News from Fourayes, views on the industry and markets from the team, the factory and the farm. Plus updates about our product innovations.
A film crew recently arrived at Fourayes to film the orchards & the factory. Sadly, the ‘Contributor Consent Agreement’ precludes me from saying who they are or the programme they are filming for, but I think I’m ok to talk about some of the [...]
Job Title: Senior Section Supervisor We’re looking for someone special to join the Fourayes production team at our rural site in Bicknor, Kent. Reporting to: Production Manager Position: Permanent and full-time, Monday to Friday Salary: 30k per annum Closing Date: 25th September, 2020 Download Application Form [...]
Shouldn’t the Stable Door Have a Lock? I recently read, with huge interest and not a little trepidation, Henry Dimbleby’s National Food Strategy Part One – all 85 pages of it plus Appendices. As documents of this type go I found it’s style engaging [...]
Recently, I sat on a panel as part of the RED talk series organised by the Rural Policy Group and MHA MackIntyre Hudson. The ‘RED’ in RED Talks stands for Rural Economic Development and on this particular occasion the subject was ‘Agritech & The Future of Food’. [...]
Today we were proud winners of the Best Supplier Award 2020 from Tracklements. The award was handed over with proper social distancing by Ben Read, Tracklements Operations Director, to Dan Routledge from Fourayes in one of our delightfully sunny Bramley apple orchards. The Tracklement Company [...]
As the British government negotiates food trade deals with countries around the world it’s vital that we remember our food standards already set the standard. The National Farmers Union has created a petition asking that our Government should ensure all food eaten in the UK [...]
I was struck by the derision amongst TV presenters when Boris Johnson asked businesses to use ‘common sense’ to protect their workers and keep their ‘essential’ companies trading through the COVID-19 outbreak. Fourayes is an essential business, a food manufacturer, and the message seemed perfectly reasonable [...]
At Fourayes, because we’re a food producer, our production lines have continued operating throughout COVID-19 safely and effectively. Could the measures we’ve been taking help your business too? Take a listen to Phil Acock being interviewed on BBC Radio Kent this week.
On 13th May 2020 BBC SE visited Fourayes Farm to see how the largest fruit processor in the UK has been adapting and developing to create a COVID-Secure workplace; safe for staff, whilst still allowing for the processing of tonnes of Bramley apples and other British [...]
Treating Britain Well Fourayes is both a grower and a fruit processor so, by COVID-19 standards, we’re very definitely an ‘essential business’. That means our people are coming to work each day to keep the lines running and to make sure we [...]
