As we say goodbye to summer and welcome back the beginning of the new school year, we also bring back the early morning routine of breakfast and packed lunches. For many of us, this early morning routine was followed by a day of working from home, which took a little pressure off having to get ourselves organised too. But as we return to the office, we’re all looking for things to make our lives that little bit easier.
At Plumbs’ Dairy, we deliver fresh products to your door, to save you from having to do a midweek dash to the shops when the milk runs out! We’re going to talk you through some of our essential products to help you with your back to school routine.
Fresh milk delivered to your door!
Mornings are best started with coffee, so to make sure you never get caught out with an empty carton, we run our milk delivery service to make sure your fridge is always stocked with essentials. At Plumbs’, we’ve been delivering milk for over 50 years, so we know what our customers like. We offer a glass bottle service where every bottle is recycled, plastic cartons and a range of non-dairy alternatives too. We also know how quickly milk can run out when cereal is on the morning menu, so we can arrange a regular delivery slot to make sure your milk supply is always replenished!
Bread and butter!
Whether it’s toast for breakfast or packing up sandwiches for lunch boxes, bread will somehow find its way into your morning routine. Nothing is better than fresh bread, so we work with Barkers Bakery to ensure you can get a fresh loaf delivered straight to your door. When it comes to bread, we know that people have their favourites, so we stock a range of choices from soft white bread rolls to granary to bloomers, to make sure that everyone is catered for. We also offer other morning treats like breakfast muffins and crumpets to fill up hungry tummies for a big day at school!
Something sweet
One of our favourite things to put on fresh bread is a dollop of good quality jam! Lots of kids seem to love it too, so it’s the perfect sandwich filling for packed lunches. We stock Bay Tree’s award winning jam in a number of delicious fruity flavours, such as raspberry and strawberry. We also love their chutneys, which are a great way to add an extra bit of flavour to a sandwich!
After school treats
Sometimes a little sweet treat is in order after a hard day at school. Barkers Bakery offers a range of fresh cakes, such as chocolate, lemon and battenburg – a perfect way to end the day (and a treat for you too!).
If you want to make your back to school routine a little easier, head over to our homepage to find out more about our delivery service and browse our full range of products that we can deliver straight to your door!
With the sun reaching scorching temperatures in recent weeks, summer has finally arrived! So we thought it would be the perfect time to talk you through our favourite products at Plumbs’ Dairy for your picnic hamper! Whether it’s a family picnic at the park, or a gathering with friends, we want to show you our top picks for you to pack in your cool box.
A classic jam sandwich
What’s a picnic without a classic jam sandwich? Bay Tree offers some award-winning delicious fruity jams such as strawberry, raspberry and cherry, perfect for those with a sweet tooth. They also make tasty chutneys and pickles in classic and less common flavours such as Spiced Apple and Onion, which are also favourites of the Great Taste Awards. We love to add these on to our cheese and crackers, or even to add that little something extra to our sandwiches!
Fresh summer salads
Whether you want to pack a crisp, cooling leafy salad, or some scrumptious pesto pasta, Yare Valley Oils have a range of products to create family-sized picnic dishes. Their Honey and Mustard Dressing is a great way to add some depth to your salad, and their Pesto Sauce added to pasta makes a quick but filling meal to fill hungry tummies (and it still tastes great served cold)! If you’re looking for smaller nibbles, we love to use their oils as a dip for bread – especially their Garlic and Rosemary one!
Keeping hydrated
Keeping your family hydrated on a hot summer’s day is essential, but sometimes you want something a little more flavoursome than just water. James White Juices, which are pressed locally in Suffolk, offer a range of refreshing flavours. From their classic apple juices, to ginger, lemon, beetroot and raspberry and pear, there’s something for everyone. We also stock some of their organic juices, and a variety of apple juices pressed with different apples for those with a particular favourite! Their Big Tom juice also works as a great base for a Bloody Mary, for those wanting to relax with a tasty drink at their picnic.
Sweet treats
After salads and sandwiches, you might be craving something sweet to balance out the savoury snacks. From lemon, ginger, carrot to chocolate cake, Barkers Bakery make a range of locally baked treats to satisfy your sugar craving! (They also sell freshly baked bread that we recommend for your sandwiches!). Check out their full range of products here!
