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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. -
Retailers Urged To Head To Exeter
27 March 2009 NewsShowcasing over 150 South West producers from every sector of the industry, the Show takes place at Exeter’s Westpoint Exhibition Centre on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March. -
Unique Farm Shop Opens In Hospital
27 March 2009 NewsA Helston butchers is opening a new farm store at Truro's Royal Cornwall Hospital, which will be run by one of the town's former police officers. -
Tesco Benefits From Local Interest
27 March 2009 NewsTesco has reported a sharp 30% sales increase in locally sourced foods in this calendar year to date, with products such as East Anglian rapeseed oil, Cornish Brie, Hampshire watercress and Northumbrian black-faced lamb coming up trumps for the multiple. -
Britain’s Best Honoured In Rural Awards
23 March 2009 NewsOn 18th March 2009 the national Countryside Alliance Awards were handed out at a Parliamentary reception in London. The Awards, nicknamed “The Rural Oscars", honour the countryside through the people who work so hard to preserve its communities, traditions and enterprise. -
A Taste Of Tradition At Exeter
19 March 2009 NewsLater this month, the Taste of the West Trade Show 2009 will host the perfect cuppa, exclusively for hospitality and retail outlets. -
New Shop Combines Food & Tourism For Guaranteed Success
13 March 2009 NewsFinding a niche for any business is key, but when there's already a popular tourist destination on site, success is most likely just around the corner. -
Come Cook With Me At Ife09
12 March 2009 NewsIFE09 has just announced the eclectic and exciting line up for its brand new show feature, The Skillery, run in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs. -
New Tool To Support Wage Legislation
11 March 2009 NewsNew minimum wage legislation, coming into force on 6th April, could see employers face an automatic penalty of up to £5,000 if they fail to comply.
