hiSbe

staff are amazing
other shoppers are nice and friendly and EVeRYTHING is there! So much more space than infinity. No barging and bashing at all. Great pastries and they are super sweet to the local characters that habit that part of London road!

Great selection of Fair Trade products. Staff are helpful and friendly. Will definitely be back!

I had to add hiSbe to Unilocal!because I am such a fan and I really hope other people discover this supermarket. Unlike other nearby cooperatives and health food stores, I feel hiSbe’s ethical mission is different — not just to offer foods that are good for people and produced ethically and sustainably, but also to offer them at a fair price! Their atmosphere is also totally different, like the board on which you can write product suggestions that you hope they’d consider carrying, or just little comments about what you loved in the store that day.
I especially like how much they emphasize local produce — I go there first before checking any other supermarkets to see if any of the ingredients I need for the day can be sourced locally. This also means they carry a lot of local brands of packaged goods (Sussex Gold for example) that can’t be found in supermarkets. They also have fair trade bananas, and a sign explaining their choice which I found very informative.
If you love buying bulk goods like I do, but don’t want to support certain other stores in Brighton that have them but are politically contentious, hiSbe should be your go-​to! They have bulk pastas and grains (including short grain brown rice), bulk oatmeal and museli base, bulk chocolate buttons, and bulk nuts available. Unfortunately no bulk seasonings and very few bulk legumes.
They also have a coffee shop inside which has ethical coffee options and also a vegan chocolate beet cake that calls my name every day but I’ve managed to resist so far.
Anyway, it’s easily my favourite supermarket in Brighton and I want them to stick around for a long time, so I hope you’ll give them a try!