Freshtime Up For a Quality Food Award
Lincolnshire snack salad and vegetable specialist Freshtime UK is up for a prize at tomorrow’s Quality Food Awards ceremony in London.
The Co-operative’s Hot Smoked Salmon Salad, which is made by Freshtime at its base in Boston, has been shortlisted in the Food To Go category of The Quality Food Awards 2014 which will be announced at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London on Thursday 13th November.
Freshtime’s product will be competing against Asda’s Spiced Chicken & Mango Salad, Tesco Finest Black Pudding Scotch Eggs and Tesco Finest Salmon and Egg.
“It’s a great boost to everyone at Freshtime when our products are recognised in this way,” said Mark Newton, Managing Director of Freshtime UK.
“We take great pride in the quality of our products, the provenance of the ingredients and our innovative recipes, so to be nominated for a national award is a pat on the back for everyone in the company.”
Freshtime, based on the Riverside Industrial Estate on Marsh Lane in Boston, is a leading supplier of chilled, value added, ready-to-eat salads, snacks, prepared vegetables and sandwich fillers to leading multiple retailers and food service operators.
This latest nomination comes just six weeks after Freshtime’s SPAR Sweet Chilli Noodles won a national prize at the Wholesale Quality Food and Drink Awards.
The product came out on top in the Delicatessen category of the Wholesale Quality Food Local Shop Award 2014 on 25th September.
Notes to editors:
• Freshtime based in Boston, Lincolnshire was created in 1993 by farmer co-operative ELGRO (East Lincolnshire Growers). In 2000 there was a management-led buy-out.
• In recent years more than £14 million has been invested in Freshtime’s purpose-built 82,500 square feet site in Boston to develop the firm’s production capabilities.
• Freshtime produces over 170 different product lines, from stir fry vegetables to couscous and pasta salads, deli fillers, soups and dips.
• Freshtime was included in The Grocer’s Fast 50 list of growing food businesses in November 2012 and 2013.
• For more information visit www.freshtime.co.uk
• To view the Quality Food Awards shortlists visit: http://www.qualityfoodawards.com/qualityfoodawards2014/shortlist
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