Winners Brochure Award Is Great for a Producer, Letting Them Know That the Industry Recognises the Quality of Their Product
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“To have our Gingerbread Caramel Sauce recognised by not one, but two Quality Food Awards and Small Producer Awards within our first year of trading is absolutely fabulous. The awards have given us the ® confidence to drive forward and believe anything and AWARDS everything is possible.” Michelle Wilkinson, 2017 Founder, The Very Lovely Sauce Company “Winning a Quality Food Winners Brochure Award is great for a producer, letting them know that the industry recognises the quality of their product. It is a boost for the whole team involved. Sales definitely increase when consumers see the award logo or read about them in consumer publications too.” Headline sponsor... Sponsored by... Label supplier... UK Food Hero sponsor... Jane Milton Food Industry Expert In association with... Welcome TO THE QUALITY FOOD AWARDS The Quality Food Awards are the UK’s most prestigious mark of Delighted to be excellence for the finest food and drink products on the market Helen Lyons today. Each year, for almost 40 years, we’ve been championing Quality Food Awards Headline Sponsor of the and celebrating the best of what is available to consumers on supermarket shelves. UK Quality Food Awards 2017 This year was another bonanza year for fabulous entries that tasted and looked superb. We are unique in that we are the only awards that take packaging as well as taste into account when @QualFoodAwards #QFA17 judging which products are worthy of a Q trophy. Throughout August this year our team of almost 200 industry professional judges tasted and debated their way through a vast selection of entries.® Without their expertise, the awards would not be the huge success that they are and so we are eternally grateful to them for their time and palates. Our thanks go also to Jonathan Bowers and his team at The University of West London for once again taking on the Herculean task of presenting all those products at their very best. A massive thanks to all our event sponsors, including headline CONSUMER DRIVEN PACKAGING SOLUTIONS sponsor Graphic Packaging International and Reflex Labels, Sanderson, Invest Northern Ireland and to Co-op, our Small FOR THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE INDUSTRIES Producer sponsor. We are also very grateful to our event partners including Sacla’, who have supported our UK Food Hero award, and to Working Options, with whom we launched the search for our Rising Star award. If you’ve won an award, you should be extremely proud of yourself and your team. Winning a ‘Q’ award is a huge achievement. Now that you’ve done the hard work, make sure to reap the rewards by utilising your right to use the winner’s logo on pack and in your press and advertising. Congratulations to all the winners and here’s to your continuing success in 2018. BOOK YOUR VISIT TO OUR GLOBAL INNOVATION CENTRE IN LEICESTERSHIRE & MEET OUR TEAM OF PACKAGING EXPERTS WWW.GRAPHICPACKAGINGEUROPE.COM @GRAPHICPKG_EUR www.qualityfoodawards.com Quality Food Awards 2017 3 ® Lough Erne, Co. Fermanagh GraphicGrapphic PackagingPack IntInternationalonal HEADLINE SPONSORSPONS INNOVATIVE COMMITTED TO TRACEABILITY Welcome to the 2017 UK QualityQu Food Awards. We are delighted DEDICATED too be once again sponsoring this prestigious event, where we can recognisenise and celebrate the people and products that make UK food and drinkk some of the momost exciting in the world. PURE Graphic Packagingckaging InternatioInternational (GPI) Europe operates across Rakheekhee Karia three business units: BeveraBeverages – multipack cartons and packaging NATURAL European Marketing machinery systems;temsems ConConvenience – meal solutions, bakery, food to go Manager and protein; andnndd ConCConsumer Products – pizza, cereal, confectionery, QUALITY Graphic Packaging spirits, pet care® and personal care. International Our food and drink customers include some of the most widely recognised brands in the world. As one of Europe’s leading food and drink packaging providers, GPI offers a host of innovative, award-winning solutions that are critical for businesses that want to stay ahead of the competition. GPI’s Global Innovation Centre (GIC) is key to this advanced offering, providing an inspirational hub for packaging design teams across the continent to work on progressive projects for all retail channels – including convenience, hypermarket and online. Located in the UK, the centre has full access to specialist technology, equipment and knowledge, enabling our designers to fully explore their creativity without local limitations. Through our market research capabilities and resources, we can fully understand market sectors in each European territory, including shopper demographics and missions to support our