Wrexham supermarket to showcase Welsh goods in St David's Day extravaganza

Morrisons in Wrexham will showcase a range of Welsh producers and Hybu Cig Cymru (Meat Promotion Wales) offering samples to staff and customers.

The AM for Wrexham Lesley Griffiths is also looking for Welsh food and drink businesses to be promoted at events across the UK in line with St David's Day.

In a bid to promote Welsh produce to consumers outside of Wales, there will be a series of events in London and Manchester which will be the largest celebration yet of Welsh food and drink to be held on a UK level.

In London there will be events at Borough Market and Paddington Station with opportunities to sample the cheese from Snowdonia, Gower brownies, Carmarthenshire coffee and charcuterie from the Brecon Beacons.

Further north, Manchester Piccadilly station will be welcoming Welsh producers to its platforms on March 1 to showcase Welsh gins, sea salt from Halen Môn and baked goods.

These St David’s Day celebrations form part of the Welsh Government’s #ThisisWales #GwladGwlad campaign, ensuring Wales and its first-class produce are centre stage on St David’s Day.

Lesley Griffiths, said: “Every year our St David’s Day celebrations get bigger and better and that is testament to the quality of Welsh food and drink produce coming from Wales. From cottage industry producers to large-scale manufacturers, we are producing food and drink that rivals some of the biggest and best brand names from all over the world. The fact that Welsh produce can now be found in the top restaurants across the globe is something we should be extremely proud of.

“With Brexit approaching we need to promote the Welsh brand as much as we can, so our food and drink producers strengthen their place in the market and ensure they can make a success of the challenges they face.”