My Birthday with Gratitude ….
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About Walnut Tree, Marzipan
Today is my birthday and unlike when I was a school girl when it was a day of fizz and pop, this year has been a day of reflection. I know I'm getting old because the days fly by, the weeks zoom past and the years disappear. So what have
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Happy Independence Day
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Chocolate Gifts, Dried Fruits


23
Jun
Fruit cake and comfort.
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Dried Fruits
With the easing of lockdown, hopefully we can start living the new normal.
What that is, is undefined which is weird in itself.
Over the past three months we have reverted to the tried and tested, the things we have joyful memories of, the smells that trigger good feelings, the tastes that
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19
Jun
Blue Gloves and Masks
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About Walnut Tree
We've been back at work now for nearly three weeks and what seemed like an enormous challenge of physically get into the factory, staying in ones work area, changing clothes and wearing extra protection is the new norm. We have a new rhythm to our working day and now the
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16
Jun
Father’s Day
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Special Days
I'm delighted to tell you that Father's Day was not manufactured and marked into the calendar by a well known card manufacture. No, we need to thank Sonora Smart Dodd who in 1909 was listening to a Mother's Day sermon and realised there wasn't the equivalent for fathers. She in
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12
Jun
Our commitment to sustainability and re-cycling – waste management
Categories:
About Walnut Tree
Hi All,
If you think about it, about 95% of stuff is delivered in a cardboard box. And at Walnut Tree where're no different to any other factory or are we ?
I was interested to see what boxes we could re-use in house, which ones could be recycled and which ones
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09
Jun
Nuts … Nuts and more Nuts
Categories:
Chocolate Gifts, Marron Glacé, Marzipan, Nut Brittle, Nuts
I've been updating the copy on our website and in the process have become a subject matter expert on nuts ... and not the ones in your street or my family.
Did you know that the 22nd October is National Nut Day ? when you're
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04
Jun
Back to work day 4
Categories:
About Walnut Tree
So we've been back at work for four days and everything is settling down. As you know, much thought and preparation went into opening the factory and although there are stringent procedures in place my heart has been warmed by the subliminal way we all interact, essentially the power of
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01
Jun
Back to work …with trepidation
Categories:
About Walnut Tree, Nut Brittle
With much trepidation we open our factory today. Thermometers, hand sanitizers, face shields, face masks, hair nets, blue gloves, socially distanced areas ... you name it, we've either done it or got it. And it's not been easy. But we need to make it the new norm. We
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