CASTLEWELLAN-based TS Foods, one of the north’s leading chilled and frozen food producers, has secured a £600,000 deal with well known value retail group B&M Retail Ltd.
The contract will see two of the company’s Tony’s Chippy branded frozen products – pork sausages in batter and beef burgers in batter — being listed in 260 B&M Retail-owned Heron Foods stores across England.
In addition, the Tony’s Chippy battered sausages will be listed in over 80 B&M stores.
B&M has a long-standing reputation as a leading variety retailer, bringing customers top branded products at low prices. Heron Foods - recently purchased by B&M Retail Ltd - has been bringing customers throughout Northern England and the Midlands competitively priced grocery, chilled and frozen food for over 40 years.
Tony’s Chippy products are already listed in a number of retailers in Northern Ireland and Scotland including Tesco, Spar, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Iceland, but to secure such a large scale deal in England is a major coup for the company, founded in 1978 by husband and wife team Tony and Ann Steele to produce a range of convenience foods.
Joanne Molloy, managing director of TS Foods (www.tsfoods.co.uk), said: “We've been making products that enable customers to enjoy an authentic chip-shop taste straight from the oven for 40 years.
"But as a business we have recently been making it a priority to focus our efforts not just here in Northern Ireland, but throughout the rest of the UK.
“With this B&M and Heron Foods deal, we are able to widen our reach to help further stimulate and satisfy demand for our products across the water.”
Sophie Peters, frozen buyer at B&M Retail, added: “Our business has been built on helping our customers buy big name brands for less. We only work with trusted suppliers that are just as dedicated to providing high quality, great tasting food at affordable prices as we are.
"TS Foods certainly embody the type of producers we like to work and we are delighted to welcome the Tony’s Chippy brand to our diverse offering.”
