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We know that it’s important to know where your food comes from and who the people are supplying it. That’s why we try to make our blog as informative as possible, so you know everything there is to know about who we are, who we buy from and what we are up to.
Please feel free to give our blog a read if you have some spare time, we’d love for you to get to know us. If you’d like to be featured in one of our blogs, or there is something you’d like us to talk about, please let us know.
Our Favourite Blog Posts
We’ve found four great recipes using this deliciously versatile cheese. Whether you are a wonderful chef worthy of your own Michelin star or a kitchen novice these recipes are easy to follow and sure to deliver tasty results!
British Pie Week celebrates everything good about the pie from the delicious buttery pastry to the rich, more-ish filling we love all things pie and this week we want to share that love with you.
We are excited to introduce our newest venture West Country Olives, we are now over a month into launching this exciting new brand of olives and it is going from strength to strength.
The weather is improving, Covid restrictions are easing and we’re all itching to get out of the houses we’ve been stuck in for more than a year so what better first step back to normality than a farm shop?
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The Heart Of Our Company Blog Series
In this series we delve into the local businesses that keep ours running. From customers to suppliers, we would not be able to do what we do without the support and excellent work of the companies around us. We pride ourselves on the quality and locality of the produce we stock and we think you should know where it all comes from.

Recipes
Take a look at some of the recipes we’ve created using a selection of our products. Why not give some of them a go yourself?


4 Of The Best Recipes Using Peanut Butter
We’ve recently added Freda’s Peanut Butter to our product list

Ingredient Showcase: Chorizo
My love affair with chorizo began a few years ago
Tackling Food Waste
Food waste is a real problem in the UK; it

New Products for Christmas 2021!
Our Christmas brochure is at the printers and will be

Introducing our new deli counter range!
This has been in the pipeline for a while but

British Food Fortnight – Waterhouse Fayre
It’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – Olive’s Kitchen
it’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – Georgie Porgie’s Puddings
It’s British Food Fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – Rod & Ben’s
it’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – Sutton Lucy Dairy
it’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – Chunk of Devon
it’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – Cornish Gouda Co.
it’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – Barber’s Farmhouse Cheesemakers
it’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – W.F Chinn
it’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – Curworthy Cheese
it’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – Bell & Loxton Oils
It’s British Food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – Jacksons Fishmongers
it’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the

British Food Fortnight – West Country Olives
British Food Fortnight starts today and we’re celebrating by showcasing

British Food Fortnight – Cradoc’s Savoury Biscuits
it’s british food fortnight and we’re celebrating by showcasing the
It’s National Burger Day!
It’s National Burger Day! To celebrate we’ve compiled some of

Q&A Exe Valley Farm Shop
Every month we publish a Q&A with one of our

The Best Local Cheeses to try with Devon Wine
It’s National Cheese & Wine Day today – in our

English Wine Week – Alder vineyard
This week is English wine week, as a business we

How to Create the Perfect Picnic
The perfect picnic doesn’t exist – right? For some people

Q&A Kennerleigh Village Stores
The Heart of our Company Blog Sonnie at Kennerleigh Community

It’s National Sandwich Week!
It’s National Sandwich Week! We’re celebrating all this week by

Vegetarian week – Supplier Q&A with Olive’s Kitchen
In the first of our Supplier blogs we spoke to

Q&A Nibbles at your service
The Heart of our Company Blog This month we are

Three of the Best Farm Shops to Visit this Spring
The weather is improving, Covid restrictions are easing and we’re

4 Great Gouda Recipes
This weeks ‘Orchardlea Weekly Offer’ is the Cornish Mature and

Ingredient Showcase: Chilli
This is the second blog in our ingredient showcase series

Q&A Prentice Butchers
The Heart of our Company Blog This month our focus

Q&A Eggbuckland Stores
The Heart of our Company Blog This month we are

International Women’s Day – Celebrating the Fantastic Women of Orchardlea Foods!
Today is International Women’s Day, a global celebration of the

British Pie Week Staff Favourites Day 6
Lochie has been with us for around two years now,

British Pie Week Staff Favourites Day 5
Hannah has been with us for just over a year
British Pie Week Staff Favourites Day 4
Dan started working for us in the complete mayhem of
British Pie Week Staff Favourites Day 3
Today is the turn of yours truly in our staff
British Pie Week Staff Favourites Day 2
Tracey is the second staff member to feature in our
It’s British Pie Week!
And just like that it’s the time of year again
National Pizza Day – Tuesday 9th February 2021
National Pizza Day is a whole day to celebrate the wonderful
Q&A – Ide Community Shop
Thank you for taking the time to read our first
Veganuary 2021
January 1 – 31st is the month of ‘Veganuary’ for
The year of Covid-19
Well it wouldn’t be right to not do a blog
English Breakfast Day 2020
English Breakfast Day takes place on December 2nd every year
Westcountry Olives
We are excited to introduce our newest venture West Country
4 Ways to use Natural Yogurt
We love the versatility of natural yogurt but even we
Cheese Showcase: Danish Blue
Castello have been producing their signature cheeses since 1893 with
Summer Holidays 2020
One of the things we love most about summer holidays