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936 Anzac Parade, Maroubra NSW 2035
02 9349 4689
| Monday to Friday | 10am to 6:30pm |
| Saturday | 10am to 5:30pm |
| Sunday | 10am to 5pm |
Around 5,000 organic lines, the vegan dessert cabinet, and friendly advice at the counter.
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Shop all GroceryPlain English answers to the questions we hear most at the counter in Maroubra, with the products we actually stock. No hype, just honest advice.
1 October 2026
If you had told me three years ago that the most asked about thing in the shop would be a sticky black tar that comes out of rock in the Himalayas, I would have laughed. But here we are. Shilajit went from a word only our Ayurvedic customers knew to…
Read the guide1 October 2026
We have a whole shelf of cacao in the shop now, and the question we get most is some version of "is this not just expensive hot chocolate?" It is a fair question. The short answer is that ceremonial cacao, cacao powder and the cocoa in the baking ais…
Read the guide1 October 2026
The essential oil wall in our shop can be a lot to take in. There are dozens of single oils, a row of blends with names like Stress Less and Deep Sleep, roller bottles, carrier oils and diffusers. When someone new to all of it stands there looking a…
Read the guide1 October 2026
For years the only people who bought creatine from us were young blokes training for something. Then, over about eighteen months, that changed completely. These days the person asking me about creatine is more likely to be a woman in her forties who…
Read the guide1 October 2026
Every year, around the first really warm evening in October, the same thing happens. Someone comes in scratching their ankles, having spent the previous night on the balcony, and asks what we have that works but does not smell like a chemical plant.…
Read the guide8 September 2026
Five years ago matcha was a thing we sold about one tin of a month. Now it is the busiest corner of the tea wall, and at least twice a week someone comes in with a photo on their phone of a very green drink from a cafe in Bondi, asking how to make th…
Read the guide8 September 2026
Two years ago nobody walked in and asked for beef fat to put on their face. Now it happens several times a week, usually by someone who has watched a video about it and wants to know if we are going to tell them it is nonsense. We are not, but the ho…
Read the guide8 September 2026
The oil shelf has quietly become the most argued about part of the shop. Ten years ago people asked which one was cheapest. Now they arrive with a screenshot and a firm opinion about linoleic acid. Here is how we actually think about it, and what we…
Read the guide8 September 2026
After magnesium, this is the thing we get asked about most. And the question is almost never how do I get to sleep. It is why do I fall asleep fine at ten and then find myself wide awake at ten past three, doing sums about work. If that is you, here…
Read the guide8 September 2026
Bone broth sits in an odd spot. Half our customers grew up with a pot of it on the stove and think calling it a wellness product is funny. The other half found it through a podcast and want to know if it will fix their gut. Both groups are partly rig…
Read the guide17 August 2026
Every year around the middle of August the same conversation starts at our counter. Someone comes in rubbing their eyes, says they thought they had a cold for a week, and then admits they get like this every spring. Sydney hayfever season is long and…
Read the guide17 August 2026
Ashwagandha has gone from a herb nobody could pronounce to something people ask for by name every week. It usually comes with a version of the same sentence. I am not sleeping properly, I am wired at night, work is a lot at the moment. So here is wha…
Read the guide17 August 2026
Nobody swaps their whole cleaning cupboard in one go. What actually happens is a bottle runs out, you buy a better one, and six months later the cupboard looks different. So rather than a list of thirty things, here are the five swaps that make the b…
Read the guide17 August 2026
More people give up on natural shampoo than on any other swap in the shop, and almost always in the same fortnight. Hair goes flat, or greasy, or feels like straw, and back to the supermarket they go. It is a real thing, it is temporary, and it is mo…
Read the guide17 August 2026
This is one of the quieter conversations we have, usually in a low voice near the supplements wall, and it almost always starts with some version of I do not feel like myself and I do not know what is going on. So let us say the useful parts out loud…
Read the guide10 August 2026
A few years ago the only mushrooms we sold were the dried shiitake in the cooking aisle. Now people come in asking for lion's mane by name, usually because a podcast told them it would fix their focus. Functional mushrooms are having a real moment, a…
Read the guide10 August 2026
