Food & Drink

"People have been really supportive of businesses and hopefully that will continue even after Covid"- Salford vegan takeaway to use new website in lockdown

“People have been really supportive of businesses and hopefully that will continue even after Covid”- Salford vegan takeaway to use new website in lockdown

A MediaCity-based vegan eatery called Vertigo Manchester has recently opened a new takeaway service for the Christmas period. Consumers can order […]

Jessica Bakes Vegan
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“It is a once in a lifetime opportunity” – Woman opens new Salford vegan cake business

A local baker has taken the plunge and opened a new Salford vegan cake business, despite the coronavirus pandemic. Jessica […]

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“My Christmas has been decimated” – Local restaurant owner slams tier system

The government’s decision to put Greater Manchester in Tier 3 has ‘decimated’ the Christmas of restaurant owner Robert Rossario. Rossario who owns […]

"They really show the spirit of a working-class town" - the bakery bringing Eccles cakes up to date in Salford

“They really show the spirit of a working-class town” – the bakery bringing Eccles cakes up to date in Salford

A family run bakery in Salford has rekindled the tradition of producing Eccles cakes – in Eccles. The Albert Street […]

Eccles Cake, with the flag of Greater Manchester. Photo Credit: James Jones via Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eccles_Cake,_from_Greater_Manchester.jpg

Why Eccles Cakes should be honoured on National Cake Day

Jamesjones79, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons The Salford delicacies Eccles cakes have been a staple of the Northern […]