Freshers Foods

read moreThe Openshaw family have been making great tasting savoury snacks for over 40 years. We are based in Wigan, Lancashire, a town with a strong industrial heritage and spiritual home of rugby league & northern soul. Our manufacturing plant is located on the banks of the picturesque Leeds & Liverpool canal, a short distance from Wigan Pier, which was made famous in George Orwell's classic novel. We make a wide range of tasty treats, specialising in traditional pork snacks such as Scratchings, Crackling & Crunch.

read moreVery little has been written down about the history and origins of Pork Scratchings and due to the amount of questions we are regularly asked, we decided to put together a short history, made up of contributions and opinions from people in the trade and from members of the general public who remember Pork Scratchings from earlier days. The general consensus of opinion is that they originated in the West Midlands or Black Country. The Black Country is named after its roots in the industrial revolution and continuing role as a centre of heavy engineering and mining which in days gone by was said to cover the area in grime and soot.