Danny's Days - 21st October 2024

This week we are getting to enjoy the renovation work we carried out last week. We desperately needed some new shelves as the previous ones had been in place around 40 years ago. It can be somewhat challenging changing parts of the shop which have been in place for so long. This time we took a brave choice to have these display counters purpose made with built in lighting. We were a few days without our displays while this project was finished but we were over the moon when they were finished. We would love to hear your thoughts.

We are now filling the shelves with lots of new goodies for autumn and Christmas - including one of the biggest Panettone I have ever seen.

Other Lidgate news

It’s been a strange couple of months in our Lidgates Kitchen. We have some interest of expansion through other online platforms which is lovely. However we have had some challenges staffing the kitchen and replacing a few team members who have decided to move out of London. We are thrilled to welcome back our Kitchen Supervisor Terri, who has spent a few months working in her partner’s award winning gastro-pub. It will certainly help us steady the ship as we run into the busy months. We have also experienced record sales of sausage rolls - we literally struggle to keep up but that's a good problem to have. 

I hope you all have a lovely week ahead.

The very best wishes

Danny