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With the upcoming Jubilee weekend set to celebrate the 70 year reign of Queen Elizabeth II, we would like to share a short story of what our third generation owner and father of current managing director, Shane Barron, remembers from the Queen’s Coronation Day which took place a year later on th...

Romney's Kendal Mint Cake & Kendal Poetry Festival We are happy to announce that we will once again be sponsoring the Kendal Poetry Festival which is set to launch on Friday 24th June 2022. Kendal Poetry Festival is a bi-annual festival, supported by Arts Council England, which sees peo...

Romney's Kendal Mint Cake - providing that much needed Everest Base Camp boost since 1953! Earlier this year, Twitter user Andrew Davies made the trek up to Everest Base Camp and took along a trusty bar of our Romney's white Kendal Mint Cake with him. "If it was good enough for the 1953 E...

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...