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Frequently Asked Questions

  • How does the vending machine work if I just turn up?
    It's really easy, instructions are on the payment terminal but basically, you choose what you want, pay for it, and the locker opens for you to take your purchase. That's it. Here's a little video so you can see for your self.
  • Can I use cash?
    No, sorry, for reasons of security and so our staff don't have to handle money, it's no cash. You can tap your card or your phone.
  • What do you sell?
    We grow soft fruit and you'll be able to buy whatever we have in season. We occasionally sell products from other producers such as local honey. What we are currently harvesting is on our shop page but follow us on social media for daily updates @berriesontap
  • Do you do wholesale?
    Yes we do but our list of wholesale customers is currently full. If you are interested in becoming a wholesale customer, please get in touch and if we are able to accomodate you, we will.
  • Can I reserve fruit?
    Not at the moment, sorry.
  • Is your packaging single use plastic?
    No. Most of our fruit is sold in punnets made of paper pulp however some people still want a punnet with a lid so we do offer that as well. Our plastic packaging is made from recycled plastic and can be recycled again when you've finished with it, just pop it in your household recycling.
  • Are you organic?
    No. We are not certified organic but we manage our crops through a system called integrated pest management – we use beneficial insects and organisms to combat pests and diseases. We weed our crops by hand, the old fashioned way and we maintain meticulous crop hygiene to reduce the need for any intervention.
  • Are greenhouses environmentally friendly.
    Our greenhouses are a buzz with life. They need to be because without bees working hard to pollinate our flowers, we don't have any fruit. They are naturally warm inside as the soil warms up during the day and gives off heat at night. We don't use any additional heat apart from a little frost protection when it's very cold. In addition, our greenhouses are on their second life here already - built from parts salvaged after the 1987 hurricane, they've been growing crops for many decades, and hopefully will continue to do so for many more to come. Growing soft fruit under glass means we can protect the crops from bad weather, which also reduces the risk of disease. Greenhouses can be a very environmentally friendly way of growing crops efficiently - plus any electricity we do use comes from REGO-certified renewable resources such as wind, tidal and solar energy.
  • Why can't I choose my own punnets?
    While you can see the punnets through the locker glass , our system isn’t able to let you choose which individual ones you want to buy. We can promise, however, that we put the finest quality fruit in every locker and you can be confident it hasn’t been handled by lots of other people picking over it while choosing what to take. Our fruit is picked, packed, and then put in the chiller. It travels meters, not miles, before you buy it and very often, it will have been picked within hours of you purchasing it. It's exceptionally fresh and quality matters hugely to us. We want you to leave delighted and come back over and over again.
  • Pricing
    We aim to offer delicious, fresh fruit to our customers; fruit grown and sold with minimal impact on the planet, that is picked and packed by a contented workforce. We are also aware that we are in a competitive marketplace and want to deliver excellent value for money. When conditions allow, for example when there is a lot of fruit, making it quicker to pick, we will pass that saving on to our customers. To that end, we review our prices weekly.
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