Who We Are
The Happy Pear:
Enjoys long walks on the beach, eating figs in the sun, swimming in the sea, loves to laugh, dance and hang out with friends.
Seeks likeminded customer(s) for long term relationship
We’re a fun, lively creative and a colourful shop with a mission far greater than simply being a shop. Gandhi once said “We must be the change we want to see in the world”. We are continuously getting better at this; the shop is constantly evolving and improving. Every day we strive to give better service, to be more accepting, to help build more community and togetherness, to bring more awareness in ourselves and anyone open to it.
Beyond our intentions we are a natural food market committed to selling local, organic and seasonal produce. We sell organic and non organic fruits and vegetables.
- We have a selection of great healthy food for you to enjoy upstairs as you sit by the cosy fire or to take out the front to sit and watch the world of Greystones main street go by. Every day we make fresh in our kichen – 2 soups, 2 main courses, 7 salads, pita breads, and cakes! All of our food is prepared and cooked in our very own kitchen. All food is also available for take away.
- We have a world class juice and smoothie bar, selling fresh wheatgrass juice, fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies and super smoothies.
- We now run education programmes where we inspire people to take responsibility for their own health through healthy eating. See the education page for more detail!
- We have a dried goods section where we sell dried fruit, nuts, seeds, grains, pasta, local jams, local honey and all sorts.
- We do outside catering for whatever you happen to be throwing. Be it for 2,000 people at a Microsoft Conference, 800 people at a music festival, 100 International Frisbee Players for a weekend or simply 10 people wanting lasagne and some salads for an evening in – we can handle most requests.
- We sell organic fair trade coffee and tea.
- We sell freshly baked breads, including locally baked organic wheat-free varieties.
We sell scrumptious home baked cookies, cakes and desserts many of which are wheat free and dairy free.
Organic wine is available to drink here.
The Crew
It started as an ideal but it is people who make The Happy Pear.
You probably know what a great place The Happy Pear is and so you play a part in making it what it is. Obviously the Crew play a very special part too.
Call me soppy – many do – but I am blessed to be friends with the people you see in the slide show below.
Click to play and for best view click on the full screen icon at the bottom right.
There are some illusive faces who aren’t in here yet. They know who they are and they’ll end up in here too, eventually.
When we were in the Small Business Award Finals, we wrote a little essay about what the Happy Pear is about. Have a read here.
