FOOD

First Choice Produce Chilled and frozen fruit and vegetable distribution to restaurants and hotels HIGHLIGHTED / RECOMMENDED COMPANY

Great British Life Celebrating all the finer things in British life including food and drink, fantastic properties, events, celebrity interviews, walks and competitions. HIGHLIGHTED / RECOMMENDED COMPANY

UK Juicers Choice in juicers, blenders and dehydrators as well as other products for a healthy lifestyle available to buy online or call 01904 757070 HIGHLIGHTED / RECOMMENDED COMPANY

Resources

• British Cheese Board Dragon Court 27 Macklin Street London WC2B 5LX tel: 0117 921 1744
• British Egg Information Service (Lincolnshire) egg safety, recipes and much more
• British Potato Council
• Food Standards Agency Aviation House 125 Kingsway London WC2B 6NH Switchboard: 020 7276 8000
• Government Food Safety Information
• Trading Standards consumer protection information in the UK.

Supermarkets/Shops/Retailers

HIGH STREET RETAILERS

• Asda high street supermarket who may deliver to your area with orders over the internet.
• Bordeaux Direct (Berkshire) have changed their name to Laithwaites but still sell wine
• Budgens high street supermarket with list of stores
• Co-op the Co-operative group and their businesses
• Fortnum & Mason (London) supplying gourmet and quality goods to the world since 1707- Sign up for an account.
• Iceland high street frozen food specialist
• J Sainsbury PLC high street supermarket
• Majestic Wine Wine
• Morrisons Took over Safeway.
• Somerfield high street supermarket with list of stores
• Tesco Supermarket
• Thorntons (Derbyshire) producer and high street retailer of confectionery
• Victoria Wine (Thresher Group) Off Licence
• Waitrose Supermarket - branch of John Lewis Partnership

MANUFACTURERS SELLING ONLINE

• BakinBoys (Oxfordshire) cakes, muffins, flapjacks to order
• Dominos Pizzas you can order
• Fresh Food (London) organic supermarket
• Glenfiddich (Scotland) whisky. Whisky, liquer, rare whisky, bar accessories, flasks and clothing
• Greys Teas teas
• Guinness. Accessories and souvenirs
• Jack Scaife (Yorkshire) Bacon, hams, sausages, black puddings.
• Sugar Boy Sweet Shop (Kent) retailer of sweets
• Wensleydale (Yorkshire) producers of cheese
• Whisky Shop Scotland’s leading specialist whisky retailer.

BAKERY & CONFECTIONERY

• Allied Bakeries producers Kingsmill, Sunblest, Allinson bread. Fairfield Avenue, Staines, TW18 4BA. tel: 01784-451366
• Baxters (Scotland) soups and jams, pickles and preserves, chutneys and sauces.
• Bendicks finest quality chocolates S Moorside Road Winchester Hampshire SO23 7SA Tel: 01962 844800
• British Bakeries Hovis, Mothers Pride, and Nimble!
• Brooke Bond (Manchester) tea producers. Competition and history.
• Cadbury Schweppes plc (London) beverages and confectionery
• Greggs Plc bakery specialising in sandwiches, savouries and other bakery products
• Hill Biscuits
• Inter Link Foods Plc Crossfields St. Blackburn, Lancashire BB2 3AD, United Kingdom (grains, breads and cereals)
• Jaffa Cakes (United Biscuits UK Ltd) biscuits
• Mars UK Ltd M&M's, SNICKERS, MARS and TWIX etc
• Pride Valley speciality bread manufacturer
• Primebake (William Price Group) speciality breads for chilled, frozen, ambient and in-store bakery.
• Rank Hovis (Buckinghamshire) Bread
• Ryvita (Associated British Foods) cripsbreads
• United Biscuits (Holdings) Plc (Middlesex) McVitie's Group makes biscuits under brands such as BN, Carr's, Delacre, and McVitie's. Snacks include Hula Hoops corn-based snacks, KP Nuts, and Phileas Fogg chips.

