Artisan food business marks first birthday with distributor appointment
A Thixendale, North Yorkshire based premium rapeseed oil business has appointed a distributor as its first year of trading ends.
Charlie & Ivy's director, Adam Palmer chose The Cress Company to extend distribution of its dipping oils and mayonnaise outside its Yorkshire heartland after meeting the team at the Farm Shop and Deli exhibition earlier this year.
Of the partnership, Mr Palmer said: "The Cress Company is a country wide distributor which gives us great scope to get the Charlie & Ivy's range stocked in farm shops and delis nationwide.
"We are really excited to have secured this listing with them and we look forward to growing the business together."
The Cress Company's buyer,Nikki Castleyis equally pleased with the relationship: "Charlie & Ivy's is a refreshing new brand with exciting flavour combinations and fabulous packaging. It complements our existing portfolio of artisan brands very well and we're very confident that it will sell well."
The brainchild of Yorkshire Wolds farmers Adam and Jennie Palmer, Charlie & Ivy's is a range of 17 British rapeseed oil based gourmet dipping oils, dressings and mayonnaise that are designed for home entertaining.
Charlie & Ivy's Smoked Garlic and Black Peppercorn Bread Dipper was recently awarded Best Savoury Condiment at the deliciouslyorkshire andYorkshire PostTaste Awards.
The brand, which also lends itself to the gifting market, is named after Jennie and Adam Palmers' two young children, Charlie, aged five and Ivy, aged two.
The Palmers have been cold-pressing, bottling and labelling cold pressed extra virgin rapeseed oil on their farm, near Malton, North Yorkshire for eight years. They have won numerous awards for the quality of their products, including Two Gold Stars at the 2013 Great Taste Awards for Natural Rapeseed Oil.
The Charlie & Ivy's range is also available online atwww.charlieandivys.co.ukand through independent retailers nationwide. Call Charlie& Ivy's on 01759 369573 or emailinfo@charlieandivys.co.ukfor a list of stockists.
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Photo: Charlie & Ivy's range
For more information or to arrange an interview with Adam Palmer or a representative from The Cress Company, please contact Tracey Baty at three60 marketing on:
Direct line: 01430 871360
Mobile: 07971 961574
E mail:traceybaty@three60 marketing.co.uk
Web:www.three60marketing.co.uk
Notes to editors
For more information about Charlie & Ivy's, please visithttp://www.charlieandivys.co.uk/
For more information about The Cress Company, please visithttp://www.thecressco.co.uk/products-overview.html
Adam and Jennie Palmer established award-winning Yorkshire Rapeseed Oil in 2008. With a team of close family and friends, they press, bottle and label their own oil at North Breckenholme Farm in Thixendale, North Yorkshire. The 200-acre farm is also home to 600 breeding ewes.
All the rapeseed pressed for the Charlie & Ivy's range is grown on the farm or in the surrounding area on the chalky Wolds soil. The Natural Rapeseed Oil is cold-pressed once only which means no chemicals are used in the extraction of the oil from the seed, ensuring the best quality product is bottled. It contains half the saturated fat and 11 times the omega 3 of olive oil, as well as being a good source of omega 6 and 9. Charlie & Ivy's rapeseed oil is GM free.