Macknade

Our Kent grown Christmas trees have arrived in-store 🎄 Grown and nurtured on Rolvenden’s Hole Park Estate, this season’s range of trees include the popular Nordmann Fir, potted trees, and other varieties in a range of sizes and styles designed to suit every home or garden. Once again, for every tree sold, we are donating 5% to Pilgrims Hospices - helping this amazing charity to continue delivering specialist end-of-life care in the local area. What's more, we'll also be hosting a Christmas tree recycling station for Pilgrims on Saturday 11th and Sunday 13th January. All you need to do is register your tree here > https://lnkd.in/e7bVY2U9

We are officially celebrating the start of the festive season on November 30th with the arrival of our Kentish Christmas trees, grown on the Hole Park Estate 🎄 To mark the occasion, our friends at Wild Box are hosting a party in the Hop Barn from 11am, where you can enjoy festive food & drink, interactive craft stalls and a performance from the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School band, Lizopation, at 1pm!

Our very own Stefano Cuomo is headline speaker at the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce virtual networking event next week, sharing our story and some interesting insights as we head towards silly season! Join in the fun on Tuesday 26th at 10.30am via 👉 https://hubs.la/Q02VQbql0 #VBN #networking

The first batch of bespoke hampers is out for delivery to Crown Products Ltd this week, brimming with the best Kentish produce. Handpicked (and packed!) by our team, hampers are available at a range of price points and can be fully customised to reflect your brand. Get in touch with Jessie via DM if you still need to order your gifts for clients or employees... or visit our website here to find out more > https://lnkd.in/e2hpq39d

If you're visiting us this weekend make sure to pop by and speak to the team from Porchlight (charity) who are here with a very important message... This year is Porchlight's 50th birthday, but they're not celebrating – because the average age of death for people living on the streets is just 45 for men and 43 for women. Until they can celebrate their 50th birthdays, Porchlight won’t be celebrating theirs. Stop by to learn more about their work and how you can help make a difference in the lives of people facing and experiencing homelessness 💜 Can’t make it? Don’t worry – you can still help! Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eD8qwyJX

Pet Pantry 🐾 We’re excited to launch our new Pet Pantry in-store, where you’ll find a handpicked selection of pet food, treats, toys, and accessories, designed to keep your furry friends healthy, happy, and thoroughly spoiled. Brands featured include Marleybones, Yora Pet Foods and Naturaw | B Corp  and you can get a sneak peek of the collection on our blog here > https://lnkd.in/ezYhe_9r

Last week, our innovative Food Accelerator founders were hosted by the marvellous Macknade in #Faversham 🚀 It was an invaluable opportunity for the cohort to learn more about the unseen work that goes into running a successful business and to understand a potential buyer's perspective on their #plantbased food or drink businesses. Some of our founders were even brave enough to pitch their products in front of Macknade's Managing Director, Shane Godwin, and his buying team, Natasha Walsh and Louise Darby. Thank you to Macknade for hosting us, to Shane, Natasha, and Louise for their open, honest, and encouraging feedback, and to our wonderful founders, for enthusiastically seizing this fantastic opportunity 💪 If you’d like to find out more about our next Food Accelerator cohort (starting in February 2025), contact Valerie Pondaven or visit our website: https://lnkd.in/efXtQwVT

Our latest project supporting our charity partner, Food Friends, has just landed in-store... and isn't it gorgeous?! Our 2024 charity Christmas card features an illustration by Whitstable-based artist Chris Millard, known for his hand-drawn wedding stationary, and you can find out more about him here > https://lnkd.in/er_aAaZF The cards are £2.50 each or £10 for four and £1.50 from every sale will be donated to Food Friends!

I am hugely excited to have been asked to jump on board as an ambassador for IFE Food, Drink & Hospitality Week, encompassing the major tradeshows IFE Manufacturing, IFE - International Food & Drink Event, The Pub Show and HRC. Having grown up in the Independent Fine Food Sector, with one foot in hospitality and the other in retail, but most of all cemented in our community, I know the economic and cultural importance we have locally, nationally and internationally to the UK. As always I, and Macknade ,will be flying the flag hard for all our SME’s, making sure that the shows not only reflect our needs in an ever tightening economy, but recognise our contribution and are the right platform to support us to thrive. It is a cracking line up of peers, from all corners of our sector and I congratulate FRESH MONTGOMERY LIMITED on the foresight of bringing us together to share thoughts, strategies and objectives that will ultimately make for a blossoming Food, Drink And Hospitality sector. Here's a list of us all!!! - IFE: Andy Richardson, Chair, Food & Drink Council, Stefano Cuomo , CEO, Macknade Fine Foods , James Bielby, CEO, Federation of Wholesale Distributors, Freya O’Mara, Trading Manager – Pantry and Speciality IFE Manufacturing: Kerri Fidler, Head of Portfolio Food for Later, Greencore Karen Green, Consultant, Food Industry Expert, Richard Werran, Global Director Retail, Consumer & Food, BSI, Ton Knipscheer , Executive Director, European Co-Packers Association & Mex (Mecca) Ibrahim as co-founder of Women In The Food Industry HRC: Kris Hall MIH, Founder, The Burnt Chef Project, Robert Richardson, FIH MI , CEO, Institute of Hospitality, Kirstin Hatherley, Chair, ceda, Katie Deem , Director, 4C Associates Julian George, Founder, Future Plate & Stanislava Blagoeva, Co-Founder, European Pizza & Pasta Show The Pub Show: Steven Alton CBII, CEO, British Institute of Innkeeping & Emma McClarkin OBE , CEO, British Beer and Pub Association Find out more about the UK’s biggest celebration of industry innovation: Food, Drink & Hospitality Week here - https://lnkd.in/ekCefR3v

New month, new products! Discover this month’s latest arrivals with 10% off these brand new lines for Macknade cardholders this November, including GOOD PHAT Oils, Goat Herd Coffee and North Down Honey. You can find out more about this month's products here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eh-b-Cst & sign up for a Macknade card via our website > https://lnkd.in/en9tQkcF