First of all let me say a huge thank you to all our Online customers, especially those who have come on board from the West Coast. The support we have received has been amazing. Welcome to the Funky Family. I imagine the reason we have had so much support from the west coast has been … Continued

Here are our hours for the upcoming holiday period 21/12/2020 – 8:30am – 6:30pm 22/12/2020 – 8:30am – 6:30pm 23/12/2020 – 8:30am – 6:30pm 24/12/2020 – 8:30am – 5:00pm 25/12/2020 – CLOSED 26/12/2020- CLOSED 27/12/2020- CLOSED 28/12/2020- CLOSED 29/12/2020 – 8:30am – 6:30pm 30/12/2020 – 8:30am – 6:30pm 31/12/2020 – 8:30am – 6:30pm 01/01/2021- CLOSED 02/01/2021- CLOSED … Continued

This Christmas our awesome local butcher Brad from Halswell Butchery has kindly donated some hams for us to give away again. I know what a nice guy! But we thought we would do things a little differently with our competition… Instead of putting yourself in the draw to win you can PAY IT FORWARD. Choose … Continued

A lot of people don’t know this but even though The Funky Pumpkin is a Canterbury institution, it has it’s origins on the West Coast. In 1947 Jim Fairlie (Grandfather of Funky Pumpkin and produce powerhouse) and his brothers started up the Hokitika Supermarket, Then in the early 80s Jim established Fairlies Fruit and Veggie … Continued

A quick outline of how we operate at Alert Level 2     Hand Sanitiser is provided at entry and exit of store – Please use this.     2. Keep track of where you have been. Scan the QR code at the entry door using the Covid tracking App 3. Customers are asked to … Continued

Kids Corner is Back! We’re making your school holidays easier with the return of our Kids Colouring Corner. To celebrate we are running a competition Enter our School Holidays Colouring Competition  3 x Movie Vouchers to be won SImply pick up a sheet instore or download the pictures below. Put your name, age and phone … Continued

Hey everyone, thanks for your continued support and patience throughout the Level 4 lockdown. Now that the country has moved into Level 3 this means we can add some other levels to our service. Although we cannot let you inside the store we can serve you from the door and allow click and collect. Here … Continued

If you ordered one of our Boxes of fresh fruit and veggies this week you would have gotten one of these wonderful locally grown specimens. The Spaghetti Squash! Spaghetti squash is a mild-tasting squash. And that’s a good thing. Because like its namesake pasta, spaghetti squash loves being matched up with flavorful sauces and such. … Continued

Keeping our staff and customers in a healthy clean environment is an important priority for us as a small business. You will notice all staff wearing gloves, this is common with handling money and fresh produce. In fact it is something we have always practiced. We have placed hand sanitisers on entry to our store … Continued

Did you know that the Funky Pumpkin has been around in Christchurch for 20 years! That makes Mr Pumpkin virtually a Christchurch institution! This February-March we are giving away Mr Pumpkin Soft Toys to celebrate! Simply Be a Funky Club Member Shop 5 Times with us over Feb/March Easy as That!   Not a member? … Continued

This Christmas the amazing Brad from Halswell Butchery has kindly supplied 6 x Xmas Hams to give away. We are matching this with 6 x Boxes of Fruit and Vege to bring you… The Twelve Funky Days of Christmas. Starting on Friday 13th December Every customer no matter the spend can go into the daily … Continued

Here at the Funky Pumpkin we are working hard on reducing the amount of plastic in our store. NAKED STUFF! We have gone direct to the growers and are getting our products without plastic sleeves wherever we can.  This include most products from the lovely Fern from Groovy Greens (kale, bok choy, rocket, coriander, watercress). … Continued

That’s the catch phrase of our new very local glass bottle milk provider.  Canterburys Choice milk comes to us from the Selwyn district and is the Freshest milk you’ll come by. Why Canterbury’s Choice? Their milk is processed and delivered in less than 24 hours! They operate SUSTAINABLE practices. The way their cows are farmed … Continued

After running our survey in store and online for a few weeks, we have now collected all the responses and collated them. A huge thank-you to all those people who responded. We really do value your feedback. There were many really useful comments, that we are now addressing. But there were definitely a few themes … Continued

Our team here at the Funky Pumpkin, are always striving to be the best we can be. We would love to hear your feedback on our store and on our service. In fact we would love it so much we will put you into the draw to win a $50 Voucher for our wonderful local … Continued

This week we are putting the Fun back in Funky and have the Turners and Growers Smoothie Bike instore all week! Rach got right into it and even donned the banana costume for its first smoothie! We will have it going at random times over the week and will be making some delicious smoothies thanks … Continued

Sometimes I get the feeling that we are loosing the art of making do. That is, making the most out of whats in the fridge or pantry. Let me explain…with so many services out there now that package up your meals into convenient ready to cook packages complete with recipes, we are finding ourselves in … Continued

Need a quick but nutritious breakfast on the run, or looking for something different to put in the lunchboxes? You can’t go wrong with bacon and eggs right? Here’s how to make these super easy to go snacks. Ingredients 1 x packet of streaky bacon 1 x Dozen Free Range Eggs Salt and Pepper Method … Continued

Shopping with Kids is never an easy feat, no matter how hard you try at least one of these things will inevitably happen They will scream They will fight They will ask for stuff you don’t want to buy They will always need to go to the toilet at the most inconvenience time   Here … Continued