Money back on your waste oil

By |2022-10-11T10:19:38+01:00October 11th, 2022|Categories: Latest News|

Get money back for disposing of your waste oil.

We’re pleased to bring a brand new service to you …

We’ve joined up with Arrow Oils to provide you with a quick, easy and free service to help you dispose of your waste cooking oil and get cash back too.

You will receive £5 credit for every 20 litre drum of oil you recycle with Arrow Oils.

It’s quick and easy to dispose of your waste oil:

Step 1: Scan the QR code or click here and complete the form to arrange collection of your used oil.

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Our ‘Wear it Pink’ day was a huge success!

By |2022-10-18T08:21:25+01:00October 10th, 2022|Categories: Community, Latest News|

Breast Cancer Awareness – Wear it Pink day

Thursday 6th October 2022

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month so we thought we’d take part in not only raising the profile of the cause, but raise some funds for the Breast Cancer Now charity.

We held our ‘Wear it Pink’ fundraising day on Thursday 6th October at both our head office and Rosehill foodstore.

Drum roll, please …!

We raised a whopping £837.45.

We wore pink – pictured above is our sales support team who looked fantastic in their pink gear. A special prize was awarded to Joanne Hastings who looked amazing in her tutu!

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Sales support team is here to help!

By |2022-10-05T12:42:17+01:00October 5th, 2022|Categories: Latest News|

Our experts are here to help

We are re-branding our telesales department as sales support to reflect the much wider role played by the team in our business today.

Pictured left to right are: Rebecca Sheckley, Nicola Barnes, Karen Graham, Tracey Woollerton, Joanne Hastings, Lesley Flannery and Liz Dunn. Daisy Bowman is currently on  maternity leave.

Back in the 1970’s and in the absence of email, online ordering, answer machines or even fax machines, placing orders live over the phone was the only way of doing so and the phrase telesales was quite apt.

These days we still take many customer orders over the […]

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Efficient logistics team serves up superb service

By |2022-09-21T11:53:50+01:00September 21st, 2022|Categories: Latest News|

Efficient logistics team serves up superb service

Pictured left to right are: Chris Dicker, Wayne Sutherland, Jonny Forsyth and Sean Harrison.

We recently promoted several of our logistics colleagues to create a new, efficient logistics management team.

Jonny Forsyth, Operations Director, now has a team made up of three supervisors and managers.

Wayne Sutherland has been with us for 17 years and is now a Logistics Supervisor alongside Sean Harrison, our new Transport Supervisor. Sean has worked for us for over 27 years and is extremely experienced in working with our fleet and drivers.

Chris Dicker is now serving as a Fleet Service Manager. […]

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Proud to support grassroots football

By |2022-09-21T10:32:22+01:00September 21st, 2022|Categories: Community, Latest News|

Supporting young footballers

It’s the start of the football season and this year you’ll see our foodstore logo on a new team’s kit!

We’re honoured to be the proud sponsor of Carlisle Centurion Blues Under 9s team.

Carlisle Centurions FC aim is to help develop the four key attributes identified by the FA that are vital for developing young players: physical, technical, psychological and social. They work hard to help children develop more than just their technical skills as training sessions will also help them to gain confidence, build self-esteem, learn to work as team and improve their decision making.

The team train weekly at Central Academy’s […]

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New wheels on the road provides first-class service

By |2022-10-19T08:09:50+01:00August 10th, 2022|Categories: Latest News|

New wheels on the road provides first-class service for all

Just a few weeks ago, we received delivery of our very first Class 1 vehicle.

For many years, our delivery drivers have been making several trips between both our Carlisle and Gateshead depots to ensure stock movement was carried out efficiently and effectively.

In a bid to cut down our journeys and to help reduce both our carbon footprint and fuel usage, we decided to invest in a Class 1 vehicle.

Improved service delivery & competitive pricing

Our business in the north east has grown exponentially over the […]

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We’re a Sage Gatehead supporter

By |2022-08-03T14:54:24+01:00August 3rd, 2022|Categories: Community, Latest News|

Proud to be a Sage Gatehead supporter

Once again, we’re excited to be supporting Sage Gateshead in its pursuit of musical entertainment and education.

For many years, we’ve been a keen sponsor of Sage Gateshead, a popular music venue based on the banks of the River Tyne in Gateshead.

Sage Gateshead is passionate about music! The venue’s main focus is to ensure all communities can experience the joys of music.

Sage Gateshead is a charity so they rely on support to bring music to people of all ages, abilities and walks of life, from babies to retirees, people with special educational needs and disabilities to young […]

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Make the most of Philly

By |2022-07-20T16:11:40+01:00July 20th, 2022|Categories: Latest News|

Make the most of Philly

Discover a world beyond bagels and cheesecake

Philadelphia is a truly versatile product and we’re here to help inspire you to create much more than bagel toppings and cheesecakes.

We have a fantastic range of recipe books which cater to a wide variety of sectors; from pubs to the healthcare sector. These have been put together by professional chefs and brand ambassadors.

Scroll down for a delicious Eton Mess recipe and to download our sector recipe books.

Order your Philly today!

Eton Mess

Strawberry Meringue […]

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Celebrating dedicated service

By |2022-05-25T13:38:10+01:00May 25th, 2022|Categories: Latest News|

We celebrate dedicated service

We recently rewarded all our people who have worked for us for 10 years and over. Many of them were celebrating over 20, 30 and even 40 years of service!

Our new scheme involves a voucher reward and holiday enhancement, dependent upon length of service. Those celebrating working for 10 years and over qualify for the benefits.

Pictured above are just some of our Carlisle colleagues who received the benefit this year. There were many people at both our Gateshead and Harrington depots who were celebrating too.

In fact, a total of 99 of our colleagues received a long-service award this year!

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We’re a Living Wage Employer

By |2022-05-11T14:14:03+01:00May 11th, 2022|Categories: Latest News|

We’re committed to paying a fair wage for a day’s work

We are proud to announce that we have gained accreditation as a Living Wage Employer. Our commitment to paying a fair wage for a day’s work sees our minimum hourly rate stand at £10. This is above the National Minimum Wage and Real Living Wage rate and significantly higher than the government minimum for over 23s which currently stands at £9.50 per hour.

We are based in the north west, a region with nearly a fifth of all jobs (18.4%) paying less than the Real Living Wage – equating to around 534,000 jobs. Despite this, […]

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