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  • Moving On!

    20 July 2016 Speciality Bites
    Sorry it’s been a couple of weeks since my last blog, but this has been at the end of an extremely busy two months and I am glad to start this week as a “normal week” for the first time for a while. Trips to…

  • 6 of the Best Ways to Attract More Custom

    19 July 2016 News
    John Bensalhia shares his farm shop masterclass

  • Opinion: Andrea Leadsom Named Defra Secretary of State

    15 July 2016 News
    MP for south Northamptonshire and former Minister of State for Energy, Andrea Leadsom has been named the new Defra Secretary of State, taking over from Liz Truss who becomes Justice Secretary

  • 5 Ways To Keep Up With Free-From

    14 July 2016 News
    Don’t get saddled with leftover free-from stock. Stay ahead of the game with Sally-Jayne Wright's top tips

  • NI Restaurant Launches Deli

    14 July 2016 News
    A restaurant group in Northern Island has opened a deli selling premium food and drink based on the ingredients used in its dishes

  • “MasterRind”

    12 July 2016 Town Crier
    What qualities make a good cheesemonger? That’s a question we were looking to answer recently at the British Cheese Awards, where a competition was run to identify Britain’s Best Young Cheesemonger, sponsored by Anthony Rowcliffe & Son, now in their third generation of cheese specialist

  • “Picnic perfection”

    12 July 2016 Fine Food
    It’s no surprise that one of my favourite passages in the Wind in the Willows is the one where Ratty checks out the picnic that he has put together for himself and the Mole. The enticing list of goodies seems endless: “coldchickencoldtonguecoldhamcoldbeefpickledgherkinssaladfrenchrollscresssandwichespotted meatgingerbeerlemonadesodawater”

  • “Brexit or Breginning?”

    12 July 2016 Expert Eye
    To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable. So runs half a Chinese proverb. As a retailer I can readily agree with that

  • “Making a spectacle of yourself”

    12 July 2016 Cheese Talk
    Until a few weeks ago I was feeling rather smug about my moved to New Zealand, basking in a four month-long near-drought with autumn temperatures rarely falling below 20ºC

  • “Blues brothers”

    12 July 2016 Opinion
    When privileged to meet and listen to the cheesemaking fraternity of the UK, I am frequently surprised by the almost consistent desire by so many to make a blue cheese type, whether as a new line or an extension of their brand

  • Two New Cheeses for Dart Mountain Cheese

    11 July 2016 News
    A smoked cheese and a long aged cheese have joined the selection of cheeses handcrafted by Northern Ireland's Dart Mountain Cheese, part of Tamnagh Foods of Dungiven

  • Post-Brexit Support for British PFNs

    08 July 2016 Brexit
    Elizabeth Truss has told MPs that she hopes to introduce a “Protected British food name status” in place of the current EU scheme
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