Wales
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Already we sell more than 500 Welsh products - for example, all milk sold in Welsh stores is Welsh and 1,361 Welsh farmers supply us with beef and lamb. And we are always working to bring new Welsh products into stores across Wales and the rest of the UK.
Our many Welsh suppliers play a pivotal role in our business both locally and nationally, and we are proud to support Welsh agriculture and manufacturing. We have stores in many of the towns where our suppliers, farmers and growers are based - and we are proud also to work together with them to contribute to the success of those communities.
As well as stocking the well known bigger Welsh brands, we also source from many smaller producers and manufacturers.
Rachel’s Organic
Rachel’s Organic dairy was founded by Gareth and Rachel Rowlands and originated at Brynllys Farm, near Aberystwyth. The Brynllys farm was Britain’s first certified organic dairy and has been run by the Rowland family since 1942.
Today they have stayed true to the Rowlands family belief in traditional organic methods – working in harmony with nature, the elements, the seasons and wildlife. Rachel’s Organic are passionate about pure, natural and nutritious food, using only the best organic ingredients, with no hidden additives, to produce food you can really trust. All Rachel’s organic milk and milk supplies for their dairy products are sourced only from certified British organic farms.
The fast growing organic dairy brand has resulted in the creation of new jobs at Aberystwyth and contributing to wider economic benefits for rural Wales. Rachel’s now employ over 100 people.
Rachel’s Organic have been working with Tesco since 2000. Their range of products covers yoghurts, desserts, milk, butter and a range specifically designed for children. Rachel’s Organic products are available in selected Tesco stores throughout Wales & the rest of the UK.
Trioni
Initially formed by three Pembrokeshire organic dairy farmers, Trioni first launched its Daioni range at the 2003 Royal Welsh Show. Daioni Organic Flavoured Milk has since become a firm favourite with youngsters of all ages, and achieved recognition as the winner of the Milk Development Council award for Dairy Innovation and recently as NFU Regional Food Producer of the Year.
Daioni Organic Flavoured Milk is free from artificial colourings, flavourings and preservatives which makes it the perfect for today’s health conscious consumers. Daioni Organic flavoured milk is available in selected stores throughout Wales.
Peters
Peters are proud of their Welsh heritage and employ 600 local people at their factory in Caerphilly, South Wales. Peters began to supply Tesco over 18 years ago with 4 pastry lines stocked in 12 stores. Today as a result of a partnership where Peters have grown their business with Tesco, their pies, sausage rolls & pasties can be found in stores throughout Wales.
Wherever possible Peters use locally sourced ingredients in their products. Peters pies, sausage rolls and pasties in including their famous Peters Corned Beef Pasty are available in selected stores throughout Wales. They can be found on both the deli counter and the chiller cabinets in store.
Authentic Curry Company
The Authentic Curry Company is a privately owned ready meal manufacturer based at Hirwaun, South Wales. The company specialises in curries made with local ingredients including Welsh Black Beef and Welsh Lamb.
Black Beef Curry, Welsh Lamb & Leek Curry, Mild Welsh Chicken Curry and Hot Welsh Chicken Curry are available in selected stores in South and West Wales.
Adwell Foods
Adwell Foods is a family owned business located on the beautiful Gower peninsula. Murrough’s Welsh Brew Tea is specially blended and packed for the principality of Wales. The special blend of quality African and Indian teas, perfectly compliment the waters of Wales, yielding that traditional flavour and colour relished by tea drinkers.
Adwell Foods have been supplying their Murrough’s Welsh Brew Tea to Tesco for 10 years and is available in selected stores throughout Wales.
Welsh Whisky Company
Suppliers like the Welsh Whisky Company, which is distilling the first Welsh malt whisky for more than 100 years.
We were one of the first retailers to stock the now award-winning Penderyn Single Malt Whisky, distilled in the village of Penderyn, in the Brecon National Park. There, the equivalent of just two barrels a day of single malt are produced by a small team, including apprentice distiller Gillian Howell - a 25-year-old chemistry graduate and Wales' only distiller!
The company has been supplying us with Brecon Special Reserve Gin, Brecon Vodka and Merlin cream liquor since it launched in 2001.
Managing Director Stephen Davies said, "Tesco has been instrumental in helping us to establish the Penderyn brand. They showed faith in us from the start. Last year, we supplied 11,000 bottles of whisky to Tesco, including a Grand Slam edition to mark the rugby success."
Already the fledgling company has doubled its staff, to 20, and is currently importing into a new country each month.
Conwy Butcher
Award-winning master sausage-maker and Conwy Butcher Ieuan Edwards and his team have gone from strength to strength since they started supplying us two years ago with their traditional pork sausage and county herb sausage, both of which are popular in Welsh stores and along the borders.
