We’re trying hard to reduce the amount of packaging we generate as a business. For the past six years we’ve been giving a discount at the deli each time you bring your own pot, this has generated a decent re-use rate, currently equating to about 20% of total salad and olive sales. Good effort everyone!!… Read More »
Veg News 28th December
Time for our annual update on New Year vegetable logistics! As is often the case, sourcing & transporting fresh fruit and veg often proves trickier in the post-Christmas period than in Christmas week itself… New Year weekend should be close to a normal range, with plentiful Cornish cauliflowers and an abundance of lovely dark spinach… Read More »
Veg News 14th December
Last weekend was a challenging one, to say the least, for those working out in the fields. Fortunately, the plummeting temperatures were well forecast. Consequently many growers worked around the clock last Thursday to build up a stock of crops like carrots and leeks before the ground froze making lifting roots nigh on impossible! All… Read More »
Veg news 28th November
A terrific range of UK winter-warmers ideal for the falling temperatures this week. Locally, Dunham Massey’s Alan Hewitt still has a good tonne of Uchiki Kuri pumpkins to get through in the run up to Christmas. While to the East, the UK butternut supply remains in full swing from Vinehouse Farm in Lincolnshire. With other… Read More »
Veg news 23rd November
Lots of lines moving south in Europe as the unseasonably warm weather grinds to a halt. Most noticeable in our range is the end of Dutch glasshouse crops such as aubergines, peppers, cucumbers & tomatoes. Anticipate us looking to Spain for the winter months. With many of these still plentiful in warmer southern climes, they… Read More »
