Addo Food Group, one of the UK’s largest producers of savoury pastry products, is expanding into the foodservice industry.
With six sites across the UK, it produces food such as sausage rolls, pies and quiches for the grocery and convenience sector.
Now it has created its first range of products for the foodservice industry, produced at its Dorset Foods site, which it hopes will ‘work perfectly for distribution within the catering industry’.
The business is working with frozen food distributor Central Foods to build up its customer base and to find further opportunities within the catering industry in the coming months.
Addo Food Group foodservice commercial controller Jon Rose said: “We are really excited about moving into foodservice. This is a growing sector with more outlets than ever before looking for top quality products to serve and we believe we have a very strong offering.
“Our expertise in creating a huge range of branded and own label savoury pastry products means that our customers will know they are working with a business that can consistently supply a wide-range of high-quality products.
“As we are a new player to the channel our relationship with Central Foods has been invaluable in helping us identify new ways to make our products available. We are looking forward to exploring the opportunities in this area and are already speaking to a number of hospitality businesses about the products we can create for them.”
As part of its venture into foodservice, Addo Food is also developing gluten-free products in response to the demand from caterers for more free-from options.
Central Foods supplies more than 400 lines of products to over 220 independent wholesalers across the country, including schools, hospitals and hotels.
Managing director of Central Foods Gordon Lauder said: “We are delighted to have been awarded this contract from Addo Food Group – the UK’s leader in savoury foods production and manufacture.
“As a company, Central Foods is well-known for the buffet party foods we supply and distribute to foodservice operators across the UK, and this contract will help us with our continued growth in this area as we look to strengthen the range of both savoury and sweet buffet products we offer.”
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