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“What’s so good about summer?”
25 August 2016 Expert EyeFor all my working life in speciality food, we have yearned for the balmy, sunshine days of summer when customers seem in a happier frame of mind and have the delightful tendency to spend a little more money in a... -
The Interview: Nigel Cope
22 August 2016 NewsPassion, dedicated and teamwork have helped Nigel Cope build Cottage Delight from kitchen table project to one of our industry's best-loved brands. Here, he tells us how he makes it work -
Time for a Break?
11 August 2016 Speciality BitesThe chances are that you are reading this before you go on holiday or after you come back, and hopefully not whilst you are away! I had to chuckle to myself when listening to the headline news on the radio... -
Try Something Different
01 August 2016 Speciality BitesAfter a very busy summer so far, finally I have had the opportunity over the last couple of weeks to call into a few speciality food retailers -
Moving On!
20 July 2016 Speciality BitesSorry it’s been a couple of weeks since my last blog, but this has been at the end of an extremely busy two months and I am glad to start this week as a “normal week” for the first time for a... -
“MasterRind”
12 July 2016 Town CrierWhat qualities make a good cheesemonger? That’s a question we were looking to answer recently at the British Cheese Awards, where a competition was run to identify Britain’s Best Young Cheesemonger, sponsored by Anthony Rowcliffe & Son, now in their third... -
“Picnic perfection”
12 July 2016 Fine FoodIt’s no surprise that one of my favourite passages in the Wind in the Willows is the one where Ratty checks out the picnic that he has put together for himself and the Mole. The enticing list of goodies seems endless:... -
“Brexit or Breginning?”
12 July 2016 Expert EyeTo be uncertain is to be uncomfortable. So runs half a Chinese proverb. As a retailer I can readily agree with that -
“Making a spectacle of yourself”
12 July 2016 Cheese TalkUntil a few weeks ago I was feeling rather smug about my moved to New Zealand, basking in a four month-long near-drought with autumn temperatures rarely falling below 20ºC
