Our Suppliers

A Fresh Approach

The majority of our fruit, vegetables and herbs are supplied  by T J Wholesale in Canterbury. 

Kent is the Garden of England and we do try to source as locally and as seasonally as possible from asparagus, cherries and potatoes.

All our potatoes are supplied by Provenance Potatoes, who work with a farmer group in East Kent.

… and a perfect accompaniment for your local tipple, why not enjoy a bag of Kent Crisps. Based in Bridge, the company use the best of our county’s food producers to create their flavours such as Cheesemakers of Canterbury’s Ashmore Cheese, Shepherd Neame’s Spitfire Ale and Biddenden’s Cider.

Making life easier

The Chai Stop award-winning curries, handmade in Kent, are truly authentic individually-prepared curries, each with its own distinctive blend of spices, cooked using the finest locally-sourced produce. Frozen ready meals with a difference! Since 1999, Tina and Isobel have been perfecting their curries, inspired by Tina’s travels in India and a treasured hand-written book of recipes from Isobel’s grandmother, a cook for a boarding school in the foothills of the Himalayas. Together with a small team in their purpose built kitchen in Thanet, they now produce a range of more than 40 distinctive and delicious curries. We also stock a selection of accompaniments such as poppadoms and naan bread .

With a reputation for quality and great value Oakhouse Foods has become one of the country’s favourite ready meal provider. From their headquarters in Wiltshire, they’ve been delivering delicious food for the last 20 years. So you can enjoy great tasting meals at home without all the hard work.  Find a great selection of meals in small and larger sizes in our freezer section

 For the Sweet Tooth

Honey from local suppliers in Barham and Simply Ice Creams and sorbets from Bonnington, near Ashford, are very special. Turn up the central heating and pretend it’s summer.

Another way to cool down is to drink some Duskin’s single variety apple juice or Heart’s Delight apple and pear juice both from Kingston. And, of course, we sell many other brands including Cawstons, Folkingtons, San Pellegrino, Big Tom and yes – we do sell Coke, gallons of it!

We still stock the wondrous mouth watering fudge from Penrith, but Cumbria is hardly local so we have sourced a softer but equally delicious one from South Barn near Minster.  For the chocolate lovers, there’s Kakawa Artisan Chocolate Company based in Faverham who use the finest of ingredients all sustainably sourced.

Plus the best sticky toffee pudding in the world from Cartmel, and ovely chocolate mints from Michael Colman at Summerdown Farm.

The Butcher’s Block

We stock a wide range of fresh and cooked meats, poultry, pies and pasties

Fresh meat from Chandler & Dunn
Meat straight from a farm started by Peter Chandler as long ago as 1809. Beef from their pedigree herd of Sussex Cattle, prime lamb from their flock of Romney Sheep grazing on their marshes at Lower Goldstone. Pork, including sausages and bacon are sourced from a producer near Dover, but this along with the beef and lamb is all slaughtered locally in Adisham. Larger joints can be pre-ordered – just call the shop and tell Debbie what you want.

Cooked and cured meats plus pâté from Curd & Cure, Collier’s Green
An excellent range of high quality hams and other cooked and smoked meats including Italian charcuterie.

We have meat and sweet pies galore from Kentish Mayde and Tailor Made Pies.  Pasties, scotch eggs and pork pies from Lizzie’s bakery in East Sussex. All sourced after much research and now proven best sellers.