Food & Drink

Three Joes, the sourdough pizza and craft beer restaurant chain, has acquired the fourteen strong ‘The Stable’ pizza chain (turnover £14.6million) from Fullers for an undisclosed sum.

The acquisition sees the company expand its geographical spread into the south west, Wales and the Midlands, and includes sites based in in Bath, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bridport, Bristol, Cardiff, Exeter, Falmouth, Newquay, Plymouth, Southampton and Winchester.

Tim Hall, Chief Executive and co-founder of Three Joes said: “We’ve been huge fans of The Stable since we launched Three Joes in...

Exeter’s Real Food Store is re-opening its doors next week after over two months of closure during the Covid-19 crisis.

The re-opening on Tuesday June 9 comes ten years after the business set out to secure support and funding from the Exeter community to establish the business.

To mark the occasion, the team at the Real Food Store have made significant changes to the shop on Queen Street during the quiet period. The team contacted members and ran a ‘ Call for Ideas ’ campaign via email and social media, giving customers and other stakeholders the chance to influence how...

The South West Food Hub Community Interest Company (CIC) is being launched this month to lead a collaborative food community to support the region’s food network to buy local and establish sustainable, shorter supply chains across the South West’s food sector, focusing primarily on public procurement.

The initiative is supported by local organisations including the Heart of the South West LEP, the University of Exeter, Exeter City Futures, POM Support and the National Farmers' Union (NFU).

Alex Stevens, Regional Policy Manager at the NFU says; “We are a region united by...

Among our neighbours to the south, the popularity of hemp and its by-products is skyrocketing. Market research has shown that over the past two years, sales of hemp-based food have increased by almost 60%!

This enthusiasm is not yet fully manifested on this side of the border, but it will most likely be soon.

Thanks to some of the best companies and websites, we can now buy cannabis seeds on Sensoryseeds . So, let's get ready to receive this wave and take a look at the subject.

Hemp and marijuana: is it the same thing?

Since a few years now, commercial...