Mash Direct in New Waitrose Deal on their 14th Birthday

Comber farm, Mash Direct, have landed a new deal to supply one of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains, Waitrose, with their convenient vegetable side dishes. The listing will see Mash Direct’s Carrot and Parsnip Mash go into over 330 stores across England and Wales starting today (on the 11th April 2018) on the 14th anniversary of the family farm’s diversification. Quality and provenance are key attributes of the Waitrose ethos, which is why Mash Direct have proven so popular after receiving its 19th Great Taste Award last year.

Wednesday 25 April 2018

Mash Direct in New Waitrose Deal on their 14th Birthday

Comber farm, Mash Direct, have landed a new deal to supply one of the UK’s biggest supermarket chains, Waitrose, with their convenient vegetable side dishes.

The listing will see Mash Direct’s Carrot and Parsnip Mash go into over 330 stores across England and Wales starting today (on the 11^th April 2018) on the 14^th anniversary of the family farm’s diversification.

Quality and provenance are key attributes of the Waitrose ethos, which is why Mash Direct have proven so popular after receiving its 19^th Great Taste Award last year.

Director, Jack Hamilton said: “This is such a great opportunity for us to showcase the heritage varieties of vegetables on our family farm, grown specifically for their superior flavour. We already have a strong working relationship with Waitrose and supply then in Scotland, the Channel Islands and the UAE and we are looking forward to building our reputation in these new stores.”

“In Northern Ireland, we thrive in doing the simple things well but we can be quite humble when it comes to getting out there and telling people about it. I believe that there is a great future ahead for the local agri-food industry if we can seize the opportunities, home and abroad as well as being able to get out there and market them. “

From humble beginnings on a small family farm in County Down, Mash Direct now supply over 5,000 stores around the world and in addition to the new Waitrose business, started exporting to the US last month.

The new listing will increase the presence of Mash Direct in the south east of England, the heartland of Waitrose. This is a key growth area for Mash Direct as Londoners in particular are increasingly looking for high quality vegetables at affordable prices but don’t have the time to prepare them themselves.

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Mash Direct is an independent, family owned farming and food production enterprise launched by the Hamilton family in 2004 at their family farm.

Mash Direct is the market leader in quality, convenient ‘field to fork’ vegetable and potato dishes ranging from traditional accompaniments of mashed potato and champ to complete ready-meals. The company were named Company of the Year at the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards 2016 and won the SIAL Gold Innovation Award in the Middle East for their Crispy Vegetable Bakes, a first international award for the company.

With a total of 19 Great Taste Awards to date, the award-winning Mash Direct range can be found in Spar, Tesco, SuperValu, Dunnes Centra, Eurospar, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Spar, Mace, Vivo, Coop as well as other independent stores.

See the full list of products at: www.mashdirect.com/products

Wednesday 25 April 2018