Archives

Planet Organic Fulham are presenting an range of educational ’lectures’  designed specially for mums.

This Thursday (2nd October) from 1pm they are featuring Natural Health Before, during and after Pregnancy.

Our very own Susie will be talking about first weaning at 1.30pm, and then will on hand to talk about Plum Baby, general weaning enquiries and any other questions you may have. She will also be taking along samples for you to try too!

The day also features:

Graham Botfield - a nutritionist who will be talking about nutrition during pregnancy.

Heather Ankara Loft - a registered Osteopath, will be presenting a talk on the benefits of Cranial-Osteopathy for pregnant women and babies

Representatives of the Natural Natal Centre including Malgosia Zamolska-Settles, a homeopath will be presenting a talk on the multi-disciplinary approach to boosting fertility.

Alice Kahn - Acupuncturist, will be in attendance and Errol Bowyer, homeopath will be presenting a talk on vaccinations.

All of the above will be supported by range of informative stalls.

For further information please contact: Planet Organic Fulham 0207 731 7222 or email them on FUL@planetorganic.com

You might laugh at the title, ’sign up to become a Plum Agent’, but we went barking mad just thinking of a title - patrons, friends, ambassadors, super mums, but they all sounded rather lame. So, Agents it is. MI6, James Bond, why not. Truth is, we have a thing for Daniel Craig so humour us!

So, we want to recruit 20 existing advocates of Plum Baby, to help us continue to be truly original, exceptional and world class. If you want to be one of these chosen few for our first round of recruitment, you will have the chance to get truly involved with our brand, tasting samples, researching and marketing on our behalf, to be treated like a real job. We will value your feedback and will be rewarded with special discounts and gifts. Sorry we can’t offer an Aston Martin, but we are working on it!

We believe we make really great baby food, and have broken the mould when it comes to taste, and speaking up for babies, heralding a baby food revolution even; (according to The Times). Be a part of this amazing journey, enjoy the opportunity to meet and blog with other likeminded parents.

To apply, click here to complete the top secret application.

To keep up with the insatiable appetite of our growing babies, we are launching a deliciously tasty toddler range aimed at the 10+ month age group.  With the same Plum ethos of ‘real food for babies, not just baby food’, the toddler meals include yummy adult style recipes, packed with sumptuous flavours and more ‘lumpy’ textures for babies to chew chew! and get their new teeth around. 

Susie used inspiration from family holidays in France and Italy to come up with the new range.  More adventurous ingredient choices such as ditalini pasta, aubergine and olive oil, give babies a taste of things to come.  They also come in larger 200g single servings in handy reusable bowls and contain more substantial protein and carbohydrate levels, to provide babies with the extra nutrients and energy as they start to get moving and discover the world for themselves.

The three tantalising and 100% organic, natural ‘superfood’ toddler recipes include:

Aubergine and sweet red pepper provencal

This exciting mix of flavours packed into one little pot, creates a delicious and wholesome meal that will ensure smiles all round. The rich flavour of aubergine is the perfect complement to the tantalizingly sweet red peppers.

Root vegetable and beef ragout

A rich blend of organic root vegetables with succulent beef is commbined to provide babies with all the nutritional goodness they could possibly need. The purposefully ‘lumpy’ texture of the ragout gives babies a perfect opportunity to put their new chewing skills to the test!

Ditalini pasta with pesto and super greens

This delectable combination of pasta with basil pesto and nutritious vegetables guarantees a happy,  healthy baby and introduces them to the wonderful world of super greens – which are full of essential vitamins and minerals. 

Our new toddler range has been developed in a direct response to demand by Plum mums to keep their growing babies hungry tummies happy.  The soft, puree weaning 4+ month range that starts all babies off on the right track, then the ‘fork mash’ texture of the 7+ month recipes, this more textured, toddler specific range will certainly satisfy their increasing appetites and give them everything they need nutritionally. We have weaned over 2 million babies since we launched in 2006 and we can’t wait to see our Plum generation of toddlers with a satisfied smile on their face.

The toddler range will be available from Waitrose on 22nd September, and then Boots and Sainsburys later in the year with an RRP of £1.99 for a 200g single serve bowl.

