{"id":55036,"date":"2021-11-16T16:23:30","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=55036"},"modified":"2021-11-16T16:28:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T16:28:23","slug":"roath-shoppers-refill-store-after-reopening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2021\/11\/16\/roath-shoppers-refill-store-after-reopening\/","title":{"rendered":"Roath shoppers refill store after reopening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ripple is back for green consumers after a five-week closure for refurbishment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

ROATH refill store Ripple has enjoyed a busy two weeks since reopening after a major refurbishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The refill store sells dried and frozen goods by weight for people to put in their own containers to avoid wasting single-use packaging, as well as other refillable products such as laundry liquid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owner Sophie Rae, 33, said: \u201cWe were closed for about five weeks \u2013 good work takes time \u2013 and when we reopened [on November 2] the community were back which was nice.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natalie Jones, from Pontprennau, visiting the shop for the first time since it reopened, said she was glad the refill store was back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u201cI ended up buying lots of stuff I resented buying when it was closed. It looks really nice refurnished: there\u2019s loads more stuff,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ms Rae raised \u00a333,000 through crowdfunding when she started Ripple in 2018 but that went straight into covering rent in a busy area, insurance, and fitting the tills and gravity containers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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