WINES SPIRITS AND BEER

• Abbey Ales (Bath). brewers of the award winning Bellringer. Buy associated clothing products
• Allied Domecq (Bristol) the second largest Spirits company in the world and a leading global Quick Service Restaurant business.
• Arran Whisky (Scotland) Isle of Arran Distillers is Scotland's newest whisky distillery
• Bacardi (Southampton)alcoholic beverages
• Boddingtons beer. Great site with games and ecards
• Brakspears Brewery
• Bulmers (Herefordshire) Brewers of cider. Associated Clothing merchandise
• Carslberg Tetley
• Chivas Regall Whiskey
• Cobra Beer
• Drambuie
• Famous Grouse finest scotch whiskies. Associated clothing merchandise & souvenirs
• Fuller Smith & Turner Plc (London)brewers and retailers, famous for our beers, pubs, bars and hotels. Souvenirs
• Guinness
• J&B Scotch Whisky
• Merrydown (Cider)
• Scottish & Newcastle Plc (Edinburgh) brewers
• Youngs & Co Brewery Plc (London)

DAIRY PRODUCTS

• Apetito leading suppliers of quality frozen food and catering solutions,
• Associated British Foods (London) international food, ingredients and retail group
• Dairy Crest Group Plc (Surrey) One of the biggest dairy firms in the UK
• DairyGate range of dairy and food products
• Express Dairies Plc (Leicestershire) UK's largest milk and cream supplier
• Laughing Cow cheese
• St Ivel leading manufacturer of chilled foods in the UK. Including major brands such as Utterly Butterly, Gold, Vitalite, Golden Churn and Shape.
• Utterly Butterly

GENERAL & LARGE PRODUCERS

• Associated British Foods food, ingredients and retail group
• Baxters (Scotland) soups and jams, pickles and preserves, chutneys and sauces. Christmas hampers and Gifts
• Bettys & Taylors (Harrogate) Coffee and tea supplier
• British Salt Ltd. With an education section about health and the history of salt production throughout the ages.
• British Sugar with Graduate vacancies
• Campbells UK (Norfolk) Soup with recipe suggestions
• Caterplan (Bestfoods UK Ltd) one of the most prominent food companies in the world
• Chivers (Ireland) preserves, sauces. Competition on web site
• Diageo Diageo is one of the world's leading consumer goods companies
• Findus Ltd Crown House Gloucester Road Redhill Surrey RH1 1FD Tel: (01737) 784059
• FM Foods Manufacturers and Suppliers of energy bars and food supplements and fair trade dried fruits and vegetables
• Greenvale independent, integrated supplier of potatoes in the UK.
• Heinz
• Kellogs UK breakfast cereals
• Kraft Foods manufacture of food products - manufacture cocoa, chocolate, confectionery
• Nestle from Nescafe to Kit Kat to pasta. St George’s House Park Lane Croydon Surrey CR9 1NR Tel: (020) 8667 6134
• Northern Foods (Hull) One of the UK's largest food manufacturers
• Pepsico International American but with an British presence
• Premier Fare (Norfolk) Supplier of fresh & frozen meat products throughout England office@premierfare.com
• Procter & Gamble American but with British presence
• Rakusens frozen, snack and passover foods
• Samworth Brothers privately owned family business in the production of quality savoury and sweet food products.
• Silverspoon sugar products
• Tate & Lyle (London) sugar, sweeteners, starches used in foodstuffs, paper, and packaging
• Tiptree (Wilkin & Sons) preserves
• Unilever Plc (London) provide washing powder, shampoo and toothpaste, teas, ice cream, oils and spreads for consumers all over the world.
• Voyager Foods cooked and speciality chicken dishes, sauces, and flavoured butters
• Walkers Snacks Ltd Walkers is the UK's No.1 food brand and employs over 4,000 people in 15 locations throughout the UK
• Wessex Fare Ltd sauces
• Whitworths processor and packer of dried fruit in the UK.

FROZEN FOOD AND CATERING

• Brake Brothers the leading supplier of quality frozen, chilled and ambient food to the catering industry
• Hazelwood Foods (Derby) leading maker of private-label sandwiches and a leader in frozen entrees
• Kerry Group (Ireland) chilled food manufacturer
• Loxtons (Cheshire) produces frozen ready-prepared foods developed specifically for the Foodservice and Retail Markets.
• McCain Foods (GB) (Yorkshire)
• Perkins Foods (Peterbrough) manufacturer of frozen and chilled convenience foods.

