Hampshire-based chutney maker Atkins & Potts bolsters partnership with Aldi with several additions to Christmas range

A family-owned artisan chutney maker is celebrating after expanding its partnership with Aldi this Christmas.

Atkins & Potts, located in Ball Hill, has supplied Aldi with its award-winning seasonal chutneys as part of the supermarket’s premium Christmas range for the past seven years.

The sauce maker has introduced two new chutneys to the Aldi range this festive season – red onion and jalapeno, and balsamic plum chutney.

These two join previous favourites chipotle chilli jam and fig and bramley apple chutney.

Managing director of buying at Aldi UK Julie Ashfield said: “Atkins & Potts has been a brilliant partner of our Specially Selected range over the past seven years, and we are delighted to be extending our partnership even further this Christmas with their latest products.

“Supporting British businesses is really important to us here at Aldi and it has been so exciting to watch Atkins & Potts flourish over the years and develop into such a strong business. I look forward to seeing what’s next for them.”

As well as the chutney additions, Atkins & Potts has also bolstered its range with the launch of its pour-over sauces at Aldi, including six different flavours such as Peppercorn and Creamy Mushroom.

The sauce-making company was founded by husband and wife team Nicola and Robert Young 18 years ago. They still make chutneys in small batches using traditional open pans like one would at home.

The current team of 35 employees will be moving into a brand-new factory in spring 2023, which will increase its production capacity 10-fold and with space for innovative new kitchens to create new flavours and test new ingredients.

Co-founder and managing director at Atkins & Potts Mrs Young said: “Our partnership with Aldi keeps us busy all year round, with our delicious chutneys always proving incredibly popular.

“The growing partnership is allowing us to bring even more local staff on board. The new site will also allow us to implement energy efficient measures like a solar roof, heat pumps, LED lighting and other initiatives to help protect our planet.

“We’re constantly innovating with exciting new flavours, textures, and recipes as we grow our core and plant-based ranges and we’ll be ramping up our production capacity when we move into our new factory in 2023.

“This will hopefully help us to extend our Specially Selected range at Aldi even further in the years to come.”

The new chutneys are available in Aldi stores across the country at £2.99 for the single jars or £3.69 for the trio giftset.