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CONTENTS We’re pretty confident on what we do with foodservice and chefs but retail is the next frontier

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16 ANALYSIS What’s the future of retailing?

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28 OPINION Scott Winston on visiting trade shows, Editor’s Choice

Find out what’s on and who’s exhibiting in our preview of the biggest show of the year

31 CHEESEWIRE Harvey & Brockless’s dairy move, matching Savour, Idiazabal production

If everyone in Penrith switched £5 of their weekly spend to local businesses it would give a £3.2m boost to the economy here DELI OF THE MONTH

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Touch of brass At Penrith’s J&J Graham, our Deli of the Month, they don’t just like to blow their own trumpet – they love to promote the whole of the Cumbrian town as a great stop-off for the 14m-plus tourists who visit the Lake District each year.

That includes welcoming buskers like sousaphone ace Mike Harrison (pictured) and his banjoplaying brother Gibby (aka The Ragtime Rascals) to play outside the shop.

“They’re here most Wednesdays when the weather warms up,” says deli owner Alan Reading, “and I’ll get them in by request if there’s an event going on in the town.”

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Employers could see flood of claims as tribunal charges are scrapped

By Andrew Don

Independent retailers should prepare for an increase in unfair dismissal cases and other employment-related claims, after the Supreme Court scrapped the charges for bringing cases to tribunal.

The Supreme Court said charges – up to £1,200 – introduced four years ago for Employment Tribunal claimants were in breach of European law, UK law and the Magna Carta.

Katee Dias, a senior solicitor in the employment team at City of London law firm Goodman Derrick, said employers should perhaps brace themselves for an increase in the volume of claims and advised that they considered their employment practices carefully.

She said there had been suggestions that the usual time limits for bringing claims should be extended so that those who were deterred from pursuing

Tribunals: the facts and figures • Fees for claimants were as high as

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now be free • Unfair dismissal claims fell 74% after fees were introduced • Working time Directive claims fell 92% • There are as many as 20 different reasons a claim can be taken to tribunal legal action during the period when fees were imposed could bring those historic claims.

Stefano Cuomo, managing director of Kent business Macknade Fine Foods, which employs 70-80 people, said it was important for retailers to have “due process in place if people aren’t delivering on expectations within the workplace”.

He added: “As a result,

hopefully you diminish the possibility of claims coming against you because if someone isn’t productive there’s a clear and straightforward structure to deal with it.”

Steve Gow, co-owner at Deeside Deli & Garden shop in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, told FFD the ruling is reasonable because it is fairer for employees.

“I’m sure most owners wouldn’t agree with me,”

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he said. “I could see the risk of someone with a grudge taking out a case vexatiously. Obviously it can happen. I would have thought most of these things can be avoided.”

Another employment solicitor, Danielle Ayres, at Gorvins Solicitors, said she had known many vulnerable people who had not pursued claims because they could not afford the fees.

“Hopefully a fair system will be established whereby access to justice is balanced by employers’ rights not to face a barrage of hopeless claims,” she said.

In its ruling on Employment Tribunals at the end of July, the Supreme Court said charges prevented access to justice because they were not reasonably affordable for employees on low-tomiddle incomes. It also said that disadvantaged women were particularly affected because of the higher fees charged for sex discrimination claims.

Cheese is the number one snack choice for fridge raiders in the UK, according to a survey of homeowners

by AppliancesDirect. co.uk. Cold meats came in second, followed by chocolate.

Bristol’s Arch House Deli has closed, with its owners citing family illness for their sale of the Clifton premises, which will open as a café later in the year. The business will continue to supply cheese wedding cakes and run cheese and wine events under the Arch House Deli name.

The British Retail Consortium reported that UK retail footfall in July 2017 fell by 1.1%, compared to the previous year. High streets (-2.1%) and shopping centres (-1.3%) showed a decline but retail parks (1.7%) did see growth.

Northern grocery store Booths quells “speculation” on financial problems Upmarket grocery chain Booths has played down national media reports that its banks have called in accountants to review its finances after a lossmaking period.

Often referred to as “the Waitrose of the North”, the retailer condemned speculation from unnamed sources in the press about the health of the business and it is understood the group has not breached, or come near to breaching, its banking covenants.

Edwin Booth, executive chairman and chief executive, said Booths was a resilient 170-year-old family-owned retailer with strong brand loyalty and leadership.

“These are turbulent times for the retail industry, which is rife with conjecture and speculation,” he said.

Booths remains ‘resilient’, its chief executive insists

Booths has found itself, in common with other grocery industry players, squeezed by the phenomenal growth of German discounters Aldi and Lidl and an increasingly priceconscious consumer.

The chain, which has 28 stores, also suffered damage to several outlets during Storm Desmond

two years ago and its latest accounts showed a £6.3m annual loss.

Edwin Booth said the business had an effective plan and team in place to ensure it remained “a much-loved retailer” for its customers in the North.

“We’re focusing on delivering the best service, products and value to our customers,” he added.

Snowdonia has new look for Black Bomber and company Snowdonia Cheese Company has revamped the labels that appear on its range of waxed cheeses, including the ever-popular Black Bomber cheddar. The gold, black and red labels – which feature

an illustration of Wales’ highest peak and the familiar red dragon – will all be on show at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair (stand 1730E). snowdoniacheese.co.uk Turn to page 39 for a full preview of S&FFF Vol.18 Issue 8 | September 2017

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Concerns grow for small businesses as FSA publishes food safety proposals

By Andrew Don

Thousands of independent food businesses could be forced to close due to the costs and administrative burdens of a new food hygiene regime that will be phased in by 2020, a food safety expert has warned.

The measures in the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) recently published Regulating our Future document include the introduction of paid-for inspections carried out by private companies and the end of a one-size-fits-all approach to assessments.

According to food safety lobbyist Food Solutions, some of the proposals favour the multiples and large manufacturers with head office processes over smaller operations with less cash and technical expertise.

Food Solutions director Bob Salmon told FFD that potentially thousands of small businesses could close rather than face the extra costs and burden.

Regulating our Future outlines measures including paid-for private inspections, which could be more frequent for smaller companies

Salmon said food businesses had effectively already paid for food inspections through their business rates. He is also concerned about the costs of an “enhanced registration” scheme and eventually a planned Permit to Trade scheme that might require regular renewal.

Nina Purcell, the FSA director leading the Regulating our Future campaign, told FFD the FSA had not yet started to work on the detail of costs in the new system.

Illegal farm shop extension leads to suspended sentence The High Court has handed down a suspended prison sentence to the boss of a diversified Reading farm shop and café for contempt of court, following a planning row that escalated over five years.

Wokingham Borough Council claimed in 2012 that Rob Scott, owner of Hare Hatch Sheeplands, had breached the Green Belt when he unlawfully extended a play area and café.

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enforcement notice resulting in legal action.

Scott appealed but the High Court granted an injunction against him.

Scott then failed to comply with all the terms of the injunction within the prescribed deadline. He admitted contempt of court earlier this summer and Judge Nicholas Lavender QC handed down a two-month sentence suspended for two years.

Scott and Gordon Parry of Garden Trends, one of the unauthorised businesses on the site, had to pay costs of nearly £20,000.

Scott said he could now look forward to revitalising the business by working closely with the council “in a spirit of co-operation”.

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“What we do know is that businesses should meet the costs of regulation, but the costs should be no more than they need to be and be proportionate to the type of business.”

Purcell said the FSA recognised many small firms required support to help them comply with food law, particularly at start up, and it intended to ensure they could access this support “easily and consistently”.

“Our regulatory reform programme recognises that businesses come in

many different shapes and sizes,” she said. “Our aim is to design a tailored and proportionate system of regulation that reflects relative risk, reinforces accountability and delivers more for public health.”

Among the proposals drawn up by the FSA are a “risk-management framework” that will determine the nature, frequency and depth of inspections and controls.

This is another measure that Food Solutions says will punish smaller businesses.

All traders will have to comply with “enhanced registration” of their business before setting up shop and everyone will ultimately be required to have a Permit to Trade before they start producing, selling or serving food, pending legislation.

Enforcers could also make use of fixed penalty notices to incentivise “the right behaviour” among food business owners.

FARMA appoints Leon as new managing agent The National Farmers Retail & Markets Association (FARMA) has appointed a new managing agent to take over from Savills associate Michael Mack.

The new agent is David Leon, who owns marketing and PR consultancy Partners Leisure, which also manages the National Farm Attractions Network and The Maize Maze Association.

FARMA chair Milly Stokes said the association appointed Savills three years ago and the contract ended in March. She added that FARMA had discussed with Savills about continuing the arrangement before deciding instead to appoint Leon to the day-to-day role of managing agent.

“David will work directly with the board of directors to deliver the vision,”

David Leon is now FARMA managing agent

said Stokes. “The team at Partners Leisure are hugely experienced in running and promoting similar organisations and we look forward to working with them.”

Farm retailing was constantly changing to meet customer expectations and FARMA as an organisation was changing and adapting “to meet the needs of today’s marketplace”, she added.

IN BRIEF Leading think-tank Policy Exchange has talked up “the once-ina-generation” chance to deliver cheaper food to consumers after Brexit.

A new report, Farming Tomorrow, says that the Common Agricultural Policy has reduced agricultural productivity by lessening competition, supporting inefficient farms and increasing costs for consumers.

A gift from the Grana Padano consortium went down a bomb on prime minister Theresa May’s summer holiday.

According to national newspaper reports, she never got to taste the 40lb, £250 wheel of the Italian cheese sent to her Lake Garda hotel because security guards confiscated it, fearing it might be an explosive device.

Wholesaler North Star Coffee Roasters has joined the retail market after opening its first coffee shop and general store next to the company’s on-site roastery and Coffee Academy at Leeds Dock.

Highfield Qualifications has created a course to help foodservice staff working behind deli counters and cafés comply with allergen legislation from the Food Standards Agency.

The Level 2 Award in Food Allergen and Control in Catering aims to give employees knowledge of ingredients and allergies at all stages of food purchase and production.

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Becketts’ traveller troubles provide cautionary tale for all farm shops

By Andrew Don

Farm shops need to familiarise themselves with the law of trespass in case travellers encamp on their land, legal experts have warned.

The advice comes after several caravans pitched up in the car park at Birmingham’s Becketts Farm Shop during the height of the summer.

Johanne Spittle, director and head of agriculture and landed estates at legal firm Lupton Fawcett, said it was not uncommon for landowners to experience trespassers on their land.

She stressed the importance of an up-todate plan of owned land and copies of title deeds or land registry documents.

Spittle also advised fencing off ditches, laying boulders and rubble to prevent access and to lock gates where possible, but owners must ensure nothing erected could cause injury.

Last month, it cost Becketts £495 to legally evict encroaching travellers from its site in Wythall just off junction 3 of the M42. Before doing so, it positioned farm vehicles at the entrance of the car park to stop any more unwanted caravans.

Retail director Ian Comer said: “Where we are, with the road network we’ve got around us, we are plagued by them.”

Comer told the travellers he understood he had to get an injunction to remove

Becketts Farm has a large site which is vulnerable to trespassers

Food helping community shops to survive across UK Local food is a key to the survival of community shops across the UK, according to a new report from the Plunkett Foundation.

The report, Community Shops, found that such businesses were prospering in most cases where privately owned outlets had failed – and had a 95% survival rate of more than two years.

Plunkett Foundation found that 95% of community shops stocked local food, 48% offered home delivery and 43% had some form of café.

Selling local food was said to help with engaging the local community, promoting the local economy and benefiting the environment through

them but they could not use the shop, the restaurant or the toilets.

“Thirty minutes later, they were trying to get in,” he said. “I had to post people on the door to kick them out but they probably know the law better than I do.”

