Flourish Foodhall & Kitchen, which has two sites near Bath, has been listed as one of The Sunday Times’ Best Places to Work in the UK for 2025.
Flourish at Norton St Philip | Photo © Flourish Foodhall & Kitchen
Flourish, along with its wholesale partner Cotswold Fayre, has been accredited as one of the top medium-sized businesses for the second consecutive year.
Flourish’s first site, at Glenavon Farm on the A4 at Saltford, opened in 2021. Since then, the business has expanded into Home & Lifestyle in 2022, adding its Pottery Painting Barn in 2023 and transforming Farleigh Road Farm Shop at Norton St Philip into Flourish at Farleigh Road in four months. It opened its doors in November 2024.
In March 2025, Flourish opened its own production kitchen, supplying both sites with homemade Scotch eggs, sausage rolls, sponge cakes, cookies and more using local ingredients.
The Sunday Times workplace survey sees winners selected from the results of an employee survey through the WorkL app, which helps people to have a better working life.
It honours and celebrates the UK’s top employers, more than 500 organisations across industries and scale.
With a score of 79% average happiness, the results reflect Flourish’s commitment to putting people and planet before profit. The survey also revealed a score of 85% in wellbeing, empowerment, instilling pride and job satisfaction.
Paul Castle, Flourish’s managing director, said: “To be listed by the Sunday Times along with Cotswold Fayre for the second year running is a huge accolade as we continue to put people and planet before profit.
“Acquiring a second site hasn’t been easy, particularly for the Farleigh Road team, so I am thrilled that we have continued to go the extra mile to make Flourish a brilliant place to work for everyone.”
