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Stamford Sack Store
Antonia Scott caught up with Chris and Emma Isaac, owners of The Sack Store who are making significant changes to their latest Stamford project The Sack Store in Boston has been established for 20 years and is owned and run by Christopher Isaac and his team. They are delighted to have taken over the Stamford Garden Centre and are planning a raft of exciting improvements. They are already underway with tree planting and landscaping, including creating almost a hundred car parking spaces at the front of the site for better visitor access, with the plants moving to a covered display area at the rear. They plan to introduce a range of Sack Store products and heat the showrooms with Clearview stoves and in time, will use one of their successful Biomass boilers for additional heating and hot water to create a unique and stimulating retail environment for customers. They also hope to bring a range of outdoor clothing to the store so customers can sit on the beautiful English-made Harris Tweed chairs and try on wellie boots in front of a warming stove! The Butchery is to be refurbished and will hopefully re-open at the end of March and the Garden Store is stocking an improved range of local deli products. The Kitchen Garden continues to serve locally sourced, fresh food – from delicious soups to a two-course Daily Specials Menu, along with tea, coffee and homemade cakes. The Chef Manager, Michael Laing will continue the ever-popular ‘Fine Dining Evenings’ hosted by Sue Davies. The Garden Centre displays will be updated and the range of gardening products extended for the benefit of all the keen gardeners in Stamford and the surrounding area. Emma Cannings’ Beauty and Wellness Centre, Sew-Now for bespoke soft furnishings, Greensleeves Florist and Chalk Interiors featuring the Annie Sloan range of paints will continue to trade on site. • Contact info: www.sackstorestamford.co.uk. Tel: 01780 765656 Email: sales@stamfordgardencentre.co.uk Address: Road End Farm, Great Casterton, Stamford, PE9 4BB
’62 Love Me Do broadens menu
’62 love me do is a stylish ‘60s themed restaurant diner in Oundle, brought to you by Karen & Phil of Beans Coffee Stop, just across the road from Beans itself. Sitting inside what is arguably the best shop front in town, the interior of ‘62 is tastefully decorated to recreate a 1960s diner, with a red and black interior and a mix of red and black leatherette seats set off by a collection of 60s memorabilia. However, don’t be fooled by the ‘diner’ image, since last autumn the menu is much wider-ranging, including home-made steak pie, sausage and mash, gammon and egg, enchiladas, spaghetti bolognese and other pasta dishes. Their fresh salads also take a lot of beating too, as does the breakfast menu, offering pancakes with syrup New York-style as well as other choices including a ‘Full English’ as good as any top hotel offering! Apart from the incredibly tasty and great value dishes they offer, ’62 love me do also take great pride in their locally-sourced policy, with their burger and steak pie beef sourced from Seven Wells butchers just two doors away (from their farm a mile and a half away), and wines and beer from local suppliers Amps and Castor Ales. • 12 West St, Oundle, Peterborough PE8 4EF Tel: 01832 274383 www.62lovemedo.co.uk
Launde Farm Foods and the Marquess of Exeter
Originally a family business selling meat to their local family and friends, Launde Farm Foods converted their stables into a butchery so they could run their business all from the farm. Then three years ago Gwilym took the decision to set up on his own, with the continuing support of his wife, Alex and Mum, Pippa. Initially selling direct to households and then to trade also. Launde Farm Foods uses locally sourced beef, lamb, pork and poultry and not only supplies households and restaurants but also caters for a variety of parties from 40 to 200 people. Gwilym started supplying The Marquess of Exeter around two years ago and both Gwilym and Brian have the same ethos of being part of the local community and providing the best products available. Gwilym currently works with The Marquess on all their “stall” events (Oakham, Oundle & Burgley markets, plus Burghley Horse Trials) and will be working in partnership with Brian at The Deli Shed; he plans to be available every Friday morning to offer butchery. The ‘Deli Shed’ will be opening at the back of the Marquess in March, opening times the same as the pub. It will offer a wide range of foods, including vegetables, free range eggs, ready meals, meats, cheeses, preserves etc; or if a villager just needs a pint of milk, that will be possible too. • Marquess of Exeter, 52 Main St, Lyddington, Rutland LE15 9LT Tel: 01572 822477 www.marquessexeter.co.uk • laundefarmfoods@tiscali.co.ukTel: 01572 490428
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