Ambient Newsletters August to December 2017

 

1751 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 22nd December 2017         

The intranet site is located at: http://www.sterlingssg.com/

Caterers Choice Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Tuna

Sarah Booth M. 07702 201111 T. 01484 532666 the prices for the 1^st April 2018 Tuna contract have reduced on the Sterling 1700g, Sterling 800g and the Packers 1880g see attached updated price list.

KP Snacks

Juan Vorster M. 07436 589440 says: “Attached is the price list as well as a KP range and price presentation. Key watch outs is that most price changes will happen on the 28th January 2018, there will also be some products with no price increases and some KP Nuts Cards changes on the 26th February 2018. On the price list I have highlighted in yellow all changes and in red any de-list and the relevant replacement sku’s.”

PepsiCo UK & Ireland – Walkers

David Howells M.07825 852 730 says “We regret to inform you that we are experiencing difficulty with the short term supply of our Smiths Savoury selection range.

The products affected are Bacon Fries, Scampi Fries and Cheesy Moments.

Cheesy moments are out of stock with immediate effect and Bacon Fries, Smith Savoury Selection and Scampi Fries will be unavailable from dates in January Attached.

We have recently commissioned new lines to produce these products which unfortunately have experienced start up issues meaning we are not able to produce any of the range in the short term. We are working hard to resolve this issue as soon as possible but regrettably the affected products are unlikely to be available until March 2018.

We will keep you fully informed of progress on this and your account team will be in touch to understand the impact for you, and work with you on providing alternative options.

We sincerely apologise for these shortages and the impact upon your business.”

Mondelez International – Confectionery

Duncan Guy 07876546343 Price reduction on Price Marked Cadbury small single bar range, see attached.

A.G. Barr plc

Kelly Pye M. 07872635675 Attached price increase letter and new price list effective on all orders from 29^th January 2018.

Kerry Foods

Nitesh Mahtani M. 07584 888 365 Nitesh.mahtani@kerry.com

Updated price list including new Margetts prices effective from 1^st February 2018.

KTC Edibles Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Vegetable Oil

Mark Simpson M. 07710  887181 See January prices attached.

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

 

1750 Newsletter Dry Goods  –  15^th December 2017         

Fayrefield Foods

Rod Allsworth M. 07920 536959 price list attached that went into effect 11^th Dec 2017

SPL Foods Ltd  – Sterling Caterers Essentials –Rice

Graham Knight M. 07768 613 618 New prices that comes into effect 1^st February 2018 attached.

Caterers Choice Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Tuna

Sarah Booth M. 07702 201111 T. 01484 532666  As emailed we are doing a “top-up” order with a view to doing a larger deal in the New Year. Please get your commitments back to Kerry ASAP.

Wrap Film Systems Ltd. – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Film & Foil

Ben Correia M. 07985 993853 Price list attached, effective 1^st January 2018.

Cooking Wine

As previously mentioned we will not be authorising Gourmet Classic to undertake new packaging in the Sterling Brand. We want to wait and see how the market shakes out. I had previously mentioned using Lefktro as they offered a flavourful and competitive product, however we have not discovered that they used the wrong pricing. Short of starting the exercise again I think our best option is to share the comparison sheets – which shows the alcohol levels and put each suppliers price list on the internet for members to decide.  The most competitive pricewise is Chefs Kitchen and the live product we saw at the December did taste better than the samples we had in November but still not great.  We at HO shall try for samples again and do an across the board sampling and report back.

Gourmet Classic wine and other product price list

Chefs Kitchen wine and other product price list

Lefktro wine and other product price list

GCL wine and other product list, prices to follow.

 

Kerry Foods

Nitesh Mahtani M. 07584 888 365 has sent through price list that takes effect on deliveries on or after the 14th January 2018 attached. This attached list is just the changes.

1. H. Amar & Co. Ltd.

Karen Williams M. 07881 266065 says: “We have a price change due to take effect on Cinnamon sticks as of the 1st January 2018, full price list attached”

RHA Code	Product	Case Size	Net Weight	Case Price	Case Price 1st January 2018
MC035	CINNAMON STICKS	6	180g	£38.58	£43.98

Simtom Food Products Limited

Bhavin Chandarana M. 07843 631182  E. b.chandarana@simtom.co.uk 2018 price list attached.

Hain Daniels Group

Jon Lockwood M. 07889 652184 new price list attached December 2017.

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

 

1749 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 8^th December 2017         

Buying Meeting minutes attached

Castle Dairies Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Norman Bolton M. 07977 284007 prices applicable from deliveries w/c 11^th December 2017 attached.

 

Pritchitts – A Lakeland Dairies Company – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Paul Underwood 0208 290 7012 tells me that sales are WAY down in-fact we only did one tenth of the sales for the same period of Oct 2016  this means that their production is well ahead of sales. And they currently have 11 pallets of packed stock that has a “short” shelf life. The product has 15 weeks on it and Paul would appreciate members taking this in. Since my meeting with him yesterday I now have prices from Castle which are slightly more attractive.

I have told Paul that they need to modify their production due to the very high prices as even taking into account Castle sales we were still 2/3^rds lower by volume.

 

Invoice Prices		16th November	20th  November	11th Dec	11th Dec
		Pritchitts	Castle Dairies	Pritchitts	Castle Dairies
Product Description	Pack Size	Cost per case
Salted Butter	40x250g	£52.91	£52.82	£51.02	£50.76
Unsalted Butter	40x250g	£54.22	£54.10	£52.30	£51.78
Butter Portions Size 7’s	6x100x7’s	£24.49	£27.48	£24.49	£25.66
Salted Butter	20x250g	£26.63	£26.61	£25.71	£25.58
Unsalted Butter	20x250g	£27.30	£27.25	£26.33	£26.09

 

 

Bennett Opie Ltd

Daniel Duprat Mob: 07768 022689 says : “I have attached the new price list from the 02/01/18 (see all tabs at the bottom of it including OPIES, MONIN, FERNS, LINGHAMS, COCO LOPEZ, CLEMENT FAUGIER & DELICE DE PROVENCE).

The lines highlighted in yellow are the ones getting a price increase”

 

Premier Foods Promotion 12

Sage and Onion Stuffing was missed from intranet Premier Foods promotion 12 an amended sheet is now available here.

 

Pladis (United Biscuits) 

Russell Endean M. 074830 15096 Email: russell.endean@pladisglobal.com has sent through details of their NPD, he says: “I’ve proposed a £13.00 invoice price on Meredith and Drew, and am proposing £2 off per case for this promotional period. – February. Attached are the summary slides about the product.

Robinson Young Ltd

Graham Tavener Mob: 07909965216 says: “Please see attached the price increase on the Till Rolls”

 

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday11th Dec.

 

1748 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 1st December 2017         

Sarah Todd – Recruitment Consultant

M: 07803 513728  O: 02036 676700 – London  E: sarah@fmcgexecutive.com

W: www.fmcgexecutive.co.uk

Sarah Todd is back from her travels around the globe and is working as a Recruitment Consultant she says: “I’m now working for a headhunting agency in Waltham Abbey called FMCG Executive Network and we specialise in all things FMCG, and I specialise in food and drink! I don’t suppose you could pop a little piece in the newsletter with my name and mobile number and just say that if they need any help with any recruitment then I’d love to hear from them and would be more than happy to help. We have great connections in the industry, ranging from Business Development Managers all the way up to Managing Directors & CEO’s.

I’ve been in touch with some suppliers and actually placed somebody for Steve Geddes last month – so it’s been really nice catching up and staying in contact.”

FJ Need (Foods) Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Block & Grated Cheese

Dawn Storey M. 07801 126613, prices attached she was able to pull decreases forward to 27^th November.

Santa Maria UK LTD

Rob Barzda M. 07795527900 says: “Please advise your members of following price increase, it is a product we are losing money on at the current invoice of £20.68

Code	Description	Pack	Current Invoice	New Invoice	Effective on Deliveries
4618	Santa Maria Chipotle Paste	750g x 6	£20.68	£21.50	1/1/18

None of your members take the 2.8Kg tins we discussed on Jalapeños so no further action on that range

 

Middleton Food Products

Paul Stanley M.07786 266266 says: “Unfortunately, we have no choice but to have a price increase of 6% with effect from February 1st 2018 on all Catering Mixes 4×3.5kg. All 12.5kg products will increase £1.25per bag. These prices will be held for 2018 and Middleton’s will accept all orders at 2017 price before 31st January 2018. Please find attached your new standard and bakery prices.”

