Press release -
Bristows of Devon and Crawford & Tilley champion traditional British sweets at ISM
The owners of Bristows of Devon and Crawford & Tilley have announced that their confectionery division is to have a new focus. Garry Lawlor has joined the company as Operations Director across the whole confectionery business. He will work alongside Nigel Moult who joined the company recently as Commercial Director. Together, the two will steer the strategic direction and day to day operations to grow and strengthen these two iconic British confectionery brands.
In January, Garry, Nigel and UK Sales Manager, Steve Page, will attend ISM trade fair in Hall 5.2, stand B16, where, for the first time, the products of both companies will be showcased to a global audience. It will offer a one-stop-shop covering the whole portfolio of British confectionery including toffee, fudge, bonbons, hard boilings and lollipops.
Garry Lawlor is no stranger to confectionery with 28 years of experience in manufacturing, logistics and operations; the last 15 of which were spent in senior management roles for confectionery companies, including Managing Director of Tilley’s sweets.
The companies have already benefited from investment in infrastructure and shared services provided across the group, including expertise in international distribution, helping to drive down costs and improve quality and global reach.
Garry said, “Bristows and Crawford & Tilley are known for their exceptional quality hand-made and crafted sweets and long-established brands which have resonance with millions of consumers. We’ll be aiming to create moments of customer delight with nostalgic brands and new twists in the form of innovative flavours and packaging. Most of all, we’d like to make sure that we are the go-to flagship brands for British confectionery, both at home and worldwide.”
He also paid tribute to the highly skilled staff employed in this traditional artisan trade, “We are proud of the staff at all three sites, many of whom have spent many years working in confectionery, using techniques they have perfected but that have remained essentially unchanged over the last 100 years. With their help, we’re ensuring that the heritage of sweet making has been preserved in their communities.”
Visit Bristows of Devon and Crawford & Tilley stand at ISM in Hall 5.3, stand B16. Bristows of Devon and Crawford and Tilley can be contacted by calling 01363 774 631 or by email, sales@bristowsofdevon.com
Topics
- Groceries, Food engineering
Categories
- toffee
- sweets
- ism
- crawford & tilley
- bristows of devon
- confectionery
About Bristows of Devon and original artisan confectionery
Bristows of Devon has a long history of making confectionery in the town of Crediton in Devon, with its origins extending as far back as 1870. Bristows operated under variety of incarnations before its assets were acquired by the Paramount Retail Group in 2017 and restored to operation as Bristows of Devon. Since that time it has been under new management and now employs 29 people. As well as producing products under its Bristows, Tuckers and Pollards brands, the company makes own-label products for the retail and wholesale market in the UK and internationally. Through its export partners, Bristows of Devon has the capability to supply its products in 32 countries.
The company makes cut and wrap toffee and fudge, bonbons and boiled sweets. It is the only company in the world that produces a dual coloured bonbon and the only UK supplier of toffee centred bonbons. The site is peanut free.
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About Crawford & Tilley
These two traditional sweet making companies came together some years ago. The two sites in Thrapston, near Kettering and Hadfield, near Glossop, make hard boilings and lollipops using recipes that have been handed down from father to son for many years. Its confectionery is largely handmade and the methods have barely changed in the last 100 years. The companies produce a wide range of traditional British sweets such as chocolate limes, sherbet lemons, humbugs and fruit drops for many leading retailers and the confectionery market both in the UK and worldwide. The sites are completely vegetarian and peanut free.
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