Something fruity
Fresh fruit on a hot day is often what you really want! So why not add in a punnet of local strawberries! We also sell them with fresh local double cream for those looking for even more of a treat.
We offer plenty more delicious options to create your perfect picnic, so why not explore our full range of products here on our website. At Plumbs’ Dairy, we can deliver your order straight to your door, making your summer picnics that little bit easier!
Here at Plumbs’ Dairy, we’re lucky to stock a range of fantastic products from some brilliant suppliers, so we’d like to tell you a little bit more about the people behind them. This month we’re focusing on FieldGoods, who create delicious ready-made meals that we can deliver straight to your door, so you can eat well without having to do the cooking! We chatted to Sam and Elliot Day, the two brothers from Devon who are behind FieldGoods, to find out more about how it all started and their passion for produce and creating sustainable products.
At FieldGoods we create premium, sustainable ready meals in unique and compostable packaging. After three years running a successful restaurant in London, we decided to turn our love of home-cooked food into a business and set up FieldGoods in 2020. The dream? To make amazing comfort food from carefully sourced, sustainable suppliers, sent from our kitchen to your table.
Growing up in a large family where mealtimes and food were considered more important than just about anything else, it’s probably fair to say that FieldGoods has been in the making for a while.
It wasn’t until the spring of 2020 however, while locked down at home on our family farm, that the idea started to come to life.
With an abundance of time and local produce on our hands, we found ourselves making the most of the situation and cooking up comfort food we all love but rarely have the time to cook in our busy lives. Whether it was slow cooking a beef bourguignon, or leaving a chilli to bubble away for hours, we were starting to realise what we were missing out on.
We set out to develop comfort classics, using produce with provenance, so everyone can enjoy those home favourites, made from the best ingredients, without actually having to make them, or even better, wash up!
In time, a menu was created and FieldGoods came to life! We have integrated environmental sustainability throughout the business from the small, native breed farms in north Yorkshire to global packaging aficionados Huhtamaki, we have made sure our business is working with people who, like us are trying to work in a way that improves tomorrow.
We’re Sam and Elliot Day; two food obsessed brothers who left the farm in Devon for the big city. Elliot trained as a chef in London and Tokyo, and Sam studied Sustainable Agriculture at Newcastle University.
All of our meals are produced by Elliot and our head chef Ben. We’re currently producing all of the meals out of our prep kitchen in Battersea, however we’ve outgrown our current space, so we’re moving into a larger kitchen in Wimbledon at the end of July.
We are passionate about our produce and just as importantly, the environment. When launching a consumable product, the environmental impact can be huge. With this at the forefront of our minds, we set out on a mission to create a product that would have as little impact to the environment as possible, and one day achieve the ultimate goal of running a business that is not only carbon neutral, but one that actually has a positive impact on the environment.
The movement towards sustainable fishing and agriculture has become more important than ever in the last ten years. Growing up in Devon, we were lucky enough to be surrounded by beautiful produce, whether we were mucking in on the farm with his dad’s small herd of Ruby Red Devon cattle, or spending the day fishing for mackerel on the coast. We both learnt really early on how important it is to know exactly where your food comes from. So when we launched FieldGoods, we wanted this ethos to feed into everything we did. That’s why we hand pick each and every supplier we use, making sure we only cook with the best possible produce that comes from a good place.
When launching a new business, breaking into the market can be extremely difficult. Luckily for us, Justin Plumb believed in our product and gave us an amazing opportunity to be part of their stock list. I was first drawn to Plumbs’ as I thought our brands aligned really well together, I loved the fact that they were a family run business and like us, they really do care about the environment. Working with Plumbs’ Dairy has provided us with a unique opportunity to deliver our product to your door step, without having to put any more vehicles on the road!
It’s been a really tricky time for most of us over the last year, but especially the elderly and vulnerable, for whom popping out to the shops can be a daunting process. Working with Plumbs’, we hope that we can reach these customers and provide them with a delicious meal delivered straight to their door. It also allows us to deliver our product in rural areas where delivery would be difficult otherwise.
If you’d like to try FieldGoods delicious home-cooked ready meals, you can browse the full range and place your order here! Or if you’d like to find out more about FieldGoods, why not visit their website!