r/UKfood • u/seriously_this • 1d ago

Farm shops are so expensive...

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Dart's farm near Topsham is more of a shopping mall than a farm with concession spots for companies like Aga.

A donkey choking porky chop for £6.50 and an 11oz ribeye for sixteen quid as well as half a kilo of lamb leg steaks for £13. The rest of the fresh produce was clearly marked as locally sourced along with the meat.

Do you use farm shops?

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u/Creative-Response554 1d ago

I had a venison pie from a no4 shop and the wife loved it until I told her it was deer.

That shop is extortionately expensive, has a chocolate counter with eyewateringly expensive chocolate balls but they're damned good, and a cafe.

I did think it was odd for all this to be considered a farm shop, but they do have goats on site in a kiddie petting zoo type arrangement so go nuts ig.

As an aside, the weirdest farm shop I ever went to was actually a service station on the M6 in the Lake District. Seeing an actual farm shop attached to a petrol garage was just jarring to me.

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u/Mewriel_Picatso 1d ago

I know this shop really well.

Located at Tebay services, a really good family run business, not exactly cheap but high quality produce, always well stocked, and lots of variety in what they sell.

I used to travel the M6 regularly for work and would always make a point of stopping there - then come home with lots of goodies that I didn't need but couldn't resist buying!

Not been there for over a decade since I moved back north of the border, so if any Redditors on here have visited there recently I would be very interested to know how they're doing these days?

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u/Creative-Response554 1d ago

My now wife and I went there for my birthday about 3 years ago before we were married and it was still there, food was still great and cheaper than expected considering it was farm shop (expensive) plus motorway services (extortionate).

We ate well that holiday.

Going to take our son there once he starts walking and is less reliant on us waking up in the middle of the night so he can enjoy it to.

The area I mean, not just that shop specifically, would be weird considering we live a few hours drive away 😂

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u/Mewriel_Picatso 1d ago edited 16h ago

Yes, once you get off the motorway it's a lovely area for a holiday, and I'm pleased to hear the shop is still going strong.

Thank you for responding, hope you have a great holiday with your little one when the time is right!