The Little Green Platter Company

What The Little Green Platter Company does

The Little Green Platter Company is a privately held, family-run artisan food business founded by Karen Green in April 2017 in Orrell, Wigan, North West England. It specialises in pre-curated grazing boards, grazing boxes and celebration cheese cakes built from carefully sourced British and continental artisan produce, including cheeses from Wookey Hole, Colston Bassett, Garstang and accompaniments from Peters Yard and Rosebud Preserves. The core operating model is to design, hand-prepare and style each board in advance so that it arrives ready to serve, eliminating on-site preparation for the customer.

The business operates a dual-channel go-to-market: a Shopify-powered direct-to-consumer e-commerce storefront supported by phone and bespoke ordering, plus a physical Fine Foods Delicatessen, gourmet salad bar and artisan sandwich station at 43 Church Street, Orrell, opened in 2024. Regional delivery covers a 52-mile radius around the WN5 8TG base across Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Merseyside and South Lancashire; hampers and gift boxes are shipped nationwide via APC Overnight Express, with free delivery above £60 and exclusions for Scottish Highlands, Northern Ireland and British Isles.

Revenue is generated through one-time purchases of grazing boards (£45–£180), grazing boxes (£37–£120), celebration cheese cakes (£280–£395), gourmet sharing salads and sandwich platters (£45–£75), digital gift cards (£20–£200) and add-on merchandise. Customers span weddings, personal celebrations, children's parties and corporate events, with named enterprise clients including Missguided and BoohooMAN. Marketing is concentrated in organic social (Facebook, Instagram), an email "Subscribe & Save" program and a loyalty club; the company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding and approximately six employees.

Name

The Little Green Platter Company

Legal name

The Little Green Platter Company

Website

https://thelittlegreenplattercompany.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Little Green Platter Company is a family-run, bootstrapped UK artisan food business that designs, hand-prepares and delivers pre-curated grazing boards, boxes and celebration cheese cakes to wedding, event and corporate customers across the North West of England and nationwide via hamper shipping.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Artisanal Grazing Platters & Catering

NAICS

All Other Specialty Food Retailers (445298), Caterers (722320)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRAHAJAK

Premium Gourmet & Chef-Curated Meal Kits/Prepared Meals

Consumer Products & Retail/Grocery & Food Retail/Meal Kits & Prepared Meals Retail

SECONDARYCRAHAKAA

Freshly Made Grab-and-Go (Sandwiches, Wraps, Salads)

Consumer Products & Retail/Grocery & Food Retail/Foodservice-to-Go & In-Store Prepared Foods (Grab-and-Go)

Keywords

• Grazing platters
• Celebration cheese cakes
• Corporate event catering
• Artisan food boxes
• Focaccia sandwich platters

Headquarters

HQ city

Orrell, Wigan

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Grazing Boards and Boxes: One-time purchase of hand-prepared grazing boards and boxes in various sizes. Boards range from 0.5m to 5.0m serving 10 to 100+ people. Boxes range from individual servings to boxes for 6-8 people. Prices from £45 to £180 for boards and £37 to £120 for boxes.
2. Celebration Cheese Cakes: Specialty cheese celebration cakes for weddings and events, priced from £280 to £395, serving 70-110 guests. Optional cracker and chutney packages available as add-ons.
3. Gourmet Sharing Salads and Sandwiches: Gourmet sharing salads and focaccia sandwich platters priced from £65 to £75, targeting corporate events and celebrations.
4. Gift Cards: Digital gift cards available in £20, £30, £40, £50, £100, £150, £200 denominations, valid for 12 months from purchase.
5. Add-On Products: Supplements including artisan crackers (Miller's Toast, Peter's Yard), ranging from £3.00 to £7.95, and limited edition merchandise.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Little Green Platter Company hand-prepares premium artisanal grazing boards, grazing boxes and celebration cheese cakes from British and continental artisan produce, complemented by sharing platters such as salads, focaccia sandwiches, pies, sausage rolls and quiche. Offerings are sold via a direct-to-consumer online store and a physical delicatessen in Orrell, Wigan, with bespoke packages for weddings, private celebrations, children's parties and corporate events across Manchester, the North West of England and, via courier, the wider UK mainland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Luxury Grazing Boards
• Grazing Boxes
• Celebration Cheese Cakes
• Gourmet Sharing Platters
• Gift Cards
• Artisan Crackers and Accompaniments
• Bespoke Corporate Catering

Quantifiable outcome

• Celebration cheese cakes serve 70-110 guests per 10-11kg cake
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• APC Overnight ExpresscoreOthersPrimary courier partner for nationwide hamper and gift deliveries across UK mainland. Provides next day delivery service (24-hour) for orders over £60 with free delivery. Parcels dispatched Tuesday to Thursday for Wednesday-Friday receipt.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Rhubarb Food Design: Established UK premium event and contract caterer serving corporate, cultural and private clients. Comparable on the bespoke corporate and large-event catering side of TLGPC's offering, but operating at substantially larger scale and as part of a broader hospitality group.
• M&S Food: UK premium food retailer with nationwide stores, deli counters, and an event/entertaining range. Overlaps with TLGPC on artisanal cheese curation and entertaining/celebration occasions, but operates at vastly broader scale and as part of a general food assortment.
• Hotel Chocolat: UK premium chocolate and food gifting retailer with own-store and online channels. Comparable on premium gifting, direct-to-consumer e-commerce, and gift card mechanics, though broader portfolio and far larger scale than TLGPC's regional grazing focus.

Direct peers

• Graze: UK-founded subscription snack and graze-box brand, now owned by Mars. Operates a comparable model of curated, ready-to-eat food boxes sold direct-to-consumer at premium price points, addressing the same gifting and everyday-snacking occasions as TLGPC's grazing boxes.
• Platter London: UK grazing platter and grazing box specialist offering ready-to-order boards for events and corporate catering. Comparable in product format (boards/boxes), direct-to-consumer e-commerce, and event-focused customer base, though operating in the London market rather than the North West.
• The Big Cheese Board: UK grazing board brand offering large-format artisan cheese and charcuterie boards for events. Direct overlap with TLGPC's core hero product — pre-curated grazing boards featuring British artisan cheese — serving the same wedding and celebration use cases.
• The Cheese Stack Company: UK specialist in stacked celebration cheese cakes for weddings and events. Closely mirrors TLGPC's signature celebration cheese cake range (70–110 guest cakes), serving the same wedding and large-event customer base with comparable artisan cheese positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/thelittlegreenplatterco
• Instagraminstagram.com/thelittlegreenplattercompany
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-little-green-platter-company

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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