Country Style Foods win a Good Egg Award We are proud to be a winner of this year's Good Egg Awards. The Awards are held each year to celebrate companies ditching the battery cage egg in favour of eggs from free-range or barn kept hens. Here is John Wood collecting the Award from Joanna Lumley.

Commitment to Training Our North East sites work closely with Middlesborough College who deliver bespoke training via NVQ level 2 in Food and Drink which covers Food Safety alongside Health and Safety. Pictured is the Factory Manager presenting certificates to some of the staff on the Peterlee site.

Acquisition of Premier Foods frozen desserts business Country Style Foods has acquired the former RHM frozen desserts business from Premier Foods. The business, located at Flint in North Wales, manufactures branded and retailers' own-label desserts. It operates from a 50,000 sq. ft factory connected directly to its own cold-storage and warehousing facilities. Country Style has also acquired the licence to produce Cadbury frozen cakes and desserts, a range which it intends to develop further . Country Style Foods manufactures bakery products and desserts for leading retailers and food services. The family business, founded in 1960 by Tony and Christine Wood, operates from sites at Leeds, Grimsby, Stockton, Peterlee and now at Flint in North Wales. The business employs over 1,400 people. Click here to download this article in PDF format To download directly to your computer, simply right-click on the link and select "save target as". You need Adobe Acrobat to view PDF files.

"A-Rating" for Country Style's Peterlee Factory Country Style are delighted to announce that its Peterlee doughnut factory has reached the equivalent British Retail Consortium approval via our EFSIS Certification. The site has received a top rating from the European Food Standard Inspection Service. This level demands rigorous quality control measures to a bench mark standard. EFSIS auditors carried out a detailed audit of the doughnut production facility and have awarded it an 'A-Rated' accreditation certificate, the highest possible.

National Doughnut Week Country Style are proud to be suppoting this year's National Doughnut Week, which runs from 10th to the 17th May. As part of our support, we will be making a donation to The Children's Trust. Since the first National Doughnut Week took place more than £575,000 has been raised for charities by bakeries across the UK. Visit The Children's Trust at www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk

Taste of London At the Taste of London show this year Country Style director Christine Wood met with some of the capital's top chefs to discuss puddings and deserts. Antony Worrall Thompson presented his Mango Fool at the show and, having a particular interest in puddings with a british twist, was very interested in Christine's Eton Mess which is currently on sale in freezer cabinets at Waitrose. Marcus Wareing is the chef behind Petrus and Savoy Grill. Like Christine, Marcus adds plenty of quality Spanish sherry to his trifles. At The Critz, a teashop staffed entirely by restaurant and food critics, visitors had the opportunity to taste a variety of cakes and biscuits cooked by the nation's food critics. Toby Young, who writes a weekly restaurant column for the Evening Standard, was pleased to hear that his home-baked chocolate brownies met the standards of Christine's bite-size mini brownies which are available in Tesco.

Pick and Mix Rolls These delicious rolls are baked daily, so you can enjoy them fresh from the oven! When the weather's nice none of us feel like making elaborate meals in a hot kitchen. Thankfully, Country Style have a range of absolutely delicious rolls, baked daily. They make the easiest accompaniments to barbecues and salads. And they're excellent value for money too. In fact, your only problem might be deciding which rolls to choose! There's such a huge range: panini, French white rolls, white or brown rustic rolls, harvester or white ploughman's rolls, cheese & onion rolls, knotted poppy seed rolls, organic petit pain, ciabatta, tomato & basil rustic rolls and sunflower seed rolls. As you can see, there's a delicious roll for every occasion.

Quality Foods & Drink Awards Country Style's Semolina, Fennel and Raisin Ring was awarded a commended prize at the Quality Foods & Drink Awards judged by a panel of around 50 chefs, food development specialists, foods writers, home economists and restaurateurs. Deemed a "great idea with the flavours working well together" by the panel, the ring shape was also praised by the judges who felt that it offered the entry a point of difference. One judge said the bread would be great toasted with jam and cream. Please contact us if you'd like to know more about this product, and our other speciality breads.

Christine Wood meets Celebrity Chef Gary Rhodes Country Style director Christine Wood and Gary Rhodes compared their recipes for Yorkshire Egg Custards at the Taste of London show. Gary prefers to serve his tarts with nutmeg ice cream whereas Christine's version involves a light sprinkling of the spice over the tarts before they are placed in the oven. Gary's tarts are on the deserts menu at his Rhodes 24 restaurant in the City of London. Christine's tarts are available from quality retailers nationwide. You can decide which taste better!

Trophees Europain Country Style's automatic bake-off system was awarded one of the exhibition Trophees for innovation at Europain in Paris. The system allows retailers to offer freshly baked bread and rolls for sale around the clock whilst filling stores with a great aroma. The fully automatic oven means that little or no labour is required. Please contact us if you'd like to know more about our automatic bake-off system.

Organics - an exciting new product range from Country Style Country Style's range of organic breads are a healthy choice which is flavourful and well-balanced. Click here to find out more.

Leeds In Bloom Award Country Style were very proud to receive first prize in the Leeds in Bloom Spring Awards. Seen here collecting the prize from the Mayor of Leeds are Christine Wood and Joe Wood.

Recruitment Our new recruitment section is now online - click here to view the positions currently available at Country Style.