Create your own ripple of change
The Problem
The Problem
You want to shop with a clear conscience
It's important to be able to contribute to the changes you want to see in the world. But how do you 'vote with your wallet' without lengthy research, wading through potential greenwashing statements and accreditations? There are 100,000+ social enterprises in the UK but no one way to shop them all in one place…
The Solution
The Solution
Create a ripple of positive change every time you shop
At Social Supermarket, we bring together businesses that are a force for good all under one virtual roof, verified by us and our partner Good Market. These social enterprises and purpose-led brands tackle human and environmental issues so you can make a real difference every time you shop.
The Social Supermarket ecosystem
The Social Supermarket ecosystem
Independent impact-led UK brands
Social enterprises are small businesses frustrated with the state of affairs.
Their social mission is at the heart of what they do, so they’re in the business of making a real difference in the world with every purchase. We bring together the very best of them and verify their impact through third parties such as Good Market, SEUK and B Corp. It's our ambition to help them create even more positive impact.
The Social Supermarket ecosystem
Socially conscious shoppers
Feeling frustrated with unethical companies, greenwashing, online orders that show up in plastic packaging?
We want to make it easier for you to shop without compromising your values or sacrificing on quality. We promise to prioritise sustainability and transparency in everything we do, as do our brand partners. Learn more about our impact and sustainability policies.
The Social Supermarket ecosystem
Employers with a conscience
It’s long been known companies are big drivers of change. We help them to buy more ethically from purpose-driven brands, as well as measure their positive impact.
Everything from employee Christmas gifts to coffee in the office kitchen can help to get us closer to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. We see a future where buying social is the ordinary, expected — and measured. Get your company to join the mission.
We exist to enable fundamental societal change
Here, every business is a force for good. Every purchase you make creates a ripple of positive change for people and planet.
Discover three of our brand partners and the issues they’re tackling head on.
Not everyone has the same employment opportunities
Did you know that 78% of autisic adults are unemployed? But when you buy from Harry Specters, 69p of every £1 spent directly goes to benefitting young autistic people and their families through employment, work experience and training.
Every year 10 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean
But when you buy an Ocean Bottle they collect 1,000 plastic bottles that would otherwise be headed for the sea through a partnership with charity Plastic Bank.
8–10% of global emissions come from food waste
A whopping 44% of the UK’s fresh bread goes to waste. But Toast Ale have created a circular model that repurposes one slice of surplus, fresh bread to brew beer — with a longer shelf life.
Feeling inspired by these social impact stories?
Discover the products that align with your values and challenge the status quo with us.
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The Journey so far
By being a part of our ecosystem, together we have
Delivered over
200,000
products as part of our hampers (and counting)
Curated with clarity
200
brands onto our marketplace
Stocked over
2,000
products on our marketplace
Achieved
B Corp
status in 2021
Become carbon
Neutral
through key partnerships
Helped over
300
Businesses to #BuySocial
By shopping with us in 2022, you helped to
Save
8,751kg
of food produce – the weight of a single-decker bus – and an increase of 47% over 2021
Create
73,290
litres of clean drinking water via newly installed water points in developing countries
Create
1,599 hours
of employment for underrepresented groups, an increase of 82% vs 2021
Collect
256,000
plastic bottles from the Ocean
Enable
£20k
of donations to good causes
Donate
1,245
garments to people experiencing homelessness
And many more!
See how other brands are currently making positive ripples of change
Discover our brand storiesAre you interested in joining us?
What makes a Social Supermarket brand?The Social Supermarket Difference
Quality that tells a positive story
Your purchase is contributing to good in the world. That doesn’t mean you sacrifice on function, taste or craftsmanship. Many of our brands have won the highest accolades for their products from Great Taste Awards to MBEs.
Curated with clarity
Every item you see meets our stringent ‘no compromise’ criteria. We promise the highest quality, choice you’ll love and seamless service. It’s our aim that you should always be able to find a social impact swap for whatever you’re looking for.
Inspiring change
We’ve made shopping your values transparent and easy. Each product has icons that indicate its social or environmental impact, so that you can be clear on the impact your purchase has on the world around us.How can i make change?
For the individual
Shop social — by switching to social enterprises. Find a social impact swap from everything from food to fashion, beauty to homewares.
For teams
Whether you want to send some gifts to team members or clients, we’re here to help you #buysocial.
We were keen to ensure we stocked products that were ethically and locally sourced, had a positive social impact and supported our local community, so we were thrilled to start working with Social Supermarket to stock our in-room mini bars and other products throughout the hotel. The team are forward thinkers with people and the planet always in mind and it is a pleasure to continue to work together.
We use Social Supermarket for our corporate gifts . The platform offers a wide range of great quality and socially responsible products to suit every taste. As a company, we love supporting a platform that tackles human and environmental issues whilst making our staff members and clients feel appreciated.
The team at Social Supermarket surpassed our expectations. They sourced at speed and recommended no waste artisanal sari “gift wrap”. We were able to share this with our guests via a seed paper postcard, so our guests knew every detail of the gift had them and others in mind – it was purposeful and delivered with care and thoughtfulness.
Social Supermarket offers a unique combination of socially responsible gifts matched with excellent service and great quality. We had great feedback from the many delighted colleagues who received one of their hampers.
We wanted to gift all our employees [...] Social Supermarket suggested plants which were ethically sourced and had a positive social impact [...] We've received fantastic feedback and I look forward to continuing to work with Social Supermarket.
Today we took delivery of some amazing eco-friendly, 100% plastic free cups sourced and pantone matched for us by the brilliant Jamie Palmer and his team Social Supermarket. Later this month these will be appearing in our catering outlets - meaning we will be saving 1817.61kg of Co2 per annum just from switching to reusable cups!
I was looking for leaving presents for our trustees but, as a social enterprise ourselves, we were keen to ensure that any purchases we made supported the sector. The Social Supermarket ordering process was easy, delivery was prompt and best of all, hampers we bought had a great selection of items from social businesses!
We wanted to find gift boxes that we could send to our new employees [...] The Social Supermarket [...] have been a perfect solution as there's a range of social enterprise products available and placing an order is simple. The feedback I've received about these has been overwhelmingly positive and I'll definitely continue to repurchase.
The range of products and gift options is fantastic, and we were able to customise our gifts so that they were really tailored to our company and colleagues. The service was impeccable, swift and friendly and we were able to arrange delivery very quickly. We would definitely use Social Supermarket again.
We were keen to ensure we stocked products that were ethically and locally sourced, had a positive social impact and supported our local community, so we were thrilled to start working with Social Supermarket to stock our in-room mini bars and other products throughout the hotel. The team are forward thinkers with people and the planet always in mind and it is a pleasure to continue to work together.
We use Social Supermarket for our corporate gifts . The platform offers a wide range of great quality and socially responsible products to suit every taste. As a company, we love supporting a platform that tackles human and environmental issues whilst making our staff members and clients feel appreciated.