 

Wrap Film Systems Ltd. – First Aid products

Ben Correia M. 07985 993853 says: “Regarding the supply of First Aid products. Wrap Film Systems have taken the decision to remove the products from our offering, and move these lines to another supplier.” Details attached.

Kellogg Marketing and Sales Company (UK) Limited

Aimee Fitzpatrick M. 07554415765 (who has now gone onto maternity leave) says: “We have some exciting news on our mixed case portion pack. Based on customer feedback we are altering our cereal inclusion for the mixed case portion pack, ensuring there are more of the best selling SKU’s included and less of the slower selling SKU’s. This has resulted in Rice Krispies replacing Fruit N Fibre and a higher count of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes and Cornflakes.

Below is a summary of the old collation and the new collation, the case cost and dimensions will not change however there is a new SKU code 5008318765 and a new barcode 05053827187657.  The new case collation is available now, and the current case collation will be available until the end of December.

Current Collation:	New collation:
6x35g Coco	6x35g Coco
6x24g KCF	9x24g KCF
6x35g CNCF	7x35g CNCF
6x30g SPK	5x30g SPK
6x22g FnF	8x22g RK

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

1747 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 24^th November 2017         

Cooking Wine

A member has told me that Gourmet Classic are sending out individual letters asking members to commit to a volume. I would urge you NOT to do that. I have told Angus that with his very high levels of increase we cannot judge how much we will be selling going forwards.

At the buying meeting it was felt that members should duel supply the 4.8% & the 1.2% abv and see where this leads us in the coming months.

Additionally Gourmet Classic are apparently implying that product in your warehouse on 1^st Jan 2018 will be subject to Duty.  I’ve spoken to David at Chefs Kitchen and David Visick at the FWD and both concur that product is already in your warehouse is not subject to this only the newly purchased after that date.

David Visick – FWD states: “The Goods are released from bond already so duty point has passed and therefore they have been passed for consumption so no duty payable. Same applies to any product released up to 1/1/18”

David at Chefs Kitchen tells me that Bookers have bought 7 FCL to be delivered by 17^th Dec 2017 which much much more than they usually use.

Wrap Film Systems Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Film Foil  

Ben Correia M. 07985 993853 tells me that price increase letters were sent out in error to Sterling Members. We are still trying to agree pricing for 2018, hopefully agreed by next week.

Nestlé Professional UK Ltd          

Malcolm Doy M. 07979 695566 says: “In order to maintain product freshness of some of our single lines, we are reducing case sizes in Quarter one, 2018. This will result in case sizes moving from 48 or 36 count to 32 or 24 count. The details of these changes are available via your Nestlé Account Manager.

We will also be undertaking changes across our sharing bag range to improve design and functionality of our bags and cases. This will result in some case sizes moving from 12 to 8 count and some reductions in pack sizes. These changes are in line with category demands and we continue to ensure that our bags remain competitive in the marketplace. The details of these changes are attached.  Please be aware that this is phase one of the changes and some products will change at a later date and some products due to technical restrictions won’t change at this time. If you have any concerns or queries please raise these with your Nestlé Account Manager.”

PepsiCo UK & Ireland – Walkers

David Howells M.07825 852 730 Walkers 2018 price list attached and a 2018 Tropicana both effective 21^st Jan 2018.

KTC Edibles Ltd  – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Vegetable Oil

Mark Simpson M. 07710  887181 December prices attached.

Westmill Foods – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Vegetable Oil

Dancia Sivasothy DD: 020 8345 8162 December prices attached.

Princes Limited – Juice price correction.

Dave Edwards M. 07976 810972 says: “Apologies but I’m so used to sending net costs that the previous e-mail regarding the invoice cost was net pricing.

Please find below the applicable gross invoice cost”

		2-5 Pallet	5-25 Pallet	Full Load
Princes Cranberry Juice	12 x 1lt	£4.74	£4.63	£4.37
Princes Pineapple Juice	12 x 1lt	£4.36	£4.28	£4.12
Princes Tomato Juice	12 x 1lt	£4.77	£4.66	£4.40
Princes Orange Juice	24 x 200ml	£4.13	£4.08	£3.91
Princes Apple Juice	24 x 200ml	£3.93	£3.88	£3.69
Princes Orange Juice	27 x 200ml	£4.65	£4.58	£4.39
Princes Apple Juice	27 x 200ml	£4.42	£4.37	£4.15.

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

1746 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 17^th November 2017         

Buying Meeting

Please find attached minutes of the buying meeting held on 14^th November 2017.

FJ Need (Foods) Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Block Cheese & Grated Cheese

Dawn Storey M. 07801 126613 says: “Please find attached decreased prices for deliveries made on or after 4th December.” Block & Grated

 

BLOCK		CURRENT
Block Cheese Comparison		2nd Sep	13th Nov	4th Dec
Product	Weight	FJ Need	Fayrefield	FJ Need
Sterling Mild White	4x5kg	£3.600	£3.430	£3.500
Sterling Mild White	8×2.5kg	£3.650	£3.490	£3.550
Sterling Mild Coloured	4x5kg	£3.775	£3.790	£3.715
Sterling Mild Coloured	8×2.5kg	£3.825	£3.850	£3.765
Sterling Mature White	4x5kg	£3.825	£3.840	£3.765
Sterling Mature White	8×2.5kg	£3.875	£3.900	£3.815
Sterling Mature Coloured	4x5kg	£3.825	£3.990	£3.825
Sterling Mature Coloured	8×2.5kg	£3.875	£4.050	£3.875

GRATED		CURRENT
Grated Cheese Comparison		4th Sep	30th Oct 2017	20th Nov	4th Dec 2017
Product	Pack size	Extons	FJ Need	Extons	FJ Need
Grated White Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.71	£3.700	£3.56	£3.60
Grated Red Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.84	£3.850	£3.74	£3.79
Grated White Mature Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.91	£3.900	£3.76	£3.84
Grated Red Mature Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.94	£3.925	£3.84	£3.93
Grated 100% Mozzarella	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.50	£3.100	£3.26	£2.88
Grated 70/30 Mozzarella	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.56	£3.275	£3.34	£3.10

 

Castle Dairies Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Norman Bolton M. 07977 284007 says: “Please find attached new price structures applicable from deliveries received from Monday 20^th November 2017”

 

Pritchitts – A Lakeland Dairies Company – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Nigel Austick M. 07803210166 has sent through the following as Paul Underwood is on holiday Butter Pricing effective Thursday 16^th November 2017

Invoice Prices		16th Nov	20th  Nov
		Pritchitts	Castle Dairies
Product Description	Pack Size	Cost per case	Cost per case
Salted Butter	40x250g	£52.91	£52.82
Unsalted Butter	40x250g	£54.22	£54.10
Butter Portions Size 7’s	6x100x7’s	£24.49	£27.48
Salted Butter	20x250g	£26.63	£26.61
Unsalted Butter	20x250g	£27.30	£27.25
		*Packers Brand	* Pro Rata 5×100

                                   

Fayrefield Foods

Rod Allsworth M. 07920 536959 new price list applicable on deliveries from Monday 27^th November 2017 attached.

 

Princes Limited – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Fruit Juice

Dave Edwards M. 07976 810972 says: “Just to give you an update on the current status of Customer Own Brand Juice:

Orange We have 2,480 cases on the floor with a final production of 3,000 cases planned. There are open orders on the system for 300 cases, leaving an available balance of 5,180 cases.

Apple We have 2,794 cases of floor stock with no further production. There are 225 cases on open order leaving an available balance of 2,569 cases.

As the contract balance sheet shows we are receiving inflated orders from which we estimate the Apple will be exhausted by the end of November.”

I must ask members that HAVE NOT CONTRACTED to not purchase any further Apple Juice this remaining balance has to remain available for those that have made the commitment to this product. 

I have spoken with Dave about this and I am trying to limit the final production of Orange Juice to a lower number he will confirm on Monday and I shall assign apple juice to each member that has contracted. At this moment in time all contracted member volumes should be honoured.

 

Dave also says: “Please find below the cost for Princes Juice to cover period 1st January 2018 to 31st December 2018.”

