Joe Hayden

The courgette glut is here! We have a very abundant supply of courgettes this week thanks to all the long days of sunshine and warm nights we have been having recently, which the plants absolutely love. Courgettes are a notoriously tricky crop to manage volumes and crop plan for over summer with growers, as once… Read More »

We have a beautiful selection of Lancashire-grown tomatoes this week. It’s always a real treat to have such a fresh, abundant and local supply at this time of year. We’re receiving cherry tomatoes from Libby Flintoff in Preston and Duncan Gielty in Ormskirk. Juicy and sweet with just the right amount of balancing acidity, they’re… Read More »

At certain times of year our veg buyers struggle to find a full supply of beans for our shelves but not this week! Our fridges are full of crisp and delicious French beans, and they are looking and tasting absolutely perfect! Bang them into a curry or a stir fry this week, but with the… Read More »

Now that we can think about turning the cooker on again, post heatwave, our head has been turned by this season’s new potatoes. Still in their loose flaky skins, this week we have ‘first earlies’ Orla variety from Caefai Farm Pembrokeshire, Maris Bard from Lyncroft Farm in Ormskirk and Accord from Bagthorpe in Norfolk. These… Read More »

Featuring as heavily on the Unicorn breakfast table as they are on our shelves, is the French Charentais Melon. They have really hit their peak this week and are filling our fridge with their perfumed scent.  Sliced on a plate with some berries in the morning, eaten as a lovely fresh and fragrant dessert or… Read More »

This week we are really excited to see bunched beetroot back on the shelves courtesy of Pam and the team at Strawberry Fields. Fresh, new season summer beetroots are young, tender, thinner-skinned and particularly sweet, making them especially delicious raw in salads, colourful slaws or quick pickles. Unlike the loose beetroot we enjoy throughout winter,… Read More »