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And now for something refreshing! We have added Peppermint Tea to the range of loose teas that we stock. Peppermint Tea is great at aiding digestion after a heavy meal, but is just a lovely refreshing cuppa at any time of day. We also stock: ☕️ English Breakast ☕️ Earl Grey ☕️ Decaf All of...

Top 10 tips for managing the heat: 1. A frozen bottle of water in front of a fan can act as a home made air conditioning unit, cooling the room down more than just a fan alone 2. Keeping the bedroom curtains closed in the daytime will keep the room cooler, and more so with the window open if...

Another lovely customer review! We feel so privileged and humbled by the amount of customers who shop with us on a regular basis. Thank you! Lisa runs The Gift Cabin on Hawley Road, Hinckley (opposite Tesco). Please pop and see her to show your support to another small, local business. 🙂...

Wishing all the Rad Dads a very Happy Fathers Day... I’m blessed to have been raised by two! My Dad and also my step Dad, be married to one and have Rad Dad for a father-in-law too. 4 strong men that support,love and hold our family in their hearts and their arms. 💜 I’m also sending lots...

@spiritysol ・・・ Sweet mama, if it feels like you’re holding a lot, it’s because you are. You’re holding the world on your shoulders and carrying the future in your womb ... You are starlight and sacred dust Galaxies dancing in every cell of your beautiful body You are infinite love in...

We have some gorgeous new products on Katy the Van this week! We are now stocking reusable face pads in a striking botanical leaf design, and some reusable bowl covers in a choice of designs. The face pads are made from cotton, with a bamboo terry towelling backing. The bowl covers come in a...

45 million printer ink cartridges end up in landfill in the UK every year! Well now you can bring your used cartridges to us for recycling. They will be refilled where possible, recycled where not. In the process, we will also be raising money for The Woodland Trust, so it's a definite win for...

Do you buy milk in plastic bottles? Then save your lids for us! Although many of us have now made the swap to milk being delivered in glass bottles, we appreciate that this isn't a viable option for everyone. Along with Eco Em’s Gifts, we are now collecting the plastic lids from milk bottles...

We want your stamps! Birthday, anniversary or special occasion coming up? If it's an event that means you'll be getting more personalised post than usual, please can you save the postage stamps! Simply cut (or carefully tear) the stamp off the envelope, making sure to leave approximately 1cm...

I posted a couple of weeks ago about the cost of shopping with a refill shop. In that post, I compared my best-selling food products to Tesco, and beat them on price with each item! This time, I thought I'd show you a comparison of my top-selling environmentally-friendly liquids. As you can...

I posted a couple of weeks ago about the cost of shopping with a refill shop. In that post, I compared my best-selling food products to Tesco, and beat them on price with each item! This time, I thought I'd show you a comparison of my top-selling environmentally-friendly liquids. As you can...

What do you do with the last bits of your candles (or candles you don't like...)? Well, from now on you can bring them to us! That's right, bring us your old candle wax and we'll pass it on to Eco Em’s Gifts. Em is a self-confessed eco-warrior, which is what inspired her to start her own...

We're excited to announce that we have teamed up with Eco Em’s Gifts to become a recycling donation station for a number of everyday items! As you know, we already collect used asthma inhalers to send off for recycling, but we will now also be accepting your donations of: ♻️ postage stamps ♻️...

One of the many things we have learnt over the past twelve months is that you lot are nuts about nuts! It's a good job we have a great selection, and all reasonably priced too 🙂 Bring along your own containers to fill up on: 🐿 Almonds 🐿 Brazils 🐿 Cashews 🐿 Hazelnuts 🐿 Mixed nuts 🐿 Pecans 🐿...

A pinch and a punch, the first of the month, what's in season in June? Strawberries and broad beans are the biggies this month, along with courgettes, globe artichokes and rocket. In fact, there's so much choice of tasty 'in season' fruit and veg that I've struggled to choose which recipe to...

Mandala has built up a great reputation over the past 5 years. When I wake up to an enquiry starting with ‘My Midwife Recommended You’ after my client enquired with her about placenta encapsulation it gives me a real sense of achievement 💜💜. I’m so pleased and proud to be recommended by so many...

Sometimes we just need a little treat! The trouble is that tasty snacks generally come in troublesome packing that can't even be recycled. But don't panic, we have a range of treats onboard Katy the Van - all without single-use plastic. And you can buy them in the quantities that suit you. 💚...

🎹Happy Birthday to us!🎹 12 months ago, was the first trading day for Replenish Refills. What began as an idea three months earlier, actually became a reality. For the first seven months, I was working seven days a week with three jobs as I got the business off the ground. Thank goodness I now...

💜 Tincture Tuesday! Placenta tincture is a very powerful remedy, that can help with PND, PMS, the menopause and feelings of emotional and mental imbalance. A small piece of placenta is steeped in strong vodka for 6 weeks. Tincture is twirled daily and stored in a dark place. 10-40 drops can...

"Isn't shopping with a refill van more expensive?" Ummmm...No! We regularly check our prices against the supermarkets to see how we compare. Bearing in mind we don't have their buying power, I think we do really well to beat them on lots of products. Plus, you're buying in the quantities that...