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July 2009
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Win With Simply Sausages...
This month Simply Sausages is offering visitors to the site the chance to win £50 worth of Waitrose vouchers. As Waitrose is a stockist of both our original Smithfield No1 Recipe and Smoked Bacon and Leek flavours, make sure that Simply Sausages are at the top of your shopping list!
Click here to enter...
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July 2009
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With July off to a sizzling start, the BBQ season is now in full swing. Make the most of the warm summers evenings and tuck into some delicious barbequed food. In July curly lettuce, cucumber and cherries are all in season so why not serve our delicious sausage kebabs with a lovely crisp salad of curly lettuce and cucumber and crusty bread on the side.
Click here to read more...
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June 2009
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With the weather finally hotting up it is all about eating ‘Al Fresco’ this month and enjoying the lovely warm evenings. In June broad beans, peas and strawberries are all in season so why not serve our delicious sausages barbecued with a fresh broad bean, pea and feta salad on the side and finish your meal with a bowl of juicy strawberries.
Click here to read more...
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April 2009
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Win With Simply Sausages...
This month Simply Sausages is offering visitors to the site the chance to win two tickets to the Real Food Festival at London’s Earls Court. The winner of the tickets will gain entry to the Festival on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May where you’ll be able to watch top chefs in action and sample food and drink from some of the best producers in the UK. Of course Simply Sausages will have their own stand at the festival where you can stop by and sample their full range of delicious flavours - Smithfield No 1, Air-Dried Smoked Bacon and Leek, Pork, fresh Apple & Acacia Honey and Pork & Italian Herbs.
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May 2009
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Summer is just around the corner and with two bank holidays in May, now is the time to dust off your BBQ and get grilling! This month asparagus, cucumber, curly lettuce and spinach are all in season, so why not serve our delicious Simply Sausages with a side serving of asparagus roasted on the BBQ or a lightly dressed fresh green salad made with cucumber and curly lettuce.
Click here to read more...
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April 2009
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Simply Sausages are back in the press again...
Delia Online - Simply Sizzling!
The latest offering from Simply Sausages - air-dried Smoked Bacon with Leek, is just superb - sausages as they should be, packed with quality outdoor-reared pork from British farms approved by Freedom Food in accordance with strict RSPCA welfare standards for pigs. In the light of Jamie Oliver's recent campaign, it's good to champion pork products that are made responsibly, and they don't come any better than this. £2.59 from Waitrose (Tesco from April).
Prima - Proper British Bangers!
Bearing the Freedom Food logo and made using pork from outdoor-reared pigs, fresh chunks of leek and air-dried bacon, Simply Sausages Smoked Bacon and Leek are a real dinner-table treat. Priced at £2.49 fir a 400g pack from Tesco and Waitrose.
She Magazine - Best Bangers To Serve Over The Bank Holiday...
Simply Sausages Smoked Bacon & Leek £2.59 for 400g. Firm and very tasty, the bacon/leek balance is pot on. From Tesco and Waitrose.
Stella - The Taste Test...
Simply Sausages Smithfield No.1 Recipe - £2.49 for 400g from Waitrose. The contentsof this are well mixed and they look good when cooked. It's highly seasoned, but still tasty, There's a bite to the meat that gives it a nice texture that's not too grainy.
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26 Jan 2009
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Chef Jamie Oliver and actress Joanna Lumley launch campaign to 'save our bacon'
Jamie Oliver, the chef, and Joanna Lumley, the actress, will launch a new television campaign this week to save pigs from being maltreated throughout the EU.
They want pig farmers to voluntarily abandon so-called "sow stalls" - which only allow female pigs to stand or flop in a tiny enclosed space - even though they will not be banned in most of the EU until 2013.
Bernard Hoggarth, of Simply Sausages, a premium brand which prides itself on its outdoor-reared pigs, said: "I think it will have more impact than anything achieved by industry representatives in recent years. In a celebrity-obsessed society, their views can have a real effect. We have worked with researchers on the Jamie Oliver programme and we welcome the message that it gets across on the need to treat pigs well - and to produce quality meats. It is wrong that different countries in the EU currently have different welfare standards for pigs."
* Jamie Saves Our Bacon, part of Channel 4's Great British Food Fight season, is on Thursday at 9pm.
