A NEW service is being piloted in York for office staff who want fresh, locally produced food - but haven't the time to go out and buy it.

Moorsfresh, a scheme launched recently to help local producers supply food to local retailers, is setting up an office delivery service.

Customers can order their goods online on a Tuesday, the produce will be picked on the following two days, and it will then be delivered to the office on the Friday afternoon for staff to take home after work.

Following the launch of the paper's Eat Local campaign, the Evening Press offices have become the first to take part in the new delivery scheme.

Moorsfresh staff came to our Walmgate headquarters yesterday to let staff taste-test the produce. Foods demonstrated included a variety of sausages, such as wild boar and venison, salmon, lettuce, carrots, cauliflower and broccoli, along with hand-made soups.

Moorsfresh spokesman Nick Taylor said more than 90 per cent of products on offer were grown locally. He said the organisation intended contacting offices across York and North Yorkshire.

You can visit the new office delivery website by visiting the Evening Press's website, www.thisisyork.co.uk, and then clicking on to the shoppersworld link, and then Moorsfresh.

Updated: 11:13 Wednesday, January 22, 2003