Getting Better All The Time

Sales from the online deli we launched last November have gone surprisingly well and have motivated me to try even harder. The past few weeks have seen a flurry of online activity. More products have been added to the online shop, more photographs added to the site, our google listing updated, a facebook page set up and everything generally fluffed up a little. If you haven't visited for a while, take a look now, and motivate me further by increasing my hit count!

Valentine's Day

Its not too late to pick up a Valentine's gift from tastes Delicatessen, we've all sorts of suitable presents from traditional boxed chocolates, to pampering "Love" tea and quirky red popcorn. From "little gesture" pink sugar mice at 75p to "big romantic statement" boxes of chocolates at £35, and plenty in between.

Purple Love Week

Purple Love Week takes place this year from 13th – 21st February. Purple Love Week is now in its fifth year and it celebrates shops, large and small, that offer great food. Purple Love Week was founded by Dorset food company Olives Et Al and this year we are organised enough to get involved as well!

Olives Et Al are the lovely people who supply us with most of our loose olives. And during Purple Love Week we will be increasing the range of Olives Et Al products we sell. We will be trying two new salad dressings, a chilli jelly and some more of their roasted nuts. We're also going to be stocking some of their lovely olives in jars. So now you can keep a jar in the cupboard for emergency olive indulgence when the shop isn't open. We have recipe cards with ideas using all of the Olives Et Al products we stock and will be offering tastings throughout Purple Love Week.

We are starting the sampling with Siena Nuts & Seeds: Peanuts, Almonds, Cashews, Pumpkin & Sunflower seeds tossed in rosemary & chilli.

Networked Deli!

Tastes Delicatessen is now on Facebook. Not quite sure how it all works, but am having a go!


The weekly tastings will be listed on facebook.

Recycling

We recycle as much of our packaging as possible, using it ourselves to send things purchased from our online shop, giving it to other local shops, or offering it on freecycle.

So if you need any packaging for any reason just ask. We have:
Cardboard boxes from half shoe box size to TV size (and sometimes even bigger)
Polystyrene chests with lids
Polystyrene sheets
Polystyrene and corn starch "wotsit" puff things
Air cushions and pillows
Bubble wrap (small and large bubbles)

We don't have much storage space, so the best thing to do is let us know what you need a few weeks in advance and we will make sure we put it to one side for you.

New Year, New Products

The first set of new products we've introduced for 2010 is a range of Cooking Sauces from Chan Cham. Made locally, with Sri Lankan and Caribbean influences, the cooking sauces are designed to provide great tasting meals, without hours of preparation. The range includes sauces suitable for meats, fish and vegetables and they can be used as marinades for grilling, roasting, frying or as the base for a curry. Just what is needed on these cold winter nights.

Onion Update

Our guess the number of onions competition has now closed. Thanks to everyone for their interest and participation.

There were 22 onions in the giant jar of Tracklements Onion Marmalade. We had guesses ranging from 6 to 562 and lots in between. For those of you interested in these sort of things; the most common answer was 38, the middle answer was 48 (with half the entrants thinking there were more than 48 and half thinking there were less). But most importantly, one person was exactly right with 22.

In The News!

Our "Guess the Number of Onions" competition made the local paper. You can
read the article online, but need to scroll to the bottom of the page.

Sundays

On Sunday (6th) from 12 noon until 3pm we will be selling some of our Christmas lines at St Cuthbert's Primary School* Fair. It is open to everyone so do come along.

From the following Sunday (13th) the shop will be open every Sunday until Christmas.

*St Cuthbert's Primary School,
Bagshot Road,
Englefield Green,
Surrey TW20 0RY.

Most Festive

Tastes Delicatessen is now at it's most festive. All the seasonal stock has arrived and is on display*. And nothing has yet sold out. I quite like it!

This is as full of festive stock as we are going to be. From next week I expect to start running out of things.

* We even have an example of the whole Serrano hams which are available to order.