WE'VE NOW CLOSED OUR KENDAL FACTORY.
This is a year of very significant change for us. After 32 years we have stopped tantalising the residents of Kendal with the aromas of Christmas. We have closed our Kendal factory and are moving production of our Christmas puddings from Cumbria to Merseyside.
Ian and Mairi Derbyshire have an established and successful wholesale bakery with a good accreditation. Their family business operates from spacious, open premises which we would have given our right arms for, having worked out of a rabbit warren of adjoining industrial units all these years. Admittedly their view of a huge cold store isn't in the same league as our view of the Kentmere fells, but you cant have everything.
We will be working with Ian and Mairi to ensure continuity of recipe, quality and customer service before we finally retire and leave them to look after our baby.
For many of our fundraisers this will mean the end of the line. We have loved working with you and have been really proud to do so. However we recognise that this particular niche involved a great deal of administrative time. We fully understand why Ian and Mairi regretfully feel that they do not have the resources to take on the elements of our business which involved in house label printing and complex order picking.
They also feel that they want to concentrate this year on perfecting the Christmas puddings before they think of adding in any of our sponges.
So we are sorry but this means that the fundraiser pudding service, as we ran it, is at an end.
There is the option of taking Ultimate branded puddings and maybe some of you have contacts who can print labels for you. If you don't want to give up, take substantial numbers and are willing to explore options with me contact carole@ultimateplumpudding.co.uk
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