Paul Hargreaves, Chief Exec at fine food distributor Cotswold Fayre is seeing some significant trends developing in premium snacking.

Many butchers have realised that stocking products other than meat to increase basket spend is essential, and may even make the difference between profit and loss. Read what two of our customers said...

The number of butchers has decreased by over 10,000 in the last 30 years, but it tends to be the ones offering quality that remain.  Even more reason, then, to supplement the offering by also stocking a range of complimentary products available through Cotswold Fayre.

Our Christmas range is on the road and coming to a venue near you!

As a certified b-corporation, Cotswold Fayre uses business as a force for good. This year we our hosting our bi-annual fundraising event, save the date: Friday 6th July 2018. Raising money in aid of Bala Children's Centre, Kenya, we are hoping to to contribute to the cost of the classroom renovations that are required by demand of the council!

Bread & Jam is an annual 2 day conference and bootcamp for emerging and scaling food and drink brands, bringing together food and drink founders and innovators, investors, media and industry leaders. Amongst the speakers is Paul Hargreaves, who will also be judging the New Producer Awards.

Introducing Dalston's, they know we need to reduce our dependence on sugar as a society. So their lemonade, cola and orangeade in cans contain 40% less sugar per 100ml than other mainstream soda brands, while their bottled range contains approximately 50% less sugar per 100ml.

Here at Cotswold Fayre, we have seen growth in both organic and ethnic cooking sauces – despite a general decline in sales across the category as a whole. Find the latest additions from Mr Organic and Gran Luchito here.

Another award for Easy Bean’s Cheddar Crunch Chickpea Crispbread….

There is a huge opportunity for growth in food within leisure shopping.

When businesses are connected to their community, the incentive to be a benefit rather than a hindrance to that community are almost impossible to avoid.

Paul Hargreaves says that consolidation inevitably follows when companies become larger.