Festive food on a budget doesn’t mean scrimping on the cut of meat or doing away with the trimmings. For Yorkshire farmer and meat wholesaler, John Penny and Sons it’s about going back to your local butcher.
Nov 30 2011, 3:30 PM
Visitors to the John Penny and Sons stand at Harrogate’s Countryside Live let their taste buds do the talking this weekend. In a blind taste test over 1500 consumers were offered cold cuts of beef topside from John Penny and meat which had been reared using mass production techniques.
Oct 26 2011, 2:23 PM
Think that you have to pay more for fuller flavoured meat? Think that the meat’s flavour can only be improved by way it is cooked? Think again says one Yorkshire meat wholesaler which will give this year’s Countryside Live visitors the tastebud test.
Oct 21 2011, 9:42 AM
Members of the North East & North West region of the Q Guild had a monthly meeting with difference at John Penny and Sons on Wednesday 27 July.
Aug 09 2011, 3:29 PM
John Penny & Sons and celebrity chef Jonathon Davies joined forces at the Great Yorkshire Show to bring their campaign - Quest for Best: The Meat Crusade - to consumers for the first time.
Jul 18 2011, 3:40 PM
Two Yorkshire enterprises have launched a national campaign to bring the buzz back into eating red meat. Quest for Best: The Meat Crusade aims to change buying habits and get consumers to think differently about the meat they buy and where they buy it.
Jun 22 2011, 3:19 PM
John Penny & Sons are proud to announce an exciting new partnership with local celebrity chef, Jonathon Davies.
Mar 30 2011, 10:33 AM
An outstanding British Blue heifer was chosen as supreme cattle champion at Skipton Auction Mart’s annual Christmas prime stock shows and sales on Sunday 28th November
Nov 28 2010, 6:10 PM
The annual Sawley and District Farmers Auction Mart Christmas Fair took place on a snowy Saturday 2th November. The weather didn't dampen enthusiasm as Mick Searle once again bought the Champion and Reserve Champion cattle.
Nov 27 2010, 6:36 PM
John Penny and Sons secure Supreme Champion and Reserve Champion cattle at the prestigious English Winter Fair in Staffordshire.
Nov 26 2010, 12:41 PM
What a good article in yesterday’s Yorkshire Post. A huge credit to you both for taking the initiative to explain in an understandable manner Penny’s part in the meat food chain.
Nov 12 2010, 11:49 AM
Sarah Freeman, features editor of the Yorkshire Post visited John Penny & Sons abattoir and reported her findings today. She said "I like meat a lot. I like broccoli and carrots too, but I've never once flirted with vegetarianism and have no inclination to start now!"
Nov 11 2010, 9:19 AM
Country Week, the Yorkshire Post weekend supplement interviewed John Penny on his views about animal welfare and the meat industry.
John was quoted 'Shoppers need to know as much about the abattoir as the farm'.
Nov 06 2010, 2:04 PM
John Penny & Sons has been awarded the Quality Standard Mark for successfully passing the QSM audit for the processing of Quality Standard British Beef and Lamb.
Nov 01 2010, 5:39 PM
Q Guild members have a reputation for unsurpassed product quality, provenance, innovation and customer service and adhere to the highest standards.
Nov 01 2010, 10:21 AM
Celebrity chef and food critic Jay Rayner visits John Penny to learn about the slaughter process as part of his Hoof to Plate article.
Jul 08 2010, 11:18 AM
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