Fresh & Farming
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“Drive to succeed?”
19 July 2017 Speciality BitesMy first day back at work after a thoroughly enjoyable holiday was last Friday. I wrote a couple of weeks ago about The Food Company who had decided to cease trading (although still seem to be open!). On Friday, we heard the sad news that one… -
Debit Cards Overtake Cash to Become Number One Payment Method in UK
14 July 2017 NewsCard payments now account for more than 50 per cent of all retail transactions by volume in 2016, according to The British Retail Consortium's (BRC) Payments Survey report -
Paxton & Whitfield: 7 Cheese Display Pet Peeves
13 July 2017 NewsJeremy Bowen, trade and corporate sales manager at Paxton & Whitfield, lists the display details to avoid -
Joe & Seph’s Joins NPA Judging Line-up
12 July 2017 NewsA new industry expert has joined the judging panel for the New Producer Awards: Adam Sopher, co-founder and director of premium popcorn brand Joe & Seph's -
Bowland Food Hall Opens its Doors to Customers
10 July 2017 NewsThe Bowland Food Hall has opened in the heart of the Ribble Valley, Lancashire -
“Cooking up trouble”
07 July 2017 Fine FoodConnoisseurs of the inappropriate one liner will be sad that Prince Phillip has withdrawn from his endless round of engagements. He recycled jokes mercilessly and showed little patience with the dignitaries he met. The Duke has an abrasive and inspiring legacy. His comment on the cooking… -
The Interview: Ann-Marie Dyas, The Fine Cheese Co.
07 July 2017 NewsMeet Ann-Marie Dyas of The Fine Cheese Co.: cheese lover, protector and revolutionary -
“Advice to my younger self”
07 July 2017 On The FarmNature is my passion – it has been my obsession for as long as I can remember. My parents moved back from London to the beautiful Essex countryside when I was only three, but even then it felt as though a whole new world was opening… -
“Strange basketfellows”
07 July 2017 Expert EyeWeek ending 10th June 2017 – what a week that was! England winning a football World Cup for the first time in 51 years. I never thought I would live to see that. Then there was the small matter of a Hung Parliament, too. And with… -
“Enlisting with the Territorials”
07 July 2017 Town CrierWhen I opened my shop, my first cheese order from the wholesalers included solid examples of those Territorials that originally hailed from outside our immediate area – Martell’s Double Gloucester, Mrs A’s, Mrs K’s, Sparkenhoe and Special Reserve Wensleydale. Sizeable rounds of cheese looked good in… -
“Bricks and clicks”
07 July 2017 OpinionThe cheese award fest is by now in full swing, with a whole series of heavyweight events claiming some unique positioning in the trade -
BOOM Awards 2017 Showcases Top Organic Products
06 July 2017 NewsWinners of the Soil Association’s BOOM (Best of the Organic Market) Awards have been announced at a ceremony in London’s Borough Market
