www.snugburys.co.uk
Snugburys is an English ice cream manufacturer based at Park Farm in Hurleston, near Nantwich, in the county of Cheshire. Snugburys makes over 35 flavours of ice cream. In addition to ice cream production, Snugburys also regularly produces large sculptures made of steel-reinforced straw.
The business was founded in 1986.[1] It was converted from a dairy farm to an ice cream factory by Chris and Cheryl Sadler.[6] It was incorporated as a limited company and registered at Companies House in October 2002.[7] It opened a new ice cream shop in the barn on the site in 2011,[5] and has three ice cream vans.[8] They opened an ice cream parlour in the Lakeside Cafe at Trentham Estate in 2016.[9] Snugburys produces around 35 flavours of ice cream,[10] which have included flavours like damson and sloe gin, toffee crumble,[11] and extra mature cheddar cheese (collaborating with Pilgrims Choice).[12]
The business was taken over by the Sadlers' daughters Hannah, Kitty, and Cleo when their parents retired in 2016;[6] the sisters became directors of the company in November 2015.[7] As of 2017 the farm is visited by around 200,000 people per year.[1]
Snugburys has been making straw sculptures since 1998, when its first straw sculpture portrayed the Millennium Dome.[13][14] The sculptures are reinforced with steel, and are constructed to attract visitors to the farm and to raise money for charity.[2] In 2015 the Guinness Book of Records included mention of Snugbury's straw Dalek as the "Largest Dalek sculpture".[15]