Becketts is only closed six hours a day, Comer said, so he could not turn the site into “Fort Knox” because some staff came into work at 4am and a golf-driving range on the site is open until 10pm.

lower food miles.

The report states that community shops created 1,114 paid jobs and 9,605 volunteer positions and generated a combined turnover of £54m.

It also found that more than 1,400 remote rural communities across the UK rely on just 348 community-owned shops for their food and other services.

The report said the rate of new community shops opening had slowed, which most likely reflected the increased difficulty community groups experience in accessing grants and securing property as well as the projects’ increased complexity. plunkett.co.uk

Fipronil egg hunt is still on

If trespassers do make it onto a site, Johanne Spittle said owners should contact police and ask them to exercise their discretion under Section 61 of the Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1995, which also gives councils powers to remove trespassers.

She said police were more likely to exercise their power if trespassers used threatening behaviour or caused damage.

“If the police refuse to intervene, ask for an explanation,” she added.

“However, at this point you should ask your solicitor to proceed and apply to the court for an injunction forcing the trespassers to leave”.

She warned that, although some farm shops might have signs such as ‘no walkers with muddy boots’ and ‘no backpacks’, any signs that could be viewed as excluding people on the basis of race would be unlawful under the Equality Act 2010.

Farm shop bares all for charity

Farm shops and delis that do not use British Lion eggs in their foodservice operations could be at risk of selling products contaminated with toxic insecticide Fipronil.

A Food Standards Agency spokesman told FFD that although traceability tests to date had determined supermarkets were the only recipients of affected eggs, he could not guarantee they had not reached other suppliers.

The insecticide is banned from use in the production of food for humans but 700,000 from Dutch farms had reached the UK, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said – a huge upswing on its earlier announcement that only 21,000 had been imported.

The FSA said it was “very unlikely” the contaminated eggs posed a risk to public health.

Staff from Millers farm shop in Kilmington, Devon, showed off their close-tonature credentials when they posed naked for a charity calendar. The retailer is raising funds for The Project, a charity that helps 12 to 24 year olds with mental health and wellbeing and supports the parents and carers of young people suffering mental distress. millersfarmshop.com

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Convenience hybrid powers into regenerated Battersea site

IN BRIEF The organic market has continued to grow in the first half of 2017, according to the latest figures from the Soil Association. It said a 4.1% increase in sales (in the 52 weeks to 1st July 2017) was driven significantly by increased consumer interest in nutrition and traceability.

By Andrew Don

Speciality food and convenience retailing have converged in a new 6,500 sq ft shop that has opened in the £9bn regenerated Battersea Power Station, in south-west London.

The Battersea General Store, owned by Raj Bathia, is a hybrid of a Nisa-serviced convenience store and a high-quality speciality food retailer and delicatessen.

Bathia, who also owns the smaller 2,000 sq ft The Marketplace Store at nearby Chelsea Bridge, called the format a “global local store” that combined everyday convenience with speciality food.

Nisa supplies just over a third of the goods but the remainder is sourced locally and from around the globe.

“I offer a merging of convenience items,” said Bathia. “I have normal everyday cheeses such as President or Leerdammer and speciality cheeses flown in from France, and we offer

The 6,500 sq ft Battersea General Store combines convenience goods from Nisa with speciality food

them side by side.”

The convenience and speciality items are merchandised on different shelves; the latter also feature information cards.

Local sources include New Covent Garden Market and several microbreweries.

“We bring products in from small factories in Italy – from crackers to biscuits – and we have a crisp producer in Spain that does amazing olive oil crisps,” said Bathia.

“We have up to 75 suppliers and 10-15 different

orders that have to be done on a daily basis.”

Bathia’s other store is a mini version of the Battersea model and he would like to open more, although not for expansion’s sake.

“I’m not interested in a chain of 10 stores,” he said.

“We would rather take the right opportunity at the right time. We are not in a rush to multiply. That’s not what we’re about.

“You’ve got to get to know the customers, see how they react, tweak it, put

your heart and soul into it.

That creates a business.”

Bathia said both convenience and speciality food retailing were becoming more sophisticated.

“There are so many new artisan producers, microbreweries and small cheesemakers that have emerged and there’s a big trend towards that now which is forcing retailers to accept and understand that demand and fulfil it.” thebatterseageneralstore. co.uk

Scotland’s economy secretary Keith Brown has written to the UK government to demand current EU Protected Geographical Indication status for Scotch Whisky is enshrined in UK law after Brexit. It is feared that US businesses could dilute the market if the use of the name is less regulated.

Italian has overtaken Chinese as the UK’s favourite food, according to a study from business intelligence researcher Future Thinking.

Scarlett & Mustard co-founder passes away The speciality food trade is mourning the loss of a “huge character” after the passing of Scarlett & Mustard co-founder Julian Pollard.

Speaking to the East Anglian Daily Times, business partner and wife Sandy Ruddock paid tribute to Pollard, who died of a heart attack while on a family holiday in France, aged 57.

Pollard and Ruddock set up Scarlett & Mustard five-and-a-half years ago, launching the business with two dressings inspired by Ruddock’s family and made at her kitchen table in Suffolk.

The pair went on to achieve 450 stockists for their sweet and savoury condiments and dressings, including Fortnum & Mason,

Start-up Provenance tackles traceability with tech Pollard with wife and cofounder Sandy Ruddock

Partridges, Selfridges, Booths and Harrods.

Ruddock announced on behalf of the company that Pollard, affectionately known as “Big Bear” and “Col. Mustard”, died on 20th July.

She described him as “a huge character in every way, a bon viveur, passionate foodie, rugby player and an excellent shot” who touched the lives of many people and would be sorely missed.

British tech start-up Provenance has joined those vying to get the food industry to improve “integrity and transparency” to their supply chains.

The company said blockchain-backed software gathers product information, including proven claims, and tracks product journeys in a way that is “secure, trustworthy and accessible”.

Every product can gain a digital passport enabling shoppers to trust the claims

on the label, and discover the journey of people, places and materials behind it.

Provenance has raised £650,000 from strategic investors to enable a market launch in the UK and beyond.

The fundraising comes hard on the heels of an international pilot tracking tuna through South East Asian supply chains and a pilot to track fresh produce with The Co-operative Group from origin to supermarket.

Provenance will use its funding to launch what it says is a new standard for consumer trust in the food sector and aims to bring transparency to more than a thousand food and drink businesses by 2025.

Jessi Baker, chief executive of Provenance, said: “This funding will help us develop our tools to meet the business need for more trustworthy supply chains whilst empowering shoppers to make a positive impact.” provenance.org Vol.18 Issue 8 | September 2017

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Insects and grow-your-own are part of Amazon’s food future

IN BRIEF Farm shop organisation FARMA has welcomed Morrisons’ announcement that it will never use fake farm brands in its stores. It said that it hoped increased pressure from consumers would help “stamp out this confusing practice� across the supermarket sector.

By Andrew Don

Personalised diets linked to DNA, insects and grow-your-own are among the forthcoming trends that futurologists have predicted will “redefine� food shopping.

Shop the Future, a report commissioned by online retail giant Amazon from futurologists Anne Lise Kjaer and William Higham, reveals a host of unusual products that could soon become the norm.

Amazon has used the report to create an online “Shop of the Future�, which anticipates insects becoming an ordinary part of people’s diets both as snacks and in ready-meals.

The shop sells 1,500-insect packs of Mixed Critters, from Crunchy Critters. Other lines include BBQ Bamboo Worms and Wild Black Ants, while another producer, Jimini’s, is supplying smoked onion & bbq crickets, sesame & cumin mealworms and sweet

mango crickets.

William Higham sees insects taking centre stage, including in ready-meals, ushering in new specially developed cutlery designed to help people eat them.

The report also predicts a new breed of forwardthinking, independent consumers, who will devote more time to producing their own products at home with the help of the latest technology.

What and how people consume food will change as the public learns more about what they are putting in their bodies and the impact food has on the world around them.

Anne Lise Kjaer predicts food shopping will be based on “personalised diets�.

These could be through food plans and meal subscriptions based on blood samples or “nutrigenomics�, where a smart app tells an individual

what food to eat based on their DNA sequence.

The report also highlights “at-home hydroponic farms� that will enable people to grow a vast array of fruit and vegetables. “There is growing status in being able to craft and make your own products,� said Kjaer. “This trend is accelerated by services like Instagram where we can proudly show off our skills and creations.�

More than 90% of people support the introduction of a plastic-free aisle in food shops, according to a survey by Populus of 2,000 people for campaign group A Plastic Planet. More than 80% had concerns about how much plastic packaging was thrown away.

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Forward thinking With so much political and economic uncertainty, the FFD team thought it was time to gauge the industry’s opinion on what the future holds for fine food retailing – and it’s not all doom and gloom.

Interviews by Mick Whitworth, Michael Lane, Lauren Phillips and Andrew Don

John Barton, Dean & Deluca UK

“Can you imagine a site that was a real showcase for the store? Where you click on a product and a chef comes to life saying ‘I see you’re looking at this...?”

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The first premium food retailer to recreate its shopping experience online will “revolutionise” online sales, according to the UK head of international deli brand Dean & Deluca.

As the US-headquartered chain prepares to open its first store in the UK, John Barton tells FFD internet shopping was one of three earthquakes to hit food retailing in the past century.

He says: “In the 1920s [in Memphis, Tennessee] Piggly Wiggly let people self-serve for the first time. In the 1960s we saw the first hypermarkets.

Now the biggest revolution is online.”

Dean & Deluca enjoys substantial online sales in the US but Barton said no luxury brand has yet matched its virtual experience to the physical reality. “Can you imagine a site that was a real showcase for the store? Where

you click on a product and a chef comes to life saying ‘I see you’re looking at this...?”

“I’ve never yet seen anyone do a real virtual tour of the store.”

Born 40 years ago in New York’s SoHo, Dean & Deluca is now Thai-owned and has 59 units worldwide. It aims to have its London pilot store open in the next couple of months, in Mayfair‘s Mount Street.

With 3,000 sq ft of retail floorspace and a basement wine cellar and event space, it will be one of the chain‘s smaller outlets, listing a “curated” range of 2,000 products compared with 7,500 in SoHo. The focus will be less on store format than educating and engaging customers through well-informed staff.

“It’s really hard to be exclusive,” Barton says. “I’d still sell something you could get in Waitrose if it met out criteria.

But I’d like to think we’ll bring

it to life. Giorgio Deluca built this brand on education.”

Many of the chain’s international sites include restaurants or “eat-over” deli counters and it aims to drive instore dining revenues further.

“That’s a reaction to changing shopping habits,” Barton says.

“We’re spending much more time eating out and dwelling in locations rather than grab-andgo, and that trend will only get stronger.”

He adds: “Waitrose have just appointed a director of foodservice, so they get it.

In Kings Cross they’ve got a wine bar, a juice bar and a cookery school, so they’re allowing people to dwell in the store.”

In-store dining will feature in Dean & Deluca outlets planned for other UK cities but size constraints mean the first will focus on food-to-go prepared in-house. deandeluca.com

Ian Samways, Samways Fine Food Distribution There hasn’t been future for the high street deli for a long time. If you look at business rates and the margins on food, that will tell you why there are no delis on high streets – true delis that don’t have coffee shops attached. London’s like a different planet compared to the suburbs but, even there, it’s not a rosy future because margins are on the floor. Rent and rates haven’t come down at all. I’ve had three food places close since the April business rates came in.

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Simon Burdess, InterContinental Hotels Group Fresh meals, prepared for you in-store, are set to be a growth area for high-end retailers as shoppers and their eating habits become harder to pin down.

That’s the view of Simon Burdess, currently vice-president for European restaurants and bars at InterContinental Hotels Group and shortly to join Waitrose as its first head of foodservice.