		2-5 Pallet	5-25 Pallet	Full Load
Princes Cranberry Juice	12 x 1lt	£4.65	£4.54	£4.28
Princes Pineapple Juice	12 x 1lt	£4.27	£4.20	£4.04
Princes Tomato Juice	12 x 1lt	£4.68	£4.57	£4.31
Princes Orange Juice	24 x 200ml	£4.05	£4.00	£3.83
Princes Apple Juice	24 x 200ml	£3.85	£3.80	£3.62
Princes Orange Juice	27 x 200ml	£4.56	£4.49	£4.30
Princes Apple Juice	27 x 200ml	£4.33	£4.28	£4.07

SPL Foods Ltd  – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Herbs & Spices

Graham Knight M. 07768 613 618 previously I had circulated the price list of additional items from SPL that will be shipping in their Triple Lion Brand alongside the Sterling Caterers Essentials Herbs & Spices. Please find attached a re-issue of the price list as it contained duplicates and error that Graham has now sorted out.

 

Poppies Europe Ltd

Carl Boulton M. 07734 768899 had initially written to us stating that they were putting through an across the board 4.5% increase. They have now agreed to the following effective 1st Jan 2018. Carl says: “What we propose is :

• 3% increase across the product range and not 4.5% as originally requested.
• Hold the price of the white 33/2 Ply and 40/2 Ply Napkins until March 2018 when we will review.
• Brand new inner Packaging fully Sterling Branded not as currently Plain wrap with a Sterling label applied this would be available in 2nd qtr. 2018.
• This will enhance the Sterling own label with superior packaging in the market place at a cost to ourselves, better brand awareness more sales.

1. Still all members get 1 Mixed pallet of goods carriage paid which is a major point of difference and one that is well liked. Attached is the own label price sheet and Carls overview of the situation going forwards.

See attached the Breakdowns of the costs as they currently are and what they would be going forwards, the Net price is a 3% rebate made up of 2% straight rebate and a 1% marketing rebate. Update own label sheet attached.

 

Premier Foods

Ross Brown 07711 798812 says: “Please find attached details of an impending cost increase, to be implemented on all orders placed on or after 29th Jan 2018

Following a very measured review of our cost inputs, the overall effect is around 4%, with not all products being moved.”

 

Walkers – PepsiCo UK & Ireland

David Howells M.07825 852 730 says: “I am writing to inform you of a number of changes to cost prices and pack formats on some of our Walkers Crisps & Snacks products. These changes will impact deliveries from Sunday 21st January 2018 and the pricing and packs you are offered by your members may also be impacted.”

Details attached.

Kellogg Marketing and Sales Company (UK) Limited

Aimee Fitzpatrick M. 07554415765 Price list attached effective on deliveries from 1^st February 2018.

Pizza Plus

Chris Smith 07887 736419  has send a notification of price increase coming 5^th March 2018 attached.

Navson Ltd

Scott Strathie  M. 07393 230 163  Email: scotts@navson.com says: “I would like to bring to your attention that Navson are running a promotion on :

Product Code	Buy 5 get 1 free promotion
SER001	Swift	30 x 30	1 ply Serviettes	(10 x 500).

This promotion is available to all Sterling Members, and will be running from today until order received date of 14/12/2017.  It is a buy 5 get 1 free promotion, from the prices and quantities on the attached Sterling pricing matrix.

Gourmet Classic Ltd

Angus I’Anson  sent the following:

The cooking wine industry has seen the biggest changes since Gourmet Classic invented the category in 1998.  In 2017 HMRC introduced excise duty and the weather has ruined crops creating a world shortage and a massive price increase on wine.

The latest confirmation from HMRC stating that if you have any stock of cooking wine on the 1st January 2018 you must pay the excise duty outstanding on it.  HMRC clearly say you should buy your product from an approved excise warehouse and the duty must be accounted for.

            “With effect from 1 January 2018, any dutiable form of cooking alcohol must be held in an approved excise warehouse under duty suspensions until they are released for consumption in the UK with the UK excise duty accounted for on them.

The Alcoholic Ingredients Relief scheme (as detailed in Excise Note 41) provides a mechanism for the reclaim of excise duty if alcohol is used in the production of a foodstuff.”

You need not be concerned by this law change.  Gourmet Classic own and operate an approved excise warehouse and our Cooking Alcohol products all have our HMRC AWRS approval number clearly written on them.

With regard excise duty accounted for on Cooking wines etc, Gourmet Classic have already satisfied The Alcoholic Ingredients Relief (Excise Notice 41) and goods you receive from Gourmet Classic are free to be sold as they always have.

The crop failure has caused a massive price hike, but more important a shortage of available wine to make Cooking Wine in 2018.  Attached is a supply contract to reserve your sales requirements for next year. Gourmet Classic will be confirming all its wine contract it has reserved for 2018 in Europe and the new worlds by 24th November 2017.  I urge you to sign and return your requirement for next year before this date.  It is possible after this date we will not be able to take on any new business.

I wish to confirm that only gourmet Classic can supply you the same product that you have enjoyed selling for 20 years without any excise liability to you, your product will still be 4.8% abv as always.  All the product you receive from us will have our AWRS approval number printed on for traceability to HMRC.

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday 20^th November.

 

1745 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 10^th November 2017         

Fayrefield Foods – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Block Cheese

Rod Allsworth M. 07920 536959 says: “I am delighted to announce some reductions on some Own Label Cheese products on deliveries from Monday 13/11/17.” Attached.

Extons Foods Ltd Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials –  Grated Cheese

Rachael Exton   M: 07739 983908 says: “As you know the dairy market has softened in recent weeks and I am pleased to say we can now offer reductions across the following lines. Please see pricing below which will be effective on any deliveries made on or after the 20th November”

Price List	Sterling Group		Current price	Next price effective From 20th November
Stock Code	Description	UOM
MAGR1101EX	Mature Grated (10 x 1 Kg)	Kg	£  3.91	£  3.76
MAGR2122ST	Grated Mature Cheddar 6x2kg	Kg	£  3.91	£  3.76
MCGR2122ST7030	Grated Mozzarella/Cheddar 70/30 6x2kg	Kg	£  3.56	£  3.34
MOGR2122ST	Grated Mozzarella 6x2kg	Kg	£  3.50	£  3.26
MRGR2122EX	Coloured Mature Cheddar Grated 12Kg (6x2Kg)	Kg	£  3.94	£  3.84
RCGR2122EX	Red Cheddar Grated (6x2kg)	Kg	£  3.84	£  3.74
WHGR1101EX	White Grated 10x1kg	Kg	£  3.71	£  3.56
WHGR2122ST	Grated White Cheddar 6x2kg	Kg	£  3.71	£  3.56

Which will make them the most competitive on grated cheddar.

Grated Cheese Comparison		4th Sep 2017	30th Oct 2017	20th Nov 2017
Product	Pack size	Extons	FJ Need	Extons
Grated White Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.71	£3.700	£3.56
Grated Red Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.84	£3.850	£3.74
Grated White Mature Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.91	£3.900	£3.76
Grated Red Mature Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.94	£3.925	£3.84
Grated 100% Mozzarella	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.50	£3.100	£3.26
Grated 70/30 Mozzarella	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.56	£3.275	£3.34

Unilever Food Solutions

Nick Williams M. 07767830487 says: “Please can you inform members that there is a change to the MRDR code on Meadowland Professional and also to the layers and pallets.”

SKU name	Meadowland Professional 40 x 250g	Meadowland Professional      10 x 250g
Product Descriptor (eg Dairy Cream Alternative)
MRDR Code	67372541	67381935
EAN Code for the Consumer Unit	8712100507298	8712100507298
EAN Code for the Case	8714100890615	8710447873380
Units per Case –	40	10
Net case Weight (KG)	10	2.5
Gross Case weight (KG)	10.42	2.64
Case Dimensions – Length, width, height (MM)	L(307) W(203) H(160)	L(195) W(111) H(152)
Cases per Pallet	78	330
Cases per Layer on a pallet	13	55
Layers per pallet	6	6
Pallet height width length (MM)	H(1,110) W(1,000), L(1,200)	H(1,075) W(1,000) L(1,200)
Gross pallet weight (KG)	840.76	899.2
Minimum distribution life	70 days	70 days
Double Stacked? (Y/N)	N	N

Mondelēz International – AFH Cheese & Grocery

Darren Smith M. 07977249780 email. Darren.smith@mdlz.com says: “Please see attached a notification of a cost increase, effective for deliveries from 1st February 2018.”

