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Building Granny Mary’s Retail Presence in the Time of Covid
Prior to March 2020 Granny Mary’s was focused on the foodservice market – supplying our pâtés and potted meats to restaurants, hotels, caterers and the like. We only worked with retailers on a small scale. Then Covid hit and everybody knows what that did to the...
A Big Something to Look Forward To
The last year or so has seen massive changes in daily life for everyone – personally and in business. A core, and very enjoyable, part of Granny Mary’s business is attending farmers’ markets. There’s no greater gauge or guide as to what customers like than seeing what...
My Journey to Granny Mary’s (Part 2) by Will Sutherland, Managing Director
In late 2011 Dad was making potted beef for friends and family for Christmas. He asked me if I wanted to join him. (Remember, this was the stuff that I couldn’t even be in the same room with as it was being made when I was a kid!) But that’s what I did – I went to...
My Journey to Granny Mary’s (Part 1) by Will Sutherland, Managing Director
Eddie Sutherland, my great-grandfather, started Sutherland’s potted meats business in the 1920s. We’ve talked about that in other blog articles. The business remained in family hands until the early 1990s when my uncle Nick sold – Sutherland’s having previously gone...
Granny Mary’s History #2
"Wow!" said Cyril to Eddie. "That really is delicious, it’s the best potted beef I’ve ever had. How does Mary make it?” And then the killer line, “I reckon I could sell some of this in my shop." Eddie Sutherland, Lyons tea salesman, was having lunch in the back room...
Granny Mary’s History #1
Potted meats run in the Sutherland family’s blood. Well, not literally of course. But the traditional recipes that Granny Mary Sutherland used a hundred or so years ago still form the foundation of what we do today. There’s a long history though. And a pretty...
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