COMMUNITY: People People are at the very heart of Lost and Found. Across our employees, suppliers, customers and online community, we value each person and hope that this is translated through our various ways of connecting with them. We want L&F to be a warm and hospitable space for our community to eat, drink, talk and dream and this is not possible without creating the space or culture to do so. We have recently moved away from minimum wage, zero hour contracts and upped our wages to rates that exceed living costs, hoping to be accredited in the near future as a Living Wage Employer. Furthermore we have ingrained into our business a commitment to give away 10% of our...
CARE: MaterialsTake-away. In June 2020, when reusable cups remained at home and disposables became the only way of successfully running a cafe mid-pandemic - we made the switch away from our previously used so-called “paper” cups. We discovered they were actually made with a lining of plastic that recycling facilities are unable to separate from the outer paper components. Therefore when no longer being used, the materials in those cups will pollute soil in landfills or break down to join billions of micro plastics in the ocean. By making the switch to Decent Packaging, the cups are made of absolutely zero fossil fuels and are 100% compostable from cup to lid. It’s not just drinks we switched products for, but...
Food Brunch, lunch, and sweet items are another area where craft is practiced in our cafes. Our chefs work creatively to construct recipes that adjust with the seasons. But this comes with a big environmental footprint, from where and how the food is grown, all the way down through the aspects of packaging, supplier, usage, and disposal. To minimise some of these environmental costs, we work with local suppliers when season and availability allows. All year round we use Ursa Minor sourdough made in Ballycastle, and through the summer we often utilise having Vances Organics just around the corner in Kilrea, as well as Ballycastle Smokehouse for organically farmed salmon. We will continue to source goodness from local growers and...
CRAFT: Coffee Coffee is at the core of what we do, it’s a large part of what brings people on the North Coast around a table, and it’s our mission to craft the best cup we can each time. We have been working with Roasted Brown Coffee Roasters in Wicklow, Ireland for 3 years. Their constant strive to roast consistently delicious coffee while maintaining the highest standards across as much of the supply chain as possible, is what attracts us to them most. They work with some of the best green bean coffee hunters in the world to make sure they’re pursuing traceability. This ensures that the coffee farmers are getting paid, and are actually getting paid twice - once...
