Eat Natural. Eat Fresh. Refill.
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0161 485 1637
Waterhouse’s Quality Food
Est 1921
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS THIS MAY
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Eat Natural. Eat Fresh. Refill.
A family owned local grocery store in the heart of Cheadle Hulme. We provide the highest quality and largest variety of fresh Fruit and Veg with an extensive range of Natural foods, Free-From range and zero waste product. Vegan, Gluten Free. Shop in store and online for our Delivery and click and collect service.
Delivering across Stockport, Northwich and Cheshire East.
Who we are...
Shop in store. Shop online. Delivery. Click and collect.
Waterhouse’s Quality Food established in 1921 by John Waterhouse who had a vision to provide the community he loved with the finest quality Fruit and Vegetables. Now 100 years later and onto the 3rd generation family, we are experts in fresh Fruit and Veg and so much more. Peter Waterhouse (proprietor) hand picks his produce from Smithfield market in Manchester daily, as he has done for 50 years. There he has cultivated strong relationships with suppliers and become renowned for his high expectations of quality which is never compromised.
Having evolved throughout the years, we are now proud to state that we are 95% single-use plastic free. We care about our planet and encourage a plastic-free, zero-waste lifestyle. Our Fresh and Natural produce is sold by weight and units (no pre-packed packaging); and we house an array of refill stations dispensing Household goods, Personal Care, and Dried foods.
We are a destination for Free From products carrying an extensive range of Chilled, Frozen and Cupboard food that caters for the lifestyles of Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten Free and Dairy free.
WHAT'S NEW FOR 2021?
THIS YEAR....Peter has envisioned yet another diversification for the store....establishing a 'Raw Cold-Pressed Juicery' called 'Prodjuice Juicery'.
WHAT'S THE AIM? To help Nature do its job in Juice form. Providing an easy, tasty way for customers to get their daily dose of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and nutrients that nature has provided in RAW Fruit & Veg.
WHY COLD-PRESSED? Cold pressed juice protects and preserves the nutrients of the fruits and vegetables.
HOW? The cold press juicer presses the produce to extract the juice, no heat is involved... You get 100% of the vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and nutrients when you drink cold pressed juice!
Sounds good right? ....
The bright green bar is in and the equipment is ready. We are establishing the flavors and workings of this new venture and soon we will communicate our launch date.
Services In Store
Delivery Service
Our team want to make life easier for you so we offer an extensive delivery service:
You are able to order and edit your basket right up until 6am the morning of your order.
£15 minimum spend.
Where do we deliver to and when?
We deliver to all areas Monday to Saturday. You can place your order and edit it up to 6am the morning of delivery.
Local to Shop Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Bramhall, Cheadle Heath, Heald Green, Woodford, Hazel Grove, Davenport, Edgeley, Woodsmoor, Offerton
Stockport Marple, High Lane, Disley, Reddish, Romley, Bredbury, Heaton Moor, Heaton Chapel, Gatley.
Macclesfield Macclesfield, Prestury, Bollington, Wilmlsow, Handforth, Alderley Edge, Adlington, Bosley, Gawsworth, Pott Shrigley, Rainow, Henbury, Marton, North Rode, Mottram, Monks Heath
Trafford Altrincham, Bowden, Hale, Hale Barnes, Timperley.
Northwich Lostock Gralam, Barnton, Plumley, Tabley, Great Budworth, Whitegate, Little Budworth, Little Leigh, Delamere, Cuddington, Comberbatch, Lach Dennis, Rudheath, Wincham, Hartford, Davenham, Moulton, Winsford, Lower Peover, Lower Withington, Northwich, Pickmere, Goostrey.
Cheshire East Ashley, Alderley Edge, Knutsford, Chelford, Over Peover, Goostery, Cranage, Holmes Chapel, Sandbach, Middlewich, Mere, Mobberley
Click & Collect
Short on time? Then place a Click and collect order for FREE online and pick up your shopping at your convenience within store open times. You can place and edit your order on our shopping site up to 6am the morning of your collection.
Local Food Bank Donation
The Waterhouse family believe in supporting our community. Every Tuesday we donate to Chelwood Food Bank Plus in Adswood. You can donate too by using us as a drop off point in store.
REFILL Range
We offer an extensive range of refill product in Dried Goods, Personal Care and Household products: Nuts, Seed, Fruit, Pasta, Rice, Baking Goods, Oils, Vinegars, spices, hand & body Wash, Shampoo & Conditioner, Fabric Detergent, Cleaning solutions.
Being Single-use Plastic Free
Our Fruit and Veg is provided loose to pick.
We provide paper bags for you to select items.
We encourage you to bring your own containers and bags.
When ordering refill liquid product we ask you to use our recycle scheme. You purchase a refill bottle for a 25p deposit. On your next order leave the empty bottle outside for our delivery driver to collect, return, recycle. The 25p will then be refunded on your next order or should you order more refill we will continue using the bottles.
Why should we work together to be plastic free?
A staggering 40% of plastic is used just once and 91% of plastic is NOT recycled. About 8 million metric tonnes of plastic is thrown into our oceans yearly - destroying habitats and killing ocean wildlife. It is predicted that if we don't act now, by 2050 there will be more plastic than Fish in our Oceans.
Our Products
On the Shelves
Fruit & Veg Boxes
We have an array of fruit and veg boxes to suit everyones needs and can bespoke anything to your requirements.
Example image: The Ultimate Fruit & Veg Box £50.
The Sunday Veg box £12 - £26
The Salad Box £22
The Fruit box £24
The Juicing box £18
The Seasonal box £40
Fish
Inverawe Scottish Oak Smokehouse
Inverawe Smokehouses (a Scottish family business) supplies us with the very best Scottish Smoked Salmon, Trout, Haddock, Mackerel, Caviar, Pate, and Terrine.
