Red Kite

Today I did a day of volunteering at Red Kite Health Foods in Bromsgrove. Since Lisa, owner of Red Kite, is a friend on Facebook I had the idea to email her recently to ask if I could go in and do some voluntary work. I wanted to gain a bit of experience working in a shop since I’ve never worked in one before. Lisa said yes so we arranged that I’d go in today. I got home a few hours ago after an enjoyable day.

(Lisa behind the counter)  

First thing for me to do upon arrival was to get some change. Lisa trusted me with £20 so off I went to the bank to get it converted into 5ps, 10ps and 20ps. Once I returned my main job for the day was going through new stock that had arrived, checking each item off on the list, attaching price labels to each item and putting them on the shelves. Although Red Kite is quite a small store it’s stocked to the max! The store mostly sells vegan and vegetarian products – with a few fish oil supplements too. In amongst the items I had to price and put on shelves were soup, porridge oats, rye bread, tea, pate, sweets, desserts, cooking sauce, regular sauce, mayonaise, beans, seaweed, cereal, biscuits, rice cakes and more.

In my dinner hour, after eating, I walked down Bromsgrove High Street – since I never really go to Bromsgrove – and checked out a bunch of the shops. Later on in the afternoon, Lisa also showed me how to use the till and the credit card machine. Overall the day flew by and soon it was approaching 5.30pm. I bought a few vegan items to bring home with me (and Lisa gave me a few – thanks Lisa!) before we left for the day.  

If you’re ever in Bromsgrove, make sure you call in to Red Kite Health Foods. It’s well worth a visit. You can find Red Kite on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Kite-Health-Foods/148704191836472