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Fantastic, we have won the South West Online Retailer of the Year in the Taste of the West Awards 2010.This is great news for us, as we are trying to develop our internet site and generate more sales of our quality and distinctive west country food and drink.
Winners of the Taste of the West 2010 Gold award for Online retail outlets in Cornwall and the Taste of the West Silver award for Local Retail Outlet.
We are a 850 acre traditional mixed and non-intensive family run farm based in the heart of rural Cornwall and we produce, supply and deliver the finest quality meats and produce from our licenced premises. All the beef and lamb sold in the shop is born and reared on our farm.
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Seasonal Selection from Lobbs Farm Shop ...
January 2012
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Newsletter - Autumn 2011
News from the farm
It has been a busy autumn for us so far. We have been selling a lot of vegetables; obviously our offer of “buy one and get one free to give to a friend” has been very successful. The consistent (or is it persistent) rainfall since June has encouraged the vegetables to grow well. We have had quite an abundance of field vegetables with many of our successive plantings all deciding to come to harvest at the same time. We would like to see all of these lovely vegetables eaten and not left to waste in the field, so please do collect two when the offer is available. There should be a label on the basket containing the vegetable.
A basket of fresh Lobbs Farm Shop vegetables - all of this for only £11.94:
2 brussel sprout stalks, 4 leeks, 1 celeriac, 1 swede, 1 cauliflower, 1 romanesco, 3 carrots, 2 parsnips, a bunch of purple sprouting, a savoy cabbage and a bunch of parsley.
I would like to thank those of you who have remembered to bring your own bags when shopping at Lobbs Farm Shop, especially those of you that proudly display the Lobbs’ logo. We are trying to reduce, reuse and recycle within the business and your support is appreciated. The bag charge of 5p has raised over £800 since February 2010 with the money being distributed to local schools. Several have written thanking us and describing which projects have been supported. Recently Probus School has used our donation to buy apple trees for their new orchard. Mevagissey School is developing its new gardening club, Gorran School is using the donation to support their art week and Tywardreath School’s project is the refurbishment of the swimming pool. Other local schools who have received monies are:- St.Mewan, Tregony, Charlestown, Grampound, Veryan and Grampound Road.
Please do take advantage of the 10% discount vouchers which were within the Lobbs Farm Shop calendar 2011. Hopefully the February offer has been used and now the November offer can be redeemed. Just bring along the completed forms and inform the shop assistant before your shopping is processed. We will be delighted to see you with these vouchers; please do use them.
We are about to print next year’s calendar. To secure your copy please do place a Christmas order with either the butchery or the delicatessen.
The delicatessen has a range of quiches and pies and salads available all made at Lobbs Farm Shop from quality ingredients. The cheese section is always popular at this time of year so to help us, please do make an order to secure your favourites for the Christmas period.
The butchery has a massive range of Christmas meats; from our own farm ribs of well hung beef to local bronze turkeys. We will have all of the usual trimmings such as pigs in blankets and stuffings. These really are very tasty and can make a turkey go that little bit further when required to feed large gatherings.
We have beef hanging now for Christmas, a rib is a traditional seasonal joint which looks great when being carved and as the meat is next to the bone it has great flavour. It’s the most important component of a great British meal along with roast potatoes, tasty Lobbs vegetables, Yorkshire pudding and scrummy gravy. Ummm delicious.
We will be open for late night shopping on Monday, 5th December when we will be open until 9pm. During the evening the ‘Cornish Connection’ barber shop singers will be performing their seasonal repertoire from about 7:00pm onwards. The Lost Gardens of Heligan will also be open for lantern lit tours and entertainment by local choirs. Please do attend and enjoy the lovely Christmas atmosphere and enjoy a natter over a warm mulled juice.
For our customers that are less able to visit the farm shop and customers that are just too busy, we are able to deliver orders locally. We would like to receive orders for over £50 which you can order over the phone and pay by cash on delivery or by card when ordering. If you prefer, orders can be taken on our internet site at www.lobbsfarmshop.com.
I have just had to pick up a dead lamb from one of the meadows next to the house. The lamb had been bitten on the neck and the tail was missing – classic fox attack; obviously the fox was not hungry as the lamb was left behind. I have now tied a bell to another ewe’s neck a bit like a Swiss cow bell. The plan is that when the fox disturbs the flock, the ewe will run away creating a manic ding dong which may frighten away the fox!!
Hopefully I will outfox the fox and my lambs will grow big and strong enough to run away from the Bl-----R.
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