It's back! Purple Love Week, Britain's largest coordinated tasting event taking place in around 600 delis, farm shops, butchers and bakers across the UK. Use your independent shops - or lose them!

Lucy's of Ambleside: Zingy, magical & just a touch tropical - Olive Et Al's marvellous marinade................................£3.95/250mls.

Country Harvest, Ingleton: Olives Et Al self-serve anti-pasta olives...£1.14 per 100g.

Dales butchers, Kirkby Lonsdale: Curry meal deal a tub of Madhuban sauce, 700g meat (chicken, pork, lamb or beef), 4 lamb kofta kebabs, packet of naan bread, & a jar of chutney or pickle............only £10!

Higginsons, Grange-over-Sands: Ribs of beef - on the bone (£4.99/500g), .....................or boned & rolled (£5.75/500g).

Low Sizergh Barn Farm Shop: Allerdale goats cheese from Thornby Moor Dairies (Carlisle), matured for up to 10 weeks for a creamy, sweet flavour...........£1.29 per 100g.

Watson & Woollard, Kendal: Gammon shanks.....£1.50 each - perfect for pea soup.

The Honeypot, Hawkshead: Mixed flower honey from Hawkshead.......£4.99 (454g jar).

Howbarrow organic farm, Cartmel: Jerusalem artichokes (Lancs) £1.99 per kilo Acorn Dairies butter (Yorks) £1.60 250g.

Peter Hutchinson, Greenodd: Langdale-bred Herdwick mutton, various cuts from £1.50 per lb. Also, 5lb back bacon.......£8.50.

Bowland Bridge Stores: Ready to eat unsulphured apricots...................75p (250g).

Oak Street Bakery, Windermere: Brooklyn Bagels - plain 25p each or 5 for £1 (also available, chocolate, or cinnamon & raisin).

Burton Village Stores: 50% off Farmhouse Products, Suffolk Mud, & Stokes eg: Indian lime pickle, Spicy Chicken Thai Marinade, Balsamic Sauce.