BEVERAGES AND SOFT DRINKS

• AG Barr Plc Irun Bru, Orangina, KA, Tizer, Dandelion, Simply Citrus, Findlays Spring Water
• Britvic soft-drinks
• Brooke Bond (Manchester) tea producers. Competition and history
• Cadbury Schweppes
• Coca Cola
• Douwe Egberts. Fine coffee
• Frooza frozen ice drink. Fun page for kids.
• Highland Spring (Water)
• Irn Bru (Scotland) producers fizzy drink
• Lyons Coffee
• Nescafe coffee producers
• Rombouts Coffee
• Twinings Tea producers
• Tizer
• Typhoo
• Virgin cola soft drink

MEAT & FISH PRODUCTS

• Bannerman Seafoods (Scotland) independent seafood company
• Cranswick Plc (Yorkshire) meat products
• Devro Plc (Glasgow) one of the world's largest sausage skin makers
• Minola traditional smokers

FRUIT & VEGETABLES

• Geest Plc (Peterborough) maufacturer and distributor
• Gerber producers fresh fruit and vegetables and juice

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WHOLESALERS/DISTRIBUTORS/SUPPLIERS

• Americatessen Ltd. Unit 6, Marino Way, Hogwood Industrial Estate, Finchhampstead, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 4RF,(importers/dis USA food)
• Anchor Seafoods Limited Devonshire House High Street Handcross West Sussex RH17 6BJ Tel: 01444 400363
• Andersons (Wholesale) Ltd. Horsfield Way, Bredbury Industrial Park, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SU Tel: 0161 - 430 7676
• Aviko UK Ltd. Buckland House, Dower Mews 108 High Street Berkhamsted Herts HP4 2BL Tel: 01442 879933
• Bagatelle (London) wholesale supplier of bread and continental bakery products
• Bobby's Foods Plc Saxon Park, Hanbury Road, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove B60 4AD
• Booker Cash & Carry Ltd. Grange Industrial Estate Cwmbran Gwent NP44 8HQ Tel: 01633 484444
• Brake Brothers Plc Enterprise House Eureka Business Park Ashford Kent TN25 4AG Tel: 01233 206000
• Brookerpaks Limited Breach Lane, Newington, Sittingbourne, Kent ME9 7PE Telephone: 01795 844232 Fax: 01795 844148
• Cocked Hat Farm Foods Ltd 38 Kirkgate Ripon North Yorkshire HG4 1PB Tel: 017 65 60 49 11
• Coffee Heaven (Scotland) Matthew Algie coffee suppliers
• Cornish Fish (Cornwall) wholesaler, exporters fresh fish
• Delice De France PLC Delice House, 149 Brent Road, Southall, Middlesex UB2 5LJ Tel: 020 8917 9600
• Foundation Food Co Ltd 2 Chantry Place, Headstone Lane, Harrow, Middlesex HA3 6NY Tel: 020 8420 1010
• Fish Merchant (Norfolk) Fresh Fish
• Hoo Hing (Essex) importer and wholesaler of oriental food products OnLine
• McCarthys (Norfolk) fresh vegetables, salads, prepared vegetables, fresh herbs and fruit baskets
• Newberry International Produce Ltd (Ledbury) fruit and vegetables to the International food manufacturing industry.
• Pattesons Glass Limited Suppliers of glass storage jars and bottles packaging.

Governing Bodies/Institutes/Associations
(Just click the names to go to the web site)

• Bakers Federation
• Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Alliance
• Brewing, Food & Beverage Industry Suppliers Association
• British Beer & Pub Association
• British Confectioners Association
• British Coffee Association
• British Frozen Food Federation
• British Poultry Meat Federation Ltd
• British Sandwich Association
• British Soft Drinks Association
• Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
• Dairy Trade Federation,
• Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Food & Drink Federation,
• Institute of Food Science and Technology
• Institute of Food Research
• Institute of Grocery Distribution
• Gin & Vodka Association
• National Association of Catering Butchers
• National Edible Oils Distributors Association
• National Farmers' Union, Agriculture House,
• Refined Sugar Asociation 2
• Scotch Whisky Association
• Shopkeepers, National Association of
• Wholesale Grocers Association
• Wine & Spirit Association