Saturday Market

Shop & Breakfast at our Market & Cafe, Saturdays 9am-midday

The market aims to provide good local produce at fair prices. We are a member of Oxford’s Community Managed Markets and we believe that every community should have access to good local stuff. We buy and sell some produce ourselves so that you have it every week. We also have a couple of guest stall slots for local producers to sell directly.

Our cafe serves breakfast from 9-12: enjoy coffee from The Missing Bean, pastries, fantastic bacon / egg baps made with fresh local ingredients and more.

At the market get your weekend newspapers and…

  • a range of fresh breads, including Sourdough and speciality breads, from Cornfields family bakery in Wheatley
  • Beef, lamb, pork reared at Waterperry’s family farm
    free range eggs from Beechcroft
  • milk, farm butter, yoghurts, cheeses (from Cheltenham Dairy and the Oxford Cheese Company)
  • honey from Brightwell Bees,
  • home made jams
  • local beers
  • wines supplied by The Oxford Wine Company
  • and more…

Keep an eye on our Facebook page (Facebook.com/TalkingShopSandford) and sign up to our mailing list (email [email protected]) for information about guests stalls, workshops and special events.

Join our Saturday Team

We started the Saturday Market & Cafe in April 2011. We have run it almost every week since. About 15 volunteers work in shifts from 7.30am to 12.30pm, opening to the public from 9.00 to midday every Saturday.

There are various different roles. You could join:

  • Our set up team (the early shift before the customers come in).
  • The café team (cooking, serving on the counter, clearing tables and managing the dishwasher).
  • Our shop team (setting up, serving customers bread, veg, groceries etc).
  • Our packing away team (helping put everything away once the market closes).
  • Our cleaning team (cleaning the shop and café after the market closes).

Shifts start at different times:

  • 8am to 9am: Setting up tables etc
  • 8 / 8.30am to 10 / 10.30am – Café & Cooking teams
  • 10.30am to 1pm – Café & Cooking teams

Some people like to commit to a regular shift, others sign up for different shifts as and when they’re available.

For more information on volunteering at Talking Shop, please click here.

To apply or to ask any questions please email our Volunteering Coordinators: [email protected]

Or pop into the shop, say hello and leave your details for us to contact you