Bennett Potatoes

We are so proud of our new promo film, which showcases what happens behind the scenes at Bennett Potatoes 🥔 Let us know what you think to our video in the comments 💬 You can also view the video on our new YouTube channel 📹⬇️ loom.ly/inZfpn0

The growing entity of the business has started taking delivery of its seed and waiting in anticipation for planting to start in the 2024 growing season. 🥔🌱 So far the quality of seed has been excellent and come from a number of top class suppliers throughout the UK. 🙌🏻

With National Pizza Day being celebrated tomorrow we thought what better way to show a little slice of our appreciation to our amazing hard working team than delicious fired wood pizzas from the fantastic @kneadnfeed 🍕☺️

We are thrilled to announce the Bennett Potatoes team is all set to attend @Fruit_Logistica in Berlin this week! 🇩🇪 We're eager to contribute to the vibrant discussions shaping the future of our industry, so if you spot one of our team walking round please come and say hello.

We welcomed @GIC_Packaging on site today to train and up skill some of our team members. We are actively looking to hire team members in the factory, if this is something that would interest you please get in touch. 📧 [email protected] ☎️ +44 1652 650317

2024 is getting off to an exciting start, with works now well underway on a new building and loading bay in preparation for further expansion and a busy season ahead. 🚜🙌🏻

Wishing everyone a spud-tacular New Year! May your year ahead be a fruitful one. 🌱 Here's to a year filled with new beginnings and a whole lot of potato goodness! 🥂 #BritishGoodnessUnearthed #BennettPotatoes

On behalf of everyone at Bennett Potatoes, we'd like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas.🎄✨ Today may your roast potatoes be golden, crispy and fluffy on the inside. 🥔😊

‘Tis the season of goodwill and at Bennett Potatoes we’re all about helping our community. This week we donated 300 crates to Brigg Food Bank to be used to pack their Christmas hampers. 🎁😊

Team treat week 🙌🏻 This is what staff lunch dreams are made of 😍 The whole team enjoyed authentic wood fire pizzas from the fabulous Knead ‘n’ Feed as a thank you for everyone’s hard work 🍕 #teamtreat #stafflunch #thankyou #britishgoodnessunearthed #bennettpotatoes

Last week we went to check out how some of the cover crops are performing on fields we are growing potatoes in next season. 🌱🥔 This is a winter cover crop containing black oats, phacelia and wild mustard. This mix aims to improve the soil structure for the following crop. 👍🏻

The management team had a fantastic training sessions this morning from @S2G_UK. The team gained an understanding of what modern slavery is and received guidance on how to spot the signs and practical steps we can implement to help detect and deal with modern slavery.

We are delighted to donate 50 bags of our finest spuds to a worthy local cause, @CaistorFoodBank 😊

We are in the final stages of lifting our own grown crops and what a season it’s been 🙌🏻 Huge credit to everyone who has played a part in all our operations this season and worked every hour possible to get the crops lifted 🥔🍃

⚠️ NOW HIRING ⚠️ If you wish to be considered for either of these roles you can apply online via the links below or email your CV to [email protected]. 🔗 Production Line Leader: loom.ly/eChcKk4 🔗 Production Manger: loom.ly/6DEC3jA

It’s been a busy few days of lifting thanks to the extraordinarily good weather for this time of year🚜 It’s allowed us to make some great progress on this seasons crop 🙌🏻 We hope everyone is able to make the most of it while it lasts ☀️

🥔🚜 We are now busy on site loading the cold stores.❄️The potatoes are brought down in temperature to keep in storage until they are needed later in the season.This is our first store completed with many more to load.👍🏻

Maincrop harvest is in full swing. Here we have another full trailer leaving the field.🥔🚜 These beauties will be transported from our growing site in Yorkshire to our cold stores in Lincolnshire, where they will be cured and stored at 2-3 degrees until ready for use.👍🏻

Lifting has commenced on this season’s Mozart. 🚜🥔 These beauties will be packed and out for delivery this weekend, ensuring the smoothest field to fork process. 🍽️ Potatoes don’t get much fresher than this! 🙌🏻

We're excited to share our latest step towards innovation and efficiency through continued investment in factory automation. Here is the pick and place robot, freshly installed and up and running. 🤖

🌱 It’s National Potato Day! 🥔 As proud potato growers, we celebrate the journey from seed to spud. It takes dedication, hard work, and a lot of love for the land to bring these delicious treasures to our tables. Here's to another year of cultivating the humble potato! 🚜🌾🥔