For 2023, FADNE Founder Chris Jewitt has released a calendar of monthly Drop Ins, at a different location across the region every month, to engage with local food and drink businesses.
“When we originally set up Food and Drink North East three years ago, we promised ourselves that we would never be a faceless organisation chasing revenue from our members,” says Chris.
“Instead, we said we’d work tirelessly to make sure we were available, constantly listening to the needs and challenges of the industry, and always looking to add tangible value to our ever growing community.”
Whether it’s to pull the levers of the FADNE network, connect you to opportunities, hear about your concerns or help you to find the specialist support you need to overcome your challenges, Chris will be all ears at these monthly Drop Ins!
“These informal chats and catch ups will provide a temperature test as to where you and our industry is at,” says Chris. “So, if you’re a part of the agricultural, food, drink, hospitality or manufacturing supply chain in the North East, please feel free to book a meeting. Coffee is on me!”
You must book online in order to attend one of the Drop Ins listed below.
Choose your location from the Drop Ins listed.
Then click this Booking Link, find the corresponding date and select your time!
24th February
📍 Sunderland – Pop Recs (172-175 High Street W, Sunniside, Sunderland SR1 1UP)
31st March
📍 Newcastle – Cake Stories (Hoults Yard, Walker Road, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne NE6 1AB)
28th April
📍 Wooler – Doddington Milk Bar (11 South Road, Wooler NE71 6QE)
26th May
📍 Middlesbrough – Fork In The Road (131-133 Linthorpe Road, Middlesbrough TS1 5DE)
30th June
📍 Chester Le Street – REfUSE (143c, Front Street, Chester-le-Street DH3 3AU)
21st July
📍 South Shields – Colmans Seafood Temple (Sea Road, South Shields NE33 2LD)
1st September
📍 Consett – Knitsley Farm Shop (East Knitsley Grange Farm, Knitsley, Consett DH8 9EW)
29th September
📍 Tynemouth – Deep North (34 Front Street, Tynemouth, North Shields NE30 4DZ)
27th October
📍 Berwick – Northern Edge Coffee (7 Silver Street, Berwick-upon-Tweed TD15 1HU)
24th November
📍 Amble – The Old Boathouse (Leazes Street, Amble, Morpeth NE65 0AA)