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The heat is risingHeating oil customers are bearing the brunt of escalating crudeoil prices and many Countrywide customers have been surprisedto see prices up by several pence per litre as rocketing crude oilprices impact on the UK’s domestic heating market. This begsthe question: “Order today or wait and see?” Fuel’s ManagerShaun Cooper looks at the options.“Nobody knows what will happen with the escalating prices butwhat we do know is that they are fast becoming a fact of life. Whatwe want to do is work with all our customers in taking the worryand stress out of managing their heating bills and fuel orders”explains Shaun.We all know that big bills tend to arrive at the wrong time, but byswitching to a Countrywide Budget Account, where the cost ofheating can be spread over a full 12 months, you can effectivelymanage those bills. An added benefit of the budget account ispriority delivery. Alternatively, the Premier Account offers thepromise: ‘Never run out of oil again’. Shaun explains: “Cost worriesmay have meant customers delaying their order, but then resultingin heating failure due to low levels of oil in the tank. PremierAccount members get an automatic oil delivery when the tank islow.To find out more about Countrywide’s Budget Account andPremier Account call the Fuel Customer Services team on0800 626348.CongratulationsCongratulations to Mr Mace, a longstandingCountrywide customer who recently won theCountrywide Heating Oil Prize Draw, which hewas entered into with his first order. “Beingaware of constant oil price increases, I decidedto ring round and compare prices. Countrywidewas one of three, and was the mostcompetitive, and have so far delivered a goodservice, so I will therefore continue to useCountrywide for as long as this continues.”For further information please contact JasonBritton on 07946 176595.Food glorious food – new localproduce from CountrywideA taste sensation has beenlaunched across selectedCountry Stores. A new localproduce range to tingle the tastebuds, help reduce food milesand support local producers iscalled ‘Local Flavours’ and isavailable now in eight CountryStores.The initiative is to offer locallygrown and produced foodproducts some of which will comefrom Countrywide’s owncustomers. Colin Andrews, adirector of The Dairy House, afarmer-owned Herefordshirecompany that produces fine quality yoghurt, cheese, creamand cheesecake from a blend of its own organic Jersey andFriesian milk, and who is supplying Countrywide’s LocalFlavours explains. “As a farmer, I have been a customer ofCountrywide Stores for some years now. The initiative tointroduce a local-produce section is a fantastic idea thatreally draws the producer and consumer closer together.Where else can you buy local food in the same shop wherethe farmer who produced it buys his wellingtons?”he smiles.Countrywide’s Marketing Manager Rebecca Barninghamadds “By sourcing products from our own customers,echoes our commitment to the local rural community.”Countrywide is also working with regional food group,HEART of ENGLAND fine foods(HEFF) “We are working togetherwith HEFF initially and then laterthis year with Taste of the West tosource our range local to stores forthis exciting new initiative,”Rebecca adds.Edward Thompson from PixleyBerries in Ledbury, Herefordshireis another producer supplying therange: “The success of oursuperfruit rich cordials, free fromadditives and funny-soundingpreservatives and based upon ourown farm pressed blackcurrants,comes as a result of the successfuldiversification of our farm. We are looking forward tosupplying Countrywide; there is a good synergy betweenus. We support their strong local ethic and drive for quality.And of course the Ledbury Countrywide store is just downthe road.”See ‘Local Flavours’ in your Country Store now atBearley, Ledbury, Hereford, Gloucester, Evesham,Bridgnorth, Bromsgrove, Chertsey and Chipping Norton.Shop online at www.countrywidefarmers.co.ukPage 7