Category: Becketts Farm News

On 7th April 2020 the Beckett family celebrate a very important day. Company chairman, Alan Beckett celebrates his 90th Birthday. In true ‘This is Your Life’ style, here’s our ‘Big Red Book’ blog post. We’ve included some facts that may surprise you about our company chairman. Born in Halfway House, Shropshire in 1930, to Albert...

Ways to be resourceful with the groceries you’ve got – reducing food waste It’s not all about pasta and rice With the absence of pasta and rice on the shelves, it would seem a great time to become more familiar with some other store cupboard essentials including pulses that you may not have cooked with...

Where the flour is sourced from We are proud to source our flour from Matthews Cotswold Flour, who are based just over an hour away in the beautiful Cotswold hills, in the village of Shipton under Wychwood near the ancient royal Wychwood forest. Like us, Matthews Cotswold Flour mill is a family run business and...

With lots of lovely hardy veg filling the shelves at the Greengrocers, we’ve been thinking about the importance of eating with the seasons. We’re talking about hearty stews on cold evenings, packed with plenty of fresh root vegetables. Then generously ladled into warm bowls with a side of buttery greens. Bubbling cauliflower cheese with extra...

Looking back to December last year, we want to take the opportunity to thank all of our staff and customers who got involved with fundraising. Our annual appeal for St Basils during December collects tonnes of essentials for this homelessness charity. We collect long life foods and toiletries for their accommodations in both Redditch and...

Are you still on the search for a New Year’s Resolution? How about considering putting your money where your house is and committing to shop local for 2020? If you love where you live then set yourself the challenge to begin buying local more often. You don’t need to do everything all at once. Perhaps...

Christmas is a time for giving and Becketts have certainly done that this year. Throughout the year we try and support as many local charities, businesses, schools and sports clubs as we possibly can and here are just some of the great things, we have manged to do in 2019. Fresh Food The bakers have...

If there’s one thing for certain, across different households, in different families, no Christmas Day looks the same. Yes, we might all enjoy a carol service and/or a pint in our local on Christmas Eve, and yes there’s the presents, Christmas dinner, Christmas TV and endless amounts of Quality Street before an afternoon snooze on...

Treat someone to a little bit of Becketts this Christmas with one of our top 10 Christmas Gifts. Sweet Treats Are you are struggling to find your secret Santa gift, or has one of your friends got a sweet tooth? Look no further than our large array of handmade sweets and chocolates in the Farm Shop!...

Visit Worcestershire Awards of Excellence 2019 We are proud to announce the Orange Kitchen Cookery School have been awarded ‘Highly Commended’ in the visitor attraction of the year category, for the Visit Worcestershire Awards of Excellence 2019. The awards ceremony took place at the Chateau Impney in Droitwich, on Tuesday 29th October. This awards category...