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About Whitegate Farm Shop
Whitegate Farm is a family owned and run mixed farm, producing quality
animals for meat production.
 Let me introduce you to the family at Whitegate Farm, firstly we have Derek & Ann Swift. Derek is the main man around the place who oversees the running of the farm
and the shop. Derek can be found most of the time ready to help your every
need in the farm shop itself, Derek will help give you advice on various
cuts of meat and be able to give you information about the product as the
majority of it Derek has helped rear on the farm.
 Ann is our expert in the kitchen area of the shop. Ann has developed our
complete range of pastry goods, include a variety of pies, pasties, Pork
pies & cottage pies, our range of crumbles and flans and the latest edition
is our homemade faggots which so far only a few weeks into production have
become a roaring success. All these products go under our own branding range
of 'Granny Swift's'which is now gaining a reputation for quality around
Staffordshire, Shropshire and the West midlands. You will also see Ann at
the Penkridge farmers market on the third Saturday of the month.
 We then have Mark, Jacqui, Jamie and Sophie Swift. Mark is Derek's son and together they have farmed here at Whitegate Farm and the surrounding area for over 20 years. They now run the farm and shop on
their own but prior to this the family business was much bigger and the farm
was run in conjunction with Derek's brother Roger Swift's Farm from Church
Eaton with his three sons. Derek and Roger's father Fred Swift oversaw
everything and they have farmed the area for many years. Mark has the task of ensuring the day to day welfare of the cattle, pigs,
and poultry is kept to and extremely high standard thus ensuring a premium
product for our customers. Mark also has an active part in the shop where he
has diversified his skills into become a butcher, where he now produces a
range of our fresh products in the shop including our high quality sausage
and burgers. You can also meet Mark in the shop who will be there to serve
you over the weekends.
Jacqui takes care of the administrative side of the business, making sure
everything runs smoothly and looks at developing new ideas. Jacqui also
assists Ann with the pie production, and serving you in the shop. You will
also see Jacqui at the Farmers Market in Cannock on the third Friday of the
month.
Jamie and Sophie are soon to be in training, they are keen to help out
especially when it comes to cleaning up and collecting eggs to earn 'pocket
money', You may see them playing out at weekends or after school, where they
usually shout a friendly hello.
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Opening hours:
Monday to Friday
8.30am - 6.00pm
Saturday
8.00am - 5.00pm
Sunday 9.00am - 12.00pm
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