Mark & Richard Duerr have been running the family business since dad handed over the reins some years ago. Mainly concentrating on marmalade, jam and peanut butter. The boys are a great double act and should be on stage let alone running a successful multi-million-pound business. Mark tells me what their dad said to them when he was handing over the reins ‘Here it is if you —- it up I will be back and sack the pair of you’ and he means it says, Mark.
The history of this great business makes typical reading form a small start-up just making batches of jam and marmalade, then progressing to a large volume packer that produces some great marmalade.
All the oranges are bought in Seville, processed, packed and delivered in Manchester in large blue drums.
I stopped the whole line when filming, basically because of the noise, and they lost some 35 jars. Mark will never let me forget it, I’m just waiting for the bill.
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