Cheese
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Leckford Estate Farm Shop (owned by Waitrose)
09 October 2013 Speciality BitesI was a little surprised to see that the lead story in the “Retail Farmer” magazine Autumn 2013 extolled the virtues of the Leckford Estate Farm Shop (which is, of course, Waitrose’s new farm shop in Hampshire) without offering a critique of how the impact of… -
Room for Growth
08 October 2013 Speciality BitesI thought it may be interesting to look at where the speciality food sector may go within the next few years. Clearly this is important as we plan our businesses and ensure we are looking in the right areas for growth. The first piece of good… -
Booths Staff Make their own Cheese
07 October 2013 NewsA team of six specialists spent three days making a special batch of Lancashire cheese to be sold at Booths under the brand “Made by Booths.” -
Retailer Urged to Support British Sausage Week
07 October 2013 NewsBritish Sausage Week (4th-10th November) is set to boost sales of many of the 500 plus varieties of sausages now being produced in the UK and which account for a £737m market. -
Wyke Farms Ltd Opens Biogas Plant
04 October 2013 NewsThe UK's biggest family-owned cheese maker initially invested in renewable energy such as solar photovoltaic panels and biogas as a means to cut costs, but now its green credientials are seen as a benefit to the environment -
Homecoming for Walkers and Son
04 October 2013 NewsThe ‘original’ pie returns to the high street, with the opening of Walkers and Son’s flagship store in the company’s original four-story Georgian building near the Cheapside market in Leicester -
October Apple Day
04 October 2013 Cheese & DairyOctober is when you can't pretend it's late summer any more. Everything races to harvest the last of summer's bounty. -
lunch! Attendance Increases By 37%
03 October 2013 NewsThis year's leading food-to-go event saw 5,929 food professionals visit London's Business Design Centre, a large growth from 2012's 4,314 -
Dairy Crest Raises Milk Price for Farmers
30 September 2013 NewsThe dairy production company has announced a 1ppl price increase to effect the farmers involved with its Standard Liquid, Organic and Davidstow contracts -
Employee Shareholder Scheme Launched
30 September 2013 NewsBaker Tilly, a leading business advice firm, has advised that offering employees reduced employee rights in exchange for company shares could potentially benefit companies in the food and drink sector -
Heart Distribution Launches Producer Growth Scheme
30 September 2013 NewsEarly September saw the launch of The Heart Distribution Producer Growth Scheme, providing loans to small businesses to aid their growth within the marketplace -
Organic Food and Drink Sector Stabilises
30 September 2013 NewsThis year has seen sales of organic food and drink rise by 0.6 per cent, from £1.22bn to £1.23, ending the steady decline of the industry over the past few years caused by the recession
