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It’s like a scene from Open All Hours. But the Penylan Pantry is hoping the sight of men on bikes delivering tasty vegetables boxes straight to your door will soon be a common one around Cardiff.

The deli and cafe is now taking orders for personalised, affordable vegetable boxes, which are then delivered by bicycle for residents within the Cardiff area.

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They promise the boxes will be full of organic seasonal vegetables sourced from as many local producers possible including Riverside Market Garden, Blaencamel, and The Organic Fresh Food Company, and occasionally, even some produce from local allotments.

And you don’t get just anything – so if you’re not a fan of broccoli, you don’t get broccoli. Veg boxes are personalised to your taste and requirements.

The list changes with the season but there are some staples available all year round. A £13 box will typically have seven to nine items while 12 to 14 items costs £18.

And all the fruit and veg is priced competitively with the organic produce in the big supermarkets and they insist they are no more expensive, and even cheaper in some cases than the big chains.

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Co-owner Melissa Boothman said: “We feel passionate about creating personalised veg boxes because we hate food waste.

"So our thinking is that if you order what you like then you will waste less food. We encourage you to text us on a Monday, as to inform us of anything you have left over from the week before. We will then not include this in your veg box, so you don’t end up with a glut, which in turn you end up wasting.

“We are delivering by bicycle to try and cut our C02 emissions and because we love cycling too.”

You can buy the veg for delivery simply when you need one, or you can have a weekly or fortnight delivery, and there is no contract.

There is also a free weekly seasonal recipe in your veg box, meaning that you can keep them in a folder and create your own Penylan Pantry cookbook at home and the service is available now in and around Cardiff and Cardiff Bay.

Deliveries will take place between 4pm and 7.30pm every Wednesday and you pay for your veg box on delivery, cash only. You can also collect your veg box from the Penylan Pantry between 5pm – 6pm every Wednesday or all day Thursday from 10am to­ 6pm.

Penylan Pantry have enlisted Cardiff cyclist Gareth Kitchen who is a cycle courier and Chay Locker to help with deliveries across the city.

And Mel said the move was a step in the right direction for the business, as she wants to start making it easier and environmentally friendly to eat well. She said: "Cycling is something I’m passionate about.

"I don’t own a car and I try to cycle everywhere. It’s partly supporting our environment and reducing our C02 emissions, partly supporting local suppliers and it saves the business having to buy a van and find a driver! Hopefully lots of people will sign up for our bicycle deliveries.”