Burdess – also a former Fortnum & Mason food chief – suggests that as consumers eat out more and become less adept at cooking, food-to-go will see a shift from sandwiches and salads to more main meals, including better quality and heathier options.

“A lot of what department store food halls are doing currently is based around the traiteur,” he says, “and there’s a challenge, as people become less competent in the kitchen, to move from food prepared for their lunch to food for their evening meal.”

Current food-to-go options for the average consumer range from Pret a Manger, with its conventional sandwich bars, to Vital Ingredients, which sells ‘tossed to order’ salads and a limited hot food range from 16 sites across London.

“If you look at what Pret and Vital Ingredients are doing,” says Burdess, “it’s not too big a leap to see shops doing a wider range of foods made fresh – particularly with the rise of flexitarianism and eating healthily. A lot of people don’t know how to cook that stuff for themselves.”

Burdess also warned that retailers of all sizes, but especially larger stores, would have to work harder to maintain brand loyalty in the face of growing online sales.

“The tell-tale thing for me is the acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon. Big retailers have a lot of space, but in future people will be able to buy food anywhere. The risk is that as shoppers become more promiscuous, square footage will

become less profitable.”

While multiples and big-name food halls need to add in-store theatre and make the shopping experience “more dynamic and exciting”, delis too face challenges to keep shoppers visiting bricks-and-morter stores, he says.

“I think it will force smaller shops to refocus their efforts and do something seriously innovative and products that are genuinely difficult to get hold of.”

He also sees scope for independents to partner with department stores to create a specialist in-store food offer. “Selfridges have shown that it’s much easier to make money by leasing their space to specialists who are passionate about what they do and about doing it in the right way.”

Burdess added: “It will be harder going for delis over the next 20 years, but there will always be a role for them at the vanguard of speciality retail. It won’t be the end of the deli.”

“It’s not too big a leap to see shops doing a wider range of foods made fresh – particularly with the rise of flexitarianism and eating healthily.”

Tom Newey, chief executive, Cobbs Farm Co Predicting the future of retail is a difficult game but I don’t believe the insatiable public interest in food is going to materially diminish. If anything it will grow, as we see an ever greater willingness for people to put their lifestyle and well-being at the heart of shopping decisions.

For high-street deli-stores, the challenge will be less about a lack of public support than the growing pressures of business rates, highstreet rents and the lack of thought

put into town centre parking.

The biggest challenge in the short to medium term is not retaining customers but recruiting, engaging and retaining staff. Those of us with a foodservice element have never faced such a dire shortage of skilled

potential employees. Couple this with a big reduction in the number of European workers wanting to come over and we’re heading towards what I consider to be the biggest challenge facing small to medium-ized businesses.

Farm shops have evolved hugely in a short space of time and the majority have reacted quickly to change. The evidence isn’t just in the way their buying has evolved, but in the speed with which caférestaurants and destination-led customer facilities have been added.

“Those of us with a foodservice element to our business have never faced such a dire shortage of skilled potential employees.”

There will inevitably be casualties and some consolidation as the industry continues to evolve, but that’s never been any different in any industry.

We’ve all read about Amazon’s buyout of Whole Foods Market – a company that once had strong views about the importance of the bricks and mortar store. To me, this makes it even more vital – bearing in mind the growing proportion of consumers who worry about what they put in their bodies – that we can demonstrate the authenticity to our products.

Whatever the eventual mix of online and traditional, bricks-andmortar stores, I have confidence we will continue to have a place.

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Brigette Hardy, head of food buying, Fortnum & Mason The whole shopping pattern has changed and consumers are now far less interested in the traditional weekly supermarket shop and planning meals.

Around four out of 10 adults in the UK have no idea by 4pm what they are going to eat that night, and so instead they are buying repeat basics online, and when they do venture out for food it’s more spontaneous and generally for the ingredients that lift a meal and make it more ‘foodie’.

They want more interesting experiences and the deli set-up satisfies this. Also, to have an interest in food and its provenance is now massively fashionable – there are so many more TV chefs and cookery programmes – so people wish to learn, experience, taste, be entertained and involved as they shop.

Traditional retail experiences are still relevant, if they are kept

Richard Knight, regional director, Shopper Anonymous UK Farm shop and delis still have a part to play in the future retail market, but they need to become more aware of consumers’ changing shopping habits to survive, says Richard Knight, regional director for Dorset, Bath & Wiltshire at Shopper Anonymous.

Today’s time-constrained consumers are no longer doing a weekly food shop, instead opting for daily trips to their local store for their evening meals, which supermarkets are now trying to cater to.

“Before, you would have seen discounted products at the end of supermarket aisles,” Knight tells FFD, “but now they are offering meal solutions. Rather than ‘here is a product’, supermarkets are now saying ‘here are some options for what you can cook tonight. It’s everything you need and it’s all easy for you’.”

For delis and farm shops to have a role in consumers’ changing shopping habits, they need to be innovative and display their products as part of a whole meal experience.

“The farm shops that we work with have great, individual, highquality products with a good story,” he says. “But it’s just a one-off, ‘this is the product’. Delis and farm shops need to tie all those different products together for their customers.”

“Delis and farm shops need to tie all those different products together for their customers.”

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up to date and are influenced by and respond to prevailing consumer culture. With the decline of traditional high street butchers and grocers, pop up farmers’ markets are in vogue and this has encouraged consumers to be interested in local produce.

Stores need to reflect this trend, fixtures need to look strong and modern, and food needs to look abundant and fresh. The successful stores – like Fortnum’s – are those who engage with their customers, and this is down to the entertainment and education factors. At our Piccadilly flagship, our Lower Ground Floor food hall is interactive, with tastings, producers visiting to portray the passion behind food products to the customer, and plenty of storytelling.

We produce a great deal in-house, like our deli counter sandwiches, our delicious scones and our salmon, which is smoked on the roof of the building –

where we also grow vegetables and herbs which make their way into our salads too.

We mark these products with a proud stamp ‘Made in Piccadilly’ so that the customer can engage and learn about the food they are buying.

The trend for gradually merging foodservice with the retail space has grown over the last 10 years but there are other ways of making a food offering interesting.

Shops will become more interactive, entertaining and with more areas to dwell.

Actual counters will become less obvious as areas become delineated and stores will showcase production as much as possible to entice the customer.

We’re already seeing this as people bring the factory to the shop floor or show food prep as you would see in a high-end restaurant.

Sue Hudson, Ashburton Deli, Devon I still feel there is a market for a real speciality shop with artisan products that you can’t find elsewhere – that’s one of the key things about our shop.

Looking around other delicatessens, I feel they may need to think again because quite a few just order from big brochures and you go in and it’s the same stuff on every shelf.

Nobody’s made much effort, there’s masses of one thing on shelf without any real search for something really special. I think those sort of shops are probably in the majority and they may well find themselves in trouble.

Malcolm Crease, co-owner, James Patrick Delicatessen, East Yorkshire We started 26 years ago and have seen considerable change. It’s become easier. We prepare most of the food ourselves. If you are an old-style deli where you buy everything in, the paté and cheese, you will struggle. I’m aware the major retailers can’t emulate freshly cooked food but they are getting better at what they do, which is affecting delicatessens. For the more modern deli, the future’s still good.

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If you just look at the numbers, things look pretty good for independent food shops across the pond. In the Speciality Food Association’s latest State of the Market report, sales in specialist shops totalled $6.3bn in 2016 and sales have increased 12% between 2014 and 2016.

That said, both the multiples and online retailers are starting to cause a slowdown in independents’ turnovers.

This is partially down to those groups targeting sales of higher quality food but also consumer behaviour, chiefly of the ubiquitous Millennials.

“They’re a very convenience-minded generation,” says Denise Purcell, head of content at SFA and editor of Specialty Food Magazine.

“They’re used to getting what they want on demand, so it’s shifting sales a bit. They want speciality foods but they want them wherever they are.

“If they’re at the corner store they want some. If they’re at Target [large retail chain] they want some. They’re not necessarily only going to a traditional speciality food store. They will shop wherever they happen to be and there is a lot more online shopping.”

With the Amazon-Whole Foods deal looming, Purcell tells FFD that no one is quite sure how it will impact things, but it will. American food shops are yet to experience the effect of the German discounters Lidl and Aldi, particularly on consumers’ price perceptions, but both are expanding aggressively.

That said, the popularity of deli items like cheese, snacks and charcuterie is booming and sales are on the up. As they do in the UK, independents have more knowledge than larger retailers, and indies themselves are also evolving, especially with a concept Purcell calls the “grocerant”.

“That’s a hybrid restaurant-grocery store – whether they have an actual café in the store or an area where you can have your coffee and bakery. That’s becoming more and more prevalent. And, for independents, that’s a way to differentiate themselves. It’s not just a store, it almost becomes a community meeting place.”

Steven Salamon, Wally’s Delicatessen, Cardiff Many delis are still living in the past. It’s not about the product anymore. You walk around a supermarket and see quality salamis and everything that we can stock. You can’t compete with anything being sold in supermarkets. The future is in specialisation of service, not products.

If you just have a product on the shelf, someone picks it up and takes it to the till that is effectively what you can do online. You’ve got to have something that is served.

People buy the product because of the way it’s served or the way it’s explained or the story behind it.

I don’t think the majority do offer that special service.

That’s the reason delis are closing.

In the mind of the Millennial

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When discussing consumer behaviour, there’s only one generation that comes up. Millennials are moving into their prime spending years and are poised to reshape the food economy. FFD looks at this group, also known as Generation Y, and what it means for retailers.

Looking for experience Millennials value food experiences. Research shows that 77% of UK millennials believe sharing a meal to be a great way to socialise. “Many sectors are saying working millennials only want food that is quick, easy and cheap, but that’s not necessarily the case,” says Richard Knight, regional director from Shopper Anonymous. “There is still a need from these young customers for a really authentic experience, something that is a bit more immersive.”

Health conscious but won’t compromise on taste Millennials are the most health-conscious consumers to date, with many young consumers buying food products that they feel will enhance their health, such as gluten-free and other free-from goods, while avoiding processed foods. Yet over 80% of UK millennials still consider taste and quality the most important aspect of their meals, giving the opportunity for retailers and food businesses to supply nutritious and tasty food.

Freshly prepared and convenient Demand for freshly prepared convenient food has seen sales of prepared deli items rise among Generation Y. More and more are looking for healthy foods and snacks for office lunches and while on the move. Though they still have an interest in cooking, millennials spend no longer than 30 minutes in the kitchen cooking a meal, so they prefer purchasing meal kits with pre-cut and measured ingredients to make dishes at home.

Setting the trend for organic According to the Soil Association’s Organic Market Report 2017, sales of organic goods have increased by 7.1% in the UK. This is driven widely by younger shoppers who are not only health-conscious, but their heightened consumer awareness means they look for food brands that share the same values as them. These ethical consumers want their products to have “food-forward” characteristics, such as organic, sustainable and locallysourced food.

Not afraid of new and interesting Millennials are more adventurous than members of previous generations and like to seek out different, ethnic and artisanal foods. Research carried out by The Hartman Group found that 40% of millennials like to try new kinds of ethnic cuisines and “anything new and different”, compared to 32% of baby boomers.

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Dudley Clifford, head of food, Webbs Garden Centres It may be true that the traditional high street or market town deli, with a simple proposition of selling ambient speciality foods alongside a cheese counter, is a dying format.

That’s the case with any niche retailer that hasn’t adapted to changing consumer needs, wants and aspirations.

To be successful, all specialist food shops really need an element of foodservice and or food-to-go. Whether seated at tables or takeaway, it ensures an opportunity for higher transaction values and the chance to sell outside the conventional retail trading time, from breakfast through to the evening The inclusion of foodservice also ensures good housekeeping of foods, reducing waste to a minimum. It allows you to keep your fresh offer looking plentiful, and adds to the provenance of your eat-in or to-go menu.

