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Cheers to the years: our long service Award Recipients

By |2025-04-16T11:37:39+01:00April 16th, 2025|Categories: Latest News|

Cheers to the years: our Long Service Award recipients

Celebrating dedication: our Long Service Awards

We believe that loyalty, dedication, and hard work should be celebrated. Our team is the heart of our success, and we’re proud to recognize and reward the milestones our employees achieve through our Long Service Awards.

These awards are a way of saying thank you — for the years of commitment, the wealth of experience, and the invaluable contributions our team members bring to the table every day.

Recognising milestones with meaningful rewards

We […]

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Celebrating a record-breaking food show!

By |2025-04-01T13:32:30+01:00April 1st, 2025|Categories: Latest News|

Our food show was a record-breaker!

After a six year absence, our food show was back and it was bigger and better than ever.

Held on Tuesday, 11th March, at the Carlisle Racecourse, the event attracted 1,100 visitors and showcased an impressive 97 suppliers, making it the busiest one-day show in our history.

From established industry giants to local artisans, the food show was a vibrant celebration of quality produce, innovation, and culinary excellence. Renowned brands such as Whitby Seafoods, Lamb Weston, Heinz, and Coca-Cola were among the many household names present, drawing significant attention from attendees.

However, it wasn’t just the big brands […]

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Labelling system

By |2025-07-10T11:40:52+01:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: Latest News|


AUTOMATION FOR A BETTER, SAFER KITCHEN

 Food business operators in the retail and catering sector are required to provide allergen and dietary information and these requirements are set out in law.

Natasha’s Law came into effect on 1st October 2021 and pre-packed foods sold directly to the consumer must to be correctly labelled.

The following information is required: food name, full list of ingredients, allergen information.

This food labelling system helps you manage your menus and ensure your labelling practices are up-to-speed!

Just how easy is it to use?

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Delivering Success – Caterforce Conference 2024

By |2024-11-14T10:02:19+00:00November 11th, 2024|Categories: Latest News|

Delivering Success

Caterforce Conference 2024

The Caterforce conference is held every two years and this year it was held on Thursday 7th November at Wembley Stadium.

The nine members of the buying group came together to connect with a wide range of suppliers from across the country; we got to catch up with friends, new and old, to learn about the future direction of the buying group and its members and how suppliers can support our future growth.

Firstly, the team were excited to be at such a fantastic venue so there were a few photos taken to commemorate the moment!

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Our 21-day dry aged beef

By |2024-10-22T09:25:13+01:00October 22nd, 2024|Categories: Latest News|

Our 21-day dry aged beef

We have been selling quality fresh meat for generations and today butchery remains at the heart of what we do.

Every week we purchase live cattle from trusted local farmers to our agreed specifications of fat cover and conformation.

About the dry aged process

We mature whole sirloins and whole ribs of beef on the bone in our dry aging room. The beef is placed on custom-designed racking in the chiller where temperature, air flow and humidity are all closely monitored and maintained. These factors all help create an environment which enhances the texture and flavour of the meat.

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Bistro Romano: A culinary gem with a legacy of excellence

By |2024-10-10T15:27:10+01:00October 10th, 2024|Categories: Latest News|


Bistro Romano: A culinary gem with a legacy of excellence

In the heart of the village of Cleadon in the north east of England, lies Bistro Romano.

This family-owned restaurant has been delighting customers for decades with its dedication to authentic Italian flavours, warm hospitality, and an unwavering commitment to quality.

Since its beginnings in the 1980s, Bistro Romano has evolved into a culinary landmark. Central to this success is their long-standing partnership with Pioneer, ensuring that only the freshest and finest ingredients find their way onto the plates of their customers.

The bistro’s story

The story of Bistro Romano begins over 40 years ago when the family […]

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Championing live music for music fans

By |2024-09-19T12:08:59+01:00September 19th, 2024|Categories: Community, Latest News|

Supporting music in the north east

For over six years we have been a business champion of The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and we’re excited to be continuing our support for another year.

Based on the banks of the River Tyne in Gateshead, the centre is the home to live music for the north east. For music fans of all ages and walks of life, the Glasshouse gives children the opportunity to learn about music, helps emerging artists take their career to another level and thousands of gig-goers to enjoy an night of music.

Our sponsorship also gives our colleagues an opporunity to visit and enjoy a wide range of musical […]

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Celebrating 50 years at Rosehill

By |2024-09-09T14:41:45+01:00September 9th, 2024|Categories: Community, Latest News|


Celebrating 50 years at Rosehill!

On Friday 6th September we invited our staff along to The Auctioneer to help us celebrate 50 years at Rosehill Estate.

We marked this momentous event with cake and refreshments.

Back in the summer of 1974, we were one of the first businesses to move in to new premises on the newly formed trading estate, alongside H&H.

The estate has since flourished with the addition of hundreds of business, including our flagship foodstore in 2019 and latterly the head office of Armstrong Watson.

We thought we just have a little trip down memory lane with some old images of our […]

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Supporting environmental education and learning

By |2024-04-29T15:49:49+01:00April 22nd, 2024|Categories: Community, Latest News|


Proud to be supporting environmental changemakers

Founded in 2019 by Matterdale’s Amy Bray when she was 16 years old, Another Way is taking part in the Big Give Green Match Fund to raise £20,000 in a week.

About Another Way …

Another Way is an environmental education charity founded in 2019 and their aim is to create collective, inspired community action for a more sustainable future, focusing on young people.  They value science and solutions-based education, positive messaging and spreading compassion and inclusivity.

Another Way is always hard at work holding a raft of fundraising events so they can increase the scale and content […]

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Our spring charity fundraising event raises over £1,400

By |2025-05-19T10:58:23+01:00April 16th, 2024|Categories: Community, Latest News|


Raising funds for two great Cumbrian charities.

On Friday 12th April 2024, we held our second charity fundraising event at our Rosehill foodstore and head office.

This time we raised funds in aid of two Cumbrian-based charities; Hospice at Home and Oak Tree Animals’ Charity. With the kind donations from customers, colleagues and suppliers we raised a grand total of £1,402.27, meaning each charity received over £701.

On Thursday 9th May, representatives from both charities attended our foodstore to receive their donations.

On the day!

The challenges …

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