Food Service
Brakes has committed to Scotland for nearly 30 years and since 2016 has rebranded as Brakes Scotland to emphasise the depth of quality products that Scottish producers have to offer. This is where we help, we work in partnership with Brakes and have developed an industry leading range of Beers and Spirits. Daily fulfilment and just in time picking from our on site warehouse facilities enable them to pass on the ultimate flexibility to their customers.
Food Service by Numbers
Our Food Service Partner
Brakes wants to help keep the Scottish economy growing, for everyone’s benefit and are delighted to launch Brakes Scotland. They have even added a dedicated webpage with a fantastic list of locally sourced products, to help businesses who serve food to thrive.
Operating from four sites across Scotland, from Inverness, Oban, Dundee and Newhouse, Brakes offers their customers a fully multi-temperature service, with orders made on one system, delivered on one vehicle, with one invoice. It is through their network that they are able to offer customers over 450 Scottish product lines – a range that they are actively expanding, with your input from the likes us at the Food and Drink Hub.
Brakes mission is to further demonstrate their ongoing commitment to Scotland and local sourcing and tailor their ranges of Scottish products will help meet their customers requirements.
We supply Brakes Scotland all their full range of Scottish alcohol consisting of beers, Cider and spirits. These are picked by us and collected by Brakes 5 days a week.
The Food and Drink Hub offer us a bespoke service, supplying a wide, tailored range of local Scottish produce to our stores to supplement our core national range. We have found the Food and Drink Hub to be experts in their knowledge of the Scottish market and proactive in their approach. They handle orders with minimal fuss and have increased our supply chain efficiency and central control by reducing the number of direct deliveries into stores.
We have a fantastic relationship with Food & Drink Hub. They understand our beers and work hand in hand with us to increase market share and distribution. Communication is positive and constructive and Steve is always willing to offer feedback and advice on new brands.
The Food and Drink hub have provided excellent continued support for Hamlyn’s Oats, Nisha and Millar confectionery. They spotted an opportunity to increase their product ranges to the Hubs partners and that has been pinnacle to this year’s success. I firmly believe that in partnership with The Food and Drink Hub can grow these brands and produce so many exciting products in each of the product categories.
As a company, we’ve really enjoyed working with The Food and Drink Hub over the last few years. We’ve found them to be excellent partners in business with an experience behind them that allows them to understand the needs of their suppliers and customers alike.
As a relatively new entrant to the world of the multiples, we’ve found the support offered by The Food and Drink Hub invaluable. They understood what was different about our brand and our plough-to-pint ethos, and have ensured that we have gained listings on the back of it.
Working with The Food and Drink hub has been a fantastic experience, and has really helped us gain traction where it would otherwise be extremely difficult. Ease of doing business is the key, from being set up to supply, to the order process and through to deliveries. There is no doubt that The Food and Drink hub have helped many small suppliers throughout Scotland to grow their businesses.
It’s been great developing our business alongside The Food and Drink Hub over the past few years. We have a good working relationship with Steve Wallace and the team at The Food and Drink Hub. Without any shadow of a doubt the support, passion, advice and knowledge that they have under their belts, has gained us significant listings with Coop and Morrison’s to name but a few. This partnership has not only gained us access to new markets but has also significantly helped to raise the profile of our brewery and our brands.
I have worked with James and Steve at the Food and Drink Hub for over 4 years and it has been a very fruitful relationship. They are very professional and have considerable in-depth knowledge of the retail trade, which has enabled them to win new customers and develop new customers over this period. My brands have performed well with their customers, and we have developed a close and friendly working relationship, which I value.
Over the past year, The Food and Drink Hub have become one of our Top 10 customers from a virtually standing start. This is as a result of working together on a number of on-trade and off-trade opportunities within the Scottish craft beer sector. We look forward to growing our respective business through 2018 and beyond
Mackie’s Crisps have been delighted to work with The Food and Drink Hub over the past couple of years in growing our brand together. During 2017 we saw a 79% increase in sales by working closely with their team.