At Webbs at Wychbold, we embrace this philosophy to the full, from the coffee and tea we serve to the local, speciality tomatoes we retail and use in our restaurant dishes.

Garden centres are among the fastest growing channels for food retailing today, and Webbs at Wychbold is one the largest, with over 100,000 sq ft of retail space and parking for over 1,700 cars. It can seen as a bigger retail centre than many of the traditional high streets nearby, with easier access, free parking and longer opening hours.

The new 8,000 sq ft food hall and 450-cover restaurant includes gelato, bakery, cheese and deli, a chocolate library, a wall of wine and a butchery, as well as all the other categories a

“It may be true that the traditional high street or market town deli – selling ambient speciality foods alongside a cheese counter – is a dying format” customer would expect in a food hall of that size.

A key design element is that a large part of the restaurant seating is enclosed within the food retail area, enhancing the experience for the customer. So foodservice is central to our overall food business, borne out by the fact that for every £1 we take in retail we take over £3 in foodservice, at a far higher margin.

Certainly, there is a home in bigger garden centres for speciality food – provided it has a strong element of foodservice. Already, many butchers find themselves retailing from large, destination centres rather than the high street.

It could be a growing channel for the deli too.

Peter Mårtensson, Mollans Öst, Sweden

As a retailer with a well-known shop in the centre of Malmö and a widereaching wholesale business, Peter Mårtensson has had a good vantage point to witness the “explosive” growth in delis in Sweden in the last decade or so.

He estimates that specialist cheese shops have increased from

around 20 in the country 15 years ago to more than 200. Small town and countryside outlets (often seasonal) have grown in numbers despite price competition from the supermarkets. As in the UK, the one advantage specialists have is staff with the knowledge and story-telling ability.

Delis in Sweden also have a similar draw on weekends and special occasions for consumers and Mårtensson tells FFD that price doesn’t tend to be as much of an issue as “convenience and the laziness of people”, with consumers increasingly put off by things like difficult parking and travelling.

“Some of my wholesale

customers moved out of city centres to malls,” he says. “It’s a little bit boring but maybe it’s the solution.

You have to be where the customers are. And if they don’t come to the city centre, what do you do?”

But convenience doesn’t completely reign supreme in Sweden. When Mårtensson trialled an online ordering service, with delivery and pick-up options, he received just two orders in six months.

“I don’t think that people like to buy fresh delicatessen foods on the net. Olive oil, maybe, but when people buy cheese and ham they like to look at it and try it.

“It’s hard to find a future for

cheese and fine food on the internet.”

He also refuses to let the foodservice element that works for so many retailers into his shop.

“I’m not a barista, I’m a cheesemonger. I should sell cheese. I shouldn’t make coffee.”

But he does acknowledge that retailers in smaller towns have to offer drinks and food-to-go to supplement their retail sales.

He adds that more and more shops are widening their remit, with farm shops taking on deli items. So, even if specialists like him eventually fade away, there will always be independent places to buy good food in Scandinavia.

“Some of my wholesale customers moved out of city centres to malls. It’s a little bit boring but maybe it’s the solution. You have to be where customers are.”

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OPINION Maybe we could speculate on the demise of the deli in the same way that Time magazine once did about the death of God

By Michael Lane, Editor

Journalists like to catastrophise things. Just ask the news editors at the Daily Mail or The Mirror or, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s be fair, any editor of any publication.

Bad news makes for better headlines and gets people picking up papers or, more often the case nowadays, clicking links.

So, when the FFD team began planning this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feature on the future of fine food retailing (p16), I certainly began to experience that tingle of schadenfreude that comes all too naturally to reporters.

While discussing this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cover â&#x20AC;&#x201C; before all the interviews were even complete â&#x20AC;&#x201C; we were thinking that we might be able to emulate the stark and sensational covers of the weekly international news titles. Maybe we could even speculate on the demise of the deli in the same way that Time once did about the death of God (Yes, really. Google â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;famous magazine coversâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t believe me).

But despite the potential for doom and disaster, this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s issue is a distinctly optimistic space.

For a start, it is our biggest issue ever. Sorry to crow about it but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve broken three figures for the first time and delivered you 100 pages.

And we still couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t fit everything in that we wanted to. There were excellent quotes that had to be cut, stories that had to be downgraded and reams of product information that couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be accommodated.

If weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re that jam-packed, it can only be a good thing and, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to think, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s surely an encouraging barometer reading for the state of our market.

Some might refer to my opening statement about journalism and point out that we have bulked out with a few pages that actually contain bad news.

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The looming changes, and possibly charges, for health inspections across retail and production (p8) are very worrying and potentially damaging for lots of small businesses. As is the prospect of facing a flood of scorned employees, egged on by the scrapping of fees to bring tribunals (p7). Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also a story about the threat of trespassers (p11).

But the news pages also feature a big store opening (p13) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; merging convenience with speciality food â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and coverage of Amazonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s theories on what weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll all be eating in years to come (p14) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; insects, genetically tailored meals and hydroponically home-grown vegetables.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evidence further on in the magazine that traditional businesses are adapting well â&#x20AC;&#x201C; read the features on Idiazabal production and the Deli of the Month JJ Graham in Penrith (p31 and p94 respectively). And youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see there are plenty of good ideas in our coverage of The Seed Fund Academy (p79) and new businesses debuting at the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s biggest trade event, Speciality & Fine Food Fair. The preview starts on page 39.

Sorry to disappoint the natural born cynics out there (Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m one, too) but not even the cover story about the future of retailing has managed to lower the tone of this tome.

There are some naysayers, even the odd interviewee predicting the end of the deli but there are also a lot of good ideas about how the deli, as we know it, will have to adapt to contend with the internet and the shopping habits of Millennial consumers in the UK and abroad.

I wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give away any spoilers. I just hope that you read it and find it as surprisingly motivating as we all have here. Regardless of what may happen, letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s park the pessimism, bin off Brexit woes and enjoy the show.

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The mint refreshingly balances the strawberry, the chilli slowly develops into a subtle heat, and the rosemary is more fragrant than overpowering.

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MARTIN SERGISON co-owner, Cheese Etc, Uckfield, East Sussex I set up The Big Cheese in Porlock, Somerset, with my business and life partner, Sharon Douglas, in 2008. We originally wanted to open a leather goods shop but when the recession hit we decided we couldn’t afford to have thousands of pounds tied up in stock and went into cheese instead.

We sold that business last year, so that Sharon could be closer to her family in Worthing, and opened Cheese Etc in July. We carried some ideas over from our old shop. For example, we opted for multi-decks rather than serve-overs as you can store more in multi-decks and they allow people to ponder without feeling pressurised.

Other things we chose to do differently. In our old shop we did a strong trade in teas, coffees and filled baguettes. This time we decided to focus solely on cheese and preserves. I am of an age where I want to step back from serving cappuccino to “yummy mummies” and concentrate on my passion – cheese – even if that means less margin.

The West Country cheeses predominantly sell best, and Godminster’s cheddar is probably our best seller overall – it’s a modern classic.

Selling cheese is specialist. You’ve got to be an extrovert and know what you’re talking about.

Every week there’s a new cheese coming out and an old one dying off. We need to know the provenance, taste, texture and even smell of every single item we sell. 99.99% of people who come into the shop will buy what we recommend.

It’s all about creating theatre. With colanders as light fittings and a cow’s head above the door, the shop decor is eccentric, and wacky items such as our savoury cream tea (with cheese and wortleberry & cranberry chutney) and the black puddinglike charcoal log from Carron Lodge provide a talking and selling point.

Despite having 16 years of combined experience, we haven’t had the easiest first year.

We achieved net sales of £90,000, which fell some way short of our target. It just wasn’t achievable because, for the first 40 weeks, major roadworks in Uckfield deterred people from shopping in the town centre. Brexit and the general election have also made for difficult trading conditions.

Still, we’re doing everything we can to get people through the door. We have put in some tables and started serving food such as ploughman’s and cheese platters to generate regular income during quiet periods. We’ve started a late night opening on a Thursday, too, and are very active on social media. I’m a realist – I know we are going through tough times – but our passion is still there.

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CHEESEWIRE

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H&B cheesemaker to focus on goatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; milk after Evesham move

By Patrick McGuigan

Wholesaler Harvey & Brockless plans to move its inhouse cheese making operation to a new dairy in Evesham to meet growing demand for its raw milk goatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cheeses.

Cheese Cellar Dairy, which is run by cheesemaker George Bramham, was previously based at Harvey & Brocklessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Worcester depot but production will be moved to a purpose-built dairy at its new Evesham site later this month.

The company plans to more than double volumes of its award-winning soft goatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cheeses from around 300 a week to 700, plus develop new products using cowsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and sheepâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s milk. At the same time, the company will stop production of its hard cheeses Worcester White, Double Worcester (cowsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; milk) and Snodsbury (goatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;).

The move completes a change in direction for Cheese Cellar Dairy, which originally specialised in hard cheeses, but branched out into goatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; curd and launched three soft, unpasteurised goatsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cheeses last year after Bramham trained with a cheesemaker in the Loire Valley.

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Before the PDO, people made cheese only for the house.

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The number of farmhouse Idiazabal producers has quadrupled in the last 20 years

Basques to their roots Integral to Spain’s Basque Country, Idiazabal and its artisan production is flourishing thanks to the region’s cheesemaker co-op Interview by Patrick McGuigan

It’s hard to believe it was only January last year that the government announced grand ambitions to “turbocharge” the number of protected food names (PFNs) in the UK. The Brexit result a few months later effectively steamrollered the plan and its target of 200 protected British foods.

While the UK’s strategy is in chaos, there are no such problems in Spain. The country already has well over 200 protected foods, including 31 PFNs covering cheese, and continues to add new names at a steady rate.

The benefits of protected status to small cheesemakers were highlighted last November when the World Cheese Awards was held in the Basque Country for the first time as part of San Sebastian’s International Cheese Festival. The festival was organised by Artzai Gazta (Shepherd’s Cheese), a co-operative of farmhouse cheesemakers, who produce the region’s famous Protected Denomination of Origin (PDO) cheese Idiazabal. The hard ewes’ milk cheese gained protected status in 1987 and has gone from strength to strength ever since, growing from 31 farmhouse producers in 1995 to 120 today, with annual production almost doubling to 1.2m tonnes. Artzai Gazta members now represent more than 50% of all Idiazabal production, and benefit from initiatives to improve quality, logistics and awareness of the cheese.

One of them is Baztarrika – a family-owned farm in the village of Gabiria just outside San Sebastian, whose eight-month Idiazabal was named Best Basque Cheese at the awards. Run

by cheesemaker Amelia Jauregi and husband Ignacio, with their daughter and son-in-law, the business is typical of Artzai Gazta members, producing cheese for just six months of the year with milk from their own flock.

“Before the PDO, people made cheese only for the house. Now it’s very commercial and prices are going up,” explains Victoria Urresti – technical expert on the co-operative’s tasting committee – when we visit Baztarrika during the festival. “These people are profitable. Before this, they tried to sell everything from wool and lamb to make a profit. Now they make cheese.”

Traditionally, shepherds took their flocks up into the Pyrenees during the summer to graze, making the cheese in mountain huts, but most is now produced on hill farms. Baztarrika’s land takes up around 25 hectares of rolling countryside, but Jauregi seems slightly offended when asked the size of his flock. “A shepherd never reveals how many sheep they have,” says Urresti. It transpires the number is around 300.

Idiazabal traditionally had a smoky flavour from the burning alder and beech logs used to heat the vats up in the mountain huts and much of the cheese is still smoked – Brindisa imports a smoked Idiazabal, as does Delicioso. But Baztarrika’s award-winning cheese is unsmoked, with Jauregi and her daughter producing around 60 of the 1kg rounds each day during the season.

