Source Battersea in Wandsworth

i come here once a week for a few snacks and always eat them within a day, try as i might to save them for later. the quality of everything here is brilliant and tastes amazing (the pistachio turkish delight, chocolate covered coffee beans and smoked almonds are stand-outs but everything ive tried has been lovely!). everything is clearly labelled which makes it helpful when im trying to find vegan products and the staff are very friendly too. i look forward to every single one of my visits here

Great place to pick up plastic free goods and bulk buy. They could do with more scales to way your containers for when it's busy.

The Source Bulk Foods is on my daily walk and next to the coffee shop where I have my mid-walk break. I had judged it just another don’t-need-it, healthy-foody posh shop. I passed many times before entering, of curiosity perhaps, but to be honest, I was looking for trouble. A tiny place so it was just a minute to take it in and make my way to the back where my attention was drawn to huge vats of olive oil. An associate approached and asked if she could help. (I learned later her name is Ellie and she deserves her own review). Whatever my question was, it led to being offered a taste of olive oil. Their Duvichus EVO tasted good and, somewhat more objectively, had the almost unbearable peppery aftertaste that shows polyphenols. Price caught my attention: one third the high-end EVO from Ocado. I think the Ocado EVO is better, but not by much and not worth 3x the price. No way was I buying a glass bottle to take home some olive oil, so declined, but of politeness bought £2 pounds of dried figs to have with my coffee. The figs may have been the most delicious food I have ever eaten—probably not and just my fleeting impression. Or Ellie put a spell on them. I came back the next day with a plastic water bottle and filled up on olive oil, paid £5 pounds… and that was the start of my journey.I self-categorise as a high-quality/good-value shopper. I’ll gladly part with £5 for 18 grams of sublime coffee beans (Sea Island Coffee--South Kensington) but I do respect value. For me, The Source is about high-quality and good value. I will boldly assert that every item is 30% better value than anywhere else I find, online, Whole Foods, Waitrose… anywhere. Sometimes the same price but 30% better quality, sometimes the same quality but 30% cheaper. Then breakouts like the EVO at 2x better value. Not apparent is how much stuff is in that store, until you realise that every product is in one single bin or jar and not on several shelf-meters dedicated to packaged versions of different brands of the same thing. So that little store goes on and on and on. An exception to my quality/value measure: butter beans are the same price I get online in bulk and to me same quality. Up to you if shopping online is a net convenience, and a whole other topic is that the online 1000 grams of beans comes with 200 grams of packaging and the ICE was running in the van while waiting for you to answer the doorbell.Tasting is allowed, just ask and then take (a lot of) care about hygiene. Dried vanilla. Nori flakes. Macadamia nuts are painfully expensive, but cheap enough that I don’t feel I should be counting them as I eat. Dorset sea salt (unbelievable—I snack on it licking my finger and dipping it in a bowl of salt then pretending I am at a salt lick on an African savanna and not a Zoom call. Shockingly expensive, utterly worth it). Herbal teas, try ginger and turmeric golden glow, then make iced tea. Country of origin is labelled on each bin. Preservatives or sulphites (such as in some dried fruit) they are shown in bold on the label on the bin. They do have dried fruit with no preservations at all—ask for the roadkill organic apricots. Added sugar is clearly labelled, dried blueberries and cranberries. Super foods are affordable. I may never ever know if they do any good, but I can afford to use a tablespoon instead of a half teaspoon–since more must be better, dial up the placebo power and heap it on. Psyllium is expensive but has no insecticide residue I can detect. Coffee is just ok, and so far the only item that I judge a missed target.Knowledge and commitment of the staff is hard to convey—like nurses in a top hospital. Behind the scenes I sense the guiding force of half-mad totalitarian quality genius like a Steve Jobs of bulk seeds and beans (who may not be a coffee drinker). Visit The Source before Whole Foods buys them. And ask for Ellie. And good luck! Their What3Words is (are?) agenda.brass.remind

The staff are all super friendly and helpful. I love the layout of the shop and generally the vibe is joyful and welcoming :) excellent products and I feel good refilling to reduce waste!

Love this store - has everything we need for a eco conscious living and prices are good. Amanda is always so wonderful and welcoming, we feel like we are popping into a local neighbourhood store, not a shop in a big city.

The best bulk no waste shop in London. Amazing range. Very friendly and helpful staff. I cannot recommend this enough for any environmentally minded or vegan person in the area.

Very cool place. So many things you can literally kit out your entire pantry if you have enough jars/containers. Great for the environment and also well priced do you don't feel like you're paying for the novelty. The staff were also really friendly. Will be getting some jars and heading back with a long list to stock up with! Even have washing powders, hair oils etc so not just food

I’ve been here few time. It’s great to be able to buy without packaging. They have oil, soap, shampoo that you can get with your own container or from the store. They sell jars, so nothing to worry about. They have paper bags for grains, pasta, etc if you do not have a container, so nothing to worry about!I love they seashell pasta!

The shop is really great and it is actually way easier to shop non-plastic/less packaging thank I thought. IIt would definitely have 5 stars I only wish that it offered also a "cheap" option of what it has in store. I try to shop here to reduce my pollution footprint so I am not interested in the vegan/organic.I get that it is hard to offer competitive prices, but if things had one cheaper alternative it would definitely help people on my budget to shop more zero-packaging and help the planet!

Helpful staff and a great range - including cleaning vinegar, different cooking oils and plenty of hand wash options. The choice of chocolate coated nuts and other sweets is worth admission alone.Once you get the hang of the weighing and packing process it is actually quite efficient - plus you choose exactly how much you want. Little jars for spices are also cheap at £1.20.