Frequently Asked Questions

We offer very competitive rates giving good value for money.  The Artisan Food Trail membership page gives you all the details.

The Artisan Food Trail membership application page lists our criteria.

From time to time we offer discounts/incentives on website subscriptions. The Artisan Food Trail informs our members of any offers. Sign up to our newsletter to keep up to date and to take advantage of any special offers.

There is no contract. Membership is for a year (paid upfront), which you may renew for the following year. If you choose not to be on our website anymore, you need not renew. Your subscription will end after a year. There are no refunds for cancelling before the year is up. You can rejoin at any time. Simple as that.

Not at the moment. However, we are currently working on adding an optional store for producers. Not all small producers are set up to take orders online, when we do offer online shop facilities we won’t make it a prerequisite to have a shop, we like to make our services flexible.

No. Your page is created by The Artisan Food Trail designers, using your text and pictures to best effect. We don’t run a CMS (content managed system) site as we like to see all content before upload and use our design expertise to create a design for each producer which also follows The Artisan Food Trail style. This helps us keep the website management costs down which in turn makes it cheaper for you. Also it is one less thing for you to do when you’re running your business. Leave the worrying about picture file sizes and technical stuff to us.

We don’t have a direct upload facility to our website. All text and images can be sent via email and The Artisan Food Trail design team will do it manually for you. Please notify us before sending anything.

It isn’t necessary although it is to your advantage as we can direct more traffic to your website. If you would like one we can create one for you at a cost effective price. We designed and built our own, plus others, so if you are interested, get in touch.

It is not essential, but it is very useful to promote your business. Many of our members use social media as a free form of marketing. We can use your social media output to broadcast you to a much wider audience. If you want to use social media, but don’t know where to start, contact us.

Yes. People that are looking for food and drink, local to them, visit our website. You choose the area in which you want to sell/stock your products. Our nationwide coverage doesn’t dictate that you have to be nationwide. Many of our members operate purely on a local basis.

Please see our ‘contact‘ page for full details.
Email us at: info@artisanfoodtrail.co.uk
Telephone: 0844 995 9996

Contact us at info@artisanfoodtrail.co.uk

The Artisan Food Trail started in March 2011.

The number of members changes all the time and we’re continuing to grow. You can count them all on our website, although we do also work with other food and drink business that are not listed.

There are several reasons. We’re quite picky about who we work with. We generally wait for potential members to approach us rather than going on a big ‘recruitment’ drive. We believe that food and drink producers would prefer to choose us rather than being badgered into joining.

Our focus is about building more awareness for your business which creates more demand for your products. If your products and brand are desirable and fit the bill you could hear from shops wanting to stock you.

If you stock any of our listed members and are making many of your own products, you can become a member.
Providing you fit our criteria, it’s easy. First fill in the application form and we’ll respond within 3 days as to whether or not you’re eligible.
You will need to submit details about your business, about what you do and what you think makes you a suitable member.
We’ll then confirm the details with you that our invoice should be made out to.

If you use/serve any of our listed members’ products and you source the majority of your ingredients within your local area, you can join.
Providing you fit our criteria, it’s easy. First fill in the application form and we’ll respond within 3 days as to whether or not you’re eligible.
You will need to submit details about your business, about what you do and what you think makes you a suitable member.
We’ll then confirm the details with you that our invoice should be made out to.

Providing you are based in the United Kingdom, yes you can join.
Fill in the application form and we’ll respond within 3 days as to whether or not you’re eligible.
You will need to submit details about your business, about what you do and what you think makes you a suitable member.
We’ll then confirm the details with you that our invoice should be made out to.

You can, if you strongly intend to become a member. Although it isn’t necessary, it will give you a head start into our Approval process.

We’re not insurance advisers ourselves, so we have formed a partnership with an expert insurance company with experience in the food and drink sector. We can put you in touch with them. Members of The Artisan Food Trail can benefit from a discounted rate.

We can to put you in touch with one of our preferred partners depending upon your requirements. Being a member of The Artisan Food Trail may entitle you to discounts.

We receive requests regularly from food and drink producers inviting us to give our opinion and this could divert a lot of our time, so we have decided to concentrate on our members only.

Our newsletter focuses on our members and our own output. There will occasionally be items concerning our partners or events we’re working with.
If you are any of the above mentioned, then yes.

Our activities are focused on exactly that, so by becoming a member of The Artisan Food Trail would be a good option.
The Artisan Food Trail membership page tells you more.

Social media is one way we attract people to our website and a method that works extremely well. We get out and about too, exhibiting at trade shows and other events. We make sure that the search engine optimisation of The Artisan Food Trail website is as effective as it can be so it comes high up on internet searches and rankings.

