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About Our Cotswold Shop >> About Our Hamptons Luxury Hampers >> About Our Online Fine Food Shop >>ABOUT OUR COTSWOLD SHOP
Hamptons is a well-established retailer of fine, distinctive foods and is located in Digbeth Street just off the main Square in historic Stow-on-the-Wold in the Cotswolds. We endeavour to bring a wide range of quality foods to discerning customers living in or visiting the Cotswolds and increasingly the rest of the United Kingdom. The shelves are packed with exclusive and delicious fine foods that one would not normally find in the mass outlets. A veritable Aladdin’s cave.
A significant proportion of sales are from our kitchen, which is on site. We make amongst other things, cakes (our ginger and walnut cake is legendary), quiches, pâtés, French bread and baguette sandwiches.
We stock about 150 different cheeses, both British and continental (many imported from small producers in France). There is a bewildering choice of preserves, chutneys, pickles, pâtés, olives, honeys, jellies, chocolates, meringues, local hams, salamis, locally raised pies, smoked salmon, smoked trout, smoked duck, olive oils and much besides.
Hamptons is featured in Rick Stein’s book “Guide to the Food Heroes of Great Britain”- which is testimony to the quality of the food and service which we provide.
The business is family run, the directors being Richard and Claire Bufton. Richard read Hotel Management at what is now Gloucestershire University before buying the Hamptons business in 1988. So when you buy from Hamptons, you get the dedication of the owners.
Back to topABOUT HAMPTONS LUXURY HAMPERS
Our hampers make a perfect gift to mark special occasions throughout the year. They can be delivered to you or they are available for collection from the shop in Stow. You can choose from our standard range shown on this site or you can create your own. There are three sorts:-
Display Baskets (there’s a D in the reference number). The contents are nested in wood wool in open wicker baskets with the foods on view, decorated and securely enclosed in strong film.
Lidded Baskets (reference L). The contents are packed in traditional wicker baskets with lids and leather straps.
Boxed Hampers (reference B). As an alternative, the contents of many of the Display and Lidded Hampers are available in strong, attractive boxes.
Back to topABOUT OUR ON-LINE FINE FOOD SHOP
This is a new development and it means you are able to buy from your home on-line what we stock in our Stow shop. Many times visitors say how they wish they had a shop like Hamptons near to them. Well, now thy have, just 24 hours delivery time away!
Most, but not all, of the extensive range of fine foods that we stock (and summarised above in About our Cotswold Shop) are listed in the on-line shop section. If what you want is not there, please get in touch by fax, e-mail, letter or phone – we are sure to have it or can get it.
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