The Country Range Group has launched a new Catering Essentials brand for education and care sector chefs, with an initial 15 products launched and more lines set for the summer.
Available with immediate effect via the Group’s 13 independent wholesale members, the Catering Essentials brand aims to provide a range of essential products at low prices.
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They includes store cupboard heroes such as tomato ketchup, mayonnaise and baked beans, freezer friends like frozen peas, mixed vegetables and beef burgers, and classic sweets like Chocolate Fudge Cake, Victoria Sponge Cake, Lemon Cake, Carrot Cake and Toffee Butterscotch Cake.
Dean Pendlebury, head of trading at the Country Range Group, said: “We recognise that where budgets are being squeezed, sometimes swapping into lower-priced versions of core products can make all the difference to the bottom line. Our job as a group is to ensure our customers have the ultimate choice and this new Catering Essentials brand will further strengthen the multi-tiered offering, whatever the business or budget.”
