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QUALITY, SUSTAINABLE PRODUCE with honesty at the heart Where it all started: Penleigh is a small family run farm situated on the Wiltshire/Somerset border and has been farming for four generations; it truly is a family affair. A traditional working farm, you’ll find a whole host of crops alongside handraised pigs and sheep. Penleigh Farm & Butchers began with selling their own pork and lamb to family and friends, growing over the years until today where they have taken the plunge to open their first independent butchers shop in Frome. The best produce: As well as selling the home-grown produce, Penleigh supports local farmers who use traditional and free-range farming methods and producers that are passionate about quality, fresh produce. At the farm, home-grown rare breed pork and lamb is produced and sold alongside the very best grass fed local beef, poultry and game, sourced locally. Their ethos: Simple, but rings true - local, sustainable, slow-growing, wellbred, quality and overall yummy! THE Shop: 5 Stony Street, Frome, Somerset, BA11 1BU TALK TO THE EXPERTS: Owen Singer (Director) 01373 472331 facebook /penleighfarmbutchers twitter @penleighfarm1 www.penleighfarm.co.uk Penleigh’s expert butchers can advise you on the best cuts for every occasion. Give them a call and have a chat or request an order to be made up. Local, Sustainable, Slow Growing, Well Bred, Quality and Overall Yummy 5 STONY STREET, FROME, SOMERSET, BA11 1BU 01373 472331 | www.penleighfarm.co.uk 16 | www.mendipliving.co.uk
ADVERTISING FEATURE chewing the fat We talk to Owen Singer, of Penleigh Farm & Butchers, to find out how they coped throughout lockdown... It’s been an odd year. How did you keep going during the lockdown? As a food business, we came under the essential shop category so we remained open throughout. We reduced our opening hours to 9-2 and started a delivery service to local people on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. We have Perspex screens up, operate a 1 person in at a time policy and ask that customers wear face coverings where possible. Everyone has been brilliant, fortunately we’ve been very lucky with the weather so far, so queuing outside hasn’t been too bad! Lockdown has been a very busy period for me and certainly made us look at the business with a fresh perspective that has allowed us to plan for the future new normal. How was the delivery service for you? The delivery service was very popular, people were so appreciative. We weren’t offering a delivery service before lockdown, so it was quite a learning curve for myself and the customers. Although it easy to deliver to customers in lock down as you can guarantee that the customer will be in!! We weren’t geared up for internet ordering, which most people expect, and with being busy in the shop, answering the phone whilst serving customers was also difficult. So we set up a designated ordering email (penleighbutchers@gmail.com) with customers ordering via email the day before delivery. We would then cut the order and phone the customer to take payment over the phone. It’s quite an archaic system but worked well as its simple and our more “seasoned” customers prefer it as its personal. It’s flexible, as the customer can ask for exactly what they want. We now know that this an area of the business that we want to develop further. How are your turkeys looking? Our free range bronze and white turkeys are looking plump. Stewart the turkey farmer produces the best Turkeys and Chickens, all free range which makes such a difference. The turkeys are all game hung and dry plucked, this is quite specialist and the traditional, but really is an important attention to detail for finish and flavour. This is definitely something you won’t get with Turkeys from supermarkets. I always say it but this year more than any ORDER EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT! What new plans do you have for the new year? Exciting times ahead! We are in the process of building a butchery back at the farm. This expansion will give us so much more space, allowing us to hang more beef, but importantly be able to do so much more. We are planning to start curing our own bacon, offering a range of cooked sliced meats such as ham, beef, salt beef and turkey. We will start making our own sausage rolls and pasties and hope to be able to offer butchery experiences/classes in the future. www.mendipliving.co.uk | 17
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