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Postman Pat Anniversary Giveaway!

Promotional packs now in-store!

60,000 special Postman Pat Fairy Cake mixes have been produced to celebrate Postman Pat’s 25th birthday, and everyone’s a winner!

All 60,000 participants receive a Super Postman Pat Mr Lucky Bag, courtesy of Mr Lucky Bags Ltd. Follow instructions, printed on the inside of promotional packs, to receive your free Super Postman Pat Mr Lucky Bag. (Please ensure you send in a stamped addressed envelope, with the postage of 44p)

There are 50 Golden Tickets distributed randomly throughout packs. If you find one of them, follow the instructions printed inside promotional packs. Golden Ticket Winners will win a Family Passport ticket to Longleat, a Born to Play Postman Pat Beanie Toy, and a Super Postman Pat Mr Lucky Bag.

Please note that brown cup cases are not Golden Tickets. Golden Tickets are printed gold cards, with the words “Golden Ticket Winner” across the front, and prize details on the back.

Sponsor Details:

Longleat, Warminster, Wiltshire. BA12 7NW
Tel: 01985 844 400
www.longleat.co.uk

For information on stockists, please call: 01706 356 500

Mr Lucky Bags are available from leading stores
www.mrluckybags.co.uk

Manufacturers in the North West

Victoria Foods Ltd provided an array of products to The Manufacturing Institue, along with other manufacturers from the North West, to showcase at a variety of venues including the Labour Party Conference. MP’s were amazed at the quantity and quality of products manufactured in the region. The display was provided to indicate the quantity of items produced in the North West, and the success of companies from the area.

Victoria Foods Ltd would like to thank The Manufacturing Institute for allowing us to participate in showcasing our products, and for providing the pictures of their mock shop.

The Launch of Three New Victoria Foods Branded Trailers

Victoria Foods Ltd is proud to announce the arrival of three new branded trailers. The trailers have the Victoria Foods’ Jane Asher Cake Mix logo on the sides, and Victoria Foods’ Quench Lemon Tea logo on the back. The new trailers are a welcome addition to increasing brand awareness nationwide.

Dan Ross and Keith Forster

The trailers were officially presented by Keith Forster, Managing Director of Boughey Distribution Ltd, to Dan Ross, Managing Director of Victoria Foods Ltd. Keith greeted Dan at the Boughey site in Nantwich, along with his team of Victoria Foods employees, including Brian Tickle, Supply Chain Manager, and Jo Buckley, Marketing Manager.

Keith Forster, Brian Tickle, Jo Buckley and Dan Ross

Boughey and Victoria Foods have been working closely together in recent years to provide our customers with our great products, with a reliable logistic solution provided by Boughey.

You can read more about the delivery at the Boughey website on the following link:
http://www.boughey.co.uk/news.php?year=2006&story=13

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Manchester Food and Drink Festival 2006

At this year’s Manchester Food and Drink Festival, Victoria Foods Ltd were invited to The Printworks, Manchester, for a charity cake sale. Victoria Foods showcased new product, Jane Asher’s Chunky Choc Chunk Fridge Cake Mix, along with old favourites, Jane Asher Chocolate Fudge Cake and Triple Choc Muffin Mixes, as well as Quench Instant Lemon Tea, which is fast growing in it’s popularity.

As the only business at the charity cake sale, Victoria Foods’ Development Technologist, Katherine Hillier, attended to judge the “Best Cake of the Day”, which was a small competition run between the stall holders at the event. The winner won a small hamper which contained a Jane Asher ‘Cakes For Fun’ Book, a wooden spoon, signed by Jane Asher, and a selection of Jane Asher cake mixes, and a bag of Quench.

We also held a free competition for those who visited our stand. Another hamper, containing a Jane Asher book, signed spoon, cake mixes and Quench, was the prize for participating in the draw. Diane Fitton, of Whitefield in Manchester, won the draw. She later said “Thank you for the Hamper and the Tea… The lemon tea is so very nice hot or cold and the whole family loves it!”

As supporters of The National Autistic Society, we were proud to donate half the proceeds taken from the day to the Society, which Jane Asher is President of.

Archived Stories:

Home Baker of the Year 2006 Winner

Book Promotion

Mother's Day Competition 2006

Victoria Foods tops the North West 2005

To launch the 2006 Home Baker of the Year Awards and to celebrate mother’s Day 2006, we at Victoria Foods thought how fitting it was to celebrate the best bakers we know –mums! Readers of various newspapers across the nation joined in by completing a small form saying why their mother’s deserved to win a Mother’s Day cake designed by Jane Asher herself, in addition to her book.

One winner from each of the five regions received their prizes, with five runner-ups from each area also receiving a hamper each.

We would like to congratulate the winners:

Nicola Ryall Bolton Evening News
Janice Hamilton Cambridge News
Kathleen O’Neill Herald & Post (Edinburgh)
Mrs Phyllis Britton Bristol Observer
Susan Earl Newcastle Evening Chronicle

Well done to all 25 runner-ups for the competition. We hope you enjoyed the hampers!

Also, we would like to wish Mrs Phyllis Britton a very Happy Birthday. She will be 96 on Friday 8th April. She was nominated for the competition by Frank, her son. He said in an email to Jane Asher, “She was absolutely thrilled to receive the cake. Thank you so very much!”

Victoria Foods tops the North West

Leigh-based Victoria Foods has won a top award as the North West Small-to-Medium Enterprise (SME) Manufacturer of the Year.

The company, which makes baking, desert and beverage mixes, won the prestigious title at The Manufacturing Institute’s Accelerating The Transformation Awards 2005, held in Manchester.

The award, sponsored by The DTI Manufacturing Advisory Service, recognised the company’s all-round manufacturing achievement, particularly its “excellence in people development”, which has been paying great dividends across its operation.

Mark Bareham, factory manager at Victoria Foods commented: “We are delighted to have won this major award, which is a tribute to all our employees. Our efforts have paid off in increased productivity and sales, while our labour turnover has dropped to almost zero.”

The awards were judged by a panel of national and international experts from government, industry and academia. Commenting on Victoria Food’s success, they said: “Victoria Foods has been zealous in identifying opportunities to develop its people to drive through sustainable improvements. It is a great example of what small to medium sized enterprises should be doing.“

The award was presented at the Manufacturers’ Annual Dinner, hosted by Manchester’s Manufacturing Institute and attended by representatives from leading North West businesses.

As well as recognising the SME Manufacturer of the Year, there was also the Pannone & Partners Award for Overall North West Manufacturer of the Year, which was won by Hitachi Automotive Systems Europe Ltd, of Bolton.

The awards scheme was open to companies of all sizes and different industry sectors from across the North West.

In her welcoming introduction to the awards ceremony, The Manufacturing Institute’s chief executive Julie Madigan said it was a real celebration of excellence and outstanding achievement.

“These companies, along with many others in the region, are meeting global challenges head on – not only surviving but in many ways taking on the world’s best and winning,” she commented.
“North West companies continue to drive improvement and innovation to add value to their products and services. All of our finalists are golden examples of the success this can bring.”