Selfridges axes plastic water bottles for latest ocean campaign
Selfridges will no longer sell single-use plastic water bottles from its food halls and has introduced a drinking fountain in its London store as part of its ongoing Project Ocean marine conservation...
View ArticleBavarian red is Yorkshire Show’s champion cheese
A German semi-soft cheese with a red-tinged rind was named Supreme Champion cheese at this week’s Great Yorkshire Show. Rougette Bavarian Red is made by Kaserei Champignon, whose creamy blue Montagnolo...
View Article‘Best Staffs shop’ Denstone Hall plans second phase of expansion
A Staffordshire farm shop is planning its second expansion in three years as it celebrates being named the top retail outlet in the region. Denstone Hall farm shop & café, owned by Rupert and...
View ArticleCranstons relocating Brampton butchers’ to create third food hall
Cumbrian fine food retailer Cranstons is to open a new food hall in Brampton, a few miles north-east of Carlisle, in a relocation and expansion of its existing butchers’ shop in the market town. The...
View ArticleTraditional foods thriving as Great Taste 2015 results go live
The highly anticipated results of Great Taste 2015 have gone live with some 31% of the 10,000 food and drink products entered claiming a one-, two-, or three-star award. There was a strong showing from...
View ArticleCider festival to showcase artisan makers and heritage apples
Four Kentish makers of bottled craft cider will be among dozens of small producers showcased at Brogdale Artisan Cider Festival on August 29-30. Turners, Kentish Pip, Biddenden and Kent Cider Co will...
View ArticleCambus O’May cheese-maker bids for Protected Food Name status
Scottish artisan cheese-maker Cambus O’May Cheese Co has launched a bid for EU Protected Food Name (PFN) status for its signature product. The move was announced by Scottish Food Secretary Richard...
View ArticleCo Antrim’s Broughgammon extends kid meat range with smoked bacon
Northern Irish artisan producer Broughgammon Farm has launched a smoked ‘cabrito’ or kid meat bacon, produced in its recently opened smokery on the Cole family farm near Ballycastle, Co Antrim. The...
View ArticleBear salami comes to the UK as Transylvanian food brand makes debut
Salami made from ethically sourced bear meat is just one of the Transylvanian delicacies coming to the UK with the launch of a new brand. Arduenna – which takes its name from the Celtic word for the...
View ArticleTracklements overhauls branding across entire range
Condiment-maker Tracklements has unveiled a major redesign across its range that sees more than 50 products receive their own individual labels. The products have been numbered in chronological order –...
View ArticleLudlow Food Centre seeking new MD as Berry moves on
Shropshire’s Ludlow Food Centre is on the search for a new boss after announcing the departure of Edward Berry. Berry, who took over as managing director from farm shop expert Sandy Boyd in 2011, will...
View ArticleHubbub to partner in 2015 Great Taste promo
A London-based home delivery service linking consumers with independent food shops is partnering with the Guild of Fine Food to promote Great Taste winners through its online shop. Hubbub – featured on...
View ArticleBodnant extends brand with in-store concessions
Bodnant Welsh Food, the multi-award winning farm shop, restaurant and small-scale production complex in the Conwy Valley, has opened concessions in two North Wales holiday parks and a garden centre on...
View ArticleYoghurt, wine and Welsh potatoes top 10th National Trust awards
Producers of yoghurt, English sparkling wine and Pembrokeshire new potatoes took the top honours in the National Trust Fine Farm Produce awards, announced at a dinner at Selfridges’ Oxford Street store...
View ArticleScottish government launches farm shop campaign
A campaign encouraging consumers to choose farm shops over supermarkets has been launched in Scotland, supported by the Scottish government. The First Stop Farm Shop campaign, which was unveiled by...
View ArticleNostalgia rules as Irish dripping earns Great Taste’s top title
Top honours in the world’s biggest fine food award scheme have returned to Ireland after an ultra-traditional beef dripping from James Whelan Butchers in Co Tipperary was named Great Taste Supreme...
View ArticleBerry to leave Ludlow on a high after ‘top shop’ award
Edward Berry capped his four-year stint as MD of Ludlow Food Centre by picking up the Shop of the Year award at the 2015 Great Taste ‘Golden Forks’ dinner last night (September 7). The award is voted...
View ArticleSpecialist food shops are Britain’s Most Wanted, says ACS report
Specialist food stores are the most desirable local businesses on any high street, a national report on town centre shopping in the UK has confirmed. The Local Shop Report 2015, published by the...
View ArticlePeckham poised to pig out on British charcuterie
Snack charcuterie brand Serious Pig is launching a charcuterie bar in Peckham, South London, at the end of September that will be run as a concession by specialist wholesaler The Charcuterie Board. The...
View ArticleSurge in British brewing ‘unstoppable’, says CAMRA beer guru
The British beer revolution appears “unstoppable”, according Roger Protz, editor of CAMRA’s Good Beer Guide, after the real ale campaigning body revealed a 10% rise in the number of breweries for the...
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