Five reasons why Lifestyle SUPERSPAR supports local

From fresh home-grown vegetables to hand crafted goodies, the North Coast is overflowing with an array of goods produced by dedicated, hard working local entrepreneurs.

Thriving off supplying their surrounding communities, these businesses are growing in popularity thanks to chain stores that have welcomed their products onto their shelves.

One of these stores is Lifestyle SUPERSPAR, which supplies products from more than 10 local businesses from around the Dolphin Coast.

Here are five reasons why it is so important to support your local entrepreneurs:

1. Improve the local economy

When a consumer buys local, significantly more of that money stays in the community.

Local business owners often have incentive to support other local businesses, patronising local establishments for both business and personal reasons.

2. Improve your family’s health

Buying local foods has numerous health benefits to your family.

When you buy from local farmers, you have access to fruits and vegetables that you know are chemical free, as well as grass-fed meats, fresh eggs, and dairy from cows that feast on local green grass each day.

There are also benefits to eating raw local honeys, which are thought to help battle allergies.

3. Know the people behind the product

When you personally know the people behind the business where you’re buying local products and services, you enjoy a connection you would not otherwise have.

WATCH: Lifestyle visits local supplier Cappeny Estates

Along with the rest of the community, you celebrate when a favourite local business succeeds.

4. Keep your community unique

Local businesses give a community its flavour.

The combined presence of your town’s many local products makes it stand out.

5. Inspiring others

When you support local, it helps to bolster entrepreneurship in others.

They see that people actually care about small businesses instead of relying solely on large national retailers.

You can find products from all of the following local suppliers at Lifestyle SUPERSPAR:

Ace of Base, Berni’s Cakery, Cappeny Estates, Ct Organics, Classic Rusks, Mr Mozzies Butchery, Picketwood Farms, Raw Juice, Sage Deli, Stonelodge, TasteBuds and We Are Food.