Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association taken over Northern Foods' pork pie interests) announced that their Bowyers factory at Trowbridge in Wiltshire would close with the loss of 400 jobs. Production of the (mainly Melton Mowbray branded) pies was transferred to Nottingham, which is inside the area in which Melton Mowbray pies can be made under the PGI rules. Members argue that the association provides protection for smaller producers. Current members are: Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association The Melton Mowbray Pork Pie Association is a group of pork pie manufacturers in the Melton Mowbray area of England, UK. The association was set up in 1998 with
Branston, Leicestershire Branston, Leicestershire Branston is a village in the civil parish of Croxton Kerrial and Branston, in Leicestershire, England. It is geographically situated north from the A607 road, south-west from Grantham and 7 miles north-east from Melton Mowbray. The village is at the southern edge of the Vale of Belvoir, and south-west from Belvoir Castle. Knipton Reservoir is to the north. The population is included in the civil parish of Croxton Kerrial. According to "A Dictionary of British Place Names", Branston could be "a farmstead or a village of a man called Brant" – 'Brant' from an Old English person name