BEN’S FARM SHOP
HAVING PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED ALL THE DAIRY INFRASTRUCTURE AT NEARBY RIVERFORD ORGANIC, WHEN THE TIME CAME TO KIT OUT THE WATSON FAMILY’S new FARM SHOP, OUR 45 YEARS OF EXPERTISE MADE FOR A GREAT FIT.
JUST A FIVE MINUTE DETOUR OFF THE southbound A38, DRIVING ALONGSIDE THE RIVER DART PAST ORCHARDS AND STEEP GREEN FIELDS IMMEDIATELY SETS THE SCENE FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL.
WITH LOCAL FOOD AND DRINK THE MAIN DRAW HERE, OUR FIRST JOB WAS TO ASSEMBLE THE OUTER WALL panels that would house THE MAIN FRIDGES. WE DID THIS IN OCTOBER 2025 USING KINGSPAN ‘Kooltherm K108’ - a premium performance partial-fill cavity wall insulation WITH QUADCORE TECHNOLOGY AND A thermal conductivity of 0.019 W/mK.
NEXT, we built out all the fridges and freezers. on OUR return THIS SPRING we’ll install EVERYTHING ELSE INCLUDING the display cabinets THAT WILL bring THis EXCITING NEW SHOP SPACE to life.
VITAL STATS
OUR INVOLVEMENT:
4 x COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATORS
2 x MULTIDECK BUTCHERY FREEZERS
3 x MULTIDECK BUTCHERY FRIDGES
1 x MAIN KITCHEN FREEZER
1 x MAIN VEGETABLE FRIDGE
1 x MAIN SHOP FRIDGE
8 x CONDENSERS (STACKED)
4 x FOOD DISPLAY CABINETS
1 x DELI SERVE-OVER COUNTER
“THE WATSON FAMILY HAVE BEEN FARMING IN THE DART VALLEY FOR OVER FORTY YEARS. WAY BACK IN 1983, BEN STARTED MAKING SAUSAGES FROM PIGS RAISED ON THE FARM to THEN SELL AT TOTNES MARKET. AND SO, THEIR ORIGINAL FARM SHOP WAS BORN.”
TASTE OF THE WEST
