About us
Our potatoes are grown on a farm in East Lothian just outside North Berwick and the main market for potatoes is the trade for chipping and crisping. However we started to deliver 25kg bags to homes at the start of COVID lockdown and due to demand we are now supply customers all year round.
Our product is of a high quality with 60 years growing experience and our potatoes are grown for their rich buttery taste above all else. Our potatoes have a high dry matter content which means lovely fluffy, tasty potatoes that are especially good for chips and roasting but also brilliant all rounders for baking, mashing and smashing! Your family will love them and you’ll be a hero in your own kitchen!
Our potatoes aren’t washed so they’ll last for at least 6 weeks or more and delivery is INCLUDED in the price right across the UK. We use our own vans locally (Edinburgh & Lothians, Falkirk, Stirling and Fife) and the rest of the UK is delivered by courier who pick up from the farm twice a week.
We’re also delighted to have joined up with so many fantastic people that are helping in the community, we are donating bags to food banks, and we are heavily into sustainability and lowering our eco footprint where we can. We focus on 5 main areas – VALUE, VARIETIES, COMMUNITY, TRACEABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY
VALUE
We sell 25kg bags or 12.5kg boxes which is perfect for all family sizes, and as they store well they are always available for chips, bakers, mash, wedges, roasting or even gnocchi! They are mainly large in size (supermarket baker size and bigger) which means there's less peeling or a baked potato meal!
We do all the heavy lifting and drop it on your doorstep at no extra cost!
VARIETIES
The farm grows varieties that you won't see in the shops and our experience and variety choice means we grow specifically for taste. Our potatoes are produced in such a way that they have a much higher dry matter content than normal varieties and that means they fry and roast extremely well, but are also a great all rounder and brilliant for mash, wedges, baking and boiling. They're fluffy and they taste like potatoes should! The variety we sell is called Markies.
COMMUNITY
When we started delivering at the start of lockdown we made a decision to integrate community support into our business plan, and join the family of thousands of people that provide and work hard to support many families in need.
We donate bags of potatoes to food banks, social kitchens and homeless shelters throughout our delivery areas and as we grow as a company we can donate more. This means that your purchase is directly helping others and potatoes being a versatile and filling staple it is used in a number of ways.
TRACEABILITY & SUSTAINABILITY
You can be assured of perfect traceability. We can tell you everything about your potatoes from where the seed came from, planting date, harvesting date, storage shed location, and packaging date. We normally dress and bag your potatoes the day before delivery.
Also, because our potatoes aren't washed they will keep for at least a month as long as they are stored in a cool, dry dark place - perfect to have as a'go to' item for many meals and unlike washed supermarket potatoes there is very little waste.
From the time the potatoes are harvested and arrive on the farm from the fields they are kept in wooden boxes, and the farm uses solar panels to power all the storage buildings, heating, air fans, grading / sorting equipment and bagging / packing
machines.
Food miles are very very low in comparison. Your potatoes don't go from a farm to a processing plant to a distribution depot to a supermarket to your door. They go straight from the farm to your doorstep so the impact on the environment is as low as possible.
