Scoff & Quaff are great supporters of Produced in Kent, and they regularly feature on the show. We also enjoy the Taste of Kent Awards dinner.

The idea behind 10% Kent is simple…keeping the benefits of the money you spend in the county we live in!

We want to:

• Encourage you to buy locally produced food & drink as part of your regular weekly/monthly shopping pattern.
• Encourage buyers and managers in procurement to buy local as part of their food /drink buying decisions.
• Encourage not preach – be part of making a difference in Kent.

How:

• Use online directory on this website
• Ask for a copy of Kent’s Finest
• Check out local farmers’ markets
• Use online ordering / veg box schemes
• Look for Kent labels on food in bigger retailers
• Use you local butcher / greengrocer / baker etc
• Check the menus when you are eating out and ask for local
• Look for the ‘Produced in Kent’ logo

Some useful facts:

• Every £1 spent locally generates £1.76 for the local economy compared to just 36p when spent in a major retailer.*
• The average family spends £54.80 on food and non-alcoholic drinks.**
• If an average family spent £55 a week on food & drink and they switched just 10% of this to local suppliers, that would lead to an estimated extra £1.75M a year being spent in Kent.***

*New Economics Foundation
 **Office for National Statistics 2012 Household Expenditure
 ***Based on Kents 2011 census figures 1,466,500 population, average household of 2.37 persons equates to 618,776 households.