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28 November 2023

This is the weekly-ish newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week it's all about the mince pies! MINCE! PIES! M!I!N!C!E! P!I!E!S! What more do you want?

OK, howabout Rach's advent calendar treasure hunt, this year with an extra something special? Will that do?

21 November 2023

This is the weekly-ish newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we congratulate Rossiters on 40 years, remind you of the B30 food bank deadline, notify you of Artefact's party, and recommend a documentary about the housing crisis.

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7 November 2023

This is the weekly-ish newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we hosted the nascent West Midlands Grain Network for a morning of baking and chatting.

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24 October 2023

This is the weekly-ish newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we look at our three cookery masterclasses which are coming up over the autumn. We also have some Real Bread books in stock.

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10 October 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we give notice that we will be hiring a new baker to start in January. Please spread the word! We also have chocolate, honey, sauce and jam news and a timeline for the building work over the road.

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26 September 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week our classes in November have gone on sale, we've made the mincemeat for our mince pies, and The Breadcrumbs are back.

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20 September 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we still need your apples for the mince pie mix! 🍎🍏 We also baked with the Desem starter for the first time...

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12 September 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we have our Thai and Sourdough classes, a report on our free kids snacks initiative, honey and preserves news, and celebrate a new co-op in Kings Heath.

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4 September 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week our cookery school is back with Dumplings on Wednesday evening. We also have some exciting plans for Sourdough September and are in need of your apples!

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22 August 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we're bringing back the Maslin sourdough, even though it never went away. We're also putting some prices up and closing on Tuesdays. See below for why.

Note we are open on Friday and Saturday this week having scrubbed the bakery and redecorated the shop. Welcome back!

14 August 2023

This is the weekly-ish newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week it's all cookery school news, with classes for September and October now on sale.

Otherwise there's not much to report as we're in our August shutdown for 10 days, giving the bakery a deep clean and doing all those non-urgent jobs we never have time for. Back open next Friday 25th.

8 August 2023

This is the weekly-ish newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week is a bit of a co-op special! Two new co-operative organisations are on their way in Birmingham, plus applications are open to live in the housing co-op in our new building (which needs a name).

Please note that our summer shutdown starts next week. We'll be closed from Tuesday 15 to Thursday 24 August. If you need to stock up, you have until this Saturday.

17 July 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we're asking for donations so we can give snack packs to kids in need this summer holiday.

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10 July 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

Last week we took Loaf on tour with two market stalls and a conference. This week we look forward to Artefact's Artefacts and KHARnival. Also, focaccia!

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3 July 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we're announcing the charity we're raising money for from now to the end of 2023: Birmingham LGBT.

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26 June 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week it's a short one as we get ready for our first appearance at Cocomad in a years! See you there!

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21 June 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we have exciting news! Construction has started on our new building in Stirchley!

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13 June 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we’ve formalised selling loose and bulk flour, and it’s the return of the Breadcrumbs!

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5 June 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we have some news about our new building in Stirchley which is starting construction very soon!

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29 May 2023

This is the weekly(ish) newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we were interviewed by Japan’s Asahi Shimbu newspaper and have some cookery school classes we’d like to sell.

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15 May 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

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1 May 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we mark May Day and say goodbye, for now, to our friends at Ten Four Bakehouse.

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18 April 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we're releasing the final tranche of cookery school dates for this side of the summer. If you're looking to do a class in June or July, scroll down.

We're also launching our new Canine Parking Zone. Exciting!

10 April 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

We hope you’re having a nice Easter! This week we have a look at a new vegan cookie that’s emerged from the Loaf kitchen…

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3 April 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we check in with fundraising for SIFA Fireside, reassure you we’re open over Easter, inspect the recent coffee delivery, look forward to this week’s sweets and cakes and, ponder the Plum Festival.

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27 March 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we look at the Heritage Grains class we ran for the first time on Saturday.

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20 March 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we report on the inaugural meeting of the West Midlands Grain Network, a gathering of growers, millers and bakers with an interest in rethinking our industry.

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13 March 2023

This is the weekly (ish) newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

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27 January 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week Hot Cross Buns are back! Because it’s Easter soon! And that’s when we have Hot Cross Buns!

We’ve also added a few more classes for March and April run by tutor Lap-fai Lee and Loaf’s own bakers.

6 February 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week Rachel recommends some baking books and we look at the power of regenerative flour.

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30 January 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we have a preview of our upcoming pasta class, returning after a break and better than ever.

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23 January 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we hear from Haseen, one of our cookery school teachers, about growing up in south India and learning to make the Dosa and Thaali dishes he teaches at Loaf.

We also explore the inner workings of our worker coop with a fascinating, no really, look at how we run our meetings. Yes seriously.

16 January 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we’re launching a brand new baking class led by Loaf’s founder Tom Baker who is returning to the fold. We’ve got a short interview with him on why this class and why now.

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9 January 2023

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

Happy new year! This week we announce the charity we’re fundraising for and draw your attention to a very important historical stone on the riverbank.

🍞 Pre-order your bread 🥐

19 December 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

It’s our final newsletter of the year! So let’s crack on, shall we?

Pre-ordering has closed for the final week but we’ll have plenty of bread and pastries on the shelves every day, with lunches served from noon on weekdays.

12 December 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week it’s all go!

We’ve rejigged the bakery shop so more than two people can come in at once, and it’s last orders for Christmas this coming weekend.

5 December 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week the Weekly Loaf moves to Mondays as we’re open every Tuesday starting this week.

Also, pre-orders are now open for all days right up to Christmas Eve.

29 November 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week mince pies go on sale! What more is there to say?

Other than we’ll be at Stirchley Market this Saturday for our first baking surgery. See you there!

22 November 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we welcome Dave to our co-op, announce our new ‘baking surgery’ at the revived Stirchley Market, and contribute to Pip’s fundraising auction.

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8 November 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we recommend a telly show about pizza and a t-shirt.

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1 Nov 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we need your help with some market research, and have an update on your donations to the B30 Food Bank

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25 October 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we look forward to an exhibition of cooperatives in Stirchley (including us!) and are chuffed at the bikes you enabled Migrant Help to buy.

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18 October 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we announce that all our wholemeal loaves are made with sustainably grown heritage flour from one farm. We also introduce a new local honey from Quinton Meadows and expand our range from Rea Valley.

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11 October 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week it’s all ‘breadcrumbs’ with morsels of news from Loaf and across Stirchley.

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4 October 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week Ian recommends some bakers to follow on Instagram.

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September 27 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we have a look at the Sheffield Wheat Experiment, where growing is distributed across hundreds of people across the city. We also reveal our new badge!

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September 20 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we take a look at the work of Santina Amato, an artist who works with her own weight in dough.

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13 September 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we launch the first Loaf t-shirt and a new, bigger tote bag. Plus an updated list of what the B30 Food Bank needs.

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6 September 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we gear up for our 10th birthday party with free cake on Thursday for the first 30 customers, and much more!

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30 August 2022

This is the weekly newsletter from Loaf in Stirchley, keeping you abreast of our bakery and cookery school, and other news we think you might be interested in.

This week we announce our 10th birthday party, want your apples to make mince pies, are hiring more staff and are now a B30 Food Bank donation point for both cash and products.

Also please note we’re open until 6pm on Thursday and Friday again.