National Federation of Fish Friers explained
| National Federation of Fish Friers |
| Abbreviation: | NFFF |
| Formation: | 1913 |
| Status: | Non-profit organisation |
| Purpose: | Fish and chip shops in the UK |
| Location: | 4 Greenwood Mount, Meanwood, Leeds |
| Region Served: | UK |
| Membership: | 10,500 fish and chip shops |
| Leader Title: | NFFF President |
| Leader Name: | Andrew Crook |
| Main Organ: | NFFF Board of Directors |
| Affiliations: | Seafish |
| Website: | www.nfff.co.uk |
The National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) is a British trade association for the fish and chips trade.
Structure
Its headquarters are in Leeds, West Yorkshire. Standard membership as of 2017 is £193 a year. It has 12 regions.
History
It was founded in 1913 and has about 8,500 members.[1]
Function
It runs training courses[2] and speaks for the trade.[3] [4] It runs the Customer Service Skills and Fish Frying Skills qualifications for the Seafish authority.
Awards
It runs the Young Fish Frier of the Year Award.
Publications
Its monthly magazine The Fish Friers Review (no apostrophe) was founded as The National Fish Caterers’ Review in 1925.[5]
See also
Further reading
- Book: Walton, John K.. Fish and chips and the British working class, 1870-1940 . Continuum International Publishing Group (Originally published Leicester University Press 1992). 2000. 111–136. 6: Solidarity and Suspicion: Organization and its Limitations. 978-0-7185-2120-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=r6d7nY7SyC0C&pg=PA111 . Googlebooks. - note that Googlebooks unfortunately omits page 117-118 which appear to cover the founding of the NFFF.
Notes and References
- Web site: NFFF home page. 19 September 2009.
- Web site: Could chips be a recession-buster. Savage. Danny. 18 September 2009. BBC News. 19 September 2009.
- Web site: UK backs tracking system to net pirate fishermen. Department for International Development. 19 September 2009. David Audley, President of the group that represents 10,000 fish and chip shop owners in the UK, said: “The National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF) strongly advise ... ". dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20091005025245/http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/News-Stories/2007/UK-backs-tracking-system-to-net-pirate-fishermen/. 5 October 2009.
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7984854.stm Pollock named Colin in April 2009 by Sainsburys
- Fish Friers Review. September 2009. September 2009. 1. The Fish Friers Review.
