Local Suppliers

Herefordshire is blessed with many great sources of local and quality seasonal foods. After all this is the county that gave the world Herefordshire beef and Ryeland lamb. We have several local chicken producers too. On top of that we have wonderful vegetable and fruit producers and cheese makers and suppliers. Despite being a long way from the sea we have an excellent fishmonger, who are elsewhere in the country an endangered species.

Here are some of the local suppliers I use;

Heggies of Hereford

4 Yazor Rd, Whitecross, Hereford
tel; 01432 273300
www.heggiesofhereford.com
heggies@live.co.uk

An excellent butcher, this local family business, who uses local suppliers can tell you where all their meat is sourced from. They are also well known for their own sausages. James Heggie and his lively team of professionals can help you choose the meat you need and even give you cooking tips !

D. J. Benjamins & sons Ltd

Market Hall Hereford HR12AA
www.benjamins-fishmongers.co.uk

Very knowledgeable and extremely helpful you will always find the best quality fresh fish and cooking advice. Daily deliveries ensure the freshest fish and seafood. When you go to buy fish be guided by what you see and then think of the recipe rather than be driven by the recipe first. Jason and his staff are bound to be able to help you make up your mind.

Mousetrap

Church St, Hereford,
also Leominster,The Pleck, Monkland Herefordshire HR6 9DB tel; 01568 720307
and Ludlow
www.mousetrapcheese.co.uk
enquiries@mousetrapcheese.co.uk

How lucky we are to have such an excellent cheese shop with an anamazing selection of the best British and continental cheeses. To top that off Karen has been making and inventing her own cheese in Monkland for 12 years. With her husband Mark they have introduced Herefordshire to the best kept cheeses.

G & R Tudge

The Bury, Richards Castle nr Ludlow, SY8 4EL
tel; 01584 831227
www.tudge-meats.co.uk
mail@tudge-meats.co.uk

Pork, hams, bacon, sausages and chicken raised by Gordon and Rosie with their family on their north Herefordshire farm is some of the best quality you can find. You can find them at the farmer’s markets and local stores including Canon Pyon Stores.

Canon Pyon Stores

Canon Pyon HR4 8NU
tel 01432 830355
marcuswilliams418@btinternet.com

Marcus and Carol have transformed a village store into a great source of quality local products. You can buy free range eggs, local fruit and vegetables from small producers from leeks and asaparagus in spring, apple juice from Hermitage Farm, to red and black currants in the summer to apples and pears from Autumn onwards. There are also local meats and smoked products, Dairy House yoghurts from Weobley….. all produced in a radius of 20 miles.

Tillington Court Farm & Leisure

Tillington, Hereford HR4 8LG
tel 01432 760 271
www.courtfarmleisure.co.uk

When I drive towards Hereford I am lucky to pass a fantastically productive market garden that have a pick your own scheme in the summer plus a shop if you are short of time. They are also regulars at all the farmer’s markets. Their vegetables are excellent and their fruit abundant. Picking masses of cherries is a real pleasure in June and I well remember the pleasure of watching my son enthusiastically fork up carrots – an education in itself. If you’re into jam and chutney making this is the place to buy your produce.

Fodder The Health Store

26-27 Church Street Hereford HR1 2LR
fodder.hereford@btconnect.com

Survival Foods in Leominster

Unit 1 /2 Prince of Wales Business Park Bridge St Leominster HR6 8EA
tel: 01568 614147
www.survivalwholefoods.co.uk

Both these stores supply excellent quality dried fruit and nuts and some hard to find dry goods such as spices and Asian flavourings and seasonings. Fodder , in business for more than 30 years, carries a vast range of local ingredients from Dunkerton Cider to Lorenzen Bakery bread at Knightwick and la Bonne Chose Bakery in Ledbury. Organic veg from Whitehorn Farm, Neals Yard cheeses, Rawlestone Ice-creams

Survival Foods sells bulk and smaller quantites of Shipton Mill bread flours along with dried goods and organic meat and eggs.

Supermarkets

We can’t ignore their usefulness so I am going to list the ones where I get particular favourite ingredients

Sainsburys for De Cecco dried pasta from Italy
Morrisons for Doves farm pasta flour from Berkshire
Co-operative for good dairy, fruit and veg
Tescos for good quality tropical fruit
Lidl for continental deli products

Farmer’s Markets

Farmer’s markets in Herefordshire are in the following locations:

Hereford Farmer’s market runs on the 1st Saturday and now every Thursday of the month in High Town.

Leominster’s Farmers market is on the 2nd Saturday of the month in Corn Square

Ross on Wye has a market on 1st Friday of the month in Market Place.

Some of the stall holders I have listed above, e.g. Tillington Court Farm and Tudge’s meats. Others that I would recommend are Lorentzen Bakery for fantastic bread and sticky buns.
www.lorentzenbakery.com

Whyle House Lamb from just outside Leominster
www.whylehouse.co.uk

KK Ventures tel 01600 890637 who make wonderful spicy condiments from the Indian subcontinent
There are also plenty of cake bakers, juice and dairy producers and plant stalls where you can buy herb plants among other things.

And if you need some sustainance after your shopping take yourself for a coffee at the Cafe @ All Saints Church who have brought us some of the best eating out in the city or have one of their Shepherd’s ice-creams (another local product made from sheep’s milk)