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27 April 2015
40 years on the shelf! The winner of our #oldestspice competition was… Pickling Spice from 1975
Our recent competition to find the oldest spice in your cupboards was an illuminating competition with some fascinating entries. We knew it had to be based on something with a dateline - so we plumped for best before dates which came in, in the 1970s...
Read more01 May 2014
Axel's and Sophie's quirky guide to running a small business
Here’s our list of things we have learnt over the last 10 years of running a small start-up and a guide to the way we do business. It’s all rather homespun and certainly will never find its way into books on how to run a successful business nor in an...
Read more26 March 2014
Looking back over the past 10 years ... part 1
Steenbergs began life in the late autumn of 2003. Our youngest child had just had her first birthday and wasn't walking on her own. Steenbergs has now been going for around 10 years (our 2 children are nearly taller than Sophie) so we thought it was...
Read more19 February 2014
Steenbergs New Taster Panels Report - Tea Tasting 1
Welcome to Steenbergs Tea Taster Panel's first review of some of our teas! Back in October 2013, we asked all of our lovely customers if any of you would like to be tea and spice tasters for us and luckily lots of you agreed! Thank you so much to al...
Read more07 June 2011
Charities, The Law And Unintended Consequences
As some of you know, we have been looking as a socially committed but small business to give support to a charity, either Practical Action or Water Aid, and link that back to sales via the web site as a sensible way to work out the donation and also...
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