Sandford Orchards Wins Listings With John Lewis

Devon-based Sandford Orchards has announced a brand new venture with John Lewis & Partners who have just made Sandford Orchards’ core session cider gift pack available to their customers in store and online. The department store is also including a very special Sandford Orchards’ cider in their Christmas gift range. 

Barny Butterfield, Chief Cidermaker at Sandford Orchards comments: “We are thrilled to be working with John Lewis & Partners to bring our authentic cider to an even wider audience. Our two organisations share a passion for providing our customers with the highest quality products, so when we were offered the chance to list some of our ciders with them, we were over the moon."

John Lewis & Partners adds: ”We were impressed with Sandford Orchards and their commitment to making great cider. We are delighted to include their session cider pack in our gift range now and look forward to working closely with them as part of our Christmas offering. We are confident that our customers will be big fans.” 

Founded in 2002, independent, family-owned Sandford Orchards is based in Crediton, Mid Devon in the oldest working cider mill in the UK. The area has long been known as one of the most fertile parishes in all of Britain, both for its grazing and ability to grow apples. Crediton sits in the lee of the moors, so receives the right amount of rain and the right units of heat in summer.

Sandford Orchards takes a fresh, natural and low impact approach to producing cider. Combining tradition and innovation, Sandford Orchards produces an award-winning range of core session, traditional, fine and fruit ciders.

Sandford Orchards’ partnership with John Lewis has been facilitated by Great British Exchange.

For further information on Sandford Orchards please visit www.sandfordorchards.co.uk, follow Sandford Orchards on X, Facebook and Instagram. 

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Sandford Orchards takes a low impact approach to producing cider:

• Their orchards act as carbon sinks, promote soil health and support biodiversity

• Their apples are all grown in a 20 mile radius of the cider works

• Their by-products are bio-converted locally into natural green gas and CO2, which is used to carbonate their ciders

• They use locally coppiced regenerating woodlands for fuel for heating water and have installed solar panels which produce 25% of their required electricity

• They are working towards having all their company vehicles charged by renewable power

• They use natural lighting, rainwater harvested from their roofs and insulation to reduce their energy requirements

• Their cider is produced using filtration and cold sterilisation and without the need for boiling ingredients

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