Vimto

Gary Duncan M. 07934 296375 says: “I am writing to inform you of the increases we are making to the cost price on a number of our products and changes in our promotional pricing for 2018. These increases will be effective for orders placed from Monday 5th February 2018 onwards, whilst PMP changes will phase in during January & February 2018. (Please find attached product details).

At Vimto we are of course constantly looking to manage and absorb additional costs, however given the significant rises in prices it has become necessary to implement this increase as we are no longer able to absorb all the incremental costs ourselves.”

 

Kellogg Marketing and Sales Company Nutri Grain Singles Case Size Change

Aimee Fitzpatrick M. 07554 415765 says: “Please find below information regarding our Nutri Grain soft and fruity bars and changes to case collation and price reflecting the new collation.

What’s happening?

The case size of Nutri Grain Soft & Fruity singles is changing from 28 in a case to 25 in improving pallet case fill.

When?

The first productions of the new products are expected on:

Strawberry 25s	27/11
Blueberry  25’s	04/12
Apple 25s	13/11

Product	Market	SKU
NG Apple 25x37g GBR	UKI	5008318668 – PPM 14715
NG Apple 25x37g 49p PMP	UK	5008318674  – PPM 14716
NG Strawberry 25x37g	UKI	5008318680 – PPM 14713
NG Strawberry 25x37g 49p PMP	UK	5008318677  – PPM 14712
NG Blueberry 25x37g GBR	UKI	5008318683 – 14714

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday 13^th November 2017.

 

1744 Newsletter Dry Goods – November 3rd 2017         

The intranet site is located at: http://www.sterlingssg.com/

Pritchitts – A Lakeland Dairies Company – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Paul Underwood 0208 290 7012 this butter price revision effective on orders placed on or after 1st November 2017 was emailed out earlier this week – attached.

SPL – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Herbs & Spices

As mentioned last week we have agreed to move the herb and spice contract to SPL as the savings over World of Spice are more than 25%. Attached is a list of the items that are going into the Sterling Caterers Essentials label and also attached is a list of the remaining items that will be branded Triple Lion. These are invoice prices and include a 2% overrider. With Kerry away it may be difficult to get packaging up and running immediately but we shall try to get this in place as soon as possible.

Princes Limited

Dave Edwards M. 07976 810972 says: “I’m pleased to advise you that with effect the 1st December the invoice cost of the below will decrease to £10.71 (£10.50 net) from the current invoice cost of £12.35.”

Code	Product	Case Size	New Price 1st Dec
358791	St Nicholas Marrowfat Peas	6×2.6kg	£10.71 (£10.50 net)

Westmill Foods – Sterling Caterers Essentials –  Vegetable Oil

Dancia Sivasothy DD: 020 8345 8162 November prices attached.

1. H. Amar & Co. Ltd.

Karen Williams M. 07881 266065 tells us that they will no longer be representing Sacla as of 1^st January. Details attached.

Kellogg Marketing and Sales Company – Muesli

Aimee Fitzpatrick M. 07554 415765 says: “We have reviewed our muesli offering within the business and looked at what is available in other markets and what fits with current trends. As such we have taken the decision to swap our current Muesli offering to a better recipe and version.

These changes will take effect from Monday 4th December, from this point the ‘old/current’ muesli will no longer be available for order. I have attached a one pager illustrating the changes and case codes, if you could please ensure your product lists are updated and all members informed of these changes.”

Central Foods Ltd 

Oli Sampson M. 07715 073 273 says: “We have today been informed by Frampton’s, that a surcharge will be applied on all Egg products leaving their premises from 6th November 2017. I have attached a Statement from the Managing Director at Frampton’s, along with an Industry recognised index, which will be used as the base to control/adjust the surcharge going forward. We will have written out to all Sterling members directly who are affected by this but I wanted to make head office aware of this issue by close of play today.

This situation is unprecedented, brought about by the recent Fipronil issue in Europe, which has resulted in a huge shortage of suitable “Eggs for Breaking” , the type used in the production of manufactured egg products.

Rather than put in place a price increase, they believe the best way to handle this is with a surcharge, which can be monitored and adjusted as the current situation develops, similar to that used on Diesel within the transport sector.

Although these increases are effective from Monday the 6th November into ourselves, given we have around 2 weeks stock, if everyone orders at their normal levels and we apply a 75% rationing, it will allow us to hold off these increases until Deliveries from w/c 4th December 2017. Please work with us on this as we are trying to be fair to all our Customers during this difficult time.

This Surcharge impacts on each product at varying levels depending on the actual Egg content of the item, the individual impact will be communicated to members directly.”

Staple Dairy Products

Ian Stratton Ian.Stratton@staplefoods.co.uk  has sent through the attached current price list, he wanted to draw your attention to Staple real dairy Aerosol Cream £10.45

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday 6^th November.

 

1743 Newsletter Dry Goods  –  27^th October 2017         

Meeting Dates for 2018

Please find attached the remaining meeting dates for 2017 and all of the dates for 2018.

 

Fruit Juice – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Dual Supply

As per the email circulated earlier in the week we have decided that we will have to move away from Princes for the 2018 Sterling Orange and Apple Juice Contract, as we could not get them into a competitive position. The decision was taken to spilt the Orange and Apple Juice between Mulrines for Orange Juice and Multiple Marketing for Apple Juice

We are aware that this is not the ideal situation but the offers are such that to put both lines with either one of these supplier would have meant a large increase in either apple or orange.  This solution saves around 11% from the best offer that Princes were able to put forward for 2018. Both Supplies have agreed to a single pallet drop if necessary but will require straight pallets of the Own Label in that case.

Apple blossom in southern Europe had been subject to severe frosts at the beginning of the season resulting in the lowest harvest since 2007 I have been told by both Princes and Mulrines that the Multiple Marketing offer is exceptional and that apparently Brakes are currently getting offers in the £6.30+ range.

The other item to point out is that Multiple Marketing pack into “Cathedral Carton” with a screw top and Mulrines will continue to pack in the slim block as current packaging. I have tried to leave as much flexibility for members to buy their ancillary juices from either supplier, though of course both of them would like you to place that volume with them.

Attached is the price list from Mulrines for Orange Juice and from Multiple Marketing for Apple Juice. A commitment form has already been circulated could you complete and return to Carol ASAP and by Monday at the latest?  Only the yellow highlighted boxes need to be completed.

Princes – Apple Juice – Increase.

Please see attached communication from Princes requesting a more than 50% increase on our current cost as set out below.

 

Drop	Current net net	Proposed net net	Increase %
2 Pallet	£4.30	£6.51	51.40%
5 Pallet	£4.25	£6.46	52.00%
FCL	£3.95	£6.15	55.70%

As far as I am aware at this point Princes have not yet put their proposed pricing in the system. I will let you know of any further response from them.

 

The Silver Spoon Company

Kelly Burke M. 07872 465 536 we have agreed to new lower pricing from Silver Spoon for the coming season. The new price comes into effect from Monday 30^th October. Details attached.

Britannia Superfine Ltd

Danny Shayes Tel: 07825 984175 represents this (and other companies) – Danny came into the tender process with some very good pricing on some key lines, but only had a very small range. They are however sourcing additional lines in the near future to expand their offer. Attached are details of their original offer that Danny says he will honour until the end of the year, he also stated: “My only other point on pricing. We presume you want fixed £ Sterling prices but all UK sugar prices are based in €uros which is why you have either the USCR system or Sterling prices fixed to volume. These prices were converted @ €1.118 when I originally bid and we will hold these prices until the end of December before we review as no volume is guaranteed and will continue to review quarterly from there. Alternatively, we can use the USCR system if you prefer.” Credit application form attached.

Address details: Chaucer Industrial Estate, Dittons Rd, Polegate BN26 6JF

Eggs

Billy at EKF mentioned that he is seeing egg prices spiral upwards. Do any members have suggestions for alternative supply? I would be interested to hear if you do. I am aware that prices are being pushed upwards by the Firponil problem but any suggestions would be welcome.

CustomPack Ltd – Pepper Glitch.

Simon Willars M. 07872 101399 says: “We have discovered a price query from our system that has not picked up on pepper being sold at a loss from our business to specific customers since a soar in price in mid- 2016.

We have addressed this now but as one of the customers affected it does mean a significant price increase on the price our system was previously picking up.

We have been honouring prices since we found the issue but will as part of the new agreement be re-aligning the price to be what we believe to be very competitive in the market but not unsustainable! This affects the 1,000 count case price which will move from £2.32 > £2.95 invoice price, then netted back by 3%. The 5,000 count pack will also move from £10.19 > £13.12.

