Paul Hargreaves

We are currently putting together our Christmas catalogue and like to meet our prospective new suppliers before we do business with them

I was slightly surprised to see the headline article on the Speciality Food magazine’s weekly newsletter trumpet: “Indies: Stop Mimicking Loyalty Schemes”

I can report that business in the speciality food sector is better than it was this time last year.

I have just come back from the Farm and More 2010 conference (25 - 27th January). There was a record number of delegates and a thriving trade show

We are counting the cost of the terrible weeks since the New Year, along with many other businesses

Well what a shambolic start to the year! It has not really been the weather for running a distribution business

We heard that Rumwell Farm Shop, Taunton is the first shop in the UK to receive The Genuine Own And Local (GOAL) certificate from the Farmers’ Retail & Markets Association (FARMA)

I have had the opportunity twice within the last two weeks to see how low UK food businesses come on the Government's priority list.

I am writing this after coming back from Hong Kong and China with a trade mission

Do consumers save money by driving to the so-called cheapest supermarket? Not always it would seem.