Apologies for the corny title but I always feel that St Valentines day marks the end of the winter hibernation period and the real beginning of a new year. We hope to make more and more connections with you, the people who enjoy our smoothies and juices.
We will be doing this through twitter www.twitter.com/wildorchard and facebook www.facebook.com/wildorchard. If you use these then please become a follower, friend or fan. We promise to follow you too, with your permission of course.

Ever since we started this business in 2001, people have been asking why our OJ tastes so good and what makes it different to the other bottled OJ on the shelf.
Here's a quick guide to what's out there ranked in order of Deliciousness:
1. Freshly Squeezed Orange Juice: This is the ultimate. You take the oranges from your fruit bowl, slice in two Ninja style, squeeze the juice out and drink. Can also be bought from a juice bar, expressed before your eyes.

Whenever I'm chatting to fellow food producers these days it's interesting how often the subject of social media comes up:
Are you on facebook?
Do you twitter, or tweet, or whatever?
Who did your website? It's great/shite/boring/fun.
I saw this thing on youtube......
We all recognise the power of this medium but generally speaking, are struggling to figure out how to engage sucessfully. There are some notable exceptions,take a bow Kieran Murphy of Murphys' Ice-Cream but most of us are dabbling with mixed results.

Competition Closed. Congratulations to Elizabeth Enright!!

Thanks to our friends in Munster Rugby we have 2 stand tickets for the above match and we want to give them away to a deserving Wild Orchard drinking Munster Rugby fan.
Simply answer the following question:
Which Wild Orchard SMOOTHIE flavour do you think is the favourite of the Munster Rugby Squad?
Please email your answer along with your name and email address or mobile number to diarmuid@wildorchard.ie.

Great result and fantastic performance from Munster yesterday. It's been a while coming but the old Munster fire was evident in abundance and shows that there is a lot of life in the old dogs of war that have been much maligned in recent months.
Also glad to say that the consumption of smoothies by the Munster lads is still in the "ferocious" quantities and maybe helping towards those final quarter onslaughts we have become accustomed to this season.
Lets hope for a positive end to the pool stages and fingers crossed for a home quarter final.

This should really be a blog about our smoothies and juices or nutritional information or the benefits of fresh food or the great yoghurts, ready meals and gluten free baked produce we distribute but I can't let the week go without writing my views on the great national debate topic of the week.
My views are:
1. The whinging and moaning must stop. It is becoming embarassing and is not winning us any friends.
2. Yes we were robbed and it's grossly unfair on our players who played with great heart and skill on the night albeit maybe without quite enough precision.

Castle United getting some fuel on board.

We have a pair of stand tickets to give away for Munster Rugby vs Benetton Treviso on Saturday 17th October in Thomond Park.
To win simply send us an interesting photo of a Wild Orchard smoothie. This could be in an unusual setting or with an interesting person or whatever you think yourself.
Send all photos to diarmuid@wildorchard.ie. Closing Date is Thursday 8th October at 12 midnight. The winning photo will be announced on Friday 9th October and tickets posted that evening.
Send your entry photo along with your contact details including Name, Email, Address.
Good Luck!!

We are giving away tickets for Munster Rugby's next home game in Thomond Park. It's vs Cardiff Blues 11th September at 19.05.
Here's how to enter:
-Register on our Website (only registered users can enter)
-Enter the Banter Lounge and make a contribution to the "Topic of the Week: Cardiff Blues Match".
-The best entry (as judged by us) will recieve the a pair of tickets to the East Stand of Thomond Park.
-Our decision is final.
-As time is short this week, the competition will close on Wednesday evening at midnight (as per our website clock).

Wild Orchard Smoothies are a healthy and natural way to boost your fruit intake. Here I have outlined some of the simple benefits.

Fruit Smoothies naturally contain vitamins, nutrients, fibre and water, all of which which play important roles in an athlete’s diet.

Vitamin C: helps build and repair body tissue and promote wound healing. The body uses Vitamin C to metabolise fats and cholesterol, absorb fats and synthesise amino acids and collagen which is one of the primary building blocks of skin, cartilage and bones.

Fibre: Adds bulk to food to slow down digestion.