Many apologies for this oversight but it had been down to a system error beyond our control. I have attached a pricing document to reflect the change which won’t be applied until 2 January 2018.”

Simon goes on to say: “There is also a BBQ sauce promotion running currently presenting a preferential price for a limited period which overrides the contract price for the Halloween season and possibly beyond depending on the promotion’s success! We’ve also added a more competitive Fairtrade sugar price as members have enquired in the past. “

Please see below the November promotional details on Pepper, that you asked me to re-send.

SPL – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Herbs & Spices

We have agreed to move the herb and spice contract to SPL the savings over World of Spice was more than 25%. I will follow next week with full details – Graham is on holiday this week.

World of Spice Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Herbs & Spices

I have told Dave Painter M. 07738 354855 that we will be moving never the less he has put in the following offer saying: “We can offer the following promotion on Peppers, starting from Wednesday 1st November & terminating Thursday 30th November”

Code	Name	Promotional Price
W1000	BL Coarse Ground Black Pepper 18# 6 X 370g	£20.20
PE1000	BL Coarse Ground Black Pepper 18# 6 X 500g	£25.86
W1001	BL Fine Cracked Black Pepper 12# 6 X 370g	£20.60
PE1001	BL Fine Cracked Black Pepper 12# 6 X 450g	£24.40
W1005	BL Cracked Black Pepper 8# 6 X 370g	£20.60
PE1005	BL Cracked Black Pepper 8# 6 X 500g	£26.41
W1010	BL Ground Black Pepper 6 X 400g	£18.32
PE1010	BL Ground Black Pepper 6 X 600g	£25.22
W1015	BL Whole Black Pepper 6 X 450g	£22.35
PE1015	BL Whole Black Pepper 6 X 600g	£28.48
W1040	BL Mignonette White Pepper 6 X 500g	£44.00
PE1040	BL Mignonette White Pepper 6 X 700g	£59.78
W1045	BL Ground White Pepper 6 X 450g	£29.19
PE1045	BL Ground White Pepper 6 X 600g	£37.50
W1060	BL Whole White Pepper 6 X 450g	£32.86
PE1060	BL Whole White Pepper 6 X 650g	£45.38

Nestlé Professional UK Ltd          

Malcolm Doy – Nestle Professional malcolm.doy@uk.nestle.com M. 07979 695566 says: “Please find below an update on the Nescafé Gold re-launch:

Timings:

• 1kg, 750g and 500g Tins – dispatch week 45
• 10x300g Vending – Gold Blend dispatch week 2, Gold Blend Decaf week 49
• 600g Refill – dispatch week 49
• &Go Gold Blend white, black and decaf – dispatch week 49
• Sticks – dispatch week 8

Updated  Spec Sheets and Packshots (available upon request)

Shelf Life reduction:

Because of the introduction of MRC to our new Nescafé Gold, there will be an amendment to the shelf life of most SKUs:

• Shelf life on stick packs, vending pouches, refill bags and all retail SKUs are moving from 24th months to 18 months. &Go does not change and remains at 12 months.
• For the 1kg, 750g and 500g tins, we will be reducing the shelf life to 12 months as a temporary measure whilst we monitor the roll out of the new range in our Sqround tins through Q4 and into Q1. Subject to satisfactory tests from our technical team, it is our aim to have the shelf life for tins updated to 18 months no later than the end of Q1 2018.

This is a soft change, the barcodes are not changing so any orders will be automatically subbed over by customer services.

However all linecodes are changing, please find a summary below.

Current Skus	Description	New Skus	Description
12284222	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND Dcf 6x500g N4 XI	12339242	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND Dcf 6x500g N5 XI
12284101	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 6x500g N4 XI	12339246	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 6x500g N5 XI
12284102	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 6x750g N3 XI	12339209	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 6x750g N4 XI
12284108	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 3x1kg N3 GB	12339241	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 3x1kg N4 GB
12278676	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 360g (200×1.8g) N5 XI	12340523	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 360g (200×1.8g) N6 XI
12282118	NESCAFE GBLND Dcf 360g (200×1.8g) N6 XI	12340522	NESCAFE GBLND Dcf 360g (200×1.8g) N7 XI
12278716	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 6x600g N1 GB	12339283	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 6x600g N2 GB
12278677	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 10x300g N3 XI	12339268	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND 10x300g N4 XI
12282160	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND Dcf 10x300g N4 XI	12339269	NESCAFE GOLD BLEND Dcf 10x300g N5 XI
12282161	NESCAFE ACCOLADE Coffee 10x300g	12339267	NESCAFE ACCOLADE Coffee 10x300g
12310560	NESCAFE & GO NESCAFE GOLD BLEND Black Coffee 20(8×2.4g)	12339280	NESCAFE & GO NESCAFE GOLD BLEND Black Coffee 20(8×2.4g)
12310635	NESCAFE & GO NESCAFE GOLD BLEND White Coffee Cup 20(8×7.2g)	12339281	NESCAFE & GO NESCAFE GOLD BLEND White Coffee Cup 20(8×7.2g)
12310643	NESCAFE & GO NESCAFE GOLD BLEND White Decaff 20(8×7.2g)	12339282	NESCAFE & GO NESCAFE GOLD BLEND White Decaff 20(8×7.2g)

KTC Edibles Ltd  – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Vegetable Oil

Mark Simpson M. 07710  887181 prices for November attached.

Pritchitts – A Lakeland Dairies Company – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

This was decrease was notified to you earlier in the week. Paul Underwood 0208 290 7012 stated: “Please find attached butter price revision effective on Orders placed on or after 25th October 2017”

Following is a comparison for Lakeland V’s Castle, we are hearing of lower prices in the market place from others with job lots we shall keep a close eye on this to try to ensure that prices go down as quickly as they went up.

Invoice Prices		23rd October	25th October
		Castle Dairies	Pritchitts
Product Description	Pack Size	Cost per case	Cost per case
Salted Butter	40x250g	£58.50	£58.11
Unsalted Butter	40x250g	£60.90	£59.56
Butter Portions Size 7’s	6x100x7’s	£27.48	£28.02
Salted Butter	20x250g	£29.35	£29.18
Unsalted Butter	20x250g	£30.65	£29.90

                                                                        * Pro Rata 5×100                  *Packers Brand

FWP Matthews Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials –  Flour

Carol was doing a routine follow up on BRC certificates and has been told that they are no longer accredited. Please see attached letter.

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

 

1742 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 20^th October 2017         

New Member of the Sterling Supergroup.

We have a new member – Manor Farm Foods has joined the group. Manor Farm Foods are based in Guernsey, they offer a complete range of foods: fresh butchery; fresh fish; chilled; frozen; and ambient and non-food items.

Grant Le Tissier  / Andy Batiste

Manor Farm Foods

Eurofoods Guernsey Limited,  t/a Manor Farm Foods

Homeside Warehouse,

Pitronnerie Road,

St Peters Port

Guernsey

Tel  01481 727 590

Grant Le Tissier is our main contact and is a co-owner of the business with Andy Batiste. I would like to take this opportunity to extend a very warm welcome to Grant & Andy and their whole team to Sterling Supergroup Ltd.

 

Princes Limited – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Baked Beans & Mushy Peas 

Dave Edwards M. 07976 810972 we have renewed our agreement with Princes for 2018. Attached are the prices that comes into effect from 1^st January 2018. Baked Beans and Mushy Peas.

FJ Need (Foods) Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials –  Grated Cheese

Dawn Storey M. 07801 126613 says: “Please find attached a very welcome decrease on the Mozzarella lines.” From the 30^th October.

Active Brand Concepts Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Chemicals 

James Sharpe M. 07807 259729 T. 01270 449040 E. james@active-brand-concepts.com

We have taken the decision to move the Sterling Branded Chemicals away from Cleenol and move to Active Brand Concepts or ABC as this will represent a significant savings for the group. The basket price is 40% lower than our current pricing. Chemicals has been an area where we were aware for quite some time that the pricing should improve, we had shied away from making any change due to the complexity of the products and all of the backup COSHH sheets etc.

ABC are very active in retail and are the own label supplier to Bestway so they are also familiar with foodservice and can provide a comprehensive service to include wall charts and a dedicated website for coshh sheets.

We are in the process of agreeing artwork with them and agreeing a launch date, we would expect to be up and running by the beginning of 2018 we are hoping to have things in place ahead of this but will keep you informed, so far their artwork team have been very responsive.

