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Keep up to date with the latest news from Cranswick.
Cranswick hit 100,000 meals milestone with FareShare
As a business, Cranswick does a lot of work in our communities local to our sites through our Second Nature strategy and we understand the importance of improving access to nutritious food.
Cranswick Continental win Manufacturer of the Year at the local Made in Bury Business Awards.
Having been in Bury for a little over 18 months the team at Conti are delighted to have won the Manufacturing & Engineering Award at the local Made in Bury Business Awards or MIBBA’s.
Cranswick announce scholarship programme with Harper Adams University
We’re proud to announce that we are continuing our working relationship with Harper Adams University by offering scholarships to students wanting to kick start their career in the Agri-food sector.
Cranswick Ballymena win at Farming Life Awards!
Cranswick Country Foods Ballymena were proud to be associated with the Farming Life Awards 2019. Ballymena entered the Commitment to Training Award and won the accolade during the awards held at the La Mon House Hotel in Belfast on October 24th 2019.
Our Cranswick commitment to reducing food loss and waste
Since joining Champions 12.3 and making a public commitment to play our part in halving global food loss and waste, we’ve been working hard over the last 12 months to make a real impact. We are delighted to announce that in 2018 Cranswick achieved a 20% reduction of edible food waste against a 2017 baseline. We're well on our way to our 50% target by 2030. For more information, our Food Loss and Waste Strategy update can be found here.
Welcome to our 2019 Graduates
We welcomed our new cohort of Graduates on Monday 9th September! Georgina, Harry, Matthew, Millie, Neave, Rebecca and Sally will now embark on their two-year journey through our graduate scheme.
Gourmet Bacon presents Total Warrior cheque
Our Gourmet Bacon site at Sherburn in Elmet welcomed Candle Lighters last week to present their total fund-raising efforts from Total Warrior back in June.
Undercover filming at Hogwood Farm
We are aware of claims by an animal rights organisation that they have obtained undercover footage regarding welfare concerns at Hogwood Farm in Stratford-upon-Avon. Hogwood Farm is not owned or operated by Cranswick plc altho
Acquisition of leading Mediterranean Foods Business
The Group announces today that it has acquired the whole of the issued share capital of Katsouris Brothers Limited. Katsouris Brothers is a leading processor and multi-channel supplier of Continental and Mediterranean food products.
CRANSWICK WIN AT BUSINESS GREEN LEADER AWARDS
We are proud to announce that Cranswick was awarded Manufacturer of the Year at the Business Green Leader Awards in London.
Meat Business Women Welcomes Royalty At Their Recent Conference
The Meat Business Women conference took place earlier this week on Tuesday 14th May at Painters Hall, London to a sell out audience of over 180 delegates. Cranswick's Technical Director, Jackie Carter is a member of the Meat Business Women Committee, helping to develop the image, culture and landscape of the meat industry to make it more attractive to female talent. They address these aims by hosting two networking events each year, whereby the recent conference held in London was a huge success.
Costa Coffee and Cranswick Join Forces for Hull Food Save Project
Cranswick are pleased to announce that Costa Coffee have begun piloting the Food Waste Hero collection system in Hull. The new partnership is the latest advancement of Cranswick’s Hull Food Save Project, which is delivered with the help of OLIO, the free food sharing app. Costa Coffee will be piloting the scheme with daily collections from their Analby Park retail store, with a view to rolling out the scheme across other Costa stores in Hull.
Four Awards Received at the Annual British Pie Awards
Cranswick Gourmet Pastry recently received four prestigious awards at the annual British Pie Awards ceremony. Hosted in Melton Mowbray, the home of the humble pork pie, the awards saw over 800 products entered into the categories celebrating the very best pies of Britain's pies. The awards were founded in 2009, and since that time have judged over 8,000 entries.