Report

What's New at Reefer?

 

August 2010

Media coverage

 

     

 

We've had a busy time after great coverage in the UK media this last month.

Our double deckchair featured in The Sunday Times, our reAction deckchair in Coast magazine and director's chair in Country Living. The BBC have been on the phone and another magazine is lining up a photoshoot down here for publication next year.

We've also been featured in a number of blogs with global enquiries and sales as a result. 

It's great to have positive feedback from the media as well as satisfied customers!

 

July 2010

ReAction deckchairs - You saw the idea here first!

Following on from our coverage in 'Coast' magazine this month we've been beavering away making more deckchairs from windsurf sails having sold out of most of our existing stock. We have plenty more in production with lots of great coloured 'vintage' windsurf sails to choose from.

Obviously colour details differ depending on where we cut the chair panels but we always incorporate interesting detail from the original sail to add style to a totally unique seating concept.

If you have a hankering for a particular colouring or are loyal to a particular brand give us a call and we'll have a look to see what we have in stock.

If you have any old windsurf sails please consider recycling them with us. If we can make use of them (not all are reuseable) you'll receive a free shopping bag worth £25 for each sail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 2010

River Cottage commission Reefer products

Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's team at River Cottage are great friends of us here. They've been selling our products for a while in the Canteen shop and Hugh is an enthusiastic Reefer fan.

We've recently been asked to make a range of River Cottage branded products for sale alongside our own both in the shop and on-line and in addition are working with the guys at the Park Farm HQ on a number of recycled sailcloth features for their new wooden deck area.

We're thrilled to be involved with a great company that share our vision for sustainable, local produce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 2010

Our new website

At long last we're live with our new website with a number of new products and interactive features. Thanks for you patience with the updates, we've been juggling lots of balls these last few months.

As well as a number of new products such as our classic duffel bag and children's items you'll also see we have a new 'trace the sail' page which allows you view the provenance of the sail used to make your Reefer product on-line. We think it's a great feature for any recycled product but one that works really well with our raw material.

You'll find a number of new products coming on line over the next few months, watch out for increased range of bags very soon!

In case you're interested most of the photography is by Mark, with guest photography by Simon Foord and Marie Derome.

We hope you like the site.

 

Feb 2010

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy appointed as the first Reefer Sails Regional Sail Collection Centre

We're thrilled to announce the appointment of our first regional sail recycling centre - The Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy. Hosts to the 2012 Olympics and regular National and International competitions, the WPNSA are now able to accept old and damaged sails for us to recycle.

If you are local sailor or visiting for an event simply drop off your sail at their reception and fill in a simple tag which records contact details and information about the sail. Once we've collected and processed the sail we'll send you one of our highly coveted Supporter shopper bags.

The WPNSA are enthusiastic supporters of the RYA Green Blue initiative and their appointment as a sail recycling centre builds further on this at a real grass roots level. If you are visiting the Academy don't forget that old sail!

The WPNSA can accept all types of sail.

 

Nov 2009

Town Mill Bakery, Lyme Regis

With a very successful reseller in Lyme Regis - the wonderful Ginger Beer emporium it wasn't long until the popular Town Mill Bakery and Cafe suggested we might be able to help them out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proprietor Clive Cobb knows a thing or two about design and marketing- he used to be a creative director at Saatchi's. He loves our concept and we were flattered to be asked to make some covers for their bread provers from old sails. We bounced some ideas around over a huge almond scone and the result was a new design of bread bag. It's a shoulder tote and has our vintage style finish with taupe webbing shoulder straps.

The bag is available from all three of their outletss in Lyme Regis, Dorchester and Sherborne, as is their delicious bread! Check them out here.

 

 

June 2009

New! Recycled Sail Double Deck Chair

In time for the forecast Great British Summer we're pleased to announce a new Great British Product, our recycled sail cloth double deck chair. Why hog the view or newspaper when you can share?

The recycled sailcloth sling is wide enough to accommodate two normal sized adults and the frame can be reclined to suit at least one of the user's tastes. Uniquely we customise the sling with a six figure 'sail number' of your choice. Why? Because it then makes a fantastic wedding, anniversary or birthday gift! Clever eh? We're rather pleased with our idea and know the recipients of your present will be too.

The double deck chair features our own heavy duty recycled sailcloth sling and a durable wooden frame made for us in the UK from sustainable European Beech. The frame factory employ workshop staff with learning difficulties so we reckon you'll have to try hard to find a more original and ethical product on which to park your backside(s).

Also available with your own logo or text, or made from bespoke materials for promotional uses.

 

 

Ikea gets involved!

Ikea play an active part in their local communities with recycling and corporate social responsibility and we are thrilled to report that they have helped out organising our sail loft and workshop.

We contacted Ikea to see if we could make use of old customer store bags to help rationalise our sail and product storage. With a considerable number of sails to store and move around their store bags seemed a perfect solution. Ikea thought so too and were keen to help out.

Mark recently visited our local store in Bristol where they have been putting by less-than-perfect bags for us to collect the bags from their recycling officer, Annette Lloyd. Expecting to collect about 50 bags we've ended up with nearly 200, nearly half of which are already in use.

They're a great size and far more convenient than rigid storage boxes which can't be collapsed down if they aren't completely full. We've now got sails organised pre and post laundering, sorted by boat or aircraft type and in various stages of use. The bags are also great for holding cut components ready for sewing and are perfect for batch delivery and collection as we gear up to out worker production.

Ikea would have sent the bags for internal recycling and Annette is very pleased to see them used for a new practical role for a change, fundamental of course to our own efficient recycling business.

Thank you Ikea!

For more details of Ikea's Corporate Social Responsibility go to:
www.ikea.com/ms/en_GB/about_ikea_new/our_responsibility