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A family who sold their own home to buy a farm shop now plan to tear it down and create a new and improved store and cafe. Having leased the site since 2015, the Cock family purchased Delf Farm Shop in Sandwich three years ago after the previous owners decided to sell up. Husband and wife duo Simon and Alison took the plunge by selling their house in Sandwich to buy the business, and are confident the risk paid off. “I think with things like this, you’ve got to put your all in,” Simon said. “It put us on the spot at the time, because we already ploughed a lot of money into the business and we …

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