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Sponsors 2008
The following partners and sponsors will make Alnwick Food Festival 2008 possible. Alnwick Lions Club thanks them for their support. It would also like to thank the sponsors from previous years:
2007
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Sainsbury's opened a supermarket in Alnwick on March 13, 2008. Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd (a subsidiary of J Sainsbury PLC) is a company with a strong corporate responsibility. Its main principles are: Being the best for food and health,
working hard to make sure that customer expectations are met; sourcing with integrity, from the products sold, to the way in which they are procured; respect for the environment, with climate change a key driver and reducing energy, packaging and waste major priorities; making a positive difference to our community; and providing a great place to work. Click on the logo to access the Sainsbury's website.
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Alnwick Food Festival is run in conjunction with Northumbria Larder. This umbrella group for fine food and drink producers in the North East of England boasts more than 60 members. Its aim is to encourage, support and develop the aspirations of its members to produce the finest food and drink the region can offer. It was established after the foot-and-mouth outbreak in 2001, when the cancellation of most farmers' markets in the region left the producers with limited outlets and threatened their existence.
Northumbria Larder is funded by One NorthEast.
Contact Northumbria Larder at PO Box 137, Hexham, Northumberland NE47 6WZ
Tel: 0845 456 2340; fax: 0845 456 2341
email: enquiries@northumbria-larder.co.uk
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Media partner
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The Northumberland Gazette and its parent group, Northeast Press Ltd, has been the media partner since the inaugural Alnwick Food Festival in 2005. Other weekly titles in the same group include Morpeth Herald, Whitley Bay Guardian and News Post Leader. Daily titles are the Sunderland Echo, Shields Gazette and Hartlepool Mail.
Many of the pictures on this website have been taken by the Northumberland Gazette and we are grateful for the editor's permission to use them.
Contact Paul Larkin, Editor, Northumberland Gazette, 32 Bondgate Without, Alnwick, Northumberland NE66 1PN
Tel: 01665 602234
email: paul.larkin@northeast-press.co.uk
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Partner
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| Alnwick District Council has given its full backing to the Alnwick Food Festival, promising financial help and co-operation for the next three years, giving the festival a tremendous boost for the future.
Find out more about the work of Alnwick District Council via the web link above left, or write to Alnwick District Council, Allerburn House, Denwick Lane, Alnwick NE66 1YY
Tel: 01665 510505
email: customerservices@alnwick.gov.uk
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Northumberland Tourism is a member of Tourism Network North East - a partnership involving One NorthEast Tourism and four Area Tourism Partnerships that is committed to providing a range of integrated services for visitors and tourism businesses. Its mission is to be 'the voice of tourism in Northumberland working on behalf of business and public agencies to promote the area and ensure visitors have the best possible experience'. It has produced the Visit Northumberland website.
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Gold Sponsor 
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npower renewables is one of the UK’s leading renewable energy companies, dedicated to generating electricity using sustainable, environmentally-friendly resources. The company’s team at Barnard Castle, County Durham, is focussed on the development and construction of new renewable energy projects throughout the North of England, and is currently developing three onshore wind farm projects in Northumberland included the proposed Middlemoor Wind Farm near North Charlton, north of Alnwick. npower renewables develops and operates onshore and offshore wind farms, hydroelectric stations and co-firing biomass schemes throughout England, Scotland and Wales, and is supporting the further development of “new” renewable technologies such as wave and tidal. For further information about npower renewables and its work, visit www.npower-renewables.com or click on the logo to find out more about the Middlemoor Wind Farm proposal.
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Gold Sponsor
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R. Turnbull & Sons is Alnwick's longest established independent family butcher and greengrocer and is one of the town's oldest businesses. The shop was founded by Roger Turnbull in 1880 and is now run by Mark Turnbull, his great-great-grandson. In the late 1970s a neighbouring drapery shop, Pitts, was acquired, allowing Turnbull's to double the size of the premises, and split between a butcher's and greengrocer's. Click on the logo to find out more. This year, Turnbull's have concocted a special food festival sausage meat and cheese pasty. 10% of sales of the pasty will go towards the food festival charity, following the success of last year's Renaissance Pie.
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| sanofi-aventis is one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies (number 1 in Europe) and is committed to finding new compounds that bring hope and are essential to medical progress. Its portfolio of medicines is in line with the priorities of the National Health Service: to reduce deaths from heart disease, cancer and suicide; to reduce adult smoking; to tackle obesity; and to support people with long term conditions. It has a research centre in Alnwick. |
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L. Robson & Sons Ltd. is a fourth generation family business specialising in the traditional method of oak smoking kippers and salmon. Situated in Craster, a small fishing village on the Northumberland coast near Alnwick, the company still cures the fish in the original smokehouses which are over 130 years old. Over the years Craster kippers have earned an enviable reputation as one of the finest kippers in Britain. This reputation has been enhanced by its endorsement on numerous television programmes and the approval of many of the country's top chefs. Click on the logo for more on the Craster Kipper.
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Proudlock House and Home, of Market Street, Alnwick, sells a large range of household and cookery equipment and gifts. Owner Geoff Proudlock will be sponsoring the festival's Young Chef of the Year competition and helping with the supply of cooking equipment for the kitchens being built in the Northumberland Hall and the Playhouse. Tel: 01665 602271
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Many thanks to Geoff Keenan, of Outlook, Alnwick, for supplying and constructing the kitchen which will be used in the Playhouse for the Young Chef of the Year competition.
Outlook Home Enhancement Centre is a fitted kitchen and bathroom supplier.
Telephone: 01665 603812
Address: 37 Bondgate Without, Alnwick, NE66 1PR
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Silver sponsor
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| Thompson Opticians was established in 1984 and has now grown to over 20 branches making it the largest independent opticians in the North East. Throughout that time, it has been the company's mission to provide a high quality ophthalmic service to the public. To mark its 22nd anniversary, it has unveiled some special deals and offers (click on the logo, right). |
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Bronze sponsor 
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Northumbria Byways is a self-catering holiday agency providing quality cottages throughout Northumberland and The Borders. They have been helping visitors discover the charms of this region for over 12 years. Being a family-run business the dedicated team of office staff pride themselves on their local knowledge and the personal service they provide.
email: enquiries@northumbria-byways.com
Click on the logo, right, to reach the Northumbria Byways website.
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Sponsors needed
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| Alnwick Lions Club, the organiser of the Alnwick Food Festival, is still looking for sponsors for this prestigious and rapidly-growing event. Find out how you could benefit from the generous gold, silver and bronze sponsorship deals on offer, contact us. |
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