Happy New Year! - Cranstons

CRANSTONS Newsletter - January 2014

Happy New Year! 2013 was an busy year for Cranstons with the supermarket horse meat scandal, a hot summer (finally!) and the build and launch of our new Food Hall at Orton Grange. 2014 looks set to be an equally exciting year as we celebrate our centenary and strive to deliver the same butchery expertise and quality local produce that you have come to expect from us. We hope you like our new look newsletter!

Cranstons had a great close to the year, winning the title ‘Best Retailer in Cumbria’ at the CN Group business awards and scooping a whopping 5 Q Guild Gold Awards! Winning products: Chicken, Sage & Onion Pie, Chicken Wellington, Dry Cured Streaky Bacon, Cumberland Sausage and Steak Burger. Left: Cumbrian Food Hall Butchery Assistants Dawn Hudson & Pauline Sharpe show off the ‘Best Retailer’ Award. Right: Ashlea Pearson (Product Developer) and Linda Bellas (HR & Payroll Manager) with Jean-Christophe Novelli at the Q Guild Awards.

Cranstons Food Hall at Orton Grange proving a hit! Our newest shop opened its doors on 19th November. The queues were enormous prior to the doors opening and we gave out 500 slices of our giant opening day cake in less than 2 hours! Thank you to all those who have visited the shop so far. It has had a very strong start and we are grateful for your positive comments and best wishes. Left: Queues around the car park at the new Food Hall at Orton Grange on opening day! Below Left: The new Food Hall at Orton Grange on the eve of the grand opening.

Herdwick on the Menu Our Cumbrian Food Halls will be stocking Herdwick Lamb bred and reared on the Lakeland fells during February & March, giving you a chance to try this iconic breed famed for its succulent texture and slightly gamey flavour. Herdwick lamb will also be available to order from our other shops - simply ask one of the butchers. Lakeland Herdwick was recently granted protected origin status by the EU, placing it alongside other wonderful regional products like Jersey Royals and our own Traditional Cumberland Sausage. Say it with a Steak Valentine’s Day (Friday 14th February) is fast approaching and whether you’re a die hard romantic or not it’s a great excuse to treat yourself and a loved one to one of our superb steaks. Our weekly 2 for £10 Friday Steak Night promotion has an ever-growing fan club and is now available in all our shops with the exception of Penrith King Street.

* Cranstons hosted this evening for the Rotary Club of Carlisle to support their Christmas fund raising drive.

CHRiStMAS FUNd RAiSiNG RAiSES £4,760 FOR CHARitY

WIN! £40 CRANStONS SHOP VOUCHERS

We would like to extend huge thanks to you our customers for generously supporting our very successful Christmas fund raising drive. Christmas Preview Evenings at our Cumbrian Food Hall and Food Hall at Orton Grange* along with a charitable donation from every small and large pork pie sold from 1st Nov 31st Dec 2013 raised a whopping £4,760. We are thrilled to have smashed last year’s total of £2,677, helping a truly wonderful local hospice care for local people in their own homes.

To win simply answer the following question.... Which of our traditional Dry Cured Bacon varieties recently picked up a coveted Q Guild Award? Send your answer to: FAO Competitions, Cranstons Food Hall, Ullswater Rd, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7EH or alternatively you can email: [email protected] with the subject line ‘Competition’. Prize drawn 28th Feb 2014.

SAVE £’s WitH CRANStONS Our large Supersaver packs are the cheapest way to buy Cranstons meat. We discount the Supersaver products significantly versus the standard counter price, for example.... Customer A buying a 2.27kg (5lb) pack of Cumberland Farmhouse Sausage will save £2.47 when compared to the same quantity of product bought over the counter by Customer B.

FROM BUtCHER t tO SCRiBE

SPECiALS ALS A At Café Oswald’s ‘Specials’ board changes daily and features seasonal produce along with Cranstons renowned local meats.

Look out for Philip Cranston’s new monthly ‘Butcher’s Block‘ column in Cumbria Life Magazine.

From light bites like the rare roast beef salad pictured to our much loved gourmet burger plates we aim to please every appetite! Why not treat yourself next time you’re at the Cumbrian Food Hall.

The county’s premier magazine invited Philip to comment on what is in season locally and give readers a taste of the issues facing the food and drink industry in Cumbria.

StAFF NEWS

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A WARM WELCOME tO... Graeme Coward Assistant Manager at our Brampton Shop, who joined us in September (just after the last newsletter went to print!)

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· 3 sweet potatoes 3 cloves of gar lic (cr ushed) (peeled and roughly or 1/2 a butternut squash h rosemary · 2 tbsp of fres chopped) · 2 sprigs of es · 2 large par snips olive oil · 450g new potato pped) · 1 tsp of dried (peeled and roughly cho g Cranstons Sausages chilli flakes (optional) · 450 nd Farmhouse) erla (we recommend Cumb

CONGRAtULAtIONS tO... Sebastian Falat Production Operative at Ullswater Rd and his wife Kinga on the birth of their son Fabian on 1st December. Martin Jones, Cranstons Retail Director on his engagement to Angela. Rob McManus, Cumbrian Food Hall Butchery Manager, on his engagement to Claire. Jodie Birkett, Waitress at Café Oswald’s on her engagement to Greig. Kate Marsden, Butcher at Cranstons Food Hall at Orton Grange on her engagement to Dave. Liz Graham, Till Operative at Cranstons Food Hall at Orton Grange on her 60th birthday.

iNStRUCtiONS · Pre-heat the oven to Gas 5 / 190˚C / 375F · Toss together in a large roasting pan the garlic, cumin, butternut squash or sweet potato, rosemary, oil, new potatoes, parsnips and dried chilli flakes. · Bake this in the oven for 15 minutes then add the sausages and cook for a further 30 - 35 minutes until the sausages are golden brown and the vegetables are soft. · Serve with a chunky fruit chutney and warm crusty bread. Enjoy!

Visit one of stores... Brampton Shop Front St CA8 1NG 016977 2362

Carlisle Shop 44/46 Fisher St CA3 8RF 01228 521345

Hexham Shop 7 Cattle Market NE46 1NJ 01434 602271

Penrith Shop 10 King St CA11 7AJ 01768 865667

Cranstons Food Hall at Orton Grange Wigton Rd, Carlisle CA5 6LA 01228 710746

Cranstons Cumbrian Food Hall and Café Oswald’s Ullswater Road, Penrith CA11 7EH 01768 868680

Or shop online at

www.cranstons.net