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Customer Update

Welcome to our website! To help us manage the unprecedented levels of demand we have implemented some temporary measures to our online shop.

DELIVERIES MAY TAKE UP TO 7 WORKING DAYS TO DISPATCH

To read more about Shipton Mill and our flours click the "Close" button at the bottom of this page.

2 Shops are quicker than one

We have split our shop in to two separate parts, to help us to get your order to you more quickly. Should you want to order both large sacks and small bags please use the flour direct shop.

Flour Direct Shop

The Flour Direct Shop continues as before, listing our range of flours both in small 1.0kg bags and the larger 25kg and 16kg sacks.

Visit the Flour Direct Shop

Sack only Shop

The new Sack Shop, only sells our range of 16kg and 25kg sacks of flour.

Visit the Sack Shop

Delivery slots

For these unusual times we are running a system of delivery slots for each shop. To start shopping, you need to have a delivery slot.

Delivery slots are released throughout the day, although due to the demand it can be difficult to get one. Please bear with us. If you would like to place an order, please follow the below steps:

Select either the Flour Direct Shop or the Sack Shop.
Delivery slots become available throughout the day, when you get a delivery slot submit your email address using the box provided to "Request a delivery slot".
You will receive an email with a link, this may take a few hours to arrive, the link will give you 24 hours to make a purchase from the shop. Please shop considerately.
We will fulfill your order as soon as possible, and will aim to despatch it within 7 working days.

IMPORTANT - please note:

There is unusually high demand for a slot at present with many people trying to register, so it might be initially difficult to get one. Please bear with us, we are processing as many orders as possible and releasing more every day.
After you register your email, and await the link to the online shop please make sure you check your junk mail as well. We are unable to reissue your email link and do not want you to miss your invitation.

Whilst not ideal, these measures allow us to keep delivering a steady flow of flour to as many people as possible. We are sorry we can’t take everyone’s order, and we are doing our very best. For any urgent queries not answered below, please contact us on enquiries@shipton-mill.com.

Micro bakeries and community bakeries

For our Micro bakeries and community bakeries who are striving to feed the community, we will continue to offer your full range of flours, please call the Mill on 01666 505050 and speak with Rebekah or Louise if you cannot order what you need though the website.

Thank you for bearing with us during this difficult time, we are very grateful for all your support. We hope you are all keeping safe and well and we are excited to be able to help get you and the family baking at home.

The Shipton Millers

MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What time do you release delivery slots?

Delivery slots are not released at a set time.

The slots are released throughout the day to prevent the website from crashing. When we have hit our maximum capacity for what we can pack and despatch that day we stop releasing the slots. The next batch of slots is released upon completion of the previous.

This system, whilst not ideal, enables us to keep the online shop open and ensures we do not have to close the shop again to clear any backlog.

I can’t get a delivery slot, can I place my order over social media or email instead?

We are not able to bypass the website ordering system or accept orders through social media. We are very sorry if you have not been able to get a slot yet, please keep trying. We hope as Supermarkets get back into stock with flour, pressure on our site will reduce and we will be able to send out your order much more swiftly.

I have been trying for days and can’t get a slot, what should I do?

We are releasing a fresh batch of orders every day, throughout each day, to our maximum capacity. We are very sorry if you have not been able to get a slot, but we are unable to take a larger amount of daily orders at present while remaining open at the same time.

Please do keep checking back as more slots will be released every day going forwards. The demand has been so high we are not able to get to everyone, but we are doing our best to make sure we get flour to as many people as possible.

We are also working on increasing our capacity in the next two weeks to allow us to take more orders which should mean it will become easier to obtain a slot.

Are you still releasing slots?

Slots are released every day, in batches, until we hit our capacity for what we can pack and despatch that day. If you don’t get a slot one day, please do try again the next.

When will you reopen your online shop?

Our online shop is open, but with the above queuing system in place. This prevents the website from crashing and filters orders through at a rate we are able to pack and despatch until we hit capacity for that day.

If you can’t see any order slots it does not mean we have closed, there will just be a wait time until we have completed the previous batch of orders to release more slots.

