Local Suppliers

Hampshire County Council is proud to be working with a number of local suppliers for a variety of products. HC3S endeavours to use these suppliers wherever possible for school meals (primary and secondary) and for daily and function catering at other non-education sites.

Below is a list of some of our local Hampshire suppliers and the items they provide:

Supplier	Location	Produce
Axton and Sons Coastline Produce	Droxford Christchurch, Dorset	Fruit and vegetables are sourced locally when in season from supplies in Hampshire and neighbouring counties and support specific local produce promotions.
Blackmoore Game	Alresford	Venison, game, free range guinea fowl, poultry
Bursledon Windmill	Bursledon	Stone-ground wholemeal flour
Dairy Barn Farm Shop	Stockbridge	Rare breeds meat, homemade pies, ready meals, cakes and pudding, local organic vegetables, bread, cheese and groceries
Farmer Gosden's Ice Cream	Sherfield-on-Lodden	Ice cream
Fluffets Farm	Fordingbridge	Free range eggs
Mozzo Coffee	Southampton	Fair trade coffee
Mr Whitehead's Cider Company Ltd	Selborne	Apple juice
New Forest Ice Cream	Southampton	Ice cream
New Forest Spring Water	Fordingbridge	Bottled water
Oven Door Bakery	Fair Oak	Bread, cakes, sandwiches, fancy bakery goods
Preserving Traditions	Romsey	Additive free jams and chutneys
Real Jam and Chutney Company	Winchester	Seasonal preserves and local fruit
Solent Butchers Marchment	Portsmouth	Some local fresh meat, actively working with Hampshire Fare and others to develop a Southern Pride brand for their meat supplies
Solent Fish	Portsmouth	Locally caught fish whenever possible
The Tuck Box	Andover	Sandwiches

And, our local suppliers are not limited to Hampshire, we also use produce from:

Supplier	Location	Produce
Apetito	Trowbridge, Wiltshire	Meals on wheels - many ingredients, packaging and services are purchased from Wiltshire and Hampshire
Eden Springs	Tewskesbury, Gloucestershire	All water used in dispensers is sourced from Wiltshire
Hunt's	Sherborne, Dorset	Fresh meat - 90%+ from Devon, Dorset and Wiltshire
Lyburn Cheese	Landford, Wiltshire	Farmhouse cheese
Red House	Amesbury, Wiltshire	A small specialist company, producing additive, wheat and gluten free products

HC3S actively supports Hampshire Fare and continues to widen the range of products from local suppliers. Hampshire County Supplies recently produced a Food Purchasing Statement 473kb, which includes information relating to HC3S' local suppliers and produce.

For further information on the produce used by HC3S please contact either Evelyn Cook, Food Development Officer on 023 8062 7730 or John Foskett, Food Buyer, on 01962 826913