The family started smoking fish in their back garden by the banks of the River in 1974. They are established in the traditional labour intensive, more time-consuming people-led way of smoking rather than the use of new technology. This gives the Oak smoke the most amazing flavour that surpasses expectations!
The Cheshire Cheese Company
Cheshire Cheese Company has created a unique and fantastic range of contemporary, some say “eccentric” award winning Cheeses for everyone to enjoy. They are accredited VegSoc approved by the Vegetarian Society and combine the finest of ingredients carefully balanced and perfected to produce unimaginable flavour combinations.
Free From
We house an extensive range of Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten Free and Dairy Free products.
Our Bakery
We are teamed up with Claire (proprietor) of Nice Buns Bakery, locally located who provide us with Fresh Bread, Pastries and Scones daily.
The Team
Our Team are the Best!
Friendly, attentive, personable and always wearing a smile. We are extrmely fortunate to have a close team that are like family.
Contact us here..
0161 485 1637
A history
A time line through 100 years ....
celebrating our BIG 100TH BIRTHDAY 1st May 2021!
Waterhouses Quality Food Ltd (as we know it today) was established in 1921 as J. Waterhouses & Sons by John Waterhouse (Founder). The store was a corner shop, just a quarter the size it is today. This was a time when everything was sold behind the counter. We sold a small selection of Fruit, Veg, Game and Fish.
Alfred Waterhouse (second generation) took over the shop in 1935. He created all the fixtures and fittings in the shop which are still intact today. In the early 1960's brothers Peter and John (sons to Alfred) were well known to all customers as they rode their old fashioned bicycles after school to deliver customers shopping.
Peter Waterhouse (third and current generation) became proprietor in 1970 where business became 'self select' meaning customers picked produce themselves like today and took their items to the till to pay. Some 'essential' groceries or 'emergency' groceries as they called it then were added to the offering. In 1981, Peter obtained the handbag shop next door to expand the store. In the 1980's the rise of the 4 big Supermarkets took flight and business took a challenge as price wars soared. In 1988, Peter created a Frozen food destination as the era of 'ready meals' was born; and subsequently a Grocery aisle in 1995.
In 2010 John Waterhouse (brother of Peter) acquired a Ford model A (as pictured) in a bid to replicate the first ever delivery van of Waterhouse's which was actually a model T. With this, he has been around the country presenting the van to classic car shows....so you may have seen it!
In 2018 Waterhouse's Quality Food took to Social media with Facebook and Instagram managed by Peter's two daughters. All of Peters three children Nicola, Christopher & Jennifer, worked in the shop as teenagers and continue to play a part now. It will be Peter's grandchildren's turn next!
In 2019 and presently, Peter has diversified the store to another direction in a bid to reduce waste and single use plastic. A commitment was made to be 95% free of single use plastic. How? the use of paper bags, continuing trading Fruit and Veg loose and package free, providing a large refill range of natural, dried foods, household and personal care, and an extensive Free-From range.
In 2020, the country and the World was hit with Covid19. Over-night a delivery service was born to meet the needs of customers. For the height of the pandemic, Peter offered free delivery to all those self isolating and NHS workers. The community, to which we Thank so much, showed an overwhelming spirit in volunteering to make this possible when the infrastructure wasn't there yet.
By the end of 2020, Waterhouse's Quality Food website launched with a full Online ordering service for Click & Collect and delivery across Stockport, Northwich and Cheshire East. In what has been a challenging time for many, we are proud to have been able to support our community by expanding our in-house team and expand our local brand partnerships and offerings.
THIS YEAR....Peter has envisioned yet another diversification for the store....establishing a 'Raw Cold-Pressed Juicery' called 'Prodjuice Juicery'.
WHAT'S THE AIM? To help Nature do its job in Juice form. Providing an easy, tasty way for customers to get their daily dose of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and minerals that nature has provided in RAW Fruit & Veg.
WHY COLD-PRESSED? Cold pressed juice protects and preserves the nutrients of the fruits and vegetables.
HOW? The cold press juicer presses the produce to extract the juice, no heat is involved... You get 100% of the vitamins, minerals, enzymes, and nutrients when you drink cold pressed juice!
Sounds good right? ....
The bright green bar is in and the equipment is ready. We are establishing the flavors and workings of this new venture and soon we will communicate our launch date.
The weekend of May 1st 2021 we celebrate our 100 YEAR BIRTHDAY!
100 years
A look back through photos over the years of Waterhouse's Quality Food Market and Mellor Road.
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How we are responding to Covid-19
At Waterhouse’s Quality Food we take keeping everyone safe seriously. We have adapted to the new ways of working as follows:
- We have provided a hand sanitizer station at the front of the store and another couple of touch points around the store.
- All baskets, trolleys and surfaces are cleaned on a regular basis daily.
- Customers and Team are required to wear a face covering unless they are exempt.
- There are 2 meter markings on the floor for queuing.
- We have an outside queuing system for extremely busy periods where team will advise customers in and out of store.
- Team wash their hands thoroughly and regularly throughout the day.
- There are perspect screens at the checkout.
- Deliveries are cashless, the driver wears a face covering and distance is maintained during delivery.
We Thank you for your cooperation during this time.
Privacy Policy
Any data given, we use solely for the purpose of your order placed at Waterhouse’s Quality Food market. This includes having a history of your orders placed, your name, address and contact details. No details are used for or passed onto 3rd parties. No payment details are taken over the internet. All payment details are used at the time of payment over the phone and never noted down or stored.