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Monkhouse Marketing provides PR support for Shrewsbury Food Festival…
Monkhouse Marketing is supporting the first Shrewsbury Food Festival. As a PR and marketing company that works
in food and drink (amongst other areas!), Monkhouse Marketing is enjoying supporting the festival team – using their expertise and knowledge to promote the event on a national and regional level. Local restaurants – Henry Tudor House, Eat Up, Lion and Pheasant and The Boathouse – have provided lunches as prizes for promotional competitions – thank you!
Monkhouse client Wenlock Spring, will also be supporting the Shrewsbury Food Festival by sponsoring the chefs’ demonstration stand – where some of the county’s finest chefs will be showcasing their culinary talents including Will Holland from la Bécasse and Marcus Bean from The New Inn and Brompton Cookery School.
The festival organisers are looking for local companies to sponsor the event. All levels of support and ideas are welcome. If you are interested in finding out more about event sponsorship please email: info@shrewsburyfoodfestival.co.uk or visit the Shrewsbury Food Festival website www.shrewsburyfoodfestival.co.uk.
Win tickets to Shrewsbury Food Festival!
Shrewsbury is hosting the first ever Shrewsbury Food Festival on 29th and 30th June.
The town is expecting 5,000 visitors over the two days – all coming to discover the quality of our local and regional food.
To be a part of this exciting event enter the Monkhouse competition – the lucky winner will receive a pair of tickets to the festival and lunch for two at one of Shrewsbury’s most popular restaurants – Eat Up.
To enter simply email enquiries@monkhousegranary.co.uk with your name, email address and the name of your favourite restaurant in Shropshire and why – good luck!
Monkhouse Granary Competition – Terms and Conditions
Three awards, eight enterprising ladies – The Food Awards Company launches
Monkhouse Marketing is managing the PR for an exciting new business – The Food Awards Company.
The new company is the creation of entrepreneurial business woman, Caroline Kenyon, who took decisive action after hearing Luke Johnson on Radio 4 on an autumn afternoon. The result of this 18 months later – The Food Awards Company, backed by Luke – known for building the Pizza Express empire in the 90’s and former Chairman of Channel 4.
The first award – Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year launched in 2012. This has been joined this year by the Tiptree World Bread Awards and the Food and Drink Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. Monkhouse has secured national coverage for the launch – raising the profile of the The Food Awards Company.
The Food Awards Company – www.thefoodawardscompany.co.uk
Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year – www.pinkladyfoodphotographeroftheyear.com
Tiptree World Bread Awards – www.worldbreadawards.com
Food and Drink Entrepreneur of the Year Awards – www.foodanddrinkentrepreneuroftheyear.com
Monkhouse Food and Drink – Show success
Monkhouse Food and Drink launched at the first Food and Drink Trade Show in Cheltenham – 25th and 26th February. The new Monkhouse brand focuses on an increasing number of clients in the food, drink and agricultural sectors.
Monkhouse Food and Drink allowed Shropshire based producers – Pimhill Farm, Bread Du Jour, Maynard’s Farm, Middletown Hill – UK distributors of Marou chocolate, and Great Ness Oil – to exhibit at the show, time and cost effectively. They were also joined by Nottinghamshire based client, Colston Bassett Stilton.
Clare Downes, commented; “We are all extremely pleased with how the first collaborative Monkhouse Food and Drink stand went – and we are already looking at taking our next stand at another food trade show!”
A Cheesey Christmas at Monkhouse Marketing
Alex James Presents has launched the new Goddess Guernsey milk cheese and re-launched two goats cheese – Farleigh Wallop and Little Wallop.
Monkhouse Marketing client Cheese Cellar secured exclusive distribution and Monkhouse Marketing has supported the launch with trade and consumer food PR.
In addition to this, Colston Basset Stilton has just invited Monkhouse Marketing to work with them to manage the PR for their celebratory centenary year in 2013. Next year will mark 100 years of outstanding cheese and the farming co-operative.
Recent coverage
The Grocer – 1st September 2012
Hospitality and Catering News – 16th October 2012
Big Hospitality – New Product News
Celebrity Radio Campaign
Bartletts Solicitors have been running a radio campaign on Heart Radio for the past 12 months, reaching an audience in Cheshire and North Wales. This has recently been renewed and Bartletts, Monkhouse Marketing and the Heart Radio team have worked together to create a campaign featuring the well-known TV star, Dervla Kirwan (55 Degrees North, Ballykissangel, Dr Who). Her warm and gentle tones are used in a series of advertisements to be aired over the next 12 months. Dervla took time out of her busy filming schedule (currently filming Brit film, ‘Luna’, out next year).
Dervla arrived at Heart’s Soho studio in London full of enthusiasm and charm, which comes across in the four 30 second commercials. Dervla would not usually take on legal advertisements but said that the fact that Bartletts were a local company that have been in business for 150 years, was a deciding factor in taking on the project.
Water, Oats and Cheese
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Monkhouse Marketing has worked closely with the Wenlock Spring team to develop the content for their new website www.wenlockspring.co.uk. Monkhouse Marketing is now responsible for regular online updating. Leading up to Christmas and into 2011 a focused PR strategy is to be implemented. At Speciality & Fine Food Fair product placement was organised for Wenlock Spring for the exhibitors lounge and the evening reception. |
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Pimhill Farm attended a series of trade and consumer shows including Speciality & Fine Food Fair and Organic Food Festival. Monkhouse Marketing designed and produced two pieces of literature for these events. Pimhill Farm has recently launched a new 5kg sack size for their product range, which is available for purchase online www.pimhill.co.uk. This new size was well received at the various events and is a “must have” this Autumn for your store cupboard. |
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The Monkhouse team has had a busy few months with Appleby’s. During the Summer Clare Downes travelled to New York with Neal’s Yard Dairy to visit American customers and attend the New York Fancy Food Show. Monkhouse Marketing organised a workshop with Slow Food at the Ludlow Food Festival. For this event Appleby’s teamed up with Ludlow based Pure Spirit Drinks to present a workshop, pairing the two after dinner indulgences, cheese and whisky. Please click here to download the tasting notes from the Cheese and Whisky event. |
Bartletts Celebrate 150 Years
Monkhouse Marketing is working with Bartletts Solicitors, based in Chester & Liverpool, organising their Marketing activity during this special year for the business.
Marketing Ice Cream, Cafe & Farm Shop
Derbyshire based, Bluebells started making ice cream from their own milk in December 2008.
They also opened a cafe & farm shop with an outside Play Area & Animal Patch. The Monkhouse team has started working with the business regarding local, regional & trade PR & supporting advertising.
Other current projects include outdoor signage for the cafe & farm shop, leaflet design & the creation of an annual promotional calendar.
Farrah – Clothes with Distinctive Style
Farrah is opening in the lead up to Christmas 2009 with a fabulous range of well known ladies fashion brands & some labels that are exclusive to Farrah. The boutique will cater for stylish ladies of all ages. Monkhouse Marketing is creating designer shopping bags for customers, swing tags for product labelling, marketing literature & is also responsible for the launch event & publicity surrounding this.
Farrah is located on the Nantwich Road in Crewe adjacent to its partner business, Essence. Monkhouse Marketing has previously developed the Essence brand for this chain of quality beauty salons.
