Speciality Bites from Paul Hargreaves of Cotswold Fayre

I am writing this week a few days after coming back from Hong Kong and China with a UKTI trade mission. To be privileged enough to visit the hot-bed of the world’s economy was an inspiring (and in some ways challenging) experience. With the massive growth in the Chinese economy has come, both a plethora of designer shops around each corner and also a new interest in western food, which funnily enough was the reason I was there (more…)

Do we save money by driving to the so called cheapest supermarket shopping choice?  Not always it would seem.  That’s why deli wholesaler Cotswold Fayre is exposing the myth that supermarkets are cheaper. Consider Asda’s recent announcement that a list of selected items would all be sold at a fixed price of one pound (more…)

I had the pleasure of visiting Ireland last week, both to visit existing gourmet food customers and see some potential new ones.  Whilst there I was very interested to draw comparisons between the UK and Irish market.  First of all I was shocked at the depth of the recession over there.  After many boom years, largely due (more…)