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From lockdown potato bags to wholesale success

A business started by two young farmers selling bags of potatoes during Covid has grown into a thriving wholesale business, supplying fish and chip shops, farm shops and greengrocers across Lincolnshire and Yorkshire

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From lockdown potato bags to wholesale success

When Tom Carter and Joey Mowbray started selling bags of potatoes as a bit of fun to local villagers during the Covid lockdown, they had no idea how far the idea would go. What began as a small side...

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