Winners will be announced in eight categories at the event next March
The finalists have been unveiled in the search for the nation’s best farm retailers.
Innovative and inspiring businesses from around the country have been shortlisted by the Farm Retail Association across eight categories, with the awards set to take place on Tuesday 5 March at Holiday Inn Peterborough West as part of the FRA’s annual Stronger Together event.
Farm Retail Association chair Emma Mosey said: “Farm shops and farmers’ markets continue to be the nation’s retail beacons for sourcing fresh and nutritious produce with low food miles, from passionate and knowledgeable often family-run, independent businesses.
“It is right that we celebrate the crucial role that these invaluable food and drink retailers play at the heart of the communities they serve. Running throughout our finalists are inspiring stories of innovation, consistent quality produce and customer service excellence: terrific achievements and qualities that have been demonstrated during a challenging period for retailers amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.”
The finalists are:
Large Farm Shop of the Year
Millets Farm Shop
Forage Farm Shop & Kitchen
Farmer Copleys
Small Farm Shop of the Year
Bells Farm Shop
Alder Carr Farm Shop
Cedarbarn Farm Shop and Café
Farm Café/ Restaurant of the Year
Millets Restaurants
Runcton Farm Café
Cedarbarn Farm Shop and Café
Farm Shop Butchery of the Year
Welbeck Farm Shop
Millets Farm Shop
Cedarbarn Farm Shop and Café
Rising Star of the Year
Copleys Kitchen at Farmer Copleys
Runcton Farm Café
Forage Kitchen at Forage Farm Shop & Kitchen
Farmers Market of the Year
Abbey Leys Community Farmers Market
Barnard Castle Farmers Market
Marylebone Farmers Market
Associate Member of the Year
Arrange Spaces
Just Desserts Yorkshire
Fresh Retail
Pick Your Own Farm (PYO) of the Year
Bells Farm Shop
Farmer Copleys
Horsforth Pick Your Own
