16 February 2010

BT Has Let Us Down

Many apologies for anyone trying to reach us by email at the moment but currently Steenbergs has no internet service at the factory. The website is not down and is still fully functioning and we are able to access orders from a site elsewhere - this...

05 February 2010

Steenbergs Launches New Design For Spice Tins

At Steenbergs, we have been doing a lot of work trying to refresh parts of our organic spices and seasonings range.  Now we have relaunched our spice tins into a bright new label and an elegant rolled tin.

08 January 2010

Recipes - Oranges And Lemons For Really Great Homemade Biscuits

While snowed in in the cold countryside of Northumberland, we enjoyed some warming chai as well as delicious mulled wine using our organic Fairtrade mulling wine spices.  I also concocted a couple of citrus based biscuits, with one of them coming fro...

05 January 2010

2009 - time to reminisce or glad it's over?

2009 has probably been one of the more challenging years for Steenbergs. Not because of the economic climate particularly but because the normally healthy fighting fit 9 people who currently make up Steenbergs went through rather more medical problem...

25 November 2009

We're In The Telegraph Christmas Guide

Steenbergs was featured in The Daily Telegraph's Christmas Gift Guide last Saturday (21 November 2009).  Our Fairtrade Sugar & Spice Gift Box of 9 products was featured alongside some very illustrious others, including a Fortnum & Mason Hampe...

09 November 2009

Steenbergs in the press

Steenbergs Organic is in the press again with some nice articles. 

27 October 2009

New Fairtrade Organic Mulling Wine Sachets from Steenbergs

It might have caused me sleepless nights and given me an undue amount of heartache and stress, but Steenbergs new range of Mulling Wine Spices in sachets has finally arrived.  It's about 1½ months behind schedule and we have been having to disappoint...

09 October 2009

Steenbergs' Annual Organic Audit

This week heralded our annual audit by the Organic Food Federation, which is one of the UK's original organic auditors. 

05 September 2009

STEENBERGS SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

Beat the autumn blues with Steenbergs

01 September 2009

Steenbergs tested by chefs and in the press

Steenbergs products have been tested in a variety of chef panels recently.

26 August 2009

Back on the shop floor at Steenbergs

I am currently working back on the Steenbergs shop floor as our chief blender, Alan, is on his annual holiday somewhere in Greece.  It is great fun to be back where it all began, blending the blends that I’ve created over the years and grinding organ...

19 August 2009

Steenbergs is product of the day at Woman & Home

Steenbergs Home Baking range of organic extracts, including organic Fairtrade vanilla extract and our natural almond extract, is featured as the product of the day at Woman & Home today.

15 August 2009

Photo ops at Steenbergs

I am slightly apprehensive about having had my photo taken this week.  We have been suppliers of spices and sea salt to Tanfield Food Company since they were established a few years back.  They make ambient convenience meals in a pouch under the bran...

26 July 2009

Observer's 50 best gourmet goodies

In case you missed it, Steenbergs was listed in The Observer in Caroline Boucher's 50 best gadgets and gourmet goodies on 19th July:

06 June 2009

The Independent's 50 Best Food Websites

We're in at number 39 in "The Top 50 Food Websites" in today's The Independent.  Greg Atkins says "if you want to marinade some chicken or cook a curry from scratch, then you need these little pots of gold in your larder."  Also, for Greg's sake, I'l...

28 May 2009

Steenbergs Organic Web Site Buy of Day

Our web site - www.steenbergs.co.uk -  was the Buy of the Day on the Woman and Home web site yesterday (26/5/2009).  It's good to get genuine, strong independent feedback that we're doing the right thing. 

08 May 2009

What does organic mean for Steenbergs in practicality?

Basic business set-up

24 April 2009

But why is Steenbergs organic?

Some of the key questions people (whether customers or friends) ask us are “why go organic?” and “why bother with Fairtrade?”