The average food item on a UK supermarket shelf has travelled over 1,500 miles to reach you. Supermarket cheese averages around 350 miles. Supermarket lamb averages 3,200 miles. A local Staffordshire producer is typically under 15 miles from your door, and the money you spend with them stays in the local economy rather than flowing through national supply chains.
Staffordshire sits at the heart of England, bordered by Derbyshire to the east, Cheshire to the north, and Shropshire to the west. Its landscape ranges from the dramatic gritstone edges of the Staffordshire Moorlands to the rich agricultural lowlands of the south, supporting an extraordinary diversity of food production.
Burton-upon-Trent was once the undisputed capital of British brewing. At its peak in the 1880s, the town was home to over 30 breweries, and the water drawn from the local gypsum hills was so prized that breweries across the country attempted to replicate its mineral profile. The term Burtonisation, meaning the addition of gypsum to brewing water, is still used by brewers worldwide. While consolidation reduced the number of breweries through the 20th century, the independent brewing spirit has returned to the county. From Burton Bridge to Titanic, Lymestone to Peakstones Rock, Staffordshire is once again producing beer with the character and craft that made it famous.
We are expanding county by county across the UK. If you know a Staffordshire producer we have not listed yet, let us know.