Never has a tv programme caused so much debate in the Plum Baby office!

As you may know Plum believes in what is best for babies. Everything we do here has babies at our heart. Ultimately they are our passion!

We have all been told, and know, that ‘Breast is Best’ as breast milk contains antibodies and nutrients that are not found in formula milk, but how would you feel about somebody else breast feeding your child?

We would be very interested to hear your views, breastfeeding other people’s children - natural or unnatural?

If you missed the programme (we would definately recommend watching it) or you would like more information visit the Channel 4 website here

Hello super troopers!

I am preparing to do Run to the Beat www.runtothebeat.co.uk on behalf of Merlin. 

It is an interesting moral dilemma.  Do we, as a business, support local UK organizations? We indeed require support, we too get affected by natural disasters, poverty etc.  However, my view is that we have no idea what living in fear is really  like as communities go.  We are still a rich country, whatever the economic climate is like.  It is the support organizations that poorer countries lack.  So I am supporting Merlin, and will run my socks off for them on 5^th October.

Merlin is a British medical charity driven by one aim: to provide health care for people at times when they are most in need.  Their medical teams act fast to help people during emergencies. They work in the world’s most difficult and dangerous environments: in countries ravaged by civil war, blighted by drought, devastated by earthquakes and landslides.

To date, Merlin has worked in 39 countries and responded to some of the most serious humanitarian emergencies of recent history. These include the Rwandan genocide, Hurricane Mitch, the 2003 Iraq War, the tsunami, Darfur, and the Myanmar cyclone. As we celebrate our fifteenth birthday, we are poised to become one of the world’s leading medical aid agencies, with ambitions to expand our capacity for emergency response and to launch new operations in Zimbabwe, Yemen and Sierra Leone.

If you would like more information about Merlin, please do visit their website at www.merlin.org.uk

We are very excited to have been shortlisted for a Hantsweb award. 

The Hantsweb Awards celebrate excellence in website design, accessibility and service. The awards are open to any website based in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

We’ve been shortlisted in the category of “Best Small Business” and will find out if we are a finalist Mid-October.

Fingers crossed!

Wow, what a response we have had on our new Summer Pudding, and that’s just in the office.

We’ve had hundreds of emails from mums telling us that there babies can’t get enough of it - and that they enjoy it too!

Thank you for all your love and support, watch this space for a new 7+month dessert!

At Plum Baby we love to hear all your feedback, including ways we can improve………so ladies and gentleman we bring you our new, and if we do say so ourselves, gorgeous, new porridge bags.

We have added a flatter bottom so they will sit nicely in your cupboards, and they are made from a fantastic brown paper bag material which you can fold over to reseal the bag - no clips needed!

That’s right flatter bottoms and resealable! It has us excited!

You’ll have heard us say ”we are all working very hard to bring you new recipes for your little ones” and finally we are very very excited to bring you FOUR new products this month!

NEW! 4+month recipes!

Carrot, apricot and fennel

A delicious combination or organic carrots, apricots and fennel that will provide baby with an excellent source of protective nutrients. Just think of all the ripe sunshine colours bursting with goodness and flavour.

Pumpkin, carrot & mango

This juicy combination of fruits and vegetables is a new favourite - soft, yet distrinctive. This wonderful pumpkin combo is rich in carbohydrates - everyone should try it!

NEW! 7+ month recipe!

Summer Pudding

Organic blackcurrants, strawberries and raspberries, delicious and indulgent, a perfect pudding fo any age of baby - or adult!

NEW! 12+ month muesli!

Four grain Muesli with apricot & banana

This wholesome muesli was designed for toddlers, but the rest of the family will all be muscling in for a bowlful too! This is a ’supergrain’ combination of four wholegrains that will keep toddlers fuelled and happy.

All these yummy products launch this week in Tesco, and next Monday in Boots, and should be available in all major supermarkets within a few weeks too!

Our cheeky Simon has a birthday on Sunday……21 again!

So from all the team at Plum Baby, we wish him a very Happy Birthday and we are looking forward to those cream cakes on Monday morning!