Orchard Valley Foods enjoys expansion

by ludlowadvertiser.co.uk - 27/09/2011

"A food ingredients company has expanded its existing manufacturing and packing operations and won significant new business contracts after securing loans of £300,000 from Lloyds TSB Commercial."

Orchard Valley Foods designs, supplies and distributes specialised food ingredients and confections to the food manufacturing, wholesale and retail sectors across the UK.

Established in 2004 and operating from premises in Tenbury, the company has an annual turnover of more than £11 million and now employs more than 50 people after recruiting an additional 10 members of staff in recent months.

Orchard Valley Foods is headed by majority owner Mike Forrester and his senior team of Cherry Blumberg, sales director; John Taylor, operations director and Jackie Forrester, finance manager and company secretary.

“The investment and improvement in our new blending and packing lines reflects our ambitions as a forwardthinking and progressive business, working very closely with our customers and has also resulted in additional employment opportunities within the company,” said Mr Forrester.

“Orchard Valley Foods has grown considerably over the last seven years to the thriving company that we are today.”

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