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£9 off discount extended by grocery delivery app

Convenience stores in Exeter are supporting their community and offering £9 off their first app order over £10* using code EXETER , and 20% off their following order with code EX20 . The code originally expired at the end of January, but Snappy Shopper have made the decision to extend the code to ensure that as many customers can take advatange of this deal during hard times.

Snappy Shopper are extending their £9 off promotion until end of February for customers in Exeter, Cullompton and Exmouth, due to increasing cost-of-living crisis. Using the Snappy Shopper app, customers can...

Households reminded of support available as new survey shows rise in food poverty in Devon

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Sat, 01/28/2023 - 11:21pm

Families struggling to afford to eat healthily and keep warm this winter are being reminded that support is available through a number of schemes being delivered by Devon County Council (DCC) and its partners.

The number of Devon households unable to access or afford the food that they need to ensure that they and their families stay healthy has increased by 70 per cent in 18 months according to the latest research.

And more than a third (36 per cent) say that they had planned on switching off their heating altogether this winter to help make ends meet.

The...

Another area added to Exeter's food waste scheme

Another part of Exeter will get food waste collections later this month, as the council continues its gradual rollout across the city.

Properties in the St Loyes ward will receive new caddies this week. Collections will begin in the week commencing Monday 23 January.

The first phase of the scheme began in 2021, with 1,300 properties in Alphington receiving weekly food waste collections. The rest of Alphington and 2,000 properties in Beacon Heath and Pinhoe were added last year.

Exeter City Council says other areas will join “as and when vehicles, drivers and...

Aldi donates 7,000 meals to charities in Devon on Christmas Eve

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 01/04/2023 - 5:02pm

Aldi supported local charities, community groups and food banks in Devon on Christmas Eve by donating 7,000 meals to those in need.

Working with Neighbourly, the supermarket paired up its stores with local charity partners in the area to collect unsold fresh and chilled food when stores closed early on 24th December, with stores repeating the initiative on 31st December.

To further support local communities this year, Aldi’s Emergency Winter Foodbank Fund saw the supermarket also commit to donating £250,000 to charitable organisations throughout the winter season....

Devon Tesco shoppers part of record year of giving to food banks and charities

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Wed, 12/28/2022 - 12:43pm

Devon Tesco shoppers have been their most generous ever in support of foodbanks and local charities, helping to make it a record-breaking year.

The total amount of food donated by Tesco shoppers to the Trussell Trust and FareShare during 2022 was equivalent of 12.5 million meals – 271,589 of which came from Devon.

The donations to the Trussell Trust help food banks to provide emergency food parcels to people in crisis, while donations to FareShare support frontline community charities. Tesco has also topped up all customer donations during the collection by 20% in cash,...

Barny Butterfield, Chief Cidermaker at Sandford Orchards

Cider done right is better for the planet

Authored by kath@raw
Posted: Thu, 11/17/2022 - 11:47pm

Award-winning cider maker, Sandford Orchards, has revealed why drinking its fabulous cider is a more sustainable option than many other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages on the market. Sandford Orchards’ natural, low-impact approach to producing cider is good for soil health and wildlife diversity. It also has a short supply chain and uses a lot less energy and water than many of its counterparts.

Barny Butterfield, Chief Cidermaker at Sandford Orchards explains: “Starting from the ground up, our apples grow in local orchards, many of which contain diverse and often historic...

Barny Butterfield

Sandford Orchards celebrates 20th anniversary of hobby turned business success

Authored by kath@raw
Posted: Mon, 10/31/2022 - 9:09am

In 2002 Barny Butterfield began making cider in a shed. Fast forward 20 years and he is Chief Cidermaker and owner of Sandford Orchards, a business that produces over 7 million pints of cider per year, yet still retains Barny’s original vision, to produce the best tasting cider ‘done right’.

Barny Butterfield comments: “In the beginning, cider making was really just a hobby but one that I seemed to have some talent for. It was also something that I was incredibly passionate about, right from the outset. Eventually, it was clear that either my hobby or my day job had to go and I...

RSPCA’s new partnership to help pets amid rehoming crisis

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Tue, 10/11/2022 - 10:27pm

RSPCA has announced a partnership with pet food supplier McAdams which will see rescue animals provided with higher welfare, ethically-sourced pet food as they await their forever home.

New RSPCA research has highlighted that rehoming domestic pets has slowed by nearly 10% year on year - rehoming an average of 753 animals per week in 2019, 565 per week in 2020 but only 518 per week in 2021 - meaning that spaces aren’t being freed up as quickly and animals are staying in their care for longer.

As such, the RSPCA has today announced a new food supplier partnership with...

Food Drink Devon Award Winners 2022

Devon’s Finest Celebrate at the Food Drink Devon Awards

Devon’s talented food and drink scene was alive at Monday (3rd October) night’s 11th Food Drink Devon Awards. Over 330 individuals from the county’s finest food and drink producers, hospitality and catering businesses and speciality retailers celebrated in style at the esteemed awards’ ceremony, held at Crowne Plaza Plymouth with its breath-taking views overlooking Plymouth Sound. The ceremony was hosted by Tony Hawks, Devon-based comedian, author and food lover who regularly appears on BBC Radio Four panel shows ‘Have I Got News For You’, ’Just A Minute’ and ‘I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue’....

It's finally here! Taste East Devon - A 16 day food festival

Authored by News Desk
Posted: Fri, 09/02/2022 - 12:39pm

Taste East Devon is gearing up for a crowd-pulling 16-day festival to showcase the region’s food and drink scene with its sponsors steering success for another year. This year’s festival takes place between 3rd - 18th September 2022 when more than 40 food and drink events will be held over the course of two weeks.

Following on from a successful inaugural year, Taste East Devon has extended the festival by a week to allow for its jam-packed itinerary of events. From farm feasts to seaweed foraging, brewery open days to flour milling, seafood tasting experiences to BBQs, parties...

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