ABC have checked dilution rates of our current product and will be producing to that specification, however there may be some colour changes to products for example the window cleaner may change from clear to blue or vise versa.

ABC has agreed to pay a 2% overrider. Attached is a list of products that we as a group buy over 50 cases per year with pricing, additional products and pricing shall follow.

Attached is their credit application form, their address is : The Forge, Crewe Hall Farm, Old Park Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 5UE.

There are however a few lines that ABC do not manufacture themselves such as dishwasher tables and aerosols they will be able to supply these just not in our brand.  We have informed Cleenol of our intention to move the vast majority of products across to ABC, it was noted at the meeting that Cleenol would do an own label for an individual wholesaler if they so a member really wished to stay with Cleenol the Sterling label could still be made available to them, however with these savings on the table I would be amazed if members did not move across.

The Chefs Kitchen Ltd  – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Vinegar 

David Myers  M. 07891 5909906 we will renew the vinegar with Chef’s Kitchen at current pricing.

Huegli UK Ltd  – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bouillon

Tim Fielding M. 07854 198 445 says: “First of all allow me to thank you for being such a loyal and consistent customer of Huegli UK over the years. Your satisfaction is very important to us and we hope we have been successful in providing you with excellent customer service and products. We never like having to write a letter like this, but unfortunately sometimes it is necessary.  As you are aware there has been a significant fall of 10-15% in the value of Sterling against the Euro and Swiss Franc following Brexit. As a result of this we are going to have to raise our prices by 5% across the entire Sterling range. This price increase is the minimum we can offer and is something we must do in order to continue to provide you with the quality you’ve come to expect. The increase will take effect 1st February 2018.” Price list attached. Tim has suggested that he will be offering a promo at the Spring Show in March to off-set this a little.

Wrap Film Systems Ltd. – Wrapmaster 4500 Dispenser

Ben Correia M. 07985 993853 has sent through the attached flyer that Introduces the new Wrapmaster 4500 Dispenser.

Nestlé Professional UK Ltd – Individually Wrapped Polo’s – Discontinuation   

Malcolm Doy – Nestle Professional malcolm.doy@uk.nestle.com M. 07979 695566 says: “Following a thorough review of sales of POLO Clear 6x600g & POLO Fruits 6x600g, Nestlé Professional has taken the decision to withdraw this product from sale in 2017.  Based on current demand, we estimate that our stocks of this product will be exhausted late November 2017 for POLO Clear 6x600g. & mid December 2017 for POLO Fruits 6x600g. I ask is you could please ask members to work closely with their Nestlé Professional account manager to manage their specific stock requirements.

We would like to thank you for your loyal support of this product. Unfortunately there will be no direct replacement of this product but retail packs of POLO & POLO tubs are still available.

POLO Clear 6x600g (Nestlé Code 12265122)  – Delisted

POLO Fruits 6x600g (Nestlé Code 12265123)  – Delisted

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

1741 Newsletter Dry Goods – 13^th October 2017         

The intranet site is located at: http://www.sterlingssg.com/

Buying Meeting

Please find attached minutes of the buying meeting held on 10^th October 2017.

Gourmet Classic Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Cooking Wine

Angus I’Anson T. 01202 863040 See below further information from Angus. I suggest Members stock up before the price increase takes effect on 1^st November.

“Attached is a force majeure letter confirming that all of Gourmet Classic contracts with all of their customers finish on 15^th November 2017.  I have not written this letter for legal reasons, but to prove that we are all on a level playing field and more importantly that your members may be able to use this with their own customers to renegotiate their contracts.

We have written directly to the membership to advise them of the Gourmet Classic price increase from 1^st November and have offered that they could take two month’s supply in one month on condition that it is delivered and invoiced in October.

I wish to make the situation very clear, we do not have a product supply problem we have a price problem.  I realise the problems that this causes your business and hopefully you realise the problems that my business faces.  We have waited until the correct time to inform you of these price changes and market conditions and have brought you a solution as opposed to a problem.  There is no supply issue, there is only a price issue.  As a loyal supplier we would like to make it quite clear that we would like to retain your business going forward and look forward to being invited to the 2018 tender.” 1^st November price list attached again.

CustomPack Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Wet & Dry Sachets

Simon Willars M. 07872 101399 CustomPack have retained the tender for sachets. Price list attached for wet sachets and dry sachets. All new prices will be effective on deliveries from 2 January 2018.

Zafron Foods – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Sweet Chilli Sauce

Jack Kenny M.  07841 988810 Just a reminder that the Sterling Own Label Sweet Chilli Sauce is now available to order from Zafron at £6.51 for 2 x 2.7L. This product came out high in the taste test above the Lion brand product. Price list attached.

Castle Dairies Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Norman Bolton M. 07977 284007 See attached butter pricing on deliveries w/c 23^rd October.

Dairy

See attached market report from 6^th October 2017.

Current Butter Pricing

		Current Price	Current Price
Invoice Prices		18th Sep 17	9th Oct 17	23rd Oct 17
		Pritchitts	Castle Dairies	Castle Dairies
Product Description	Pack Size	Cost per case	Cost per case	Cost per case
Salted Butter	40x250g	£66.53	£58.50	£58.50
Unsalted Butter	40x250g	£67.65	£62.80	£60.90
Butter Portions Size 7’s	6x100x7’s	£28.02	£27.48	£27.48
Salted Butter	20x250g	£33.42	£29.35	£29.35
Unsalted Butter	20x250g	£34.11	£31.60	£30.65
		*Packers Brand	* Pro Rata 5×100	* Pro Rata 5×100

Following reports of butter prices falling on Friday, Daniel called Paul to discuss what Pritchitts position was on their current pricing. Paul’s opinion was that he felt the drop in prices seen over the last few days will be short lived and expected to see them rise again before Christmas. He also stated that Pritchitts price will be unchanged until the end of month reports are provided. If Pritchett’s price was to change after reviewing the reports then it would be roughly two weeks following the review before the price would become available to us.

Current Cheese Pricing

BLOCK
		CURRENT	CURRENT
Block Cheese Comparison		2nd Sep 2017	16th Oct 2017
Product	Weight	FJ Need	Fayrefield
Sterling Mild White	4x5kg	£3.600	£3.79
Sterling Mild White	8×2.5kg	£3.650	£3.85
Sterling Mild Coloured	4x5kg	£3.775	£3.88
Sterling Mild Coloured	8×2.5kg	£3.825	£3.94
Sterling Mature White	4x5kg	£3.825	£3.84
Sterling Mature White	8×2.5kg	£3.875	£3.90
Sterling Mature Coloured	4x5kg	£3.825	£3.99
Sterling Mature Coloured	8×2.5kg	£3.875	£4.05
GRATED		CURRENT	CURRENT
Grated Cheese Comparison		2nd Sep 2017	4th Sep 2017
Product	Pack size	FJ Need	Extons
Grated White Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.700	£3.71
Grated Red Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.850	£3.84
Grated White Mature Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.900	£3.91
Grated Red Mature Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.925	£3.94
Grated 100% Mozzarella	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.425	£3.50
Grated 70/30 Mozzarella	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.500	£3.56

Pladis (United Biscuits) – Hobnobs 12x300g packaging change

Kelly Newell M. 07894 492474 says: “Can you please communicate the attached to members, there is no change to the product, codes or bar coding just a move from roll wrap to flow wrap, which will effect pack, case and pallet dimensions. Images will be available nearer time of availability.”

Sleaford Quality Foods Ltd

Iain Anderson M. 07884 665174 “Please see attached your new pricelist which will be effective on all orders placed from the 15^th November 2017.

As a sign of our commitment we have done our best to absorb any increases in the cost of our Chef William range, however we have now had to pass on some of our raw material increases. On a positive note there is also numerous reductions included in the price list to reflect our commitment to you. There is also new products listed including panko breadcrumbs, gluten free stuffing and linguine.”

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

 

1740 Newsletter Dry Goods – 6^th October 2017         

Castle Dairies Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Norman Bolton M. 07977 284007 – See attached price decrease on orders from Monday 9^th October.

 

FWP Matthews Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Flour

Paul Matthews T. 01993 830 342 – We have renewed our Flour contract with FWP Matthews as of 1^st November, see attached price list.

 

Kerry Foods – Conference Promotion

Nitesh Mahtani M.0 7584 888 365

Nitesh has informed me that although on their original promotion form all products were off invoice, their chilled products (Kerrymaid products) need to be retrospectively claimed. Retro Form attached.