These type of statistics we keep private. Our members have access to their relevant data upon request.

The annual membership fee is relatively low and the potential for a good return is positive. Members taking advantage of our partner benefits can make considerable savings for their business, far exceeding the cost of membership.

We allow our members to keep this information private. As we create indirect sales for our members it is not always possible to determine exact figures.

Our newsletter focuses on our members and our own output. There will occasionally be items concerning our partners or events we’re working with.
If you are any of the above mentioned, then yes.

We only work with individuals making their own products.

We don’t as we concentrate on independent businesses only.

Your business must be based and registered in the United Kingdom. We understand that some products (for example, tea, coffee, cacao, olive oil) are not grown in the UK but you may be a UK business selling them.

We store all information on our secure system. We do not pass it on to third parties. If we need to do this, you will be asked on sign up/entry if you wish your details to be passed on. You will have the choice to opt out and can unsubscribe at any time using the link in the newsletter.

You can forward their details in an email to us or tell them about our site and get them to contact us.

You can submit your information online here. All entries are vetted by an administrator before being included on our website.

We don’t have an Artisan Food Trail shop at the moment, however it is something we will shortly be offering our members. For members who have their own online shop, their website link will direct you to this service where you can buy direct.

If you wish to advertise on our website please contact us to find out about our affordable rates. We vet all potential advertisers for suitability to make sure they complement the core values of our artisan food and drink members.

Our newsletter focuses on our members and our own output. There will occasionally be items concerning our partners or events we’re working with.
If you are any of the above mentioned, then yes.

We’d prefer to receive all the information from the ‘horse’s mouth’ to ensure all the details are correct. If you know the organiser of the market, get them to contact us and we’ll sort it out.

Yes of course, that’s why their contact details are there. If you want to ask them about their product, they’d be happy to help.

The Artisan Food Trail started in March 2011.

The number of members changes all the time and we’re continuing to grow. You can count them all on our website, although we do also work with other food and drink business that are not listed.

There are several reasons. We’re quite picky about who we work with. We generally wait for potential members to approach us rather than going on a big ‘recruitment’ drive. We believe that food and drink producers would prefer to choose us rather than being badgered into joining.

If you stock any of our listed members and are making many of your own products, you can become a member.
Providing you fit our criteria, it’s easy. First fill in the application form and we’ll respond within 3 days as to whether or not you’re eligible.
You will need to submit details about your business, about what you do and what you think makes you a suitable member.
We’ll then confirm the details with you that our invoice should be made out to.

 

 

If you use/serve any of our listed members’ products and you source the majority of your ingredients within your local area, you can join.
Providing you fit our criteria, it’s easy. First fill in the application form and we’ll respond within 3 days as to whether or not you’re eligible.
You will need to submit details about your business, about what you do and what you think makes you a suitable member.
We’ll then confirm the details with you that our invoice should be made out to.

 

 

Providing you are based in the United Kingdom, yes you can join.
Fill in the application form and we’ll respond within 3 days as to whether or not you’re eligible.
You will need to submit details about your business, about what you do and what you think makes you a suitable member.
We’ll then confirm the details with you that our invoice should be made out to.

 

 

Social media is one way we attract people to our website and a method that works extremely well. We get out and about too, exhibiting at trade shows and other events. We make sure that the search engine optimisation of The Artisan Food Trail website is as effective as it can be so it comes high up on internet searches and rankings.

We only work with individuals making their own products.

We are always interested in running competitions. For food or drink specific companies/prizes, we will run competitions with our members only.
Other products that we feel would be of interest to our visitors and have an affinity with our business will be considered. Please contact us if you are interested.

 

 

Contact us at info@artisanfoodtrail.co.uk

We welcome any enquiries from television production companies. Please refer to our ‘Media and Business Enquiries’ page for further information and enquiry form.

We are always interested in hearing from businesses. Please refer to our ‘Media and Business Enquiries’ page for further information and enquiry form.

You can submit your information online here. All entries are vetted by an administrator before being included on our website.

If you wish to advertise on our website please contact us to find out about our affordable rates. We vet all potential advertisers for suitability to make sure they complement the core values of our artisan food and drink members.

Our newsletter focuses on our members and our own output. There will occasionally be items concerning our partners or events we’re working with.
If you are any of the above mentioned, then yes.

We are always interested in running competitions. For food or drink specific companies/prizes, we will run competitions with our members only.
Other products that we feel would be of interest to our visitors and have an affinity with our business will be considered. Please contact us if you are interested.

 

Contact us at info@artisanfoodtrail.co.uk

Please see our ‘contact‘ page for full details.
Email us at: info@artisanfoodtrail.co.uk
Telephone: 0844 995 9996