The dreaded "THE"

THE - is a word that drives me mad when it comes to the name of our company - I am happy to be referred to as the The Hawkshead Relish Company Ltd, BUT when listed in catalogues, brochures, show guides etc the dreaded THE rises up in self importance and takes centre stage ! Why oh why do they do it, listing companies under "the" is silly, daft, thoughtless and stupid .......... it makes my blood boil as you may have gathered - especially when our company name doesn't actually have a "the" but it gets put in as it sounds better in speech, all well and good, but for anyone trying to find us it would be the last place they would think to look. I have recently been sent a catalogue for all Welsh producers which is a lovely glossy magazine supported by the contributors and paid for by the Welsh development agency at great expense, and there amongst the pages is a whole raft of companies listed under T for The, when like us it is not even part of their name, why would you look under T for the Anglesey Sea Salt Company or Halen Mon (its Welsh name) when neither of these start with T !

Rant over - but if any copywriters read this please take note !

New Year - Cold Weather and SNOW

I cannot believe that it is so long since I blogged - just goes to show you how busy we were up till Christmas ! Right up to Christmas Eve we were wrapping and sending hampers and orders so by Christmas it was definitely time to relax - then we all got colds and the men got flu (and the teenagers obviously)

Now it is back to the grind stone - we have had a terrible winter weatherwise. although very pretty to look at it it has caused so much disruption. At first the girls jumped with glee to be told it was snowing and possibly school would be closed, they donned boots, gloves, hats and set off into the fields to sledge, some 6 weeks on and the novelty has very much worn off. As eldest daughter has to prise open the duck house door which is sealed with ice every morning, and crack the water bowls so they can drink the fun element has long since gone. but it still looks pretty.

The shop has been having a bit of re-fit and paint job in January, so a slightly deeper red colour on the walls, new windows and flooring all make the shop ship shape and lovely for the coming season. The start of which was last week with the school half term holidays. We have some new things in the pipeline too so watch out for these.

The new year brings about a new feel to everything and so Mark will be setting his thoughts and ideas down to getting creative with new flavours in the next few weeks.