Pladis (United Biscuits) 

Kelly Newell M. 07894 492474 says: “We have identified a discrepancy in the previous communicated pricing on our sku Jaffa 12×10’s which does not affect the overall EDLP net price but the invoice cost to members. Prior to today they would have been invoiced at £9.75 with EDLP retro of £0.51 net £9.24.  Moving to invoice cost of £11.54 with EDLP retro of £2.30 net £9.24

For now members would have had the benefit as the invoice cost would have been incorrect but has now been amended in our system to reflect the new price, we will take no action to correct this.

I have also reattached the activity plan for Jaffa snack pack which was moving from 24’s to 18’s.  Based on travel test this will now be 20’s.  Buy in does not start on this until November and due to efficiencies there is no EDLP retro as this is built into invoice previously advised. Attached is the updated EDLP price file.”

Gourmet Classic Ltd

Angus I’Anson T. 01202 863040 – Angus I’Anson from Gourmet Classic came into head office this week to deliver a steep price increase on Sterling Caterers Essentials cooking wines. New prices attached. The increase has been put down to many factors such poor harvests in Europe, short supply and other operational costs. See justification document attached.

From the 1^st January 2018 there will also be a change to the import duty laws for Cooking wine which means a considerable increase, £1.22ltr, for any imports containing 1.2% of alcohol or more. This is potentially a £14.64/case increase in duty alone on Sterling products for example.

Angus believes Gourmet Classic will be the only cooking wine supplier able to avoid this duty because of a loop hole they have spotted and prepared for.

The duty can be claimed back if the wine is used in manufacturing.

As Gourmet Classic already produces our product in the UK with imported wines they will be able to claim back the duty and pass on the savings in part to its customers.

The increase of around 60% cannot be justified based on market changes alone and it seems Gourmet Classic is taking the opportunity to widen their margins.

We have now gone to tender to see what improvements on cost can be found as Angus was very firm about their new prices being the “right” price going forward.

CustomPack Ltd

Simon Willars M. 07872 101399 – Please find attached price list effective from 1^st December 2017.

Westmill Foods – Sterling Caterers Essentials –  Vegetable Oil

Dancia Sivasothy DD: 020 8345 8162 – See October price list attached.

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

1739 Newsletter Dry Goods  –29th September 2017         

Fayrefield Foods – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Block Cheese

Rod Allsworth M. 07920 536959 price increase on block attached along with their full price list, Rod says: “I am writing to you with some further price changes, we are still seeing further increases in the dairy market and this looks likely to continue for the remainder of 2017.

Butter remains as POA for the time being so please ask for a price on a weekly basis as this is subject to change (Sorry!!)

We are also seeing the Euro have an effect on many products in the range as the pound hits its lowest level since 2009 and this week has been constantly below €1.10.

This without doubt has been one of the most difficult years in the dairy industry and one that no one could have predicted.

I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your continued business and remind you all that we are here to help in any way we can.

One final note is that we need to ensure that we fulfil our minimum order requirements. We base our prices on full mixed pallets and need to ensure that we do make the pallets up as we are working on extremely tight margins and pallets that contain anything less than that make the difference between making a small profit and actually losing money (yes our margins really are that slim!!)

All price, up or down will need to come into effect for deliveries on and after Monday 16th October 2017.”

I’ve spoken to Rod who tells me that most members are now buying from FJ Needs, he says that that the business has taken margins down to the absolute minimum and these prices have to be implemented.

Castle Dairies Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Norman Bolton M. 07977 284007 “I can confirm that the prices that were to be implemented from deliveries 2^nd October can now be reduced due to a slight weakening in the market.

I confirm the revised prices as follows:

Sterling Salted 40x250g.@ £64.29 per case. Sterling Salted 20x250g. @ £32.24.

Sterling Unsalted 40x250g.@ £65.56 per case. Sterling Unsalted 20x250g. @ £32.85.

Unfortunately, at this stage the portions price will remain as previously confirmed @ £22.90 per case.

I will keep you advised of further market moves.” Own label price list attached.

Nestlé Professional UK Ltd          

Malcolm Doy – Nestle Professional malcolm.doy@uk.nestle.com M. 07979 695566

Updated price list attached – new products listed – not price changes.

 

Nestlé Professional UK Ltd          

Just to confirm the winners of the Nescafe telesales Raffle as drawn at the conference were:

£500       Reids Foodservice

£350       Reids Foodservice

£150       McClure’s

KTC Edibles Ltd  – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Vegetable Oil

Mark Simpson M. 07710  887181 October price list attached.

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

1737 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 15^th September 2017         

51^st Annual Conference  21^st – 23^rd September 2017

We are looking forward to greeting you at the conference next week.

Head Office will NOT be manned (or womanned!) after Tuesday. If you need to contact us my Mobile Number is 07794 519090 – Vanessa. Daniel can be contacted on 07453 262798, but if it is conference related it would be best to try me first.

Attached is a link to the conference offers once again.

The hotel details are:

THE HAMPSHIRE COURT HOTEL          Tel: 01256 319700

Centre Drive, Great Binfields Road, Chineham, Basingstoke, RG24 8FY

FWD  – Federation of Wholesale Distributors
T. 01323 724952 September Newsletter attached

FWD  – Federation of Wholesale Distributors –  Booker-Tesco Inquiry
T. 01323 724952 says:  The Competition and Markets Authority inquiry into the Booker-Tesco merger has moved to Phase 2 and the CMA has published its Issues Statement detailing the main issues it is likely to consider in reaching its decision: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/598ada6a40f0b619ccd69afa/issues-statement.pdf .

The CMA has also published an administrative timetable for their Phase 2 investigation:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/597b4304ed915d0228000012/tesco-booker-timetable.pdf

The CMA Phase 1 report is available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/5971c236ed915d0baf0001ff/tesco_booker_phase_1_decision.pdf

In order to inform members about this process, and to give some context, FWD, in partnership with ACS, have commissioned Europe Economics, an agency specialising in economics and competition law, to produce a paper to explain the process so far, to examine the issues raised in phase 1, and to look at the theories of harm that will be examined in phase 2, and the evidence required to prove (or disprove) the theories of harm.  The paper is not a submission to the CMA, or a statement of policies and arguments adopted or endorsed in any way by FWD or ACS. It is intended to inform members about the way in which the CMA will look at these issues and help them to frame any response they may wish to make. The paper is attached to this email.

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

1736 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 8 September 2017         

Sterling Conference – AGM – Board Election

I have had returned 14 of the 38 ballots issued for electing members to the Sterling Board of Directors. As I am sure you are aware the election takes place at the AGM on September 23^rd, however ballots MUST be returned to me by 17.00 on Friday 15^thSeptember. After that date only ballots handed to me in person will be accepted with a deadline of 22.00 on Friday 22^nd September. NONE will be accepted on the day.

Westmill Foods – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Vegetable Oil

Dancia Sivasothy DD: 020 8345 8162, September pricing attached.

Caterers Choice Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Tuna

Sarah Booth M. 07702 201111 T. 01484 532666  Details of the top price for tuna as emailed earlier this week.

Pladis (United Biscuits) – Pricing Errors – Baked Snacks

Kelly Newell M. 07894 492474 says: “We have identified in the system today some pricing errors where the price did not move when we applied the cost price increase back on 1st April 2017.  These prices have been amended in our system with immediate effect.  Could you please just remind members that this will be the price moving forward in order to avoid price claims, and that to date they have received this benefit.”

I have re attached the EDLP price file.

Products it affects are as follows:-

13122	Crinklys Salt & Vinegar	30 x 50g	from £13.81	to £15.01
36564	Mini Cheddars Original	30 x 50g	from £13.81	to £15.01
70818	Mini Cheddars BBQ	30 x 50g	from £13.81	to £15.01

Lactalis Mclelland

Patricia Myers 07725-422993 says: “Please note attached amendment to the case price for Foodservice Brie 1kg  price stated per case incorrect @£3.15 case, should read £6.30 case”

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

1735 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 1^st September 2017         

We have had a few problems with the intranet ambient newsletter that we keep trying to resolve but the problem re-asserts itself and has left us (and our IT) mystified, we have decided to not continue to overwrite the document anymore and split it Jan-July and Aug to year end. I am afraid that it will make it a little more difficult to search the document for an item but it is the best solution that we could come up with.

