The Little Shop

03/03/2024

So much good stuff happening!!

02/10/2023

Our Patty representing ❤️ - very proud to be in the heart of Sunderland with all the exciting plans and developments

07/04/2023

It’s the start of the Easter Bank Hol - come and celebrate with a donut 🐣

- strawbs & cream
- vanilla
- nutella mascarpone

Running club will be going ahead this Sunday if you would like to join us!

06/04/2023

There’s the lads! 🍩 We’ve got all your usual faves today:
- salted caramel
- vanilla
- lemon curd

Get in early so you don’t miss out!

02/04/2023

Another beaut morning by the river 🌞

If you would like to join us on a jog:
- meet every Sunday at the shop 9:30, set off 9:45
- run 3 - 6k
- enjoy a free coffee

29/03/2023

Iced latte season we are ready for you - bring on the sunshine 🌞

Our cold brew machine will be making a return this week too, we shall keep the insta updated

Here until 4pm today!

25/03/2023

Cream Egg Donuts??? With Easter ground the corner we are testing out some new flavours 🐣

Today we have:
- cream egg
- pistachio white choc
- vanilla

We can’t reserve donuts for you again this week unfortunately! Just gotta get down quick

19/03/2023

Has spring arrived?! This morning was gorgeous for our run club 🌞

We ran 4.2 miles this morning - we are preparing ourselves to do the Sunderland 10k in May, if you are interested in joining us as a club please reach out

17/03/2023

Wow The Lion King has landed at and don’t we know it! 🦁

It’s been a crazy week - however we are fully stocked today. Donuts, brownies, cookies and flapjacks!

Unfortunately we cannot take reservations just incase we miss your message but get down early if you want to secure yourself a donut 🍩

09/03/2023

Donuts make a snow day better!!

We’ve got your usual favourites:
- Vanilla
- Lemon curd
- Pistachio white choc
- Salted Caramel

Here until 4 today! Come and see us

05/03/2023

Sunday morning run ✔️

There’s literally no better way to start your Sunday than a little jog. Come and join us!

We go every Sunday, meet at 9:30, set off 9:45, run 3-6k (depending on the group) and get rewarded with a free coffee ☕️

27/02/2023

At the weekend we catered for my wonderful friends wedding at Linden Hall

Catherine wanted 120 lemon curd donuts instead of a wedding cake 🍋

It’s fair to say they went down an absolute treat!! If your interested in us catering donuts for your big day, drop us a message

Picture 3 is us enjoying the celebrations - Congratulations Cat and Sean 👰‍♀️ 🤵‍♂️

23/02/2023

Tickets for our next wine night are live!! Saturday 11th March 🍷

Here’s the legend himself enjoying a glass of vino mid dishes

This month we are celebrating International Women’s Day by drinking wine from female lead vineyards. Paired with some delicious small plates from

It’s gunna be a good one - not to be missed

All of the info is on our webstore, link in the bio

Any Qs please hit us up!!

16/02/2023

Thank you all soooo much for your support over the weekend! We appreciate it so much 🫶

Donuts are back today! We’ve got:
- Lemon Curd
- Salted Caramel
- Pistachio White Choc
- Vanilla Custard

Come see us - here until 4 ✌🏼

10/02/2023

WE ARE BACK!! ☕️

Our machine is back in business!! Thank you so much to for all your help!! You’re the bees knees! & to our coffee engineer who saved the day 🙏🏼

This week has been tough so if you fancy visiting us this weekend for a donut, coffee, traybake, beer or wine please do!

Can’t wait to be serving you all brews again ☕️

09/02/2023

Guys we are having a stinker of a week 😂

Our coffee machine is still broke, it should be getting fixed tomorrow 🤞🏼 we have got filter in the mean time

The donuts were also not playing ball this morning. However we have managed to save some, therefore going to offer some deals:
- 3 mini donuts with choc sauce £1.50
- plain donut £1.50
- 5 plain donuts for £5

We will keep you posted about the coffee machine tomorrow! We are going to need all the support this weekend 😂 and maybe some wine

06/02/2023

Good morning! 🌞

Come catch us today for all the brews. We’ve got some wines and beers on sale this week, I’ll update the stories. They are available online or you can drop us a DM if your interested

Here until 4pm

29/01/2023

JAN WINE NIGHT 🍷

Our first wine night of the year and it might have been my favourite one yet!

