Orchardlea Foods is dedicated to offer your business a high supply of prestige products, doing our utmost to consistently provide local produce at every given opportunity. So how do we achieve this? The easy answer is, through determination! The longer answer is… Let’s take the Cheese and Dairy as a very good example. Our smart delivery vans while on their routes pick up cheeses, butter, creams and yogurts direct from their production source. This ensures the freshest quality goods at all times. We are fortunate to live and work within the west country where there is a strong emphasis on dairy herds big and small. It’s these local and sometimes artisan prize winning producers which we thrive on. These manufacturers within the southwest now number well into double figures.

In October of last year (2020), we embarked on our newest venture, Westcountry Olives. These olives are sought from the finest Mediterranean growers. We then blend them ourselves in-house with our own recipes and use local ingredients where possible. Devon rapeseed oil from Bell and Loxton being the one ingredient in the majority. The greater number of our customers are within the retail trade, nevertheless we supply lots of other clientele. The catering trade, hospitality, private sector and even fast food.

As you will know by know, we have decided to have a name change. We have traded as Isca Foods Ltd for over 30 years very successfully. However due to the fast moving pace of our business and the changes within it was decided to apply our brand ‘Orchardlea’ into our full trading name. The original name Isca Foods Ltd will still be our holding company, but solely for accounting and company house requirements. The history of Orchardlea Foods goes back probably fifty years and was a local prestigious pre-packer of chilled foods. Due to the similar nature of the two businesses we at Isca Foods, had a close mutual relationship with them. In December 2013 the owners decided to retire and offered the business to us. We then merged this business including customers and suppliers from that time with our own. This format fitted very well with our business as many of the products were the same or very similar. This in turn has gone from strength to strength we now dedicate the majority of our business to the retail trade.

Our ever increasing portfolio includes retail packs of cheeses, cooked meats, bacon and delicatessen. These pre-packs are produced in our dedicated food preparation rooms at our facility in Exeter. However it doesn’t stop at pre-packs! Because we are constantly cutting and packing we can bespoke any bulk cheese or meats to your requirements. Our products also include local pies and pasties, local sausages, local teas and coffees, naming just a few. The product lines have increased dramatically and continue to do so, we are now a one stop wholesaler for all your chilled products with an emphasis on local produce as much as possible.