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Article: Who made all the pies? The Grocer's Richard Clarke spent a day on the shop floor at independent butcher and deli store Dennis of Bexley in Kent and discovered there's more to making pies than meets the eye.(Back to the Floor)(Dennis of Bexley)
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- April 23, 2005
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The omens aren't good when I roll up at The Firs, a shiny new housing estate on the border between Bexley and Dartford in Kent. I can see plenty of signs pointing the way to luxury five-bedroom homes. But there is no sign of what I have come to find.
I am tempted to turn back but I decide to persevere and make my way" through The Firs' maze of streets. The reward for my tenacity is to stumble across Dennis of Bexley, one of the country's premier independent butchers and deli stores.
The store is packed with food that screams "buy me". However, I am not here to shop. Dennis of Bexley is my place of employment for the day I am about to go back to the floor ...