Greenbanks, Kendal: New season English salad - cucumbers - 45p each.

A Taste of Lakeland, Ambleside: New from the Snowdonia Cheese Company - Purple Passion - guest cheese of mild cheddar & chocolate chips "tantalising addition to the cheese board" - £2.75 per 200g.

Plumgarths farm shop: Low Foulshaw Farm beef from Levens - special offer: 5lbs pack braising steak - £ 11.99.

Steadmans, Sedbergh: New product - Stilton & broccoli quiche - £2.19 made on the premises - one size, serves 3 - 4 other quiches in the range include Farmhouse Bacon & Egg; Chicken & Sweetcorn; Smoked Bacon & Sausage - from £ 1.89.

Cartmel Village Shop: New from the Bay Tree Food Company - garlic mayonnaise a punchy mixture of garlic & parsley, delicious with prawns, fish, or as a dip £1.95 (250g jar).

The Barn Shop, Crooklands: Simnel cake - £5.95 (375g).

Hutchinsons, Coniston: Whole loin of Lakeland lamb - £3 per lb - cut to customer requirement.

Oddbins, Kendal: Heidsiech Blue Top champagne - £ 16.49 - 3 for the price of 2.

Kendal Foodhall: Range of fruit coulis from Moniack Castle, Inverness - use as a sauce, for example, or dessert decoration - coulis include strawberry, blackcurrant, raspberry, ' peach & clove' - £3.65 per 250ml bottle.

Cranstons, Kendal: Minced beef (locally-reared beef) - 99p per lb.