Thank you all for attending and your lovely comments

absolutely smashed it! Thank you and for always supporting the event. Incredibly grateful ❤️‍🔥

Deets for the next one coming at you shortly! If you wanted to be added to our mailing list drop us a DM

26/01/2023

New flavour alert 🚨 Strawberry Cheesecake 🍓

Todays flavours are:
- Pistachio white choc
- Lemon custard
- Salted caramel
- Strawberry cheesecake

Don’t forget you can get any coffee and donut for £5 today

We are expecting to have some maintenance conducted on our grinders today so we may have to stop serving coffee for a brief period. We will keep you posted!

19/01/2023

DONUT DEAL - £5

It’s the start of the donut week for us. You can get any donut and a coffee for a fiver

Come see us quick before sell out
- Lemon curd
- Pistachio white choc
- Salted caramel

12/01/2023

Our next wine nights is now live!! It will be held at with our Marras on Sat 28th Jan 🍕 🍷

The link to buy tickets is in our bio which includes all the info you need

We are really excited about what 2023 brings for our natural wine events! Any Qs please let us know

12/01/2023

Donut day - as a treat we have decided every Thursday for the whole of Jan you can get the donut deal. Any donut and a coffee for £5!

Wine night news coming at you this afternoon too - super exciting because this is going to be our first ever Saturday night! Keep your eyes peeled if your on the mailing list!

08/01/2023

First run club of the year! What a beaut morning for it 🏃🏼‍♀️

If you would like to join us we go every Sunday, meet at 9:30 set off 9:45. Distance depends on ability/what the group would like to do. Then we enjoy a free coffee together ☺️ All abilities are welcome and feel free to DM us if you have any Qs.

This marks a year of our Little Shop Run Club - so thank you for everyone who comes along and enjoys a run with us!

07/01/2023

Due to unforeseen circumstances the shop will be closing today at 12:30 - we do have donuts and if they don’t sell out by this time, they will be taken up to where you’ll be able to purchase them

In the mean time, enjoy the little photo shoot I had with a flat white yesterday

So sorry for any inconvenience!

06/01/2023

There’s huge raffle to raise money for Faye’s cancer treatment. There’s so many prizes to win for such a good cause, including a Little Shop voucher. Check out the Fight for Faye page to find out how you can donate and buy tickets for the raffle ♥️

‼Raffle Announcement‼

We are holding a HUGE raffle to raise money for Fight For Faye and currently have almost 100 prizes to win.

Tickets cost £2 per strip or 3 strips for £5 and each strip is 5 entries into the draw.

Local businesses from the North East have been extremely generous in donating some absolutely wonderful prizes - see some of the great things available to win below!

The raffle will be drawn on Friday 24th February in the evening via Facebook Live.

To buy tickets go to https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/abigail-thompson-2 and make a donation for the amount of strips you want to buy (£2 for one strip, £5 for 3 strips, £10 for 6 strips etc.), then message the Fight For Faye page with a screenshot of your donation so we can send you your raffle ticket numbers.

Some of the amazing prizes include:

Top Prizes:
2 tickets to Charlie & the Chocolate Factory with a 2 course meal donated by Sunderland Empire
An Aspinal Handbag worth £300
A GHD Curl Wand worth £130 and a £100 voucher donated by Frances Marshall
A meal for 2 and a sharing cocktail at The Alchemist Newcastle
A pair of Kubix Pop or Kubix Rock Festival tickets
4 free tickets for Lightwater Valley Family Adventure Park
£100 voucher donated by NQ Fitness
£50 voucher for Vaux Brewery & Taproom
An ASDA Air Fryer
£50 voucher donated by Dog and Daisy
£50 voucher donated by Tranquility Hair Salon

Health, Beauty & Fitness:
An Eve Taylor facial donated by LA. Chic Beauty & Massage Therapy by Leanne Ayre
A gel manicure and deluxe pedicure by Nail it Newcastle
A 30 minute facial donated by Just Be. - Beauty
£20 voucher donated by Vicky Hedley - Makeup Artist
2 free month gym passes and 3 PT sessions donated by CitySpace Fitness
3x 30 minute PT sessions, 2x 60 minute PT sessions and a £30 voucher donated by Dainee Brown Personal Training
Brow voucher donated by .browbar
1 set of lashes donated by Lashes by Beth
2x 6 week yoga courses donated by MyBody Studios
2 free PT sessions and a custom plan donated by Tom Owens
4x free appointments at Barnets Barbers
£10 voucher for Shapes Ryhope Hairdesign

