The Refillery Canterbury

20/03/2026

Wow, Chocolate is now SO EXPENSIVE - cocoa prices are at their highest ever, due to climate change and poor harvests. Even poor-quality, mass produced commercial brands have risen - some by 40%.

These beautiful gifting eggs from Swedish company are designed to be brought out and refilled year after year. You could fill them with all sorts of surprises:
🎁 home-baked treats
🎁 pick & mix confectionary
🎁 jewellery
🎁 socks or a T-Shirt
🎁 make-up or toiletries
🎁 gift vouchers

Try a different type of Easter gift, that will keep on giving! 🐣

13/03/2026

Teaching by Empowering! Encouraging kids to take action on sustainability 👏

We were delighted to host a Practical Learning session led by lovely Miss Pearman for pupils of .patrixbourne.school who have been learning about climate change, plastic pollution and food waste.

Members of their KS2 Eco Council came to the shop for a hands-on opportunity to explore the different ways their family households can reduce both plastic packaging and food waste.

They were beautifully behaved, inquisitive and enthusiastic about our eco-friendly shop. We have to trust in the next generation to be kinder to our planet 💪

05/03/2026

Thank you My Canterbury for highlighting us this month!

28/02/2026

🐝 SUNDAY 1ST MARCH 🐝
If you’ve not experienced these unique and utterly delicious locally-made infused honeys, now’s your chance!

By popular demand, Maria will be with us from midday providing free tastings and answering all your questions about her family business and the amazing flavours they produce.

🍯Turmeric Honey
🍯Lemon Honey
🍯Rose Honey
🍯Vanilla Honey
🍯Orange Honey
🍯Hot Chilli Honey

14/02/2026

🍴Flipping Great!! I love it when Shrove Tuesday falls at Half Term - hours of fun for Kids to enjoy experimenting! 😮

You can stock up on small amounts of tasty additions, then mix and match to find the best combinations!

Here are my favourites, there are plenty of others : honey, peanut butter, local jams, or savoury ones with a fruity balsamic glaze.😋

All available from The Refillery - open every day from 10am

❤️

10/02/2026

Mystery Picnics are available in Canterbury - be different this Valentines! It's easy to book online 🥰

Book your foodie adventure today

06/02/2026

Here's a simple summary on why I don't sell Ecover cleaning products (*BUT* am very happy to refill empty Ecover bottles with our preferred eco-friendly range 😉)

Before its takeover by SC Johnson, Ecover performed relatively well in Ethical Consumer's rating, scoring 11 out of 14. But because of its parent company practices, its rating drops to only 7 out of 14.

In our ethical due-diligence I believe it's always necessary to "follow the money" - and if shareholders are making returns at the expense of people and planet it's irrelevant to me how "green" the product is.

In any case, we stock FILL and The Bio-D Company cleaning products, both highly ranked (in the top 5) by Ethical Consumer, super effective and closed-loop (zero waste) - we love them! ❤️

Check out www.ethicalconsumer.org for all the information (and inspiration) you need to learn how to use your spending power to help change the world for the better.

♻️

23/12/2025

Are you tired of making a handful of white, male, billionaires richer? 😔

Where you spend is just as important as what you spend on, and every pound you spend is a quiet vote for what you believe in. You can pause mindless, effortless, thoughtless one-click online orders, and shift spending habits to better reflect your values.

✔ Local & Independent Businesses
✔ Sustainable & Ethical Brands
✔ Women-Owned Brands
✔ B-Corp Brands
✔ Businesses that care and contribute to the places we live - locally, globally

22/12/2025

PI'Y is the Kayapó name for Brazil nuts.
The Kayapó people protect the last large block of forest surviving in the highly threatened south-eastern Amazon, at about 40 thousand square miles it's roughly the size of Iceland. Kayapó communities risk their lives to monitor and protect the forest they live in from deforestation, but there's constant pressure from illegal invaders seeking to mine, fell trees and farm the land.

In the struggle for their right to exist and steward their territory, the Kayapó formed 21st-century alliances with conservation NGOs. These support networks strengthen the Kayapó with tools for territorial surveillance, sustainable economic autonomy and give them an international platform.

Trading the nuts provides financial autonomy for around 600 families in over 50 Kayapó villages, and helps protect Indigenous lands.

Hodmedod’s is a wonderful UK wholesaler and a key alliance member, using their UK network of customers and supporters and existing distribution infrastructure to help sell the Brazil nuts and tell the story of the Kayapó and the forest they live in and defend.

We are proud to sell the Kayapó PI'Y Brazil nuts. By buying direct from the indigenous communities we are strengthening the Kayapó people, their culture and the Amazon rainforest they protect and depend on.

Read more at https://hodmedods.co.uk/blogs/news/piy-brazil-nuts-solidarity-trading

21/12/2025

We're delighted to partner with REUSE Foundation to support their women-led refill initiatives in communities across rural India.

Our customers can buy high quality refillable clear and amber glass dispensing bottles and steel water bottles supplied by Reuse Foundation - and we donate 50% of the proceeds to the charity.

Their projects in rural India address the growing plastic crisis where millions of plastic sachets and disposable bottles are burned or dumped daily, polluting villages, damaging rivers and harming health.

In particular their groundbreaking "Beat The Sachet" reuse pilot is demonstrating amazing results.

They are training former waste-picker women to deliver household products in Refill Trucks to villages to replace disposable sachets and single-use bottles. Supported by village councils and MPs, the program is demonstrating how refill and reuse habits can work at scale for low-income communities, a world first!

20/12/2025

A Mystery Picnic in Canterbury is the perfect Christmas Gift! There's still time to buy vouchers online from AmazingCo - receive a digital voucher with pdf printable gift-card by email, valid for 3 years!

The Canterbury Mystery Picnic is a unique experience where you solve clues and riddles to uncover off-the-beaten-track gems and collect delicious food to enjoy at a secret picnic location.

🍎 Each stop is a mystery only found by solving scavenger hunt-styled clues and riddles - great for families with kids!

🥪 Unlock answers that direct you to your next location where you will uncover hidden gems around Canterbury

🧁 Collect delicious food from local businesses at each stop - supporting independent businesses and local producers 👍

🍷 Finish the adventure at a secret picnic location and enjoy your well-earned feast of goodies!

This is perfect for making time to catch up with friends with busy lives. Customise with any special dietary requirements and enjoy showcasing what beautiful Canterbury has to offer!

Go to https://www.amazingco.me/uk/experiences/mystery-picnics/dates/canterbury

19/12/2025

We've teamed up with Greene King Brewery for to help keep Plastic Tubs out of landfill and fund-raise for a great cause too.

Bring your clean, empty plastic CONFECTIONERY AND BISCUIT TUBS to The Refillery in Canterbury between 1 January and 15 February 2026 to be recycled.

We’re all guilty of indulging in chocolate, sweets and crackers over the festive period, and in the UK we are buying tens of millions of these plastic tubs every year! The tubs collected for Tub2Pub will be taken to a plastic reprocessing centre where they’re shredded, before being sold onto plastic manufacturers to use in place of virgin plastic.

In 2025, Greene King pubs collected over 240,000 tubs, weighing in at a record-breaking 27,990 kg of plastic - more than all previous years combined.

Since Tub2Pub launched, they've helped to divert over 470,000 tubs from landfill and, with the proceeds from recycling the tubs going to Macmillan Cancer Support, have raised over £34,000 to help fund vital support for people living with cancer.

SAVE YOUR CHOCOLATE AND BISCUIT TUBS - simply bring to our store and hand them to staff from January to Valentines Day! ❤️