E Park and Sons are passionate about potatoes. Established in 1924, the company
has over 80 years experience in supplying Britain's most loved vegetable to the nation.
E Park and Sons enjoy the honour of being one of the UK’s few remaining family owned and run potato businesses in existence today. The company has developed a strong reputation for high standards of excellence and continue to build on their achievements through being proactive and innovative. Recognised as an authoritative and leading expert, they are the sole Licensees for National Trust Potatoes and Vegetables and are responsible for cultivating many new and innovative varieties. E Park and Sons is the company behind many of the potatoes that so many people in the UK are enjoying.
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E Park and Sons are passionate about potatoes. Established in 1924, the company
has over 80 years experience in supplying Britain's most loved vegetable to the nation.
E Park and Sons enjoy the honour of being one of the UK’s few remaining family owned and run potato businesses in existence today. The company has developed a strong reputation for high standards of excellence and continue to build on their achievements through being proactive and innovative. Recognised as an authoritative and leading expert, they are the sole Licensees for National Trust Potatoes and Vegetables and are responsible for cultivating many new and innovative varieties. E Park and Sons is the company behind many of the potatoes that so many people in the UK are enjoying.
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Our growers play an integral role within the E Park Business. We are proud of our long
standing relationships both in the UK and abroad.
We strongly believe in sustainable growing deliverable through being extremely focused on R&D,
growing techniques, variety development & land selection.
All of our UK growers are in the Assured Produce Scheme, in addition, a number follow various
environmental schemes including Leaf Marque. Our foreign growers are all credited to Eurogap.
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One of our local growers David White has been supplying Yorkshire Grown Potatoes to E Park for the last 40 years.
The farm covers 700 acres of which 80 are used for
growing potatoes.
David says “it is great to be able to supply locally grown
potatoes to local supermarkets, this is beneficial to
customers who can enjoy our superb Yorkshire grown
spuds and also for the environment keeping the food
miles low”.
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Christopher Day with Richard and Stephen Park. The Day family have farmed at Redbourne in North Lincolnshire for over 75 years.
The trading relationship with E Park & Sons stretches back through three generations of both the Day family and the Park family. Two brothers, Ralph and Christopher Day look after the group of family owned farming businesses.
They grow a wide range of varieties including salad varieties but they specialise in growing the classic variety Maris Piper. |
Their potatoes are grown on the limestone soil surrounding the village of Redbourne, to the north of Lincoln. These soils give the potatoes a distinctive colour long associated with the potatoes grown in this area.
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Mr Richard Cox is the Farm manager for RH Lammyman
Ltd, who have been supplying potatoes to E Park for
over the last 40 years.
The farm is based in Sleaford which is on Lincolnshire
Limestone (red soil) and covers 2,200 Acres. They grow a
wide selection of varieties including Harmony, Nectar, Marfona, Sifra,Electra and Ambo. All these potatoes are used for both the
UK and Export Market. |