29/05/2026
As part of our 5031 weekend neighbourhood celebration, we usually interview someone who lives in the 5031 postcode. The aim is to help us all realise that interesting people live all around us, and as a neighbourhood grocer, we are honoured to see this first hand everyday. But we encourage you to also find out more about people in your neighbourhood, what is their story?
If you’ve spent time in the shop over the last year, chances are you’ve met Jasmine, and she is a 5031 local.
She’s one of those people who brings brightness through her smile into any room, and notices the small things. The way the fruit changes with the season. The way the trees on her street shift almost overnight.
Jasmine has been living in 5031 for a while now now, and what she loves most is how close everything feels.
“I’m always saying, ‘Oh, I’ll just walk there,’” she says, “even if it ends up being half an hour away.”
That, in many ways, is the magic of this area. It invites you to slow down enough to notice it.
A new café tucked down a street you thought you knew.
A small business you somehow missed.
A walk that turns into a little discovery.
A familiar corner that suddenly feels new again.
For Jasmine, 5031 is a place that rewards exploring.
Her local tip? Yuna, for what she confidently says is the best matcha in Adelaide and just around the corner from our store.
Since starting at The Simple Market, Jasmine says she’s noticed something change in her. She pauses and smiles like she's a little embarrassed by the answer.
“Crazy to admit,” she says, “but I never used to notice how seasonal life is.”
Now she notices everything. How the seasons bring certain things, and then take them away again.
She laughs about literally crying when she couldn’t have a biodynamic apricot on her break anymore.
But underneath the humour is something true. Working around real food has a way of bringing you back to time. Not clock time, but nature’s time.
It makes you appreciate the simple things more, especially how short the seasons of some fruits & veggies really are, just when you get to know them & use them, they are gone.
Jasmine’s passion for health began after high school, when she became quite sick. It was a hard beginning, but it gave her clarity early.
She realised that being young didn’t mean she could ignore her body. It meant this was the time to learn how to nourish it, care for it, and set herself up for a future where she could do the big things and get the most out of being here. That experience eventually drew her toward studying to become a clinical naturopath.
“Naturopathy is simple in itself,” she says.
As a young girl trying to figure out what was right and wrong, naturopathy gave her a simpler lens to see the world through. One that brought her back to her roots. One that helped her feel more aligned. One that allowed her not only to see the world more clearly, but to feel it, and work alongside it.
Not health as a set of rules. Not wellness as something complicated or perfect. But health as relationship. With your body. With nature. With your values. With the season you’re in.
As winter settles in, Jasmine’s comfort meal is something warming, usually a curry with jasmine rice.
When we asked what it’s really like working at The Simple Market, Jasmine described it as “opening one door into a million other doors.”
She never expected a workplace to ground itself so deeply in her day-to-day life. But that’s what this place has done she says. It’s given her opportunities to grow, to connect, and to be part of something that reaches beyond the shelves.
Her favourite part of the job is the guests. The people she gets to share her time with in the store. The conversations. The familiar faces. The sense of being part of a community.
That, and the sweet potato chips.
When we asked Jasmine what gives someone real vitality, she didn’t say green juice or supplements or perfect routines.
She said alignment and acceptance.
“There is always so much you can do, and so much going on all at once,” she says. “It can quickly cloud your understanding of what you want from life.”
To her, vitality comes from living in alignment with your values, with nature, and with your body. It comes from accepting the ups and downs as part of your story, while also accepting the power you have in writing that story.
“I think that’s at the core of true health,” she says.
And maybe that’s the kind of health we all need more of. Not a life without hard moments, but a life where we feel steady enough to meet them. Not a life where everything is controlled, but one where we feel connected to what matters.
Her advice for anyone wanting a simpler, healthier life is wonderfully simple.
Take the little steps, because they add up.
It can feel overwhelming at the start. There are so many things to change, so many things to learn, so many versions of “healthy” being offered to us all the time. But Jasmine’s reminder is gentle and true.
You don’t need to make every change at once.
In fact, you can’t.
Any progress is better than no progress.
As for the future of 5031, Jasmine hopes it continues to strengthen. A place where we make the effort to know our neighbours and their stories. A place where knowledge is shared.
Thank you, Jasmine, for being part of The Simple Market, part of 5031, and such a thoughtful reminder that a simple, healthy life is often built step by step, season by season.
We hope to see you this weekend as we celebrate this very special place we call 5031.
