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…on being part of the UK’s constantly growing, Open, Shared, Local Food Map.

Simply add your details below to get a free mini icon and webpage, or pay a small fee to get much, much, more.

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As a Community Interest Company our ‘open’ map is constantly updating via those listed and the 100+ partners promoting and sharing the map to thousands of consumers using special code and affiliate software.

More partners are joining every week so you can join and update all websites in minutes. More here

BigBarn’s mission is to build communities around food and help businesses like you become the centre of your local food community.

After 18 years of trading we have 7,000 icons including schools, shops, farmers, pubs, markets and producers. All to create social, local food supply chains that are inclusive and sustainable.

Where middle men and food miles, are reduced and food knowledge increased though education and reconnection. Please sign our Food Growing on the Curriculum petition here.

You can get a free mini icon on the map. Or contribute a small fee for promotion and a wide range of internet and marketing tools. Some of our partners, below, also offer discounts on products and services to save you more than you pay.

Our promotions packages include

Free Mini Listing

1. A mini icon on our Local Food Map linking to a BigBarn SEO webpage
2. Your icon & webpage also on 90+ other websites that have our map
3. Passwords to a special admin system to make changes your page on BigBarn and all partner websites instantly

Small / Seasonal Business rate £40+vat/year

All the above Plus:
1. A premium icon on the Local Food Map Linking to a premium BigBarn SEO webpage
2. Option to have an online shop, and also be promoted in MarketPlace where 19,000 consumers have set up quick pay accounts (8% commission, or 6% seasonal)
3. Option to link to your existing website to tell your story & win customers
4. Option to join product promotions throughout the year: Haggis, Asparagus, Turkeys, etc

Business rate: £45+vat/six months (£90+vat/year)

All the above Plus:
1. Option to add and offer to your page, our homepage and local newsletter to win customers and measure numbers
2. Option to add a video to tell your story to win customers
3. Joining Crop for the Shop with a local school or local people to win customers
4. Option to link to your social network pages

Premium rate: £10+vat/month (£120+vat/year)

All the above Plus:
1. Discounts on products and services to help you save more than you pay
2. Option to add your video recipes to BigBarn KIS Cookery linking to your shop and promoted on social media
3. Online shop in MarketPlace commission 4%
4. Option to add a Deal of the Day, and/or Taster Offer to be promoted on the BigBarn Home page & Social Networked
5. Get your Tweets retweeted to 20,000 BigBarn foodie followers
6. Free telephone support, optimisation, internet and marketing advice from the BigBarn team

BigBarn in brief

BigBarn has been trading for 18 years and gets thousands of visitors per day, to bigbarn.co.uk.
Our strategy is to:

• Build the definitive database of local producers and retailers
• Put them all on a map and give each a password to add and edit their details
• Get the BigBarn data on as many other websites as possible and share any income
• Provide initiatives to encourage consumers to change from the supermarkets to buying local, including; BigBarn MarketPlace, cheaper than the supermarkets, ‘Crop for the Shop’ and KIS Cookery.

The BigBarn Food Map including BigBarn MarketPlace is now on 100+ affiliate partner websites with more joining every week as the demand for better, fresher local food & drink grows.
To be on BigBarn & all partner websites you can sign up for the long list of business & marketing services…Join Now

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The Premium rate is the equivalent of £2.50 per week. You only need to get one new regular customer from us per year to more than recovered this fee.

Kevin Hayler: “I found BigBarn and my local farm shop on the local food map. We now shop there every week and will spend about £5,000 this year. Better food, better service and we save money, thanks BigBarn.”

Our partners earn a commission from sales through BigBarn MarketPlace, so if you have an online shop it pays them to promote you.
If you would rather talk through the benefits of joining BigBarn call us on 01480 890 970 or your local partner, or if you are a community organisation or not for profit call us about our community rate.
BigBarn is a Community Interest Company (CIC).
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Discounts Currently Available to Members

We want to save our members more than they pay us. Here is the list of discounts we currently offer. New ones will be added to this page and included in our Producers Newsletter.

Reduce your costs

InXpress Couriers: Get special rates on couriers, £6.50+vat next day up to 15kg, from 1-20 packages! Call us for more
Annecto UK Ltd: Get special rates and advice on credit and debit cards…Call us for more
Insurance discounts: Protect against business risk and reduce costs… Call us for more
Bizerba Food Equipment: Thought about cutting the use of plastics? Get the special BigBarn 10% discount on all Retail Equipment, like zero waste scales, slicers, mincers, bone saws call us on 01480 890 970 for more
WOOLCOOL Packaging: To get your special 10% off first order BigBarn rate call us on 01480 890 970 for more
Bonnie Yau’s: Get 15% off your first order of Authentic Oriental sauces for members. All-natural, low allergen and vegan. Includes the unique, Free From award-winning Nut Free Thai Satay sauce and Soy-Free Hoi Sin sauce. 10 sauces in the range plus authentic noodles. Call Phil on 07595 167029
UK Tea & Coffee: BigBarn members get 15% off their first order. Mad Hatter Tea is a unique, independent brand, offering an array of high-quality teas to both the retail and wholesale markets. As a family-owned, family-run business – with over 35 years of experience in the food and beverages industry
Aunties Sauces: BigBarn members get 20% off their first order on your first order on cases of our Tamarind, Ginger Coriander, Chilli Mango & Indian Ketchup
Farm Diversity Magazine: Offer BigBarn members get 10% off a wide range of advice and advertising opportunities

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