Welcome To Bear Healthfoods & Bear Cafe-Bar

Founded 30 years ago as The Great Bear Trading Co-operative, Bear Co-op Healthfoods now offers you and your family a huge range of products to help you live a healthier and less environmentally damaging lifestyle.

The Bear Shop stocks organically produced, local and Fairtrade food, both fresh and frozen, alongside an enormous range of herbs & spices. We also offer a broad range of complementary medicines, environmentally-friendly cosmetics and toiletries, including products from Weleda, Biohealth, and Solgar. Our Aromatherapist and Medical Herbalist can also provide free consultations while you shop.

The Bear Cafe is set above the shop on the 1st floor in a large spacious airy room with panoramic views of Todmorden.

Serving homemade soups, platters, light bites & delicious cakes, The Bear Cafe offers fabulous vegetarian food with influences from around the globe.

In partnership with Incredible Edible Todmorden, the cafe endeavors to use local produce whenever possible. Organic milk is from Clever Cow Organics, fresh organic from Saker, organic ice-cream from Just Jenny’s, free-range eggs from Staups Lea Farm, fresh produce when in season from Incredible Edible Todmorden growing scheme and local beers from Little Valley brewery

The Bear also offers an outside catering service, providing imaginative dished influenced from around the globe, and using high quality, locally sourced ingredients wherever possible.

Vegetarian, vegan and special diets catered for and typical menus include salads, tarts and pies, asian finger foods, tagines, curries, casseroles, soups and delicious cakes. All made fresh for your order and available for collection or delivery.