-starting from the 19th January 2009 and they will take your orders for fruit and Gower vegetables
Clothes
 Primark, Bonne Marche, Peacocks, TK Max are all cheap chainstores in the centre of town in Oxford Street. British Home Stores & Marks and Spencers ( often called Marks and Sparks or M & S) are good for basics like t-shirts.
Tescos, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsburys (the 4 big supermarkets) all do cheap ranges of clothes.
 Charity shops are worth exploring if you want a more individual look, and sometimes have very good quality clothes. Some of the more popular shops are:
People give their unwanted clothes to a Charity shop, and the shop sells the clothes cheaply and uses the money to support their charity. Oxfam is currently offering £5 M & S vouchers if you donate M & S clothes ( items like coats, trousers, dresses, not underwear) to their shops.
Blaenymaes
There is a Drop-In Centre and Charity Shop at 86-90 Blaenymaes Drive (telephone 01792 580905) for young families, and an after school club based in Dove Road.
Household items
The big supermarkets, especially Asda & Tescos can be very cheap, also shops like Poundland, 238-239 Oxford St, at the other end of Oxford Street, and The 99 Pence Store, 18 Oxford St. Swansea Market is good for small electrical items or tools. Economy Tools, in Swansea market sells incredibly cheap tools.
Furniture
RESaREC is the furniture scheme of Cyrenians Cymru. It provides quality recycled furniture to the homeless, people on benefits and people on low income. They can collect certain furniture items free of charge in the Swansea area - Click here for more information
Local Aid - registered Charity No 1014952
Cheap affordable furniture, textiles and household goods. http://www.localaid.co.uk/
- 89 Clase Road, Morriston, Swansea - 01792 794673
- 45 The Grove, Uplands, Swansea 01792 642980
- 63 Lime Street, Gorseinon - 01792 899591
- 21 High Street, Clydach- 01792 844255
Also the classified ads in the free paper or the Evening Post have adverts for furniture, but you need to arrange the delivery yourself.
Freecycle http://freecycle.org for links to Swansea people with items they want to dispose of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swansea-freecycle/
Things for Free
Some people manage to get everything they need for their house from Freecycle. http://freecycle.org for links to Swansea people with items they want to get rid of http://groups.yahoo.com/group/swansea-freecycle/
Also the Environment Dept of City & County of Swansea have started a Swansea swap shop at www.swansea.gov.uk/swapshop which allows you to get rid of items that you don't need. You will find all sorts of items from bicycles to old cars to toys, books & furniture on the site.
Also have a look at the following:
• The Swansea Green Map - highlights over 300 resources that will help you choose more sustainable ways of living. The Green Map is available as a leaflet and is being developed as interactive web based tool.
http://www.sustainableswansea.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=123
• Swansea Sustainability Trail - Showcases examples of good practice around Swansea of sustainability in action! Group and school visits can be arranged - contact us.
• Sustainable Swansea Awards Scheme - Recognises, rewards and promotes the achievements of local organisations, groups and individuals that have made an active commitment to good environmental practice and sustainable development.
• The Swansea Bay Alternative Travel Map - An essential companion to help you get out and about in Swansea without your car!
http://sustainableswansea.net/images/stories/Content/PDF/travelmapfinal_1.pdf
• Planet Penlan - working with the community of Penlan to create their own Green Map
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