Read the full article from the daily telegraph here
Find out more about Channel 4's 'Save Our Bacon' campaign here
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February 2009
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Simply Sausages covered in Great British Food Magazine.
Simply Sausages recieved good praise in latest issue of Great British Food' Magazine.
"Bang On The Money
A real family favourite, the humble sausage is the ultimate fast food and when you get a good one they really can't be beat.
Simply Sausages' new outdoor-reared pork with bacon and leek use the finest premium outdoor-reared British pork, carefully air dried bacon and the freshest leeks with black pepper and ginger to give them kick. This fine blend of traditionally British ingredients offers food connoisseurs, and sausage lovers a taste sensation they won't forget.
Available from selected Waitrose stores from 26th January, Simply Sausages outdoor reared pork sausages with leek and air dried bacon have an RRP of £2.49 for a 400g pack, containing six sausages."
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February 2009
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Simply Sausages covered in Olive Magazine.
Simply Sausages recieved good praise in latest issue of 'Olive' Magazine.
"Bang On - Toad in the hole, bangers and mash or just a lovely Saturday morning fry-up? The vital ingredient is a really good quality sausage and we think Simply Sausages' new Outdoor-Reared Smoked Bacon and Leek flavour fits the bill perfectly."
The article also featured "10 things to do with Sausages" recipe guide and a feature about Pig Farming to help awareness on the welfare of Pigs.
Download the full article here in PDF format.
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Tasting Session In Waterloo Station
We’ll be holding a sampling session for our delicious sausages at Waterloo station on Wednesday the 28 January. From 7.00am-7.00pm, we’ll be there cooking for all you busy commuters and offering you the chance to taste the original Smithfield Simply Sausage as well as the new, Air Dried Bacon and Leek sausage.
Come and say hello and grab a delicious hot sausage.
Update!
14,000 tasters have sampled the wonder that is Simply Sausages - and its only 3PM! Long queues formed with the consumers focus on British high welfare products.
The timing couldn't have been better!
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Simply Sausages Launch New Pack and Flavour
We’ve got a new look pack which we hope you’ll like? The new packaging will be on your supermarket shelves from the end of January to coincide with the launch of the new flavour, pork, air dried bacon and leek. The new flavour will be available in Waitrose stores.
The new pack also talks more about the quality of Simply Sausages outdoor reared pork and the fresh British produce which goes into each and every pack.
We are also pleased to have Freedom Food status, look out for this stamp of approval from the RSPCA on all packs of Simply Sausages.
The new pack will be available in the stores listed below from the end of January with an RRP of £2.49 for a 400g pack.
Stores Throughout GREATER LONDON
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Holloway Road |
East Sheen |
Kings Road |
John Barnes |
Richmond |
Bloomsbury |
Bromley South |
Putney |
Gloucester Road |
South Woodford |
Marylebone |
Canary Wharf |
Belgravia |
Wandsworth |
Kensington |
Fulham |
Rickmansworth |
Balham |
Chiswick |
West Ealing |
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Stores Throughout ENGLAND & WALES
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Bury St Edmonds |
Kingsthorpe |
Marlborough |
Beaconsfield |
Maidenhead |
Ringwood |
Welwyn Garden City |
Chichester |
Petersfield |
Stroud |
Southend On Sea |
Godalming |
Cirencester |
Berkhamsted |
Salisbury |
Newark |
Kenilworth |
Cambridge |
Paddock Wood |
Thatcham |
Cheltenham |
Portishead |
Droitwich |
Sandbach |
Towcester |
Abergavenny |
Hitchin |
Rushden |
Farnham |
Lincoln |
Sheffield |
Wolverhampton |
Cheadle Hulme |
Wilmslow |
Lewes |
Barbican |
East Grinstead |
Formby |
St Katherine Docks |
Christchurch |
Bayswater |
Eastbourne |
Hersham |
Parkstone |
Clapham |
Windsor |
Lymington |
Sandhurst |
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January 2008 |
Various Press Clippings...
Below are some press clippings that have featured in various publications over the past few months.
Food Spy - Tom Aikens - ES Magazine - 29.08.08
British Bangers...
