Boyne Valley Flavour’s Food Boxes to Order
As some food businesses are struggling to survive, this group of food producers are starting to deliver…
As we forge into another week with the Covid-19 virus living amoungst us, we are all looking for ways of settling into our new routines and daily habits.
A focus for many of us right now, is when and how we buy our food shopping. While many of us try to avoid large supermarkets as much as possible at this time, the producers in Boyne Valley Flavour’s have collaborated to develop a new initiative to get the finest of Irish produce delivered right to their customer’s doors.
This comes in the form of a range of Boyne Valley Flavour’s Boxes that can be ordered online and delivered to homes and this this initiative also gives an opportunity for the businesses in Boyne valley businesses to try to survive in these difficult times.
The initiative has been spearheaded by Ruairi Browne who along with Laura Menamy, is the proprietor of Great Northern Larder which make a delicious range of high-quality sauces and rubs. Ruairi and Laura have dedicated their website, their time and packing facilities to helping local food producers across the Boyne Valley come together with those in isolation or those cocooning in their homes.
What the food partners had to say:
Bronagh Conlan Chairperson Boyne Valley Flavours and proprietor Listoke Distillery and Gin School “This is an amazing innovative initiative and proof of how people can pull together at times like these. It will not only help the producers involved to keep their business going but it will also allow people to receive fresh, premium Irish produce straight to their homes.”
Gráinne McKeon Food Officer for Boyne Valley Flavours “I am so proud to be involved with this fantastic initiative, it is so inspiring to see how Ruairí and the producers involved have reacted in these difficult times and collaborated to create & deliver the range of Food Boxes in such a short space of time.”
Boyne Valley Food Boxes:
A range of Food Boxes are available, with produce from local producers in the Boyne Valley that can be ordered online and delivered right to your door. (At the point of purchase, customers will also have the option to add 2 x 250ml bottle of hand sanitiser from Listoke Distillery).
Order Now: GreatNorthernLarder.com
Boyne Valley Producers – Weekly Vegetable Box
From €29.50 and available Nationwide. Each week, the company will curate the best seasonal locally grown produce and try to offer as much value as we can to the customer. Each box will include a mixture of green leafy veg and salad leaves and root veg including potatoes. Also includes 250g of closed cup mushrooms. The produce will come from these Boyne Valley producers:
- Kerrigan’s Mushrooms
- Drummond House Garlic and Asparagus
- Meade Potato Company
- Finnegan’s Farm
- Rock Farm Slane
- Durnin’s Fruit and Veg
- McCormack Family Farms
- Deelite Bite
Store Cupboard Essentials Box
From €40 and available Nationwide. A “store cupboard essentials” box which contains long life products that you typically keep in your cupboard. This box is filled with a specially curated mix of Irish artisan products that will be a winner in every kitchen and with all ages.
250g of sea salt from Oriel Sea Salt in Clogherhead.
250ml of Apple Cider Vinegar from Boyne Grove Fruit Farm in Drogheda.
250ml of Irish Rapeseed Oil from Newgrange Gold in Slane or Derrycamma in Castlebellingham.
250ml sauce from Great Northern Larder and a bottle of our vegetable seasoning mix.
2.5kg of Marty Mill Stoneground Hand milled Flour from Kells
3 X selected jars of jam or jelly from our local preserve makers Clarkes, Big Red Kitchen, Hilda’s Homemades, and A Bit on the Side. Min weight 500g.
Tea and Coffee (Optional) 500g of loose leaf Irish tea from McEntees in Dundalk and 500g of ground coffee from Koffy in Dundalk
Weekly Meat, Dairy, & Fish Box
From €95 and limited to Dublin and areas in Meath, Louth, Kildare and Wicklow (see website for map). Delivered on Tuesday.
This has enough meat and fish for one week for a family of four including lunches and dinners. All products are vac packed and fresh so they can be frozen at home if you wish. This is an exceptional value box for artisan Irish meats and fresh caught Irish fish. Note: The contents of this box will change every Sunday evening. All fish is boned and individually vac packed, all meat is vac packed
Sample Box Contains:
- Hogan’s Farm: Fresh Turkey Mince x 350g & Fresh Turkey Burgers, 4 x 100g each
- Killua Castle: Venison Mince 600g and Venison Fillet Steaks x 2 x 180g each
- Hugh Maguire – The Smokin’ Butcher: Multi Award Winning Smoked Black Pudding
- Rockfarm in Slane: Fresh Eggs x 12
- Boyne Valley Cheese: White Goats Cheese x 200g
- What’s For Pudding: Sticky Toffee 420g
- Nick’s Fish – Option 1 – Mixed Pack: Sea Bass x 4 fillets (125g each) / Salmon x 4 portions (170g each) / Cod x 4 portions (170g each) / Smoked Coley x 1kg OR
- Nick’s Fish – Option 2 – Whitefish Pack: Cod x 6 portions (170g each) / Hake x 6 portions (170g each) / Haddock x 6 portions (170g each) OR
- Nick’s Fish Option 3 – Salmon Pack: Salmon x 16 portions (170g each)
About Boyne Valley Flavours
Boyne Valley Flavours is a collective of producers, food service and food experience providers in the Boyne Valley (Meath and Louth). Our aim is to promote local, sustainable produce, develop the use of local produce in restaurants/cafes and to develop food tourism in the Boyne Valley region.
Each year we run the Boyne Valley Food Series of events across the Boyne Valley as well as year-round Food experiences.
Discover more at:
- Web: www.BoyneValleyFlavours.ie
- Facebook: @boynevalleyflavours
- Twitter: @boynevalleyflav
- Instagram: @boynevalleyflavours