I can’t get a delivery slot but am willing to drive, can I collect the flour instead?

Door sales are once again up and running please call in advance to arrange collection. 01666 505050.

I haven’t been able to get a delivery slot, should I keep checking or have you closed?

We have not closed, please do check back as more order slots will be made available as soon as we have completed the previous batch.

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The Makings of Something Magnificent

Our inspiration is to help our customers make something magnificent.

Our Home Baking website aims to help you to find your inspiration.

The Makings of Something Magnificent

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The Makings of Something Magnificent

Our inspiration is to help our customers make something magnificent.

Our Home Baking website aims to help you to find your inspiration.

The Makings of Something Magnificent

Rye Flour

Rye flour is becoming more popular for all of the right reasons. Once widespread in the UK as the most common cereal, we are learning again to cherish this tasty and healthful cereal.

Dark and Light

We produce two distinct Rye flours in the traditional manner, the “dark” Rye being a 100% wholemeal flour, and the “light” being a wholemeal which is sifted to remove the bran. We also make cut Rye grains which are well suited to authentic pumpernickel.

Rye is often considered “European” and associated with dark German or Scandinavian breads, yet history shows that Rye was once widely eaten in the UK, especially in the North East.

A traditional mix

100% wholemeal Rye breads were not uncommon but mostly, Rye was mixed with Wheat and/or Spelt in various proportions depending on the harvest to create the standard English loaf of yore, Maslin. This is the equivalent of the more fashionable “pain de campagne” of French fame, and this term “country bread” is exactly the same as a Londoner would use in referring to the breads outside the capital, as would the Parisian.

If wheat harvests were good and plentiful, the proportion of Rye would drop to as little as 10%, but in less favourable times could climb to 75% or be mixed with barley and spelt and in even less favourable times, peas/acorns and chestnuts could form as much as 50% of Maslin, with Wheat content probably non existent.

It seems the maslin was always made by the sourdough method, as rye bread made with yeast is always lacking in some way…seems too sweet or cloying, whereas the sourness introduced by sourdough fermentation balances both the flavour and digestibility of the rye.

Rye breads

Rye breads tend to be heavier than wheat breads because the rye contains much less of the gluten/gliadin proteins which enable the light structure of a wheat bread. Nevertheless, such “heavy”-seeming rye breads are very light on the digestion and are even “digestive”…easy to assimilate, and almost therapeutic.

Use our 100% wholemeal Rye flour to produce delicious sourdoughs like the German black bread type, schwartzbrot, or mix with wheat flour as described to make lighter breads…pain de campagne(maslin)

Alternatively try our light sifted rye flour to make new york deli style light rye breads with a nice greyish crumb and mild flavour, typically 40% light rye flour with 60% white flour…sometimes with caraway.

A great starter

Rye famously makes a very active and easy to culture sourdough starter. If your wheat sourdough isn’t very active, try adding wholemeal rye to pep it up, or initiate the fermentation with wholemeal Rye.

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If you would like a delivery slot for the Flour Direct Shop, please enter your email address below .

Sorry, we don't have any delivery slots available at this time, please come back later.

Please note: if you get a delivery slot for the Flour Direct Shop, you will not be able to buy anything from the Sack Shop.

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Common questions

When will my order be delivered?

We endeavour to despatch your order within 3-5 working days. For orders received before 11am we do our utmost to deliver next working day but this is not guaranteed. More ...

What do you charge for delivery?

We offer Free Delivery to most parts of the country on order values of £30 or more up to a maximum weight of 100kg; standard delivery on orders below £30 is £6. More ...

How can I keep an eye on my orders?

Your orders are stored on our system - you can save your basket to come back later and you can re-fill your basket with the items from your previous orders. Log in to My Shipton Mill to find out more.

How should I store my flour and how long will it keep?

Ideally flour should be kept in a sealed container in a cool dry place with stable temperature. Typically white flour has a shelf life from milling of 12 months. Wholemeal flour will be good for 6 months. More ...

	£1.30	1 kg	bag
	£21.50	25 kg	large sack

	£1.30	1 kg	bag
	£21.50	25 kg	large sack