Category: Commercial bakery

A Small Business Adapting to the New Normal

Charlotte McMillan 18 August, 2020 Tags: , No Comments Categories: Commercial bakery, Environmental, Sustainability, Trade

Here are our business tips and account of reopening and getting back to a new normal post lockdown. Hopefully you’re keeping safe & well? I thought you might like a round up of what’s going on from our niche business perspective at the moment. It’s a tale of two halves, so

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Successful survival rate of saplings from 2014 ‘Big Dig’ day.

Charlotte McMillan 25 February, 2020 Tags: , , No Comments Categories: Commercial bakery, Environmental, Sustainability, Trade

Back in 2014 we held a community ‘Big Dig‘ day when 300 native trees,  provided as part of The Woodland Trust Community Tree Pack, were planted in our front field by a band of over 50 volunteers. The trees were native wildlife friendly varieties which take about 7 to 8 years

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A Day in the Life of a Honeybuns Baker

Charlotte McMillan 11 February, 2020 Tags: , , , , No Comments Categories: Commercial bakery, Trade

I thought I’d give you a glimpse into the day of an artisan bakery, well, my day specifically. I arrive at Honeybuns by 7am each morning, sometimes by bike; Dorset’s meteorological conditions usually make my decisions. My first job of the day is checking and tasting the previous days baking.

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Keeping our feathered friends well fed in the winter

Charlotte McMillan 21 January, 2020 Tags: , , , No Comments Categories: Commercial bakery, Environmental, Gifts

Greetings from a very chilly Naish Farm. The bakery ovens are the most coveted space at Honeybuns at the moment. The warming aroma of baking cakes lifts the spirit on dark chilly mornings. The Honeybuns team are not alone in being drawn to the warmth at the bakery. The avian visitors

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