Well done Waitrose…

From an article in the Grocer.

He added: “If the nation embraces the product and shows their support for English fruit farmers, then we’ll consider launching a series of English conserves in the near future.”

The 454g jars, available in Waitrose now, have labels inspired by the St George’s Cross to flag up their “100% English” credentials.

I for one will be making a special trip to embrace this product!

Aug

6

A quick recce at Waitrose

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I had a quick trip round Waitrose earlier on. There wasn’t time for a proper look round but it looks like Waitrose are pretty good at mentioning country of origin but there are inconsistencies.

This gammon is labelled as English but it shows the Union Flag.

English gammon - british flag

But these Welsh (it says on the back) Lamb fillets are but are described as British lamb. Obviously Wales is in Britain and England is in Britain but why can’t they be consistent? Why doesn’t it say Welsh Lamb?

It also has a sticker promoting the Beefy and Lamby website – not sure what that’s about yet.

Welsh lamb - marked British

Looks nice though eh? A bit of olive oil , sealed in the frying pan then into a hot oven for 20 mins. to be served with buttered marrow [W.Sussex, UK] and sweet onion, steamed pointed spring cabbage [England] and new potatoes [UK] .

Yum – better get rattling some pots and pans. Promise not to bore you with every evening meal I have.

Feel free to recce for us – field reports are always welcome.