Press release -
Great British Confectionery Group brings together two artisan confectioners, Bristows of Devon and Crawford & Tilley
The owners of Bristows of Devon and Crawford & Tilley have announced that the two companies will be brought together under one entity for trading purposes, as the Great British Confectionery Group. The company will provide shared services for the two companies.
Both companies have a long history, so their brand names, including the Pollards and Tuckers brands will remain, while confectionery suppliers will be able to benefit from more seamless transactions using one interface.
Customers will be able to raise one purchase order for the Great British Confectionery Group and be sent single invoices for goods ordered across both companies.
The range includes hard boilings and lollipops from Crawford & Tilley, as well as the Pollards brand and toffee, fudge, soft chews and bonbons from Bristows of Devon, including the Tuckers brand.
Commercial Director for Bristows and Crawford & Tilley, Nigel Moult, says this is a very positive move and in line with the investment and innovation focus in the business, “This step will allow us to be much more efficient and save our customers time, as well as opening up choice, with an increased number of new skus available to order with ease. We’re building our export business as well as national distribution within the UK and it’s important that we unify shared services so everyone has one point of contact.”
The team is currently hard at work on new seasonal lines, including working on some new flavour combinations and packaging innovation.
For further information, contact Commercial Director, Nigel Moult or Sales Manager, Steve Page, on 01363 774631.
Topics
- Food
Categories
- confectionery
- great british confectionery group
- hard boilings
- fudge
- toffee
- bonbons
- crawford & tilley
- bristows of devon
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’s. 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 30 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 nut free.
Visit www.bristowsofdevon.com/
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 through the generations. 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, mint humbugs and pear drops for many leading retailers and the confectionery market both in the UK and worldwide. The sites are nut free.
