Manufacturers

There are 38 manufacturers.

Beech's Fine Chocolates

Beech's Fine Chocolates was founded in 1920 by Edward Collinson. He chose Preston because it was a busy port with good road links for distribution to the rest of the country. His family already operated a chain of successful tea and grocery shops and his venture into chocolate making appeared to him to be a logical progression. Very soon, Collinson discovered that Preston women possessed a natural ability for confectionery and chocolate making and slowly, but steadily, the firm's reputation for quality grew. At first, the chocolate products were sold at fairgrounds but by the end of the Second World War, Collinson had successfully penetrated the top end of the luxury market.

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Belvoir Fruit Farms

Belvoir fruit farms was just a fruit farm until their founder’s wife, Mary Manners, started making cordials in her kitchen by infusing the elderflowers and pressing the fruit grown on the farm. Since then, Belvoir has carried on the same infusing, pressing and cooking of fresh flowers, fruits and spices which are then blended with the clear water from the Vale of Belvoir Springs.

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Border Biscuits

Mouth-watering ingredients, like butterscotch, fresh butter, fine castor sugar, rich milk chocolate and juicy sultanas are all very well. But, for a fresh-tasting biscuit, you need a really good recipe.

And as a family owned business, part of our legacy is that we have a collection of such recipes: all original. It is these family secrets that have been winning us our unique reputation and quite a few awards over the last 20 years, culminating in the Biscuit World Cup 2003.

Our ultimate secret ingredient however, is our people. Coming from the local villages and market town and following in the Scottish tradition of unhurried home baking using good honest ingredients, they tray bake in small batches, creating biscuits which melt in your mouth and taste as fresh as if they were baked in your own kitchen.

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Carrick's of Penrith

Our own range of branded products. This includes products that have been specially produced for us or products we package oursleves.

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Cavalier

Cavalier is a Belgian family company that has been exclusively developing, producing and distributing chocolate products with no added sugar since 1996.

Cavalier is aimed at chocolate lovers who want to or have to avoid sugars either to enjoy chocolate in a healthier manner, to keep in shape or for medical reasons, but without compromising on taste.

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Choc-Affair

We are a small family firm that makes and packs everything by hand, and we only ever work with certified Fairtrade chocolate courveture. We try, wherever possible to re use all that we can, so paper is used through both sides on the printer for in house printing, and all scraps of chocolate are eaten, never thrown away!!

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Crossroads Cottage

Crossroads Cottage produce a lovely range of fruit cakes.

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Cumbrian Delights

Cumbrian Delights is a branch of friendly food and drink and its main aim is to produce a range of products using ordinary sugar which are linked to Cumbria/Lake District with all its varied culinary creations, a true testament to all of the region delicious and delightful renowned flavours.

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Daniel Quiggin & Sons

The Quiggin family have a long and illustrious history of fine quality confectionery making which dates back to 1840. In those early years on the Isle of Man, over 60 different kinds of sweets were made including Coconut Ice, Bullseyes, Mona Cough Drops, and Mint Pennents. However, it was a stick of rock which brought fame to the family in 1845 when Mr Quiggin's daughter presented it to Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert when he visited the Isle of Man. This is thought to have been the very first recorded stick of lettered rock and bore the words 'Welcome Prince Albert to Mona' along with the motif of the 'Three Legs of Man' thoughout its centre.

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Demels

Demels is a range of Sri Lankan chutneys and curry powders, made here in Cumbria. The company was founded by a Sri Lankan family living in Ulverston who won numerous Great Taste Awards and became Rick Stein Food Heroes.

Sri Lankan chutneys contain no oil and are made with a simple range of clean ingredients to create intense flavours which rocket around your palate - an experience that lasts for quite a while. Traditionally used as flavour variants alongside a Sri Lankan curry, these fabulous chutneys also work well with European cuisine. There are levels of "hotness" for every taste. They are wonderful condiments - fantastic with our local cheeses, sausages and bacon. Brilliant with and in classic British pies. A dollop lifts a stir fry, perks up a pizza spices up a sandwich - and is a barbeque must. You can glaze meats and fish and you can even have some of them warm with ice cream.... so you have to admit, they're pretty versatile!

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