Maldon's Fiver Fest proves a great success: and the two weeks of bargains have only just started

By The Editor 12th Oct 2020

THE first weekend of Maldon's Totally Local Fiver Fest has been hailed a great success as the High Street's independent traders recorded the best sales since lockdown.

Now the festival of £5 bargains at participating businesses in the town will continue through to Saturday, 24 October, on weekdays as well as at weekends.

Queues were formed outside shops and social distancing was fully observed.

One of the event's organisers, Allison Gray, who also owns Willow & Fox in Quest Place, said: "What a fantastic start to Fiver Fest.

"Some businesses have struggled to get back on their feet post lockdown and this event looks set to help bring back trade. Maldon High Street was buzzing at the weekend and the public really got behind the independents to show their support and spend a fiver, or more.

"My business, Willow & Fox, was busy all day, my colleague Deb was holding the fort and did a fantastic job serving customers. Social distancing was observed and people were happy to queue and wait.

"We would like to say thank you to the public and we have every faith that they will continue to support us. We have such a lovely town and many great independent businesses, some of which are only being discovered for the first time as people seek out the £5 deals. It's fantastic to feel an air of positivity following difficult times and we invite the public to visit again over the next two weeks. "

Paul Raymond, owner of Ansell & Sons Butchers, said: "We were delighted when Allison invited us to join in with Fiver Fest, it's such a good way of encouraging people to explore the amazing independent shops in the high street. We've already had lots of interest and seen some new faces!

And Carey Brown, of Buntings of Maldon, added: "Trade has been picking up and the last couple of Fridays and Saturdays have been good, but this Saturday was exceptional. We had a good number of new customers who were following the deal round town, several picked up other bits while they were in the shop and hopefully some of them will come back."

Maldon Nub News has listed all the deals for you, so take a look here:

Maldon's Fiver Fest Eat Out Offers

The Black Rabbit

£5 for any pizza. Offer is available during kitchen opening hours every day and is on all the pizzas on the menu

The Waffle Bar

Any hot drink and slice of cake £5

Serendipity Tearoom

Cream tea for two, includes scones, jam and clotted cream plus tea or coffee £5

Sophie's Kitchen

Choose any cake plus any hot drink for £5

Maldon's Fiver Fest Shopping Offers

Willow & Fox:

Any pair of Mens/womens bamboo socks plus gift wrap and bag

Buy a £10 gift voucher for £5 (limited to two per customer)

TwoBecomeOne:

Personalised cards, normally £8.99

10 crystal stones for £5

Bluebell Maldon Ltd

Various Accessories at £5

Silo:

Bath loofah & x2 soaps

Culinary concept candle holder – normally £9.99

Red ceramic heart trinket dish

The Card Company:

Any 18″ balloon up to the value of £3.99 and any card up to the value of £2.29

The Waffle Bar

Any Cake plus tea/coffee

The Bra Consultancy:

Selected colours of soft stretch briefs, usually £15 per pair

Pretty Polly tights for £5

Missy Moo Ltd.:

Halloween bucket with brownie or cupcake

Chic Petit:

Children's shoes £5

Crystal Shack:

3 quartz geodes £5

4 incense sticks £5

1 spiral amethyst pendants £5

Carlton Jewellers:

Any item of jewellery cleaned for £5

Yours in Sport:

Fusion footballs and ankle/shin pads (week 1)

Snood x2 for £5 or Nike football socks (week 2)

Wenlock Furnishings:

East of India hanging hearts and coasters £5

Clockwork soldier paper puppet kits all £5

The Emporium:

Portuguese Grestel mug and saucer set. Normal price £3.99 per set, Fiver Fest offer £5 for 2 sets

Woof & Co.:

Country Hunter pouches 6 x 150g £5 (week 1)

JR pure meat sticks – 2 for £5 (week 1)

Sausage bites 300g £5 (week 2)

Bottom Sniffer Beer or Pawsecco 2 for £5 (week 2)

Mrs Salisbury's:

Mrs Salisbury's signature loose leaf tea and a branded stainless steel strainer. Usually £16.45

Ansell & Sons:

Lemon & Thyme Marinated Whole Spatchcock Chicken (week 1)

Sage & Onion stuffed large breast of lamb (week 2)

Spectrum Merchandising Ltd.:

Personalised notebook and pen (week 1)

Mug and sweets gift wrapped (week 2)

Best Wishes:

Essex/Maldon Jute bags and mugs £5 each

Canvas bags 2 for £5

The Cake Supply Company:

3 packets of 250gram Renshaw sugarpaste for £5

Maldon Books:

2 spooky adult books and 2 spooky kids books:

Ravens of Blackwater – £5

Pine – £5

Pick a Pumpkin – £5

Theodora Hendrix and the Monstrous League of Monsters – £5

LA Nails:

15-minute luxury hand massage

The Little Shop of Sweets & Treats:

Sweet box £5 instead of £10

Reed Hair:

Experience luxury hair transformation:

£5 offer Kerastase Fusio-Dose treats your hair and immediately transforms for lasting results. (Normally £12). Why not add a blowdry with this offer from £20?

Sothys makeup:

A selection of Sothys makeup available – Sothys brand is considered to be the signature of excellence in professional skincare.

Upstairs, Downstairs:

Aladino by Prices reed diffuser, normally 7.99

Cambridge chocolate boxes, normally 8.99

Buntings Butchers:

Our Salt & Sausage Deal – 1lb of Stuart's Traditional or Old English Sausages plus 125g Maldon Sea Salt and 125g Smoked Maldon Seasalt

Breakfast Deal – 1lb of Stuart's Traditional or Old English Sausages, 1lb Lean Back Suffolk Bacon and 6 Large Local Free Range Eggs

Sunday Roast Deal – A 1kg Loin of Pork Joint from Great Leigh's

Kate Lifestyle:

Offers in place when you visit.

     

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