Recent salmonella outbreaks linked to imported eggs have understandably left many UK shoppers asking a simple question: where do my eggs actually come from? At Modern Milkman, the answer is easy. Every single egg we deliver comes from British farms, sourced through trusted local suppliers we know by name.
Why We Use Multiple British Egg Suppliers
Rather than relying on one large-scale producer, we work with several small and mid-sized UK farms across the country. This means fresher eggs, shorter supply chains, and deliveries that reach your doorstep quicker, often within days of the eggs leaving the farm. It also means if one region has a supply issue, our customers never go without. Here’s who supplies your eggs:
Geldards Farm – Kendal, Cumbria
Geldards Farm in Kendal supplies us with both free range and organic eggs, giving customers choice without compromising on quality. Nestled in the Cumbrian countryside, Geldards combines traditional farming values with high animal welfare standards.
Country Lane Foods – Cornwall
Down in Cornwall, Country Lane Foods provides our free range eggs, produced by hens roaming freely across the South West’s rolling farmland. Sourcing from Cornwall helps us serve customers in the south of England with minimal food miles.
Bird Bros – Bedfordshire
Bird Bros, based in Bedfordshire, supplies free range eggs for our customers across the Midlands and South East. As one of the UK’s most established egg producers, Bird Bros brings decades of farming expertise to every delivery.
St Ewe – St Ewe, Cornwall
Also from Cornwall, St Ewe produces our rich yolk eggs, known for their deep golden colour and full flavour – the result of carefully managed free range flocks and quality feed.
By spreading our sourcing across Cumbria, Cornwall and Bedfordshire, we keep deliveries fresh, reduce transport time, and support British farming communities up and down the country, all while eliminating any reliance on imported eggs.
100% British, 100% Traceable: The British Lion Standard
Every egg we deliver carries the British Lion stamp, a red lion mark that’s the UK’s badge of food safety excellence. Eggs bearing this stamp are produced under some of the strictest food safety standards in the world, including vaccination against salmonella, which is why British Lion eggs have an outstanding food safety record.
Want to know exactly which farm your eggs came from? Each British Lion egg is printed with a unique code that lets you trace it back to source. Simply enter the code from your egg box into the British Egg Industry Council’s egg tracker to see precisely where it was laid.
With The Modern Milkman, you don’t just get fresh, local, British eggs delivered to your door. You get complete peace of mind about where they came from.
