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GRATE START TO BUSINESS FOR CHEESEMONGER

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Vincent
Published date22 January 2022
Publication titleJournal, The
Moz Murphy, the owner of Grate, discovered her love of cheese in the late 1990s, a passion that continued to grow as she worked at independent food retailers including Fortnum and Mason and Fenwick

She decided to channel her expertise into starting her own business, after finding that Newcastle was lacking in specialist cheese shops.

Moz was geared up to unveil Grate to the public in May 2020 when the first Covid lockdown put a spanner in the works. Several months later, in

October that same year, the Jesmond store was finally able to open its doors.

Grate proven incredibly popular in its debut year, with Moz describing footfall as "non-stop since the day that we opened", and had a particularly busy Christmas as customers looked to stock up for cheese boards.

There are typically 100 types of cheese available at Grate, a number which can pass a staggering 150 over Christmas.

The shop is a champion of British and Irish cheese, particularly cheese made locally in Northumberland, as well as the continental classics such as manchego, comte and gruyere.

Customers will find goat's, sheep's and buffalo's milk cheese in stock alongside the more traditional...

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