The Pantry - Cafe, grocery and community hub

The Pantry, located at 133 Grace Street Invercargill is your local. It’s the place to grab a coffee with your neighbours and a hub for the community to gather for events, workshops and markets. Our cafe cabinets are filled with delicious goodies and our barista’s will make your favourite coffee with a range of cow and nut milks.

It’s also where you can find all of your grocery essentials in bulk plus many speciality items like local Southland honey, homebrew supplies and Boerewors sausages. Our friendly staff are on hand to help you get as much or as little as you need for your own baking, cooking and cleaning at home.

We are a package free shop so, bring your own containers or grab one of the clean jars we have on hand. If you can’t find it on the shelf, we can put in a special order from our fantastic local and national suppliers.

Follow The Pantry on Facebook or Instagram for upcoming events and inspiration to eat, shop and meet at your local hub - The Pantry or drop in to see us.

Opening hours:

Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.00pm
Saturdays, 10.00am to 3.00pm

Our PRODUCT RANGE

Whether you’re vegan, paleo, a beer aficionado, or a sweet tooth with a fondness for composting, you’ll find the products you love at The Pantry. We stock bulk cleaning and baking ingredients, specialty items including organic and eco-friendly goods as well as home brewing equipment.

Every time you shop you help the community

Just by you shopping at The Pantry, we’re able to support local producers, host community workshops and be a hub for community groups like the mobility scooter club and our local knitters. 

A little loose change spent instore can help make big changes in our community. Every cent goes to helping the Pantry and South Alive fund community projects right here in South City.

The Pantry can help make the world a little less wasteful.

Simple sustainable shopping is achievable at The Pantry from bulk goods you can fill your own containers with, to our eco-friendly products. If you want to know more about taking action to become more sustainable in your home, come along to one of our sustainable workshops like composting,

Food and community are inseparable.

Nourishment at The Pantry is about nutrition, and the connections people make with food. When we make healthier choices, we discover that many of the choices that are good for our own personal health are also good for the environment, our community, and our local economy.

Discover new flavours, new favourites, and new ideas with our series of in-store events. Local cooks, producers and experts share their knowledge in a range of hands-on classes.

Meet Cathy.

I love shopping at the pantry, it has it all.

I’m trying to buy more consciously so I like that it’s so easy to refill your own containers and support a social enterprise that creates a community hub for so many.

Shopping at the pantry has helped me to be a bit more creative with our cooking as we have been trying more lentils and whole food based meals.

The kids love going down to the pantry. They usually do some colouring in while I shop and they love the space outside. So much room for them to run around and they love the community garden. The staff are so family friendly and always make us feel very welcome.

Just by shopping at The Pantry, we’re able to support local producers, host community workshops and be a hub for community groups like the mobility scooter club and our local knitters.

Our Supporters

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