Shop News

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Hambledon Village Shop Manager

hvs_square_frontThe Management Committee of the Hambledon Village Shop Ltd is looking for a dynamic Manager to lead the team of staff and volunteers. The Shop, Café and Post Office have grown in popularity under the previous manager, and turnover has increased by 70% in 2 years. However, this now needs to be translated to profit on the bottom line by careful management of stock, costs and, in particular, the recruitment, training and motivating of volunteers.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the following qualifications:

  • A belief in the community shop ethos and the role it plays in the surrounding area;
  • Responsiveness to customer needs with a strong focus on service quality;
  • Commercial skills and financial awareness;
  • The management skills to develop and manage a large team of volunteers;
  • The ability to delegate roles among staff and volunteers;
  • A ‘can-do’ attitude and friendly manner;
  • Computer literacy with experience of Microsoft Office and EPOS systems;
  • Some experience in catering, including barista skills;
  • A minimum of Level 2 Certificate in food and hygiene.

We are offering a basic salary of £19,000 for a 40hr a week with a performance related bonus tied to key targets.

An application form can be downloaded here. Email your completed form to tim@feathercombe.com or write to us at: Hambledon Village Shop Ltd, The Cricket Green, Hambledon, Surrey GU8 4HF.

Closing date: 2 April 2016.

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Hambledon Village Shop Christmas Party 2015

P1050114On a balmy evening in December around 40 guests – all involved in Hambledon Village Shop in some way – gathered at the village hall wearing Christmas decorations and looking very festive. It was lovely to get together to meet old friends, make some new ones and to thank everyone for contributing so much to the shop.

The team who’d organised the village party the previous weekend had beautifully decorated the village hall with ivy garlands and fairy lights all round the walls and an enormous Christmas tree twinkling away in the corner. In true Blue Peter fashion, the table decorations were made from recycled bottles and jam jars with a little hand-decorated ‘thank you’ token and raffle ticket on each place setting.

The evening kicked off with drinks and chat before tucking into beef and vegetable Malaysian-style curries with rice and breads made by our Chef du Jour, Jon Petersen, followed by chocolate torte and lemon cheesecake desserts from Cook (worth noting that if you’re running a community event they offer a discount of 30%, click here to find out more). Thanks go to the commis chefs who helped chop all that veg!

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Hambledon Village Shop Refurbishment

shop_boardThe next stage of refurbishing the Village Shop will take place in February. There will be some disruption but most services will continue to be avaliable.

Between Monday 1st February and Monday 22nd February, some new shelving will be installed, the shop counter and Post Office counters will be relocated and new flooring will be installed. All work is planned to be completed by Monday 22nd February.

Throughout this period Newspapers will be available as normal as will bread and milk and some dried goods. The farm shop will operate as normal. The delicatessen and cafe will be operating from a catering van in the shop driveway.

During the week Monday 8th February to Sunday 14th February the Post Office will be closed for a period of 3 days while the new flooring is installed, exact days of the Post Office closure will be provided at a later date.

Jo, the shop staff and the shop volunteers will be doing everything they can to keep the shop running as close to normal as possible during this period, please reward them with your custom.