Tregroes Waffles
Kees and Ans Huysmans made £50 selling toffee waffles from a hand-operated waffle iron at a Bonfire Night party. Two decades later and their Tregroes Waffles are sold at our stores across Wales.
The company, which employs 15 people at its premises in the village of Llandysul, West Wales, began selling to us in the mid Nineties after the manager of the nearby Cardigan store insisted our head office staff taste the waffles.
Since then, the company has remained true to its origins and continues to supply local coffee shops and delicatessens, as well as delivering 10,000 packs of waffles a year to us. Kees said: "Working with Tesco has given us confidence and the strength to keep growing."
Emmett Wales Ltd
Emmett Wales Ltd started growing cauliflowers for us two years ago, initially on 150 acres. Last year, they needed almost 1,000 acres and harvested daily to deliver Welsh cauliflowers all year round, as well as supplying us with Welsh leeks.
Based at Llantwit Major in the Vale of Glamorgan, the company now employs 20 people. Emmett's Andy Blair said: "Our cauliflower's and leeks are clearly labelled as being from Wales, to help customers, who we know are keen to buy locally grown food.
"Our location, close to the coast, gives us mild frost-free winters so we can supply year-round. And we are close to a number of large Tesco stores so we deliver directly to them when necessary."
South Caernarfon Creameries
Nestling in the foot hills of Snowdonia, situated in the rich farmland of the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales lays South Caernarfon Creameries.
Established in 1938 by 63 local dairy farmers as a farmer-owned co-operative it was created as a means of bringing its milk to the local market. From those humble beginnings the company has grown to its current stature with nearly 200 member producers, producing some of the highest quality milk in the UK.
In the 1950’s South Caernarfon Creameries began producing cheese, today the company produces award winning cheese’s which is distributed world wide. Indeed 2006 has been an exceptional year, with our Vintage cheddar, which is packed into our Old Shire Special reserve receiving a gold award at the World Cheese Awards.
South Caernarfon Creameries have been proudly supplying Tesco with these deli cheeses for over ten years.
The Old Shire Special Reserve is matured over a period of 15 months to give it a well rounded extra mature flavor. Sealed in green wax gives Old Shire a classic and distinctive look.
Monterey Jack is a special young cheese with a mild flavour and creamy texture and is made in Wales to an authentic American recipe. Ideal for cooking, and easily identified on the counter by its red wax.
Mature Welsh Cheddar, distinctive Welsh cheddar which is matured to achieve a traditional full flavour and firm texture.
Welsh Farmhouse Eggs
The business was founded by Gerry and Linda Tuffs who started free-range egg production at Great House Farm in 1985. Ten years later and as the business was gradually growing along with demand for free range eggs Gerry sold his computer company and concentrated on egg production with the firm belief that well kept, well fed, unstressed chickens on small farms lay the best eggs.
We have been supplying Tesco since 1997 and we have continued to grow ever since, currently employing 17 staff. Our network of contract farms around Wales is also increasing as we encourage more farms to set up in free range and organic egg production.
We are Welsh farmers who pride ourselves in producing the best and the freshest free range eggs available in Wales. Our eggs come from small family run farms where welfare conditions are kept to the highest standards and all are members of the Welsh Free Range and Organic Egg Producers Association.
Brecon Carreg
Brecon Carreg Natural Mineral Water is the true taste of Carmarthenshire. It is a unique natural product of the Brecon Beacons National Park, with its clean, crisp taste a characteristic of the environment which naturally produces it. With plentiful rainfall in west Wales, this raw material filters through the rock strata of the Black Mountain, taking 15 years to pass through Nature’s 300 million year old filtration system to deliver pure Brecon Carreg.
Sited close to the imposing Carreg Cennen Castle, Brecon Carreg is a growing company with 29 employees. They have been supplying Tesco with still and sparkling mineral water, for several years, in all Tesco Stores in Wales, and several in the English borders, and North West.
Brace’s Bakery Limited
Brace's Bakery is a family run business and has been making bread in Wales since 1902.
The company has over recent years, transformed from a small local supplier to a well respected, bread manufacturer. Brace’s have a wide range of products from breads to fruit cake to Brace’s Welsh cakes.
The proud family is now its fourth generation and has two bakeries in Crumlin; one in Croespenmaen and a state of the art bakery in Pen-y-fan.
Brace’s are keen to support local communities with sponsorships or donations, wherever possible.
Cadog
Cadog is a premium range of milk, cheese and butter, produced by Dairy Farmers of Britain at its specialist creameries in Cardiff and Llandyrnog, North Wales, using traditional, award-winning methods. Cadog is named after one of the greatest Welsh saints from the 6th century, Cadog the Wise, who was both a monk and a king. Legend would have it that he was brave, generous had magical powers, and was a successful dairy farmer!
At Cadog we recognise the reassurance and satisfaction our customers get from buying locally produced food. The Cadog label is fully bilingual to meet the needs of our Welsh-speaking customers.