Alex Polizzi: The Fixer: Heck Sausages

How do small businesses cope when they go into partnership with the `big boys"? That's one of the questions Alex Polizzi is pondering as she travels to Kirklington, North Yorkshire, to meet the Keebles, a family of farmers-turned-sausage-makers. They need the supermarkets to sell their Heck-brand bangers in order to survive, but like many small producers, it's a relationship that has sometimes left them feeling powerless. Alex gains access to the food development kitchens of a major retailer, and also uncovers some of the secrets of supermarket shelf layouts. But will her new-found knowledge help the Keebles to ensure Heck Sausages maintain a prominent place in the nation's aisles, and become the UK's leading premium brand?