Community
Small shop, big neighbourhood.
Refilling soap is the easy part. The harder and more rewarding work is what happens around it — the programs, partnerships, and people that make Roots more than a store.
Share the Care
Buy two, we donate one — period poverty, tackled at the till.
Share the Care is our period poverty initiative, run in partnership with Iris & Arlo. For every two of their period products a customer buys, Roots donates one to someone in our community who needs it.
The donation is built into the purchase — no separate ask, no guilt-trip at the till, no shelf that depends on someone remembering to stock it. You buy the products you were going to buy anyway, and the impact happens automatically.
The REDI container program
Containers back into rotation, meaningful work into the community.
Launched in April 2026, our partnership with REDI is one we've been looking forward to for a long time. Clean containers donated to Roots are sorted and prepared by REDI workers, then stocked on our community shelf, where anyone can pick one up for a dollar.
It's meaningful employment for members of our community. It's an affordable option for customers who don't have a jar on hand. And it keeps containers of every kind — glass, plastic, metal — circulating where they belong: in use, not in a processing facility.
Fundraising partners
Chocolate bars don't have to be the only option.
We work with local schools, sports teams, and non-profits on a tiered fundraising program. Your group shares a code with your supporters; they shop the store or the website; a percentage of those sales goes straight back to your cause.
No inventory to move. No door-knocking. No products anyone didn't actually want. Just a way for your community to support you by buying things they were going to buy anyway.
Want to be part of it?
Whether you're a customer, a local business, a community group, or someone who wants to pitch in — there's probably a way for us to work together.
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