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Virtual Farmers’ Market Is Closer To Home
05 May 2009 NewsBuying food and drink on-line has taken on a new dimension with the launch of the world’s first Virtual Farmers Market bringing the sights and sounds of local farmers' marketS into the home. -
Retailers Help Calm Pork Concerns
28 April 2009 NewsWith Swine Flu now confirmed on British shores, retailers across the UK are acting quickly to quash public concerns, in an attempte to prevent negative reactions that will stunt the sale of pork products. -
Budget Fails To Help Small Businesses
23 April 2009 NewsThe Forum of Private Business (FPB) is concerned that the 2009 Budget has failed to address the main issues threatening the UK’s struggling small businesses. -
Fair Trade Sales Buck The Trend
22 April 2009 NewsA global survey shows that fair trade is on the rise, despite the world's economic troubles. -
Yorkshire Food Conquers The Critics
21 April 2009 NewsFodder, the new food shop and cafe set up and championed by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society (YAS) chose some of the key food producers, with the help of international food critics Jay Rayner and Simon Majumdar. -
Celebrating St George’s Day The Gourmet Way
21 April 2009 NewsOur patron saint is usually surpassed by drinking in traditional St Paddy's Day style, but this Thursday it is grub not Guinness that has prompted patriotic festivities -
Delicatessen Sales Surge Despite Credit Crunch
20 April 2009 NewsIn its latest research, Discover the Origin has found that 80% of independent food and wine stores in the UK are flourishing. And, while Brits may be penny pinching on most luxuries, quality food and wine are indulgences that consumers can’t get through the week without. -
Pub-deli Seizes Speciality Food Opportunity
14 April 2009 NewsA 75% increase in sales of local products, over the last four years, has convinced the owners of a deli-pub in north Yorkshire that there is real profit to be made from stocking speciality foods. -
Are You Britain’s Best Butcher?
09 April 2009 NewsA butchery competition for farm shop owners, managers and butchers will be a new feature of this year’s Beef Expo on the Three Counties Showground. -
Blagdon Butchers Best In Europe
03 April 2009 NewsBlagdon Farm Shop, a member of FARMA North East (the Farmers’ Retail and Markets Association), has won two gold and two silver awards at the international Eurobeef Trade Competition. -
Go Organic This Spring
02 April 2009 NewsThis year's Natural & Organic Products Europe on 5th and 6th April at Olympia will once again put the best natural and organic in the spotlight, proving just how important and resilient the organic food trade has become, even in the current challenging climate. -
Organic Food Feels The Burn
31 March 2009 NewsMarket research by the TNS Worldpanel has shown, discouragingly, that sales of organic food have dropped by a fifth - from £100 million to £81 million - in the past year.
