Delivery Services

Food shopping

 Co-op

The aisles on the Co-op were narrow,
so the Co-op operated a one-in-one-out policy
for both store and Post Office

Queues formed outside the shop

Orders and card payment by phone

Zone captains arranged delivery for those isolating

Revised opening hours in May: 7am–10pm, incl. Sunday

VIP hour for elderly, NHS and care staff, 9.30–10.30am

Eagles

Orders and card payment by phone

Only four people allowed in the shop at any one time,
hand sanitiser by the front door

Eagles delivered and orders were also collected by
zone captains

Foodies Café

Café closed, so switched to selling bread, eggs,
pasta, rice and flour

Takeaway hot drinks and sandwiches
were also available

Fenemore Farms Micro Farm Shop, Clifton

Open daily for fresh and frozen lamb, honey, eggs, milk, pasta,
various flours (including gluten-free) and yeast

Also bedding plants from UGM Nursery in Bloxham

Payment by cash or cheque

Farmers’ Market stallholders

Markets were cancelled, but several stallholders
offered online ordering and delivery:
Cornfield Bakery, Granary Oil, Curiosities Company,
Hook Norton Brewery, Cotswold Baking,
Tess’ Brilliant Bakes, Indian Orchard, Knife & Fork Bakery,
Little Oak Vineyard

Knife & Fork Bakery

Baked fresh gluten free breads for local collection
as well as UK delivery

For local collections orders were left in sealed bags
in enclosed boxes to keep everyone free from contact
with anyone else

Rob Hill

The fish van from Grimsby returned at the end of April
to its pitch in the Market Place on Thursday afternoons

Rob wore mask and gloves, and customers respected
social distancing

Cash only. Orders could be placed in advance by phone
or email

Morrisons, Banbury

Delivered to elderly, vulnerable and
self-isolating people only

Sainsburys, Banbury

Open to NHS and social care staff Mon–Sat 7.30am
(30mins before public opening)

Priority shopping 8–9am Mon, Wed and Fri

Open 8am–10pm, 10–4 Sundays

Provided three days’ nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to local people referred in crisis. Part of a nationwide network of foodbanks, supported by the Trussell Trust, working to combat poverty and hunger across the UK

Everyone who came to the foodbank for emergency food needed to have a valid foodbank voucher. Foodbanks worked with a range of local agencies (Citizens Advice, children’s centres and health visitors, etc.) to issue vouchers

Banbury Foodbank, The Church Centre, Horsefair, Banbury, Tue 10-12

Bicester Foodbank, 29a Market Square, Bicester, Mon–Fri 10–12
 

Flower Shop

Delivered locally

Orders and card payment
by phone or email

Order by 3pm

Johnsons Builders Merchant

Closed to trade and general public

Essential building supplies continued to be delivered
as many builders were still working

Telephone orders, payment by bank transfer or credit card,
collection in a timed slot only

Cyclogical

The bike shop remained open for all things
bicycle as exercise on
home territory was allowed

Open 9.30am–4pm Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri
9.30am–3pm Sat

Cotefield Nurseries, Bodicote

Plants, compost, etc. could be collected from an outside
collection point, or delivered

Orders and card payment by phone

Reopened 18 May, open daily 9–4, Sun 10–4. Card only

Nicholsons Nurseries, North Aston

The  trees, plants and hedging side
of the nursery stayed open

The plant centre and shop reopened 18 May