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Chantal Organics celebrates 45 years

Originally part of a whole-food co-Operative, Maureen Ward and Peter Alexander opened the Chantal Organics shop in Napier in 1983.

Forty-five years later, they have bought out their partners, established and sold a wholesale division (Chantal Organics), created a range of organic products, and passed the Chantal Shop on to their daughter, Tess, and her husband Tim. Maureen and Peter were trailblazers for their time and influential in

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