Romney's Blog

Part three of our championing local business series focuses on Helen’s Chocolates, which was founded by Ken & Helen Davidson in 1989 and is located in Bowness on Windermere. The journey began after years of the couple living in Kenya with their three children. Ken was teaching with the Ove...

Part two of our Championing Local Business series focuses on a local independent business with a whole lot of heart – The Little Ice Cream shop.  Founded by Amy McPherson in 2016, the shop was initially opened as part of her plan to save up enough money to move to London and train as an actor. Li...

Last year our famous bars of Romney’s Kendal Mint cake returned to the location that solidified their position in history, as Stirland Bradburn trekked up to Everest Base Camp with both white and brown flavours of the original energy bar. Below is a first-hand account of Stirland’s expedition ...

Here at Romney’s Kendal Mint Cake, we understand the importance of championing local business and how collaborations can highlight the good work being done by independent, family run companies in and around the Lake District. Local businesses don't only build a stronger economy — they also build...

Earlier this year, we teamed up with Kendal Calling to produce an extra special bar of Romney's Kendal Mint Cake. Each bar contains an exclusive clue to the 2022 Kendal Calling line up! Over the next few days we will be sharing some of these clues on our social media pages, so make sure you foll...

We're proud to announce that we have recently teamed up with Rinaldo's, a local independent, artisan coffee roaster and tea merchant based in the Lake District to create a new and unique gift box. One of the key areas we look into when expanding our product range is how can we work more with ...

Behind the scenes at Romney’s, we have been working hard on creating new products we know you’ll love. With that in mind we are happy to announce that later this year we will be adding to our merchandise selection with a range of George Romney’s Kendal Mint Cake branded cycling gear, in partners...

On Friday night at 8pm we featured on the new Channel 5 show Motorhoming with Merton and Webster. In this particular episode it showed the duo travelling around the lake district, but before they could start their adventure there was an important stop they had to make - our famous Mint Cake facto...