Manuka honey is the one behind the counter that makes people do a double take at the price. A jar can cost more than a bottle of decent wine, and the numbers on the front, MGO this and UMF that, do not make it obvious why. Here is what you are actual…
Read the guide10 August 2026
Natural toothpaste is one of those swaps people put off, usually because they are not sure it will actually clean their teeth, and because the fluoride question feels like a minefield. It does not need to be complicated. Here is how to switch without…
Read the guide10 August 2026
It is that stretch of winter where half of Maroubra seems to have the same cough, the school notes are going around, and everyone wants to know what to take. There is no magic pill that stops you ever getting sick, but there is a sensible kit that st…
Read the guide10 August 2026
Collagen is the supplement everyone seems to be taking and nobody can quite explain. It gets sold for skin, hair, nails, joints, gut and just about everything else, which is exactly the sort of cure all promise that should make you a little wary. So…
Read the guide7 August 2026
Magnesium is the supplement we get asked about more than any other, usually with the same opening line, which is that a friend or a naturopath told them to take it but nobody explained which one. Walk into the shop and there is a whole shelf of it, p…
Read the guide7 August 2026
Almost everyone who tries natural deodorant for the first time comes back and tells us the same thing, which is that it stopped working after a few days and they gave up. Nine times out of ten they did nothing wrong. There is a settling in period tha…
Read the guide7 August 2026
We live in the part of the world that takes sun seriously, and rightly so. Every spring the sunscreen questions start up again, and the one we hear most is whether the natural mineral ones really protect you as well as the usual chemical sprays. Shor…
Read the guide7 August 2026
Protein powder used to be a bodybuilder thing. Now it is busy parents, people in their sixties trying to hold onto muscle, and anyone who skips a proper breakfast. The tubs on our shelf say plant, whey, collagen and bone broth, and they are not inter…
Read the guide7 August 2026
Gut health is having a moment, and with it comes a lot of noise. Everything on the shelf seems to promise a happier gut, and it is hard to know what is worth your money and what is clever marketing. We sell a fair bit of this category, so we would ra…
Read the guide3 August 2026
It is the first week of term, the school has sent home a note saying the classroom is nut free, and you are standing in an aisle turning packets over trying to work out what that actually rules out. Every parent who walks into our Maroubra shop in la…
Read the guide3 August 2026
Castor oil packs have gone from something your naturopath mentioned once to something half of Instagram is doing before bed. We have been asked about them enough times this year that it seemed worth writing down properly, including the part nobody te…
Read the guide3 August 2026
We have been on Anzac Parade since 2014. Coco grew up in Maroubra, and the shop came out of a feeling that there was a gap in the area for somewhere you could get the harder to find things without driving to the inner west.This is a guide to what we…
Read the guide3 August 2026
The Japanese section is one of the odder corners of the shop and one of our favourites. It is not a big range, but it is the range we get asked about most by people who have eaten something good somewhere and want to make it at home.If you are starti…
Read the guide3 August 2026
People cut back on coffee for all sorts of reasons. Sleep that has stopped working, a heart that races by mid morning, pregnancy, or simply that the third cup stopped doing anything years ago.The problem is rarely the caffeine on its own. It is the r…
Read the guide15 March 2015
With the attention on Coeliac Awareness Week, it's a good time to consider gluten free alternatives and this one is pretty unique! Explore Asian's Black Bean Spaghetti is an interesting change to usual spaghetti, which is high in protein, fibre and…
Read the guide1 March 2015
Who doesn't love bliss balls? This is a twist on the very popular classic bliss ball that isn't so full of dates and nuts. These bites are a great nutrient dense treat to encourage big and small kids to eat their veggies without hiding it. The combin…
Read the guide22 February 2015
We were very fortunate enough last week to make a quick escape and visit Back 2 Earth - a gorgeous farm-stay/health retreat only 2 hours out of Sydney in Berry. They grow all their own organic produce and create some delicious raw vegan meals! From…
Read the guide15 September 2014
Do you know why the majority of New Year’s Resolutions fail within the first week of January? Or why elite athletes are highly successful at achieving their goals? The answer depends on whether or not you have created a goal setting plan!Here are som…
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