/home/glcpro/public_html/index.php en emma@goodlittlecompany.com Copyright 2010 2010-07-25T19:58:57+00:00 http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/we_won_a_great_taste_award/ http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/one_post/we_won_a_great_taste_award/#When:19:58:57Z We’re delighted to announce that our Great Big Sausages have won a Great Taste Award! We entered them into the gluten free category and we’re really chuffed that they were awarded one gold star – hooray!! We think our sausages are super yummy and it’s great to know that the judges agree. We’ll be showing off the shiny award on our packs soon. ]]> 2010-07-25T19:58:57+00:00 http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/4_million_meals/ http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/one_post/4_million_meals/#When:09:16:24Z Yay!!!! We have now donated over 4 million meals to the people who need it most! Massive thanks to all our very lovely customers for buying Good Little Sausages and Great Big Sausages with your help we are able to make a real difference – so thankyou!]]> 2010-07-06T09:16:24+00:00 http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/fun_times_at_the/ http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/one_post/fun_times_at_the/#When:15:50:35Z The Belfast Titanic Maritime Festival takes place this weekend from 4th – 6th June and features a number of majestic sailing ships which will dock in Belfast. Visitors to the festival will be able to board the ships to have a look good around. There will be a wide range of activities for everyone to enjoy, such as a Continental Market, music, sports, storytelling, face painting, circus performers and demonstrations. So fingers crossed the sunshine stays around for a few more days! To find out more visit http://www.gotobelfast.com or contact the Belfast Welcome Centre on 028 9024 6609 or email welcomecentre@belfastvisitor.com]]> 2010-05-31T15:50:35+00:00 http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/weve_been_rated/ http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/one_post/weve_been_rated/#When:17:05:09Z Rate My Sausage is a website dedicated to exactly that – rating sausages! Last week they rated our Great Big Sausages on meat content, flavour, texture, shrinkage, value for money and even through a child’s eyes and we’re pleased to say we stacked up well! Here’s what they had to say… The Good Little Company. Ever heard of them? No, nor had I until I spotted their “Great Big Sausages” pack on the shelves of posh people’s corner shop, Waitrose. I’m glad I did. This is a company that actually Seems To Have A Moral Conscience. Yes, you read that right. These guys really do put their money where their heart is and divert some of the cash they make into providing meals for people who really need them in some of the world’s most deprived countries – Rate My Sausage’s contact tells us that they have now passed 3.2 MILLION meals provided so far, Most Excellent Dudes. I could write some old squit describing the whole process better, but you’d be better off visiting their website and reading it there. You’ll find them here: http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php Meat Content: 85%, the pack says. I reckon that’s pretty accurate, as these tasty little sausages ooze meaty goodness. Indeed, only the Fruitpig Company’s almost untouchable Toulouse, the Black Farmer, and Debbie & Andrew’s have scored higher (disclaimer – I didn’t ascertain the meat content of lots of early sausages, so if they do out-meat these ones, sorry). You can really taste the pork here, which puts these Great Big Sausages a step or two ahead of the competition. Flavour: Initially mild, but you’ll soon notice a delicious “proper sausage” flavour washing over your tastebuds. My first thought was “A little bland” but in a sausage aimed at feeding children you don’t want to pile on the pepper or soak them in salt. It’s, apparently, for “health reasons” whatever that means! The Great Bigs are a flavoursome little number, and you could do much, much worse with your weekly shop. Texture: Grainy, with a decent amount of chewiness. Just right for children, not bad for grown-ups, but if you’re after a huge big-hitting banger then these are not the boys for you. I would imagine that most youngsters would wolf these down, especially if their previous experience of sausages has been the likes of the – frankly – bloody awful Wall’s or Richmond’s. These are a scaled down, but comparable in taste and texture, version of the best bangers you can find in the supermarket. Shrinkage: Average weight uncooked – 59g Average weight cooked – 47g Shrinkage – 19% 19% puts the Great Big bang in the middle of the shrinkage league table. Value For Money: £2.59 for 6 sausages weighing 351g = £7.38 per kg = 43p per snorker. Quite expensive by weight and not of the same quality as similarly priced local butchers’ bangers. However, you’re paying a premium which goes to a worthy cause so we’ll let them off. All things considered, decent VFM. 　 Through A Child’s Eyes: The six-year-old sidekick delivered the verdict of “OK. No….Nice!“ on the Great Big sausages. And that’s all he had to say about that. He has a way with words. And Finally Esther: A great little banger. When funds permit, I intend to obtain some more and taste-test them directly against some chipolatas from a few local butchers. A slight concern was the rapid transition from “not cooked” to “nearly burnt” which would have ruined the whole test – these were cooked in the standard 1 tbsp of oil, but seemed to reach a tipping point where they suddenly started to colour up at a rapid rate. It was only my anorak-ish constant observation of the cooking process that prevented a smoke alarm moment. My main quibble is the name! They may appear Great Big to a four-year-old, but really they are not. To sum up, the Great Bigs are actually Very Good Little sausages, from a company called….the Good Little Company. Good work chaps, keep it up! To find out more and see the photos visit http://bangersandsausages.blogspot.com/ ]]> 2010-05-26T17:05:09+00:00 http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/innovation_award_winners/ http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/one_post/innovation_award_winners/#When:15:12:22Z Great news! We won the Pig & Poultry Marketing Award for Innovation in a non-multiple company – how exciting!! The 