All of the farm’s cheese is sold through Artzai Gazta. Idiazabal is not cheap – retail prices start at around €20/kg and can fetch as much as €35/kg – but there is strong demand for genuine artisan products in Spain, especially in the Basque Country where Idiazabal is an integral part of the region’s identity and culture.

“People understand the quality and are willing to pay more for that,” says Urresti.

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Retailers tell us that they love British charcuterie but they want it all under a unified brand

The latest products to join Sean Cannon’s stable of Selected By branded lines are traditional hams and British-made biltong

Targeting a new frontier Still on a mission to convert consumers to British cured meats, Cannon & Cannon’s founder is aiming to make ground in the retail market with a host of new lines Interview by Michael Lane

Several months after the London Bridge terror attack, the founder of British charcuterie specialist Cannon & Cannon is still assessing the financial damage it has caused to his and other food businesses at Borough Market.

When FFD calls, Sean Cannon is still waiting to hear about a £17,000 insurance claim, mainly to cover the cost of stock that perished while the market and its surrounding area was cordoned off by the police for several days in the aftermath of the incident.

“We’ve had money going out one end and none coming in the other,” he says of the last few months’ of trading. But his mood shifts quickly, as discussion turns to other aspects of the business. It seems that the retailer and distributor’s British cured meat crusade is in good health. Its recently opened South London charcuterie bar, Nape, is proving popular and new retail lines are also in the offing.

No less than eight new products will be joining the Selected By Cannon & Cannon branded range over the next two months.

A trio of traditional British hams – York,

Wiltshire and a distinctive dark-rinded Shropshire Black – is being added to the lineup, as are two more British-made biltongs in original and chilli flavours. On the whole muscle front, a British bresaola is joining, as is a nape – in honour of the company’s recently opened charcuterie bar in Camberwell.

While he can’t confirm the names of any of the producers before launch, Sean Cannon says all will be credited on retail packs but the significant step is that these additions will all appear under the Selected By livery.

“What we’ve found more and more is retailers tell us that they love British charcuterie but they want it all under a unified brand,” says Cannon. “The brand is in a good place and it’s about using that status to get these products out there.

“We’re pretty confident on what we do with foodservice and chefs but retail is the next frontier and we’re determined that British charcuterie should be available to all.”

The new products should all be available directly from Cannon & Cannon in time for

Christmas and it hopes to be supplying other retailers within a similar timeframe. Cannon added that these products would all be trialled slowly.

“Artisans need time to scale up, so we can’t just hit them with an order for 50,000 units.”

Cannon says that the brand will also host a number of accompaniments. Two chutneys are in the pipeline – red onion & ginger and spiced tomato – while it also plans to launch cornichons, caperberries and pickled vegetables.

Too many consumers still see charcuterie as a “posh” product, Cannon tells FFD, and his aim is to get people consuming charcuterie like they do on the Continent – every day and often as part of a light evening meal with a glass of beer or wine.

The company’s Camberwell bar is a live demonstration of this, with a menu of meat platters and hot dishes, like toasties, alongside a range of craft beers and “easy-drinking” wines.

While Nape has proved popular since opening earlier this year, Cannon says the British public is not even near the cusp of accepting cured meat like the rest of Europe.

“It’s a long way off. [Cannon & Cannon] has been living it and breathing it for six years and in the rest of Europe it’s hundreds of years.”

He adds: “I have absolutely no doubt that the interest is there from the British consumer. They want it. But it’s almost like we can’t go quite quick enough.” cannonandcannon.com

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With more than a quarter of exhibitors new to the show, Speciality & Fine Food Fair is on a mission to present visiting buyers with the most up-to-date experience. Ahead of the show, FFD’s preview will provide you with things to watch out for, as well as a full exhibitor listing.

For 2017, the Speciality & Fine Food Fair – taking place at Olympia, London on 3rd to 5th September – has been given a new look in a bid to reclaim its ‘Aladdin’s Cave’ feel.

The show will feature refreshed visitor attractions including a new Discovery Zone, Speciality Chocolate Trail, and workshops and cookery demonstrations in the Savour the Flavour: Live Kitchen and Food for Thought theatres.

Buyers will also meet over 700 artisan producers at the show with nearly 200 of those businesses exhibiting for the first time – giving retailers a chance to spot the growing trends in the industry.

One key word that retailers won’t be able to miss at the show is ‘convenience’. From mini portions of natural dressings to gourmet readymeals; artisan producers are creating smaller ‘on-the-go’ products with the time-pressed consumer in mind. For instance, Truede will be showcasing its Turkish Delight in smaller snacking boxes (stand 1040) while London start-up Revolicious offers on-the-go chilled, breakfast smoothie bowls (stand 4212).

“If you’re looking for new products at the Fair, ‘convenience’ foods should be high up on the wish list”, says Adrian Beale, founder of fine food distributor Buckley & Beale and ambassador for SFFF 2017. “Consumers are looking for complete meal solutions that are quick and easy to prepare, and they want them for breakfast, lunch and dinner.”

Yet convenience is only one of the demands from the next generation of consumers. Health, ethical sourcing and quality are also high on the agenda. Expect to find an array of sugar-free chocolate, wellbeing teas, raw food and even ‘clean’ ketchups at this year’s show.

Easy Bean (stand 1710h) is on a mission to produce natural, healthy and convenient

foods in the form of its range of chickpea crispbread.

“Given the nutritional qualities of beans and pulses, they make the ideal key ingredient for a healthy snack,” says founder Christina Baskerville.

“We are a nation that is ‘on-the-go’ and as

a result, consumers are looking for food and drink that is convenient to fit in with their busy lives,” says SFFF 2017 event manager Kara Bowen. “That doesn’t mean that nutrition and quality go out of the window. Products have to be healthy and premium quality too, as often they will replace meals.”

The Speciality Chocolate Trail This year, the Speciality Chocolate Fair has been merged into the main body of the show.

Visitors will now tread the Speciality Chocolate Trail, meeting more than 50 premium chocolate producers offering gourmet bars in unique flavour combinations such as avocado, gin & tonic, Eton mess, wild blueberry, and chai.

Buyers won’t be surprised to spot the key buzzwords in today’s chocolate industry: bean-to-bar, raw, organic, vegan and premium.

“How chocolate is made, what ingredients are used, the origin of cocoa beans and how the products taste are key influences in chocolate right now,” says chocolatier & pastry consultant Will Torrent, who compiled the chocolate trail for the show.

“Bean-to-bar producers are going from strength to strength with stunning workmanship, creativity and exciting flavour combinations.”

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The perfect Christmas Gift.

DELICIOUSLY SOFT

Ideal gifts for christmas

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FROM THE COCKTAIL OBSESSED CHOCOLATIER Hand crafted artisan truffles based on cocktails and drinks. Choctails have created a mouth watering selection for serious chocoholics.

Choose from one of our range of gift boxes or create your own collection.

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100% British snack High in protein ,MKL MR ½FVI Nut Free

For more information please contact us on 01543493081

SHOW PREVIEW Belvoir Fruit Farms Bharathi Tea Factory Biddenden Big Drop Brewing Co. Billington’s Gingerbread Bini Fine Foods Bioterra Biscuit D’ys BKD Black Bee Honey Black Mamba Black Mountains Smokery Black Saffron Blacks Cheese Blackwater Distillery Blas ar Fwyd Cyf Bodegas Casajus Bodegas Prado De Olmedo Bonolio sas Bord Bia/Irish Food Board Boundless Bread Tree Brindisa Spanish Foods Brio Gluten Free Bakery Brogan’s Bakery Brown Bag Crisps Buckshot Original Burts Potato Chips Business France Buttermilk Confections

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AUTHENTIC C R E AT I V E Irresistibly delightful Products range from luxury chocolates to Turkish delights and dried fruits

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WHOLESALE * RETAIL * FOODSERVICE Deli Farm Charcuterie Deli, Delabole, Cornwall, PL33 9BZ 01840 214106

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SHOW PREVIEW Cocoa Loco 1351 Cocoa Ooze Chocolates 1410B Cocoba Chocolate 1853 Coconut Collective 1810g Collagin 2997 Collar of Gold 1820b Comptoir du Cacao 2150d Conservas de Cambados 2250d Cotswold Fayre 1710, 1810, 1910, 2010, 2110, 2210, 2001 Cottage Delight 1840 Cranes Drink 2906 Crantock Foods 4307 Crosta & Mollica 1810c Cupsmith 3272

New to the show in... …HOT DRINKS Turmerlicious

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Tumerlicious’s turmeric lattés cater for the health-conscious consumer seeking the benefits of this spice known for its medicinal properties.

Based in Surrey, the company was launched by Maggie and Phil Howell in April this year.

Said to be simple and easy to make, the lattés are a blend of coconut milk, turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, a hint of black pepper, and coconut blossom nectar.

The pair will be showcasing the range of lattés at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair, which are available in four distinct flavours: vanilla, ginger, chocolate, and chilli chocolate. turmerlicious.com

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Red Storm

A vintage Red Leicester with rich caramel notes

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We are the garlic specialists. Our passion is not just about the bulb, we also make delicious chutneys, relishes and condiments, all with a touch of garlic - the heart of flavour.

www.thegarlicfarm.co.uk Mersley Lane, Newchurch, Isle of Wight, PO36 0NR | 01983 865 378

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From a land shrouded in mystery, a giant’s leap from the northernmost tip of Britain’s mainland, comes an ice cream of rare and distinctive quality. Orkney ice cream is made with real cream from real cows grazed on real Orkney grass. You can taste the creaminess in every mouthful.

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Improve your pâté sales with this year’s must have in your multi-deck or chiller

Awaken your senses with Zest & Zing Spices Intensely aromatic, premium herbs, spices, sea salts and blends • Taste, feel and breathe in the difference: Only the finest make the cut. Depth of flavour that comes straight from the source.

• Elegance can be simple. It’s a well-placed pinch of seasoned sea salt.

Sometimes, all it takes to create the perfect dish is a few grains of white truffle salt.

• Authenticity. You deserve it.

The difference between a quick, easy meal and an unforgettable dinner that transforms you after a long day. Pure ingredients.

• Go ahead. Empty the jar We don’t believe in outdated packet of spices…Just the right amount of hand-selected product in each premium jar.

The Spice Road is just a few steps away… Bring the spice markets of China, India, Egypt and every mouth-watering region to your fingertips, a culinary voyage every evening at dinner.

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Founded in 2010, Swazi fair trade company Black Mamba aims to have a positive social impact throughout its supply chain.

The brand is made entirely by women in the Kingdom of Swaziland who manufacture its range of artisan chilli products, consisting of sauces, pesto and pickles.

The company also says the ingredients in its products are made using organic produce from small, local farmers trained in organic farming and permaculture techniques.

As a newcomer to the show, Black Mamba will be revealing a new range of chutneys in three flavours: spicy mango, beetroot & ginger, and green papaya. blackmambachilli.com

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GODMINSTER ® Two Great Taste 1-stars awarded in 2017

Explore the Godminster Range . . .