customers’ Northern Ireland has a global reputation for food safety product development processes. We also offer in-house consumer testing to find out how consumers react to new pack designs. It is Northern Ireland is an award-winning food region – the result of a carefully-farmed, a fully integrated consumer-led design service that is unique in the quality environment and innovative food and drink producers who deliver excellence packaging industry. every time. Get your packaging right the first time and speak to Graphic Packaging International about taking your products to the next level. Our producers are dedicated to traceability and passionate about quality. That’s why food and drink from Northern Ireland is exported to over 70 countries. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists – enjoy your evening! To find out more, visit BuyNIFood.com Northern Ireland. Altogether more. Brought to you by Invest Northern Ireland BuyNIFood.com www.qualityfoodawards.com Quality Food Awards 2017 5 ® Invest NI SPONSOR Michelle Charrington We will be celebrating the success of the Food and Drink industry, Business Development which contributes around £4.5 billion annually to the regional Director Invest NI economy. It is the result of the dedication of companies to innovative food and drink products that meet the requirements of individual retailers and foodservice organisations in Great Britain for consistently high-quality food that combines outstanding taste with safety and provenance. Our companies, both large and small, are experienced in working with clients in Great Britain, our biggest market, in the development of products for specific opportunities to the quality and volumes ®required. They are able to respond quickly and cost-effectively because of their flexible operations and very short and fully traceable supply chains to farmers, packaging businesses and transport providers. They operate to the highest European hygiene and safety standards such as BRC and SALSA. The quality and innovation underpinning this important industry have earned companies major awards in globally recognised events, including the UK and Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards, Blas na hEireann Awards, the UK Great Taste Awards, the World Cheese Awards, the US Speciality Food Awards and the International Beer Challenge. Brokering business relationships between local food and drink companies and retailers and foodservice operators in Great Britain and further afield is a strategic priority for Invest NI and is co-ordinated by a team of food development executives based in Great Britain, Republic of Ireland, other parts of Europe and further afield. It is our pleasure to sponsor the UK Quality Food and Drink Awards. We recognise the important role of “Q” Awards in highlighting product quality and supplier professionalism and confidently look forward to benchmarking Northern Ireland produce against the best in the industry. Contact me on [email protected], +44 (0) 7817 173514 or visit: www.buynifood.com www.qualityfoodawards.com Quality Food Awards 2017 7 8 Quality Food Awards 2017 www.qualityfoodawards.com ® ® Reflex LABEL SPONSOR “We Are Reflex”– Creating a vision of an enhanced world for labels Lynsey Dewars and packaging. Account Manager Our story began in 2002 with a vision of what the future could Reflex Labels look like in packaging. We had a sense of purpose to create a better and more efficient way of working with the main focus being sustainability. This shapes the way we see, perceive and interact with packaging. Future proofing investments and involving customers in innovations creates an environment that stimulates a culture of entrepreneurship. Reflex – the place where customers are involved in the innovation® process whilst satisfying and refreshing their portfolios of products and services – the place where everyone can learn which products and services will excel. Now operating out of 15 production sites across the UK with a varied and wide range of products from self-adhesive labels, linerless labels, shrink sleeves, flexible packaging, labelling systems Yes, you can... & software, artwork & design, and more. Reflex creates “Shelf Presence” for our client’s consumer products all the way from brand conception design to the final pack on shelf. One of the largest and fastest growing companies of its kind in ...control all of your food business in one system the UK and with an international customer base, Reflex serves a broad range of highly recognised brands across a wide variety of customer sectors. Just ask Sanderson: Want to know more…? Production Efficiency Materials Management New Product Development Supply Chain Optimisation Audit Readiness Sales & Financials Discover the true all-in-one ERP Software for Food & Drink Manufacturers Download a free brochure at www.sanderson.com/go www.qualityfoodawards.com Quality