Experiences & Days Out:
A family pass donated by The Forbidden Corner - Official
A family day pass donated by Alnwick Castle
A pair of cinema tickets donated by Everyman Cinema Newcastle
An Experience Day for 2 with the University of Sunderland Glass & Ceramics department at the National Glass Centre
A pair of cinema tickets donated by Cineworld Cinemas
A children's party for 10 donated by Just Let Your Soul Grow
A pair of cinema tickets donated by Empire Cinemas
A family pass for the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Bowling vouchers donated by Sunderland Bowl
Free play at The Little Playhouse and a kids hamper
One studio session and one framed print donated by Purple Pomegranate Photography

Food & Drink:
£30 voucher donated by The Shagorika
Beer gift set donated by BrewDog
A bespoke cake donated by Cakeforbreakfast
Alcohol Hamper
A bottle of champagne
£20 voucher donated by Cole Kitchen
£10 voucher donated by Creams of Seaham
Cocktail gift set and a litre cocktail bottle donated by Edmunds Cocktails
£10 vouchers donated by Forhan's
£20 voucher donated by The Good Apple Cafe
Cream Tea for 2 donated by Humbles, Seaham
£15 voucher and 2 free coffees donated by The Little Shop
£20 voucher donated by Elior for the National Glass Centre Cafe
A children's afternoon tea at Olivias Coffee House
£10 vouchers for Spice Empire
£20 voucher donated by The Forge
Afternoon tea for 2 at The Green
Lunch for 2 at The Stables Pub
A free large pizza at Twenty Twenty
A free cake from Mullers Bakers

Gifts and vouchers:
A gift hamper donated by Rhianne Siân Designs
A rug worth over £100 donated by Carpets, Curtains and Karndean by Harry Thursby
3 tier bespoke cake stand donated by Made by Mannie
3 local print gift sets donated by Fair Sea Prints
A bouquet of flowers donated by Flowers in the Park
French soap gift box donated by Vintage, Bygones and Collectables
6 prints including a limited edition print from Krillustrates
2x £20 vouchers for Moon & Jewel Etsy Shop
£20 voucher donated by OMG - Oh My Gifts
Bespoke A3 lyric print donated by Sketchbook Design
Nail & hand care hamper donated by The Little Playhouse
Mug & Coaster set donated by Tom Mankin - Artist
£30 voucher for Under The Ivy
Tea & biscuits hamper
University of Sunderland Hoody donated by Sunderland Students' Union
Swarovski Necklace
Naked Marshmallow Gift Set
A handmade seaglass print

Where companies have donated more than one gift these will be given as separate prizes.

05/01/2023

First donuts of 2023!! As a treat we are offering the donut deal - any coffee and donut for £5

We’ve got:
- Matcha
- Pistachio White Choc
- Nutella
- Vanilla Cream

Here until 4pm 🍩

04/01/2023

2023 we are ready for you, brews in hand ☕️

Open today 9 - 4. Donuts will be returning tomorrow 🍩

27/12/2022

Are you enjoying the festivities as much as our JC?

We had a wonderful Christmas and spent yesterday in our fave pub with pals 🍻

We are open on the lead up to NYE 9 - 4. Come and top up your bevs!

24/12/2022

MERRY CHRISTMAS - thank you again for an insane festive period. We are a super small (little) business and we appreciate every purchase!

We will be back open on the 27th to top up your bevs!

We hope you have a merry Christmas - lots of love your Little Shop crew (+ Patty) 🫶

23/12/2022

That’s a wrap for our wine nights in 2022 - we’ve got a crazy few days ahead of us so I’ll be sending the newsletter out with Jan 2023 date in the NY

Thank you all for your support for our natural wine nights, it’s been overwhelming!

Couldn’t do it with out or the ♥️

We absolutely love the evening, every month I look forward to it! Here’s to more in 2023