PICKLED ONIONS, CHUTNEYS, MARMALADES, JAMS & CURDS SPICY CARROT CHUTNEY

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Hardys Harem Delights Hartwood Foods Hassetts Bakers & Confectioners Hatton Hill Organic Haupt Lakrits Hawkshead Relish Company Hay Wines Helt Honey Hermanos Masa Hibiscus Lily Hider Food Imports Holleys Fine Foods Honestly Co Honeyrose/Kent & Fraser Huffkins Huitres Amelie Hun Foods Hungarian National Trading House Hydropac

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J.Cocoa 2807 James White Drinks 1230D Jetro 1330, 1340, 1450, 1240, 1440 Jimini’s 4218 Joe & Seph’s Gourmet Popcorn 1832 Joe Tea 2110b Joli 1112 Jose Gourmet 4530 Jugetsudo By Maruyamanori 1440d Just Crisps 1710e

K K- Milk Products Co Kanematsu Corporation Kanmi Chocolate Katashima Co. Kernow Chocolate / Macondo Chocolate Co. Kewpie Corportaion Kilimanjaro Sauce Kineta Drinks .LQJƓVKHU &KLOOL Kitaoka Honten Co. Kitsch - All Natural Soda Kold Group Koockets Kurz & Lang Ltd

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Common Grounds Barrel-Aged Coffee (Bourbon Barrel Edition) Panama La Huella “Cafe de Panama” (Natural) Panama La Huella “Cafe de Panama” 100% Gesha (Natural)

Adventurous Coffee • Roasted by Hand Coffee Equipment • Barista Training • Retail

Holme Mills, Marsden, Yorkshire www.darkwoodscoffee.co.uk e: damian@darkwoodscoffee.co.uk • t: 01484 843141

www.genovese.ie These are fresh chilled products and available for retail in standard and luxury packaging. Also in two sizes for food service, deli’s and serve over counters of 500g and 1kg tubs.

Please contact genovesefoods@gmail.com for a quotation for direct delivery.

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L’Amethyste Chocolates L’Appetit Fou L’Maya / Roco Import UK La Befana Beer Bread La Belle Huitre La Biscotteria | Persis LA Brewery La Chiva Snacks & Co La Cure Gourmande La Majada de Barcina La Tua Pasta Labelling Solutions Labi Beer Lacteas Zamoro Lakeview Computers Landaluz, Andalusian Fine Foods Langalletta Lauden Chocolate Lavolio Boutique Confectionery Le2Mele Legu non e pasta Lequios Japan Co. Les Affranchis Les Chevaliers/SoPure/Love It Likoris & Aromatikus LillyPuds Little Turban Littlestone Coffee Roasters

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…CURED MEATS AND FISH Black Mountains Smokery

Based in the Brecon Beacons, Black Mountains Smokery produces artisan smoked fish, meats and cheese.

Its traditional smoked salmon is made from sustainablysourced salmon dry cured on a bed of salt and gently cold-smoked over Welsh oak. The product won its third Great Taste award this year.

The firm’s oak-roasted salmon is made from a fresh fillet, lightly cured and kiln-roasted in smouldering oak smoke (hot-smoked).

The company has recently launched a ready-to-eat sea bass fillet, lightly cured and gently hot-smoked over smouldering Welsh oak. smoked-foods.co.uk

Exclusively Supplied by Tenuta Marmorelle; Tenuta Marmorelle Limoncello, Cantine Santa Barbara Barbaglio Wine, Cantine Vedova Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG Extra Dry, Casa Dei Farive Prosecco Millesimato DOC Brut.

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MOMA Foods Morsjo Deli Mr Filbert’s Mr Fitzpatrick’s Vintage Cordials Mrs Gill’s Country Cakes Mrs Picklepot Mrs Tilly’s My Olive Branch Mydorable

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Affineur and winner of more World Cheese Awards than Switzerland has mountains COME AND MEET WALO AND SAMPLE HIS CHEESES

At The Fine Cheese Co. Stand 1830 London Speciality & Fine Food Show (3rd-5th September)

Walo with Stärnächäs: Supreme Champion Continental International Cheese Awards Nantwich 2016

Selection Affineur Walo is exclusively distributed in the UK

by The Fine Cheese Co. www.finecheese.co.uk 01225 424212

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Deliâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Farmshops, Wholesalers -now is the time to place your Christmas order please call: 01579 362416

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Available in pots and various truckles

cornishcheese.co.uk

Driver's Foods will drive your sales with premium pickles, relishes and chutneys!

Family Picklers since 1906 Available in 330ml & 750ml glass bottles and 425ml PET

Heartsease Farm Strawberry & Mint

Driver's launched the Deli Range new for Summer 2017 to much public acclaim!

We are now seeking Deli, Farm Shop, Garden Centre and Premium Food Hall accounts to stock our range and with no minimum order quantity and a buy 10 cases get one free incentive!

All orders placed include delivery.

Heartsease has been our family farm since 1903. We love great flavours and using our own spring water, we have blended this delicious Strawberry & Mint pressĂŠ for you.

I hope you enjoy it!

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SHOW PREVIEW Nobilis Zrt Noble Noda Miso Co Nomad Health Nordisk - Nordic Pantry Norseland Northern Ireland – Taste the Greatness Nougats des Lys Ntsama’s Chilli Oil and Sauces Nut Blend Nutmeg and Hive Nuts Original Nutural World - 100% Nut Butters

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Founded and run single-handedly by James Hull, J.Cocoa produces single origin bean-to-bar chocolate in West Sussex.

It takes 10-15 days to roast, crack, grade, winnow, stonegrind and conch the beans, before the chocolate is handtempered on marble and moulded into bars.

“Only organic ingredients are added to my chocolate, with 2-3 ingredients in my dark chocolate bars,” says James. “For great chocolate, less is more.”

J.Cocoa will be launching new packaging across the range of chocolate bars at this year’s show, including a peak into Christmas and Easter. jcocoa.co.uk

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Meringue O Mania bitesize meringues are rich and indulgent in taste, yet light and surprisingly low in calories. We have created 15 exciting flavours and proud to announce our Salted caramel flavour has won a Great Taste 2017 1-star. Our large jars are ideal for coffee shops to serve individually as a gluten free sweet snack. Our small box and large tetra packs are great for farm shops, delis and high end retail outlets. Our newly launched small jars are ideal for sweet shops. All our products make great hamper gifts.

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Our small batch coffees are dragon-roasted by the sea, and freshly made to order.

Available to all independent retailers nationwide Perfect for your deli cafĂŠ, bar or restaurant Private label orders welcome Ring today to have a chat about your business needs on 07900 011 244

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Award-Winning Free-Range Eggs From the Lakelands of County Fermanagh The Halls are dedicated to providing a caring and nurturing environment for their hens and are focused on producing the best quality eggs in the industry. Cavanagh Eggs have won numerous awards for their eggs including a 2-Star award at Great Taste 2016, the Blas na hEireann Chefâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice Award 2016, Best Artisan Producer in the inaugural Grow Make Eat Drink Awards and more recently the Northern Ireland Food Manufacturing Awards 2017.

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The company has five lines in its range: Natural Italian Nocellara del Belice Olives, gently dehydrated mango, gently dehydrated baby pineapple, 70% cocoa dark Belgian chocolate and smoked almonds. ilovesnacks.co.uk

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Join the Guild of Fine Food for the most anticipated night of the year Monday 4 September 2017 THE EVENING WILL BEGIN with a Reception in the Park Lane suites: a host of 3-star producers will offer morsels at their Tasting Tables to whet your appetite before you move through to the glittering setting of the Ballroom, where the celebrations will begin.

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A four course, 3-Star Dinner is being curated by Executive Chef, Ashley Wells.

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chocolate and confectionery Truedeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new mini Turkish Delight aims to turn the premium confectionery into a grab-and-go snack.

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This month FFD brings you the latest in chocolate and confectionery. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s raw organic chocolate, gin-infused fudge, unicornthemed lollipops or the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first natural and biodegradable chewing gum, there should be something here to interest your inner Willy Wonka.

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This autumn, Amelia Rope Chocolate is adding a VDOWHG FDUDPHO EXWWHU Ĺ´DYRXU to its single-origin chocolate bars, made from Colombian FRXYHUWXUHV PLON DQG GDUN 7KH FRPSDQ\ has also announced the addition of catĂ nies made with Marcona almonds and LQ WZR Ĺ´DYRXUV SDVVLRQ fruit and sea salt. For dark chocolate fans, the team has produced coated Spanish hazelnuts dusted with cocoa powder. ameliarope.com

Fondant Lovelies are the latest creations from Italian confectionery maker Lavolio.

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The â&#x20AC;&#x153;totally moreishâ&#x20AC;? chocolates have an outer milk chocolate shell and caramel, hazelnut and sea salt centre

Artizan Fudge says its OX[XU\ KDQGPDGH Ĺ?PHOW LQ your mouthâ&#x20AC;? fudge is now DYDLODEOH LQ J JLIW EDJV 7KH EDJV DUH DYDLODEOH LQ Ĺ´DYRXUV IURP GDUN chocolate, strawberry, and ZKLWH FKRFRODWH YDQLOOD WR WKH PRUH DGYHQWXURXV amaretto, double chocolate mint, maple & walnut, and whisky. RRP ÂŁ3.25-3.99. artizanfudge.co.uk

Charbonnel et Walker launched its caramel hazelnut sea salt swirls in May this year. The company says the new FKRFRODWHV DUH Ĺ?WRWDOO\ moreishâ&#x20AC;? with an outer milk chocolate shell and caramel, hazelnut and sea salt centre. The new product is packaged in a turquoise gift ER[ FRQWDLQLQJ HLJKW FKRFRODWHV SHU ER[ Trade price ÂŁ6.55 with DQ 553 RI e charbonnel.co.uk

Pistachio, sour cherry, mango, coconut, hazelnut and orange & QLE DUH WKH ĹśDYRXUV LQ G.org.eâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new raw organic chocolate bars.

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Divine Chocolate says its new cappuccino chocolate bar uses ingredients from Fairtrade producers including Machu Picchu coffee and Madagascan vanilla. The new 40g bar joins the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s existing range of grab-and-go bars â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including dark chocolate with caramel, milk chocolate with caramel, and orange milk chocolate â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which have been redesigned with new wrappers. RRP ÂŁ1.20. divinechocolate.com

The tins are decorated with original art nouveau posters

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DAVID RHODES Store manager The Udder Farm Shop, Dorset The Udder Farm Shop likes to cover all bases with its chocolate and confectionery range, from everyday after-dinner mints to the more unusual and eye-catching chocolate stiletto. It carries both local suppliers â&#x20AC;&#x201C; including The Dorset Chocolate Company and Chocolate Arthouse â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and those from IXUWKHU DĆ&#x201C;HOG VXFK DV Bon Bons, Whitakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Monty Bojangles. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Bon Bons are our bestsellers, particularly

the chocolate raisins and chocolate peanuts,â&#x20AC;? says Rhodes. He adds that the till point is a good location for any loose sweets, making them a grab-andgo product for customers and increasing impulse purchases. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our price points start at ÂŁ1.75 for the Bon Bons,â&#x20AC;? says Rhodes, â&#x20AC;&#x153;through to the higher priced gift items, which are around ÂŁ16-17.

Our chocolate stiletto by Chocolate Arthouse is ÂŁ16.â&#x20AC;? theudderfarmshop.co.uk

7KH VRIW FKHZ VKXIĹśH Offering an alternative to the mainstream synthetic brands, Chewsy has created what it claims is the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ć&#x201C;UVW DQG RQO\ QDWXUDO biodegradable, sugar-free chewing gum.

The product uses a chicle gum base from the sapodilla tree for a soft

chew and natural xylitol as a sweetener. Available in 10 pieces per 18g SDFN Ĺ´DYRXUV LQFOXGH peppermint, spearmint and lemon. Trade price ÂŁ11.17 per case of 12 packs (RRP ÂŁ1.49 per pack). chewsygum.co.uk

Butterscotch, Himalayan salted caramels and mixed nut brittle are the latest additions to Fudge Kitchenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s range of luxury brittles and caramels. The mixed nut brittle is a â&#x20AC;&#x153;medley of walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds and peanutsâ&#x20AC;? (RRP ÂŁ5.99), while the butterscotch slices are covered in milk chocolate (RRP ÂŁ6.49). The salted caramels are â&#x20AC;&#x153;soft, sweet, creamy caramel balanced with Himalayan saltâ&#x20AC;? (RRP ÂŁ6.49). fudgekitchen.co.uk

Uncle Joeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new sugar-free mint balls were created to offer alternative confectionery for consumers looking to exclude or reduce sugar from their diet.

