Pic Picot – The Peanut Butter King
Something that has always intrigued me about Pic Picot - the man behind the peanut butter brand that has spread throughout the country and around the world - is his incredible generosity. He…
New Zealand Raw Honey Company
In recent years much has been said and learned about the health benefits of honey, manuka honey in particular, so I thought I would catch up with Terry Bone from…
Annika’s Bakery
Annika Korsten bakes bread, but not just your run-of-the-mill white spongy stuff, she bakes organic, gluten-free buckwheat loaves that are packed with flavoursome goodness and she sells them at the…
Tasman Bay Food Group
Juicies were one of first products to get a Heart Foundation tick because it is just natural frozen fruit juice with no preservatives or added sugar and the launch of this product coincided with schools wanting healthy options in their school canteens
Thorvald Cheese
We thought of artisan cheese being where craft beer was when we started, and our philosophy is to have a point of difference”, in this case it was artisan cheese and sheep milk.
Appleby Farms Ice Cream
Published in the Nelson Mail 22.08.18 Last week I met with one of the owners of arguably the most intensely focussed business I have come across for a long time,…
Proper Crisps and Kumara
Published in the Nelson Mail 27.06 18 A few days ago I opened a pack of Proper Crisps Kumara crisps and wondered if something had gone wrong, some of the…
The Coffee Factory & Pomeroy’s – Nelson Mail 25.04.18
Pomeroy’s Tea & Coffee Company was Nelson’s original boutique coffee roastery, established by Jane and the late Nigel Price in a café in upper Trafalgar St in 1989. I had…