Our Suppliers

Grandma Wild’s

BAKERY

The Wild family have been baking for four generations, and many of the recipes used today were created by Annie Wild more than 100 years ago.

The original Wild’s bakery was established circa 1899 in Morecambe, Lancashire. In the 1920s the family opened a shop in Haworth, Yorkshire, and then the bakery moved to Steeton, West Yorkshire, in the early 2000s where they remain today.

Their cakes, biscuits and mince pies are still going strong today, and the mince pies are a particular festive favourite with Class One customers.

Yockenthwaite Farm

GRANOLA

The Hird family has farmed at Yockenthwaite Farm, in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales, since 1842.

They started making their own-recipe granola more than ten years ago when visitors staying overnight at the farm enjoyed it for breakfast. What began as a diversification to support the farm, soon became a passion for the family. Still happily farming as well, they are committed to creating naturally delicious food.

The range has expanded to include porridge and muesli, and a whole array of different granola.

Seasons

BAKERY

Award-winning Seasons is an artisan bakery in Ingleton, North Yorkshire. The team uses traditional methods and family recipes to make great quality breads and an array of baked goods – from sourdough loaves to iced buns, pork pies and sausage rolls made by hand.

Since owner Dan started Seasons in 2007, the business has grown, but the positive customer-focused attitude and approach hasn’t changed. Seasons works closely with customers, listening and helping them succeed.

Belazu

ANTIPASTI

Belazu started life in 1991 as The Fresh Olive Company, after founder George tried his first Provencal olive at a French farmers’ market.

Fast forward 33 years and Belazu supplies top kitchens all across the UK with a wide range of olives, snacks, antipasti, cooking pastes, grains, oils and vinegars. Their reputation among the trade is hard earned and well deserved. We are proud to work with Belazu and stock some of their fantastic quality antipasti products.

True Foods

STOCKS & SAUCES

Based in North Yorkshire, family-run TRUEfoods has been creating fresh and natural stocks and sauces since 2007. You can find their products in some of the finest restaurants in Britain.

From slow roasting the bones, to double passing their stock, TRUEfoods create their products exactly how a chef would, with no flavour enhancers or life-extending ingredients. It’s all good stuff – the perfect time-saver without compromising on quality.

Herbs Unlimited

HERBS, POTATOES, CARROTS

It was while working as a Cordon Bleu chef in her family’s restaurant that Alison Dodd realised the industry lacked a good supply of fresh herbs, and so she set up Herbs Unlimited. Specialising in high quality fresh cut herbs and baby salad leaves, Herbs Unlimited uses polytunnels to create an extended growing season for its unique range. The freshly cut herbs and leaves deliver great quality taste and value for our customers.

Based in Thirsk, the business has been supplying us with high quality fresh herbs, specialist salads and niche products for over a decade.The company is one of our top suppliers and continually impresses us with its value for money, quality and range.

Shepherds Purse

ARTISAN CHEESE

This award-winning family-run business in Thirsk supplies us with outstanding local artisan handmade cheese.

Shepherds Purse started as a tabletop enterprise in a farmhouse kitchen by Judy Bell. It’s now run by her daughters, Katy and Caroline, who oversee production of their 11 handmade cheeses – blue is a speciality – in the same spot, near Thirsk.

Shepherds Purse has grown and the team now numbers 20 people, but production remains proudly artisan. “We still make everything by hand,” says Caroline. “We expanded in the early 2000s and tested some automated equipment but we weren’t happy with it so we manufactured our own little solution – to keep doing it by hand. We also pack by hand, so we can check the quality at every stage.”

Nationwide Produce

Fresh Produce

From sweet Chantenay carrots, hand-harvested asparagus and cherry vine tomatoes, to kitchen staples of potatoes and onions, Nationwide Produce supplies the freshest fruit, vegetables, salads and exotics.

The company grow, grade, pack and trade a full range of produce from around the world, offering choice for customers in food service, catering, retail and wholesale. Nationwide Produce carefully selects its growers to ensure its reputation remains one of high quality, integrity and innovation. Growers include brands such as Albert Bartlett, Oh Baby, Coregeo Tenderstem broccoli and the exclusively-trademarked brand, Fresh Delight.

The award-winning business, which started in the living room of the O’Malley family home in 1975, is still family-run and has now grown to serve thousands of customers, with a trading network throughout Europe, and generates an annual turnover of £177 million. Nationwide Produce has its own farming operations, the Richmond Farms group, growing top-quality produce and giving the business first-hand experience of farming operations.

Fosters Bakery

Bakery

Established for over 70 years, Fosters Bakery makes baked goods for service professionals around the world. The company’s baking expertise is demonstrated in the choice and innovation they offer to customers.

From sandwich loaves, buns, rolls and muffins, to speciality breads, confectionery and exciting flavour options, the bakers work to enhance the reputation of food service customers.

Founder Emily’s childhood love of bakery evolved into a small cafe that she started with daughter Betty in 1952. A true family enterprise, the first bakery and cafe was fitted out by her husband and son and the business began with a single gas oven and one baking tray. The company’s history in baked goods delivered to the door began with a van restored by son Donald and a local leaflet drop by daughter Audrey.

The company’s growth has always come from customer demand, with word spreading of the quality bakes. In the early days, that demand lead to growing production capacity and more recent international demand lead to the company’s focus on commercial customers.

At the heart of the company is Emily Foster’s original ethos, to bake the best food and serve it with friendliness.

Dales Dairies

Dairy

A third generation, family-run business based a stone’s throw from us, Dales Dairies supplies fresh milk, cream, butter, eggs and juices.

Alongside a working dairy farm, Dales Dairies produces, processes and distributes milk that meets and exceeds statutory requirements. Over 95% of its milk is sourced from farms local to its North Yorkshire roots, minimising food miles.

It complies with national farm-assured quality standards and also has approval from the STS code of Practice & Technical Standard for Food Processors and Suppliers.