Andy Sagar, Kingsland Wines and Spirits
I’m Andy Sager the Managing Director of Kingsland Wines and Spirits. Kingsland are the permier independent supplier of wine into the UK wine trade. We have been, operating as a site for over 100 years in manufacturing. We commenced trading with Tesco in about 1999 when they approached us to do some Australian bottling and the business really bottled and our relationship with Tesco went from strength to strength. We went through a phase where they actually asked us to do a screw cap initiative with them what they wanted to do was to change the consumer perception of the screw cap so we set about a project called unwind which was very successful. From there they actually did a value chain analysis which they called brave new worlds we went about that, we are very successful in tendering for that business and basically from there we now bottle all Tesco own label business. Another key green initiative is the waste reduction action programme, commonly known as wrap. Glass is the biggest, single contributor to the packaging weight past on into customers and the initiative we have got basically is to glass light weight bottles in the wine trade and this has lead to a significant initiative where we have actually achieved an estimated 4100 tonnes reduction in carbon emissions on this particular programme and this is working with both Tesco and our glass supplier. We have a passion for the business no doubt about that and really the hard work has paid off with receiving the Tesco value award for wine for 2006 last year.
Premier Vegetables
Hi I’m Ian Baker from Premier Vegetables in Lincolnshire Hi I’m Tim Shaw, I’m the technical manager for Premier Vegetables in Lincolnshire
Ian: We have been working, we are a Family business and have been working now for 50 years. We have been serving Tesco for at least the last 25 years
Tim: We started off in 1981 supplying Tesco with 60 trays of Cauliflower a day in to the Corby Depot now we supply over 2.6 million trays a year into depots all over the country
Ian: We specialise very heavily in Cabbages 12 months a year supply
Tim: Lincolnshire isn’t necessarily the most flat a boring place to work but you think it is, behind us you will see the wash estuary which is a sight of scientific special interest and a beautiful place to Work
Ian: And in Lincolnshire here there is some of the best silt land there is available in England
Tim: We manage all our crops in an environmentally sensitive manner and the wash estuary behind us is evidence of this, we manage 50 acres of this as part of our farm
Ian: And, in Lincolnshire it is a great place for employment due to the farming industry
Deans have supplied Tesco for the last ten years and the order book has grown from everyday shortbread fingers to Petit Fours and all the Tesco Finest shortbread.
Huntapac, Preston, Lancashire
"The last few years have seen tremendous growth for us. The popularity of Tesco express store has opened up a new market for pre-packed carrots." Ian Gregory, Sales Manager
Premier Vegetables, Lincoln, Lancashire
"We've worked with Tesco for five years to ensure local tomatoes are sold in East Anglian stores. Our packaging was redesigned this year to make it clear that ours are Norfolk tomatoes." Nigel Bartle.
Barfoots, Botley, Hampshire
"You could say we're one of Tesco's children. From a small family business supplying only courgettes, we've grown with Tesco over the last two decades."
Peter Barfoots
The company now supplies Tesco with butternut squash, runner beans, broad beans and pumpkin plus others.