Simply Sausages, Smithfield's most famous sausages, are at last available to supermarket shoppers. The company believed in proper food made with proper ingredients, so the sausages are made with 100 per cent British produce - British herbs in the season, leeks and onions from Yorkshire, and meat from pigs allowed to roam free and then tucked up at night in deep straw-bedded barns.
The sausage that started it all - and which tastes fantastic - is the Smithfield No.1, which contains 88 per cent fresh British pork, free-range British eggs, herbs, spices and breadcrumbs. The perfect way to cook sausages is to pan-fry them on a high heat (don't pierce them as you want to keep all the juice in the sausage) and then cook them for five to eight minutes in the oven. I eat them with masses of ketchup.
Food & Travel - 11.08
Simply Sausages (www.simplysausages.com) are made entirely from British pigs reared outdoors. We're taken with the apple and acacia honey variety
Hello - 11.11.08
Big Porkies...
Hello magazine ran an article on sausages and included a mention to Simply Sausages. They featured two recipes: Sausages with Olive Oil Mash and Onion Gravy and Toad In The Hole. These recipes are featured in our recipe section.
Dinner Tonight.... - 14.10.2008
The times featured a Meatballs recipe using Simply Sausages:
Nutmeg sausage meatballs
400g spaghetti.
1 red onion, approx. 100g.
2 tbsp olive oil.
400g chard or spinach.
480g Simply Sausage pork with nutmeg.
Boil the spaghetti in salted water according to the packet instructions until al dente. Drain and keep warm. meanwhile peel, halve and finely chop the onion. Heat the oil in the saute pan and gently soften the onion. Run a knife down the sausages, peel away the skin and make 5 balls from each sausage, rolling the sausage meat round in your hands. Drop the balls into the onions - they should all fit in a snug single layer - and cook, shaking the pan occasionally, until crusty and cooked through. If using chard, remove and chop stalks. Have ready a pan of boiling, salted water and cook the stalks for 3 min before adding the sliced leaves. Boil for 3-4 minute moire. Boil young leaf spinach for 2 min, Drain. Stir the chard into the spaghetti, add the meatballs, toss and serve.
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June 2008 |
Simply Sausages appearing at Taste of London Festival
We are proud to be appearing at the Taste of London festival in Regents Park between 19 -22 June. Here you will be able sample Simply Sausages. If you are going - pop along and see us at Stand K7.
Taste Festivals - Website
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June 2008 |
Come and meet Martin at Waitrose!
Martin Heap our executive chef, simply sausage founder and sausage guru will appearing in branches of Waitrose across London over the coming weeks. Here you will be to sample the wonder that is Simply Sausages. He will be at the following stores:
16/06 - Fulham
17/06 - West Ealing
23/06 - Canary Wharf
24/06 - Wandsworth
25/06 - Kensington
29/06 - Canary Wharf
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August 2007 |
Food & Travel - "Porky and Best" article
(August/September 2007 issue)
"We were big fans of the Simply Sausages shops in London started by chef and restaurateur Martin Heap in the Nineties, so were sad to see the original Farringdon branch close in April. The good news is that best-selling five flavours are available from major supermarkets. With 80 per cent premium pork from the shoulder and belly, they have natural casings and natural everything else. Start with the Smith No1 recipe - outdoor-reared pork with nutmeg, then try apple and acacia honey, or leek and air-dried ham (all 480g, £2.99). Home delivery is also available (020 7394 6406; heaptohome.co.uk)."
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June 2007 |
BBC Good Food - 'On Test sausages' article
(July 2007 issue)
"BEST MAIL ORDER
Simply Sausages London Rich Sausages: traditional pork £6.50/1kg
Meat content 79%
A very good plain pork sausage – chunky with an open texture and nicely seasoned. This might not be as powerful in favour as some we tried, but its hefty size makes it perfect for an extra special hot dog, especially when drizzled with mustard or honey."
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April 2007 |
THE BIG LAUNCH
We have relaunched some of our favourite sausages into the retail marketplace under our newly refurbished simply sausages branding. For those of you not lucky enough to be invited, the launch party took place at The Ivy restaurant in London, where guests were treated to a gourmet dinner including... you guessed it ...sausages. Not to mention the chance to meet guest of honour celebrity chef James Martin (pictured at the event right).
The launch into major retailers will see that some of the finest sausages in the country are at last available nationwide, after over a decade of being one of Londons best kept secrets.
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