10 Oct 2013 07:00
The Real Good Food Company plc (AIM: RGD)
Napier Brown wins major new sugar supply contracts from Asda and Booker
The Real Good Food Company plc ("the Group" or "RGFC"), the diversified food group, owns Napier Brown (Europe's biggest non-refining sugar distributor) as well as Renshaw and R&W Scott (bakery ingredients), Garrett Ingredients (dairy ingredients) and Haydens Bakery (patisserie and desserts).
The RGFC Board is pleased to announce that its sugar trading subsidiary, Napier Brown, has secured two major new supply contracts for its branded range of Whitworths sugars from supermarket retailer Asda and from Booker, the leading food wholesaler.
These new contracts, which begin later this month, will include the supply by Napier Brown of a range of more than 60 separate product lines, including the Whitworths everyday and specialist ranges, "Whitworths for Baking", as well as a number of new product lines targeting specific consumer needs.
Whitworths Sugar has become the fastest growing brand in the sugar category following a re-launch of the brand last year and the introduction of the "Whitworths for Baking" range in summer 2012. The new agreements with Asda and Booker will see a doubling in retail value of Whitworths sugar sales.
Around 80 new jobs will be created at Napier Brown's headquarters in Normanton, West Yorkshire, following award of these new contracts.
At the same time, construction is nearing completion of Napier Brown's "Sugar Hub", a £3.5 million development in new sugar handling facilities at Immingham on Humberside, which is due for completion by the end of the current year. This will enable the efficient handling of bulk sugar shipments arriving by sea and their onward distribution to food manufacturers and other customers across the north of England.
Pieter Totté, Group Chairman, comments:
"I am delighted by the success of John Tanner and his team at Napier Brown in securing these important new contracts, which represents the culmination of 18 months' hard work. We look forward to building our relationships with both Asda and Booker and believe that the Whitworths brand still has huge growth potential."
10 October 2013
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NOTES TO EDITORS
Napier Brown
Napier Brown is a division of the Real Good Food Company plc and sources sugar from the UK, mainland Europe and around the world. From its base in Normanton, West Yorkshire it packs and distributes a wide range of sugar for the manufacturing, retail and food service sectors.
Whitworths
The 'for Baking' range comprises six high quality baking sugars - fine caster, superfine icing, golden caster, crunchy demerara, light soft brown and dark soft brown sugar, as well as a 'Twist and Sprinkle' icing sugar duster. The sugar range has been made and packaged for home bakers with user-friendly, re-sealable packs and each comes with an inspiring recipe to feed the imagination.