Launched in January this year, the products come in 60g pre-packed bags. RRP ÂŁ1 each. uncle-joes.com

BrindisaĹ?V QHZ Ć&#x201C;QH chocolate leaves with salt (RRP ÂŁ5.50, 60g) are packaged in tins decorated with original art nouveau posters.

The company says the WKLQ OHDYHV RI cocoa chocolate gain a touch of savouriness from the Mediterranean salt. The Spanish importer has also added Rabitos Royale: VDOWHG FDUDPHO Ć&#x201C;JV which use a Spanish WKLQ VNLQQHG Ć&#x201C;J FDOOHG Pajarero for a â&#x20AC;&#x153;smooth, creamy and mildly chewy textureâ&#x20AC;?. RRP ÂŁ12.95 per 142g (pack of 9). brindisa.com

Belinda Clark has created a white branded gift tin containing 40 pieces of handmade marshmallow.

The tin is made up of 24 plain vanilla marshmallows and 15 coated in Belgian milk chocolate.

Trade price ÂŁ9.40 plus VAT (RRP ÂŁ15.00). belindaclark.co.uk

Though it was only launched last summer, the Charles Butler brand was inspired by an artisan FRQIHFWLRQHU IURP 6KHIĆ&#x201C;HOG in 1848. The companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s range includes liquorice & blackcurrant, barley sugars, mint rock, fruit drops, and chocolate limes which are produced from the original confectionerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s archived recipes. Trade price: ÂŁ9 per case of 6 x 190g boxes.

RRP: ÂŁ3.50 per 190g box. charles-butler.co.uk

Goupieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new range of minis are 80g snack-pack versions of its trapezoidal-shaped boxes. The products are available in countertop display boxes of 10 and in 5 ĹśDYRXUV RULJLQDO PLQW RUDQJH espresso and salted sticky toffee.

RRP ÂŁ2-2.50. goupie.co.uk

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chocolate and confectionery Happy People Planetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organic chocolate almonds DQG WUXIĹ´HV ZHUH UHOHDVHG ODVW VSULQJ 0DGH IURP Ć&#x201C;YH YDULHWLHV IURP 6SDLQ WKH almonds are roasted then coated in Belgian dark and milk chocolate (RRP ÂŁ3.99).

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RRP ÂŁ3.99 per 100g. happypeoplepla.net

To celebrate its 30th DQQLYHUVDU\ WKLV \HDU Rolyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fudge has added peaches & cream and )ORUHQWLQH IXGJH Ĺ´DYRXUV to its range of traditional FUXPEO\ IXGJH 7KH IRUPHU LV PDGH ZLWK IUHH]H GULHG SHDFKHV DQG FORWWHG FUHDP ZKLOH WKH ODWWHU LV Ć&#x201C;OOHG ZLWK FUDQEHUULHV FKHUULHV KD]HOQXWV DOPRQGV DQG WRSSHG ZLWK GDUN FKRFRODWH RRP ÂŁ6.75 per 300g box. rolysfudge.co.uk

Confectionery wholesaler House of Sarunds has added Bonbons for Adults from the Treat Kitchen.

These alcohol-themed gourmet candies are available in strawberry & Prosecco, beer & chocolate, gin & tonic, and peach Bellini. RRP ÂŁ3.99 per 200g pouch. sarunds.co.uk

String bags filled with Dreamy Chocolate Hippos

This month Belgian FRPSDQ\ BarĂş is releasing string bags Ć&#x201C;OOHG ZLWK LWV 'UHDP\ &KRFRODWH +LSSRV (RRP ÂŁ7.50 per 90g).

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Ombar has unveiled a new coco DOPRQG ĹśDYRXU )LOOHG ZLWK UDZ almonds, the dark chocolate bar contains 60% cocoa solids in a larger 70g pack. Cases of 10 packs cost ÂŁ20.56 (RRP ÂŁ3.29 per bar). ombar.co.uk

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The new Finesse Collection from Chez mon Chocolatier includes Fraise Banane Pistache (chocolate topped with strawberry, banana & pistachios), Noir 60% Orange RUDQJH ĹśDYRXUHG FKRFRODWH DQG Noir Noisette (chocolate topped with hazelnuts). chezmonchocolatier.com

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SHOW PREVIEW Lunch! celebrates its 10th anniversary at new venue – London’s ExCeL – on the 21st & 22nd September. Here’s why you should visit the food-to-go show.

Six reasons to visit… Lunch! the contemporary food-to-go show

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See the latest products

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Retailers looking for the next bestseller will have more choice than ever this year at the show’s new venue, ExCeL, London.

The move has allowed for a 23% increase in stand space, so there will be 335 exhibitors gathered all under one roof.

The Innovation Challenge Gallery is where visitors can find 70 of the most original new products in the food-to-go sector from across the show floor. Buyers can vote for their favourite product on display, and those with the most votes at the end of day one will be invited to pitch their product to a panel of industry judges on day two.

Visitors can get to know a variety of different exhibitors. From show regulars including Teapigs, Salty Dog Brands, Natural Balance Foods and Chegworth Valley Juices, through to newcomers like Nibble Group, Big Boss Palm, Thai Delicious, Shibui Tea and Deli Lites Ireland.

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Those looking to differentiate themselves from their competitors should visit The Start Up Zone to meet the latest start-up companies from across the food-to-go sector. This year there will be 24 companies not normally found at trade shows, giving you the chance to see, taste and source innovative products launching in the industry.

The show’s free keynote seminars will offer visitors advice and insights from leading lunchtime operators. This year, there will be exclusive talks with Roger Whiteside, CEO of bakery and food-togo giant Greggs, and Andrew Walker, chief executive of EAT.

6 Do business with the right people With over 6,000 visitors expected to attend the show, there will be plenty of people to meet and network with.

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the seed fund academy CYBER CRIME

And then there were four We take a look at the four start-ups that have made it to the final stages of The Seed Fund mentoring scheme Having partnered with Great Taste this year and widened its scope from the South West to the whole of the UK, The Seed Fund is now in the final stages of selecting the overall winner in its Academy small business mentoring programme.

Earlier this year, 13 businesses were chosen from a host of applicants to participate in a summer schedule of classes and mentoring sessions with a group of industry experts, including Tracklementsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Guy Tullberg, Mark Wiltshire and Nicki Stewart of Diverse Fine Foods and Jayne Noblet and David Webb from branding consultancy The Collaborators, who first set the philanthropic programme in 2013.

Having all received a wealth of advice and instruction from these industry experts, the

Class of 2017 has now been narrowed down by the mentors to just four businesses, and an overall winner will be unveiled this month at the Great Taste Golden Fork Awards dinner.

You can read all about the final four over the next two pages and visit the Fundâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website for profiles of the other shortlisted businesses.

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• A showcase of the finest food • Maximise profits and pick up • Taste the best British and & drink producers gathered in key industry trends Continental charcuterie the North • Sample and compare a range • Take part in the FineFoodLive!

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Our unique Bake at Home Concept Part-baked bread and ready to bake pastries all individually packaged for frozen retail sale, supported with a comprehensive and innovative range of point of sale material.

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O This month Tracklements is launching a special edition balsamic onion jam with a gold detailed label.

Described as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;sweet, sticky relishâ&#x20AC;?, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of three Special Editions the producer makes each year. Trade price ÂŁ11.50 per case, cases 6 x 250g (RRP ÂŁ3.05). tracklements.co.uk

Womersley returns to its roots with new jam range

By Lauren Phillips

Fruit & herb vinegar producer Womersley has returned to its roots with the launch of a new range of jams.

Available in 250g jars, the line-up features three varieties mirroring the flavour combinations of Womersleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Great Taste award-winning fruit & herb vinegars: strawberry & mint, raspberry & chilli, and blackcurrant & rosemary.

Yet the company had started making jams before even thinking about vinegars, said owner Rupert Parsons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mum always made jams and marmalades which my parents sold in their craft and food shop in the village of Womersley back in the 1970s,â&#x20AC;? said Parsons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And they were always made using the fruit and herbs from the garden.â&#x20AC;?

Following the flavour profiles of its vinegars, Parsons said using herbs in the fruit jams offers a unique and quirky alternative to products

already on the market, while still producing a great tasting preserve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fruit is the most important part of the product and we found that using herbs like rosemary and mint not only complimented the fruit but makes it shine,â&#x20AC;? said Parsons.

The jams will also display new-look packaging, incorporating a black label (a nod to his parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; original labelling) with the same signature Womersley â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Wâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; branding. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We wanted to keep the designs and artwork the same as you see on our vinegars, but reverse it,â&#x20AC;? said Parsons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;From a retailerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s point of view, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s good to have different looking products from the same brand in store.â&#x20AC;?

Available direct or via Fine Food Angel, the strawberry & mint and blackcurrant & rosemary products have a trade price of ÂŁ2.03 with an RRP ÂŁ3.49 per jar. The raspberry & chilli jam costs ÂŁ2.32 with an RRP of ÂŁ3.99, offering a 40% margin. Each flavour comes in cases of six.

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O Following its best-selling Without Original, St Peterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brewery has released a new golden alcohol-free craft beer, Without Gold.

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O Organic brand Roots & Wings has produced PowerPod soups in a bid to offer consumers a nutritious, convenient meal on-the-go.

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Corkersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; olive oil crisps bring taste of the Med Gin round-up Wicked Wolf has released a special edition Full Moon Gin. Said to be hand-crafted from seven botanicals and distilled individually in copper stills, the gin is â&#x20AC;&#x153;fragrant on the noseâ&#x20AC;? with hints of â&#x20AC;&#x153;piney juniper, fruity mangoâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;the citrus of lemongrassâ&#x20AC;?. RRP ÂŁ38 per 70cl bottle (ABV 42%). wickedwolfgin.com

After selling out of its Ć&#x201C;UVW EDWFK The Shops at Dartington has produced a second limited edition Elmhirst Gin. The premium spirit uses ingredients from the estate, which is crafted in small batches to produce dry gin ZLWK Ĺ´DYRXUV RI MXQLSHU DQG D hint of violet. doubledutchdrinks.com

Reacting to increasing interest in gin, northern Irish jam producer Made with Love xo has developed a bramble and HOGHUĹ´RZHU MHOO\ LQIXVHG ZLWK Shortcross Gin from Rademon Estate Distillery. This joins a 22-strong range, alongside a chilli jam and plum & vanilla jam. facebook.com/Margaret CooperMadeWithLove

Crisp company Corkers has announced the addition of a new olive oil range to its classic and vegetable varieties, in partnership with awardwinning producers from the Mueloliva farm in Andalucia, Spain.

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SHELF TALK Fusion flavours inspire Manfoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new condiments Specialising in pickles, preserves and condiments, Manfood has announced that it is launching four new products at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Speciality & Fine Food Fair, all incorporating traditional Asian flavours.

Based in Cambridgeshire, the company was created by Andre Dang, a former buyer for Harrods and Selfridges.

Consisting of three sauces and one pickle, the range was inspired by the food trucks of Los Angeles, where traditional Asian flavours and ingredients are given a new twist, combining different cuisines together.

Its four flavours include: Wasabi mayonnaise, Filipino Adobo wing sauce,

Vietnamese pickled onions, and Korean Taco sauce.

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Snaffling Pig launches crackling crumb Flavoured pork crackling maker, The Snaffling Pig Co. has expanded further into the grocery sector with the launch of a new pork crumb seasoning called Crackling Crumb. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crackling is so much more diverse than people give it

credit for,â&#x20AC;? said Andrew Allen, co-founder and marketing director. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d seen the trend for using it as an ingredient and noted the number of our customers who were following low carb diets, and felt it was an exciting next step to take on our porky venture.â&#x20AC;?

