'I started working full time for the Company on the 1st April 1978. Actually it was long before that because as a boy living in our shop at Paulton we all had our jobs to do like weighing potatoes after school, washing floors, serving on the till. Later on I started working part time at the cash ...

'I started in the family business when I was probably around 5 years old. We lived behind our shop in Peasedown St John, and like Martin, my important task was to weigh the potatoes into 5lb bags with the strictest of instructions of not overdoing the weight! As you can imagine, living within a ...

'I started working part-time at the age of 14, although like Martin and Simon I had grown up working in the business. During the move from Radstock to Charlton Lane I helped Cyril Reakes (my Great Uncle) to empty out fixtures and fittings ready to sell once we had moved to the new depot. I also ...

'In 1981, on leaving school at the age of 15, I went to work for L & F Jones Cash and Carry in Radstock. At that time I admit I didn't know the difference between a lamb chop and a pork chop! I worked in the Butchery Department both in Radstock and later in Westfield for 5 years, learning my ...

Steve Harvey, Operations Manager joined the company in 2010, previously working for TDG European Chemicals, he has over 17 years experience in warehouse and distribution activities and over 10 years experience in management roles, he also trained as a butcher in his youth and still likes to keep ...