2010 Pig & Poultry Marketing Awards took place at the very stylish London Haymarket Hotel on 6th May and we are delighted to have won the Award – Innovation in a non-multiple company. The category was sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health and we got a lovely, shiny new award which we’re very proud of. The judges were very complimentary about The Good Little Company, they said they really liked the way we are able to combine sourcing of high welfare pigs with healthy eating, nutritional signposting and social responsibility through our partnership with Christian Aid, which they said is a real achievement. The judges have wished us success and hope that more GLC products will follow soon. Many thanks to the judges for choosing us as the winner and for their kind words. Well done to all of this year’s winners, we hope you all enjoyed the awards ceremony. A full briefing on the winners will be available in the next edition of Pig & Poultry Marketing with detailed features over the coming year. You can also see the winner listing and photos on line at http://www.farmbusiness.cc. ]]> 2010-05-17T15:12:22+00:00 http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/3_million_meals1/ http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/one_post/3_million_meals1/#When:14:09:17Z Yay!!! Thanks to all you lovely people we have just reached a total of 3 million meals donated to the people who need it most! By buying our Good Little Sausages and Great Big Sausages you are enabling us to helps families such as the Mukango’s in Malawi break free from hunger. The Mukango family: from left, Faresi, Kesten, Bizwek (15) Hazwel (14) and Chipumulo (12) Over a decade ago the Mukango’s faced a daily battle with hunger. Determined to free his family from poverty and hunger, the father Kesten along with the help of Christian Aid partner ELDS, learned proper farming techniques, which helped him grow enough food to banish the fear of hunger to history. Seeds, tools, advice and a treadle pump enabled the Mukango’s to grow a second crop, and increase their yield each time. A few years later he led an irrigation scheme – in partnership with ELDS and the Malawian government’s Ministry of Agriculture – that helped his community bring water down from the mountains to the fields below, so they could water their crops all year round and not have to rely on the unreliable rains. Now the Mukango’s not only have enough to eat, but enough left over to sell to pay for their children’s school fees and improve their home. Kesten is building a new house with a tin roof that won’t leak, his family are now well dressed and hopes for the children’s futures look bright. When eldest daughter Dolika qualified for secondary school the precious opportunity was lost as the family could not afford the fees. Instead she married young. But nowadays, thanks to the project, Biswek – the couple’s second son at 15 – is in secondary school and about to complete his form 2 exams, and his father is visually bursting with pride. Kesten (foreground, blue shirt) and Faresi (far ground, white headscarf) in their fields where they grow 11 different types of crops. As you can see, supporting the Good Little Company translates into so much more than providing meals to the hungry. With your backing we are helping to lift people out of bitter poverty and hunger, ensuring farmers like Kesten can grow enough to make a profit and improve the lives of their families for good – so thankyou!]]> 2010-03-31T14:09:17+00:00 http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/waitrose_promotion/ http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/one_post/waitrose_promotion/#When:13:23:54Z Good news GLC sausage lovers! Great Big Sausages and Good Little Sausages are currently on promotion in Waitrose stores! Get your hands on a pack of our super yummy, healthy sausages for just £2! Enjoy! P.S. Don’t forget you can freeze our sausages – so why not buy a pack for now and a pack for later and pop one in the freezer for sausage emergencies!]]> 2010-03-23T13:23:54+00:00 http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/herbie_the_crocodile_comes_to_life/ http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/one_post/herbie_the_crocodile_comes_to_life/#When:14:01:37Z We got an exciting delivery in the post today – a crocodile! Yes a crocodile! Not just any crocodile – our very own Good Little Company crocodile Herbie! The lovely folks at furrytails who specialise in bespoke hand made soft toys made him especially for us – thanks furrytails we love him! ]]> 2010-01-21T14:01:37+00:00 http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/2_million_meals/ http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/one_post/2_million_meals/#When:22:38:29Z Woooo hooooo! Yeeeee haaaa! You’ve done it! Thanks to all our lovely customers we’ve managed to donate a whopping 2 million meals to the people who need it most – yipee! Everyone at GLC HQ is delighted and we just want to say massive thanks to all our customers and well wishers for their support, we’ve had lots of lovely emails, letters and calls this year and we look forward to hearing from lots more people in 2010. Best wishes for 2010 from all of us at The Good Little Company x ]]> 2009-12-30T22:38:29+00:00 http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/christmas_wish_for_2_million_meals_donated/ http://goodlittlecompany.com/index.php/weeblog/one_post/christmas_wish_for_2_million_meals_donated/#When:13:46:45Z Christmas is getting very close and at GLC HQ we are all getting in the festive mood, wearing santa hats and whistling Christmas songs while we work! We know not everyone is going to be having lots of fun this Christmas, that’s why we’ve doubled our donations to Christian Aid for December, so everytime someone buys a pack of our sausages we’re donating 28 staple meals to the people who need it most. Thanks so much to everyone who has been buying our sausages, so far we’ve donated a whopping 1,793,375 meals. Fingers crossed with your help we’ll be hitting 2 million meals very soon! We hope that maybe you’ll have some tasty Good Little Sausages with your turkey dinner on Christmas day or have some Great Big Sausages for Boxing day brunch and someone else will benefit whilst you have some yummy sausages. Wishing you a very happy Christmas from all The Good Little Company team! ]]> 2009-12-18T13:46:45+00:00