Specialist food shops in Bath

Regardless of what advertising executives would have you believe, the search for larder essentials - from locally sourced produce to eclectic exotica - does not begin and end at the supermarket. And even if you do come across Bath chaps, plantain and holy basil while you're going wild in the aisles, you're unlikely to find a friendly expert on hand to tell you what to do with it. The Pig believes that shopping 'the old fashioned way' is the way forward: grab your shopping basket and prepare to make merry with the local, independent retailers who form the backbone of Bath's reputation as a food shopper's paradise - you'll save pennies, make friends and enjoy a far more pleasurable experience than the lemming-like trolley dash can ever offer.