TCK Enterprises trading as PUZZLES & Lewes Gourmet Sustainability

What do our labels mean?

Lewes Gourmet and PUZZLES, owned by TCK Enterprises, are retail shops in downtown Lewes, Delaware. Their sustainability profile is centred on local community support, waste reduction, packaging reuse, and sourcing practices that consider how products are made, of what and by whom. In 2024, the businesses became the first shops in Sussex County to become a Certified Benefit Corporation and noted that they had also become members of 1% for the Planet. The stores say they reuse packaging materials received with deliveries, encourage suppliers to use less packaging, and use kraft paper shopping bags made from post-consumer recycled paper.

About TCK Enterprises trading as PUZZLES & Lewes Gourmet

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TCK Enterprises trading as PUZZLES & Lewes Gourmet Sustainability Actions

B Corp certification

Lewes Gourmet and Puzzles, owned by TCK Enterprises, are the first shops in Sussex County to become a Certified Benefit Corporation, joining the international ranks of purpose-led businesses that meet verified high standards of performance, transparency and accountability.

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Reuse packaging materials

For Lewes Gourmet and Puzzles, this means they reuse the packaging materials received with deliveries, while encouraging their suppliers to use less packaging and more environmentally friendly types.

Use recycled paper bags

The stores purposely source kraft paper (unbleached or dyed) shopping bags that are made from the highest component of post-consumer recycled paper, and then use environmentally friendly dye for printing. To decrease unnecessary consumption, the stores’ team members will also ask at check out if customers need a bag, not if they want a bag.

Divert products from landfill

When sourcing products and screening new suppliers, the owners constantly consider how products are made, of what and by whom. This means not stocking some things, while paying more to stock other products that are better suited to the cause. They also identify suppliers’ products that are destined for landfills and instead arrange purchase and delivery so food and other hard goods reach those in Sussex Country who need them most. Spuck estimates that they have saved at least 17,000 cans of soup and baked beans along with other products from being wasted.

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Support local nonprofits

The stores also became members of 1% for the Planet before becoming a Certified B Corp, whose members must devote 1% of their annual sales to qualifying non-profits each year. Spuck and Southerst have worked to get local nonprofits qualified so they can keep their donations local, and they have been able to encourage their 1% stakeholders to also give locally.

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TCK Enterprises trading as PUZZLES & Lewes Gourmet Sustainability Commitments

2026

Recertify as a B Corp

Puzzles and Lewes Gourmet are required to recertify as a B Corp every three years, and Spuck hopes the synergies among their suppliers, other local businesses and the community will continue to make change for good happen in even broader ways by 2026.