Branston Ltd, the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, is celebrating being named Vegetable Supplier of the Year 2008 in the first ever Tesco Produce Supplier Awards.
The company, which has a sites in Lincolnshire, Perth and Somerset received the accolade at a prestigious gala dinner last month at the Royal Lancaster Hotel, London.
Jo Parish, Tesco Account […]

Vidyanath Gururajan, Chair of the Environmental Forum at Branston Ltd, is to address a national conference on the importance of measuring corporate water footprints. He is among a number of industry experts and practitioners who will address delegates at the Water Footprint Summit, which is being held at Olympia, London on 16th and 17th December.
Branston […]

The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes has become the first food producer in the country to receive the Carbon Trust Standard.
Branston Ltd., which supplies over 400,000 tonnes of fresh potatoes every year, was awarded the accolade in recognition of its success in reducing its carbon emissions by 6% over the last […]

The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes is investing £2.6m in its Lincolnshire site leading to the creation of 60 new jobs.
Branston Ltd has announced it is to build a new 2,500m2 high care factory to produce prepared potato products at its main UK site, one mile outside of the village of Branston.
Construction of the state-of-the-art […]

Branston Ltd has strengthened its board with the appointment of Barry Nicholls as Non Executive Director.
Mr Nicholls (61) joined the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes in an advisory capacity last month.
Formerly Chief Executive of Milk Link Ltd, Mr Nicholls brings a wealth of business experience to Branston, particularly in sales and marketing.
“We’re delighted that Barry […]

Branston Ltd, the UK’s largest supplier of potatoes, is now fully ISO 14001 accredited.
The company, which has a handling capacity in excess of 400,000 tonnes a year, secured the standard at its South West operation earlier this month, which means all of its three sites are operating to the ISO 14001 standard. Branston’s Lincolnshire site […]

The highest standards of environmental best practice have been recognised and rewarded at a Somerset factory.
Branston Ltd has received ISO 14001 accreditation at its site in Seavington St Michael, in recognition of the company’s comprehensive and stringent Environmental Management System.
The award of ISO 14001 follows nearly two years of preparation work by the company, which […]

A graduate development programme set up by the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes has yielded its first crop of new recruits.
Branston Ltd launched Hot Potatoes - Hotter Prospects at the University of Lincoln’s Graduate Fair attract the brightest graduates around.
Sridhar Mayuri and Karly Fox joined Branston earlier this month. They will each undertake six placements, […]

Branston Ltd continues to strengthen its workforce as fourteen new employees start work at its Abernethy site this month.
The jobs have been created to support a new five-day shift at Branston, the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, which was developed to support the increasing volume of supply at the Abernethy factory.
The new employees will take […]

Branston Ltd has extended its range of slug control products with the introduction of Nemaslug® for Brassicas.
The UK’s leading supplier of potatoes launched Branston Nemaslug® last year and buoyed by impressive sales and positive feedback from growers, the company extended its range with the introduction of Nemaslug® Xtra in March 2008 and now, Nemaslug® For […]