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Tony's Talk - The Origins of Chippy Curry
In the 1960’s a Mr. Knight, Mr. Wood and Mr. Stern set up a little business in Orchard Street, Salford making pie fillings for local bakers. One seemingly innovative baker asked for a curry sauce filling saying he was going to make chicken curry pies. The Staff at Dinaclass made up a trial 100kg but the baker walked away saying he had decided not to go ahead!
Left with this 100kg several local chippies were approached and told they could have it ‘at cost’. Two shops took the product and very quickly asked for more despite the fact that the price had to increase to cover production costs.
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Lite-Bite - Your Meal, Your Way
A survey of over 1,500 people found that more customers are health-conscious than ever before!
The Lite-BITE® offers an alternative size meal for customers who prefer smaller portion sizes, helping you to appeal to a much larger market. Lite-BITE® not only appeals to the health-conscious customers, but also to families and people on the go.
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DON’T MISS OUT by not accepting Card Payments!
It will probably come as no surprise to you to learn that more and more small businesses are accepting card payments. And with the Covid-19 global pandemic dominating the last few months, many customers are now also nervous of cash handling and are happier to pay for purchases with card.
With the acceptance of contactless payments for all transactions now changed to a new limit of £45, the advantages for your business are huge and incredibly beneficial for any business - regardless of your size.
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Tony's Talk - Problematic Prospects for Peas
Whilst the glorious unremitting sunshine enjoyed during April and May helped us to endure the strictures of ‘lockdown’, it has impacted prospects for good crop harvests.
The seemingly constant rainfall experienced during January, February and into March put paid to many Winter crops and delayed Spring plantings. In spite of the fact that February’s precipitation was the highest ever recorded, farmers had to wait until soil temperatures had warmed sufficiently to allow successful seed sowing. This delay caused the surface of the soil to dry out and seeds require moisture to germinate.
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RAMMI - Serve up a Taste of the Sea
oCean Premium Cod Fillets produced by Rammi are natural, skinless, boneless fillets that are frozen at sea immediately after catching and processing to lock in the freshness and flavour. With Rammi oCean Premium fillets being boneless you can save time as your fish will require less preparation, allowing you to concentrate on the rest of your business. Rammi oCean Premium fillets are...
- frozen within 2 hours of catch tightly graded skinless, boneless fillets
- easy to use
- in regular supply
- available in 2 x 10kg packs
- sustainably sourced from the clean and cold North Atlantic Oceans
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National Fish and Chip Day 2020 - It's Back!!
Following the resounding success of last year’s National Fish and Chip Day, and in response to the Government’s recent announcements, we are absolutely delighted to say that our celebration of the nation’s favourite dish will go ahead in 2020, but a little later than planned on Friday 4th September!
As well as being one of the most popular awareness days of the year, we want National Fish and Chip Day this year to be even more special as we say a very big thank you to everyone in this amazing industry who are at the centre of every community, and who have, when able to do so safely, adapted to keep us fed. And, when that wasn’t possible, have kept us all safe by remaining closed at great sacrifice to their business! All of you have shown great resilience throughout lockdown.
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Pack it RIGHT Deliver it RIGHT
With an increasing demand from the public to have the nations favourite meal delivered to their door, or collecting from your shop, it is important to ensure your customers receive their food in the best possible condition when offering HOME DELIVERY or a CLICK AND COLLECT service. To assist you in making the correct choices for your business we can offer you a comprehensive range of take away food boxes and carrier bags to ensure your product is either delivered or handed to your customer in pan perfect condition.
There are four versions to choose from and all offer you something slightly different.
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Waste Oil - Do's and Don'ts
V.A. Whitley offer a fully registered and professional waste oil & fat collection service for our customers. Here is how our service works... We provide you with a 60 Litre or 120 Litre lidded barrel FREE OF CHARGE. When your barrel is full just contact VA Whitley Waste Oil Collection Services on:
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Rammi - Natural Skinless Boneless Cod Fillets
oCeanPremium Cod fillets produced by Rammi are natural skinless, boneless fillets that are frozen at sea immediately after catching and processing to lock in the freshness and flavour. With Rammi oCean Premium fillets being boneless you can save time as the fish will require less preparation, allowing you to concentrate on the rest of your business.
Rammi oCean Premium & oCean Reserve fillets are... frozen within 2 hours of catch tightly graded skinless boneless fillets easy to use in regular supply available in 2 x 10kg packs sustainably sourced in the clean and cold North Atlantic Oceans.
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Tony's Talk - Reasons to be Cheerful
On the face of it 2020 appears to herald an even more difficult trading year than 2019. With forthcoming increases in the minimum wage, business rates and council tax, insurance premiums, and the threat of a ban on expanded polystyrene and a tax on single use plastic things look pretty dire.
However, thankfully we do have a lot of positives - none more than the fact that we all woke up this morning!
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