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DELI OF THE MONTH A successful town makes for a successful deli, argues Penrith retailer Alan Reading, who is working with other local firms to bring in more cash from the nearby Lake District’s millions of annual visitors Interview by Mick Whitworth

Talk of the town MY FIRST ENCOUNTER with Alan Reading is on a grey, blowy, sopping wet day in February.

We’re at the upmarket Sharrow Bay country house hotel on the shores of Ullswater in the Lake District, at an event hosted by Eden District Council to launch the following month’s English Tourism Week promotion.

Ullswater, often described as the most beautiful of the English lakes, couldn’t look less appealing on this bleak late winter day, but no matter: we’re here to talk business as much as pleasure.

Eden Council, which punches above its weight when it comes to visitor promotion, is today keen to showcase what tourism development officer Charlie Thornton describes as “quality food experiences” in the Eden Valley, Ullswater and the North Pennines.

And that’s why Reading is on the guest list, alongside dignitaries like Lady Cobham, outgoing chair of VisitEngland, and representatives of businesses including Kennedys Fine Chocolates, Abbott Lodge Ice Cream, and Westmorland plc, operator of the

Tebay services and farm shops on the M6.

For the past five years, Reading and daughter Joanne Ashby have owned one of the area’s longest established food stores, J&J Graham in Penrith. While the modern, edge-of-town food hall operated by regional butcher Cranston’s has nabbed a lot of national publicity, J&J Graham – based in a handsome Victorian building at 6-7 Market Square – is a genuine local icon.

It’s also a visual magnet for any tourists wandering around the town. But Penrith is just outside Lake District National Park, and as Reading tells me at the Sharrow Bay event, his focus for this year is on pulling more Lakes visitors into the town as a shopping destination.

Five months later I meet Reading again, this time at the historic deli, which was established as a business in 1793 and moved into this imposing three-story building in 1880.

We’re in his office, a second-floor eyrie with an inspiring view over the largely unspoilt market square, and he’s spelling out in more

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Location: 6-7 Market Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7BS Established: 1793 (under current ownership since 2012) Retail space: 1,000 sq ft No. of staff: 4 full-time, 8 part-time Turnover: £500,000 Alan Reading’s varied career path led him back to retail in 2012

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detail why it’s important to promote the town as a whole, not just his own business.

“We know we get a lot of tourists in here, but we think there’s a really big market we’re missing out on who’re not visiting Penrith at all,” he says. “If they visit Penrith, they will visit us.

“Depending on whose figures you believe, there are at least 14 million visitors to the Lakes every year. We don’t need to get many of them to make a big difference to the town.”

Reading reckons he spends around half a day each week on activities that look beyond his own four walls. He’s closely involved with the local Chamber of Trade, for example, and also with Penrith BID (Business Improvement District), a private/public partnership running projects to improve the health of firms in the town.

“Every business whose rates are over a certain threshold pays an extra 1% levy towards the BID,” he explains. “Then if we want to do something – like put on a street market with 50 stalls, and run special buses to bring people

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into town – we put together a budget and ask the BID for money to help.”

This system has several advantages, he says. For one thing, the cash it generates is independent of the “flippin’ Council”. Another is that it brings in funds from large businesses that, individually, might not contribute to local projects.

He points out some of the big brands visible from his office window. “You’ve got HSBC, NatWest, Barclay, the building societies – they have the highest rateable values, but do you think they’d be interested in going to a meeting about buses? If you went to them asking for £50 towards flowers for the town centre they’d say no. So this is a good way of getting access to their money.”

Reading is also an organiser for Totally Locally Penrith – one of many national Totally Locally groups aiming to build sustainable local economies. “It’s a marketing campaign for independent businesses, to get more people supporting their local firms,” he explains.

“We’ve estimated that if everyone in Penrith switched £5 of their weekly spend from national to local businesses it would give a £3.2m boost to the economy here.”

There are now a number of popular events

in the town for businesses to get involved with, including the Eden Food & Farming Festival, run over two Saturdays in July, and the one-day Winter Droving festival organised by Eden Arts, which includes a food and crafts market and a torchlit procession.

Another is the Dalemain Marmalade Festival – spun off from the World Marmalade Awards – which has rapidly outgrown its base at nearby stately home Dalemain House. “It’s turned into a bit of a monster,” says Reading, “so Jane Hasell-McCosh from Dalemain approached the Chamber of Trade and asked if we’d like to get involved.”

Now some of the busier elements of the Festival, like its market stalls, have moved into the town, and Reading came up with the name Penrith Goes Orange for the linked town centre festival. “It’s the colour of marmalade,” he says, “but because it’s just a colour it means any business can get involved – not just food businesses.”

You have to admire Reading’s commitment to outside activities that many busy, headsdown deli owners might see as beyond them.

It no doubt helps that his daughter Joanne, who worked at J&J Graham for 12 years before

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DELI OF THE MONTH they bought the shop, is running the store alongside him. But he says that, from day one, they felt they should get behind the business community as a whole.

“There are different ways to get involved,” he says. “Sometimes it’s time, sometimes it’s money, and sometimes it’s just putting your face out there.

“It pays to do these things because it benefits the town and ultimately it benefits you. Otherwise there would be no point. And I have kids and grandkids here now, so I want Penrith to be successful.”

Reading’s career path took him in and out of retail before he and Joanne took on J&J Graham in 2012. As a teenager he worked a market stall with his dad, and after a brief stint at college went back into retail with the family until the business ended in a fall-out. He later had stints as MD of a holiday village and financial director of an electro-mechanical contractor, and was working in a photocopier business when the chance came to buy the Penrith deli.

“It had been on my radar for years,” he says.

“The people who owned it were getting older and starting to sell off businesses, so I let it be

known I was interested.”

The shop was losing money when he took over, and he had to hold his nerve for a while before it got back on the right track.

“Negative momentum takes a while to turn round,” he says.

“There was no one thing that we did, but it’s about your attitude. Sometimes you have to go with what you think is right, even though you can’t prove it.”

The shop comprises just one, roughly square, 1,000 sq ft ground floor space, which retains many of its fine Victorian features, including stained-glass upper windows.

Serveover counters occupy a square in the middle of the room, and when the new owners took over there was a tall central display unit that completely blocked sight-lines across the shop. “People couldn’t see round it,” says Reading, “and we had one member of staff who actually used to hide behind it. One day I looked at it and thought, ‘Do we really need that?’”

“You have to be very careful about changing things in an iconic shop like this,” he says, but removing that visual block made the shop look

“bigger and more airy”, and lets customers enjoy the full glory of the Victorian space.

More prosaic changes that have helped with the financial turnaround have included a move to economical LED lighting and, more simply, making up DIY covers to go on fridge units each evening. “We’re closed for more hours than we’re open,” says Reading, “so that reduced our energy costs overnight.”

Although turnover has grown from £350,000 to £500,000 in five years, it’s a shift to more in-house produce that is driving profitability.

Two chefs work full-time in an upstairs kitchen, producing bread, scones, pies, quiches and other deli counter products, and that’s where the money is to be made.

“We mark up our ambient goods by 50%, so that’s a 33% return,” says Reading. “But our gross margin is 44-45% overall, and that’s increasing. We don’t need much of an increase in sales of our own stuff to dramatically improve the bottom line.”

Try to do that just by increasing turnover, he says, and it’s a lot harder work. jjgraham.co.uk

If everyone in Penrith switched £5 of their weekly spend from national to local businesses it would give a £3.2m boost to the economy here

Joanne Ashby, Alan’s daugher, worked at J&J Graham for 12 years before they took over

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Great Taste ventured into new international territory last month, heading east to Singapore for the inaugural Speciality & Fine Food Asia â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a sister exhibition to the annual Olympia show. It provided a launchpad for the Guild to explore opportunities for members and Great Taste winners in Asia.

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Universal Cookery & Food Festival, Padstow, including Great Taste Market

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Academy of Cheese Level 1, London (oneday course, or evening course over three successive Wednesdays)

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The shock result of the election has distracted many from the result of the mayoral elections we had in May

The word on Westminster

By Edward Woodall ACS AS :HVWPLQVWHU VWRSV IRU WKH VXPPHU and MPs enjoy their holiday, a new SROLWLFDO IRUFH DZDNHQV LQ FLWLHV DQG Combined Authorities across England DQG :DOHV 7KH VKRFN UHVXOW RI WKH HOHFWLRQ has distracted many from the result of the mayoral elections we had in May, which saw the election of six new 0D\RUV LQ 7HHV 9DOOH\ :HVW 0LGODQGV Greater Manchester, Liverpool City, :HVW RI (QJODQG DQG &DPEULGJH & Peterborough â&#x20AC;&#x201C; four of them Conservatives and two Labour. :KLOH WKH SRZHUV RI WKHVH QHZ Mayors are currently quite limited to the devolution deals they negotiated â&#x20AC;&#x201C; often including policing, health, business support and infrastructure budgets â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it would be foolish to underestimate the impact they could have. As we have seen from the devolution projects across the UK, SROLWLFLDQV OLNH 1LFROD 6WXUJHRQ KDYH caused havoc by wielding their new-

found status to call for more powers IURP :HVWPLQVWHU DQG OREELHG WKH Government on issues of importance to their regions.

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Edward Woodall is head of policy & public affairs at small shops group ACS, which lobbies Government on behalf of over 30,000 small stores including Guild members.

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View from HQ This autumn and Q1 of 2018 sees the launch of our revamped membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hub

YOU will have read the excellent analysis piece on the future of delis in this monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FFD (p16).

Things are changing, and so must the Guildâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s retail membership offer.

This autumn and Q1 of 2018 sees the launch of our revamped membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; hub. Gone are most of the traditional trade association benefits. You can find decent card rates and cheaper electricity more effectively online now.

We have listened to calls coming into our membership team and addressed the most salient issues. The new hub will include a directory of people, places and products. It will also have a forum, which will become

an invaluable knowledge-base for members as well as a place to recruit good folk or buy and sell your business.

We are attacking head-on the endless EHO inconsistencies with the release of our Deli Code of Practice (CoP) and an e-helpline to back you up and clarify how to store, serve and sell deli staples.

We have partnered with the Association of Convenience Stores to access their CoPs, covering more basic business principles such as health and safety and alcohol legislation.

Our retail membership drive over the next year will also include a Guild accreditation and improvement process, based

on appraisal visits to each retail member â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a sort of Scores on the Doors, but for service, merchandising and range, not just having a clean ship.

Come and see us at the Speciality & Fine Food Fair and we can demo the hub and tell you a whole lot more. You might even be able to chat to some of the Guildâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Steering Group too â&#x20AC;&#x201C; those 12-or-so experienced retailers, wholesalers and producers who represent you and come up with initiatives to help our sector and benefit us all.

You might even feel youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like to join the group three times a year and give something back to this wonderful trade.

By John Managing Director Mike Farrand Whitworth GENERAL ENQUIRIES

WHOâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S WHO AT GUILD HQ

Guild of Fine Food Guild House, 23b Kingsmead Business Park, Shaftesbury Road, Gillingham, Dorset SP8 5FB UK

Managing director: John Farrand Marketing director: Tortie Farrand Commercial director: Christabel Cairns Sales director: Sally Coley

Tel: +44 (0) 01747 825200 Fax: +44 (0) 1747 824065 info@gff.co.uk www.gff.co.uk

Sales manager: Ruth Debnam Sales executives: Becky Stacey Maria Burnett Operations manager: Karen Price

Operations assistant: Claire Powell Training co-ordinator: Jilly Sitch Circulation manager: Nick Crosley Financial controller: Stephen Guppy

Accounts manager: Denise Ballance Accounts assistant: Julie Coates Chairman: Bob Farrand Director: Linda Farrand

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