Sterling Conference – Aide Memoir

We have today posted out aide memoirs covering the running order of the conference – please do hand a copy to any other member of your team that is going to attend so that they are aware of what is happening when.

Conference

I thought I would share with you a comment from a supplier that has chosen not to attend the conference this year, having been at last years event:

“I only got to meet a few of the members, I appreciate that the Members have certain suppliers that they wish to talk to but the least they could do is visit the other exhibitors who have made a substantive contribution towards the event, both financial and in the time and effort of getting to the venue and setting up their stands. The principal behind the Sterling Conference is excellent that we, as manufacturers, have an opportunity to meet all the members that attend but the reality is different.”

I don’t want to belabour too much how important it is for members to use the full time allotted at the exhibition and at least give suppliers the opportunity to make their pitch.

Butter 

I am afraid that this commodity just keeps on its inexorable rise!

Castle Dairies Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Norman Bolton M. 07977 284007 says : “Unfortunately, bulk butter prices continue to firm up, so I have to advise you that the following prices will apply from deliveries received w/c 2nd.October 2017.

Pritchitts – A Lakeland Dairies Company – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Paul Underwood 0208 290 7012 says: “August has seen unprecedented increases on the commodity markets. Leaving us no option but to increase our invoice pricing effective for orders placed on or after 18th September 2017.  Please find revised pricing attached.”

Below is a comparison list where to purchase your very expensive butter, but please be aware that Pritchitts are limiting sales to those that continuously purchase from them:

		Current Prices		New Prices
Invoice Prices		17th July 17	21st Aug 17	4th Sep 17	18th Sep 17	18th Sep 17	2nd Oct 17
Product Description		Castle Dairies	Pritchitts	Castle Dairies	Castle Dairies	Pritchitts	Castle Dairies
Salted Butter	40x250g	£53.30	£59.08	£58.90	£63.75	£66.53	£65.54
Unsalted Butter	40x250g	£54.00	£60.20	£59.90	£64.77	£67.65	£66.81
Butter Portions Size 7’s	6x100x7’s	£22.33	£25.26	£24.42	£26.87	£28.02	£27.48
Salted Butter	20x250g	£26.75	£29.69	£29.55	£31.98	£33.42	£32.89
Unsalted Butter	20x250g	£27.10	£30.39	£30.05	£32.49	£34.11	£33.51

Martin Mathew – Sterling Caterers Essentials –  Tinned Tomatoes

Joe Murphy M. 07855 082200 says that many members have used up their current contract for tomatoes –  if you fall into this category he would like you to note that he will be charging the new contract rate attached on all orders placed in September. He also want you to note that this will be over and above the volume committed to, that will start in October. If you want September volume to be subtracted from your committed volume he must be notified of this fact.

If you have not used up your current allocation Joe warns that all volumes at current rates must but purchased by the end of September as he shall be closing out all accounts and starting fresh from Oct. We have your volumes here so please ask if you are in any doubt.

Weetabix Limited – Post Holdings, Inc

Sarah Morris M. 07833 435742 DD.  01536 721385 says: “I am writing to inform you that we currently have a break down on our catering line – the latest is that we are waiting for the replacement part to arrive at the plant today so the engineers can fit and get the line up and running again as soon as possible.

Catering B stock levels are very tight and unfortunately, we are shorting the C pack this week but I have requested that we alternate the plan as much as possible from start up so we have both skus in pipefill. Please accept my apologies for this and the inconvenience this will cause but we are working tirelessly to get this sorted as quickly as we can.”

 

Princes Limited – Nicholas BTS

Dave Edwards M. 07976 810972 is taking over as NAM from Stephanie, he says: “We are changing our internal codes on St Nicholas BTS as detailed below:

Current Code	Product	New Code	Outer code	Inner code
346297	St Nicholas BTS 6X2.65kg will change to	401966	0500232002433	5000232002426
347272	St Nicholas Healthy will change to	401965	0500232002419	5000232002402

These changes are effective from today, however any orders received on the old code will manually be changed at customer services.  The cost remains as is.

Lactalis Mclelland

Patricia Myers 07725-422993 says: “Please find attached an electronic version of the new price schedule effective 1st October”

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday.

 

1734 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 25^th  August 2017         

Annual Conference 2017 – Conference Offers

Kerry is adding to the list of Conference offers as she gets them. They are posted here on the intranet and can be accessed at any time.

Annual Conference 2017 – Annual General Meeting 23^rd September 2017

Here are the details for the AGM as emailed earlier in the week.

Scanners for Picking

Hannah Foods has asked if members use Scanners for picking, and if so what scanners do they currently in their warehouses and if they are suitable or would they have chosen something different to what they have now? Any responses would be well received negative or positive.

 

NEW NEW

Zafron Foods – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Sweet Chilli Sauce

Jack Kenny M.  07841 988810 Zafron now have this product in stock in Sterling Brand, attached are the price, and below is a comparison to the current AAK price. At blind a taste test the product we have chosen for own label came out top!

Sterling Caterers Essentials	Carton	Invoice Price
Sweet Chilli Sauce	2 x 2.7l	£6.58
AAK / Lion product	2 x 2.7l	£7.98

NEW NEW

Zafron Foods – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Tomato Ketchup 

Jack Kenny M.  07841 988810 has agreed to produce a ketchup that hits a much lower price point than the product that we currently have them produce for us. Jack says that he will continue to make the higher spec version until labels run out. We are working on the label but this new cheaper product shall be available shortly, details attached and below:

Sterling Caterers Essentials	Puree	Carton	Invoice Price
Current Tomato Ketchup	19%	2 x 4.5kg	£5.92
NEW Tomato Ketchup	10%	2 x 4.5kg	£4.10

 

SPL Foods Ltd  – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Pasta  

Graham Knight M. 07768 613 618 we will be renewing our pasta contract with SPL. The new (lower) price comes into effect on 1^st November and is held for 1 year. Details attached.

Castle Dairies Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Norman Bolton M. 07977 284007 Norman says that in his many years in the industry he has never seen anything like the sustained increase that are coming through. He also noted that the differential between salted and non-salted is closing down. The new price comes into effect from w/c 18^th September 2017 price list attached. Attached is a graph of raw material costs over the past 18 months and a comparison to Lakelands pricing.

 

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday 27^th Aug.

 

 

1733 Newsletter Dry Goods  –  18^th August 2017         

Egg – Fipronil (August 2017)

Carol has contacted suppliers to get a Fipronil on their eggs, details attached.  Also attached is an article from the Grocer regarding Fipronil.

Hannah Foods – Hellmanns

One of the buyers over at Hannah Foods Leon Wall E: L.Wall@hannahfoods.co.uk T: 01695 51400 Ext. 610 has sent the following message. “Can you e-mail the members. We are looking to shift 200 Hellmans 10ltr mayo with November date on. We bought in at £17.88 and our sales have failed to sell it. We are looking to recoup the price we paid if you can see in any interest?”

Please contact Leon direct if you are able to help.

W.G Buchanan – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Dried Fruit & Nuts

Have retained the contract on Dried Fruits and Nuts for 2017-18. The price comes into effect on 2^nd Oct and lasts until 1^st April 2018. Price list attached

FJ Need (Foods) Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials –  Block & Grated Cheese

Dawn Storey M. 07801 126613 details of their September 2^nd block and grated cheese increase attached.

Sterling Caterers Essentials – Block & Grated Cheese Comparison

STERLING SUPERGROUP LTD – Cheese Comparison

On Block FJ Need continue to remain the best priced even after their 2^nd September increase.

On Grated Cheddar Extons are currently the best bet, come September they are neck and neck. Mozzarella is slightly different please see below:

BLOCK	CURRENT	INVOICE PRICES
Block Cheese Comparison		14th Aug 2017	31st July 2017	2nd Sep 2017
Product	Weight	Fayrefield	FJ Need	FJ Need
Sterling Mild White	4x5kg	£3.63	£3.450	£3.600
Sterling Mild White	8×2.5kg	£3.69	£3.450	£3.650
Sterling Mild Coloured	4x5kg	£3.79	£3.650	£3.775
Sterling Mild Coloured	8×2.5kg	£3.85	£3.700	£3.825
Sterling Mature White	4x5kg	£3.83	£3.675	£3.825
Sterling Mature White	8×2.5kg	£3.89	£3.725	£3.875
Sterling Mature Coloured	4x5kg	£3.89	£3.775	£3.825
Sterling Mature Coloured	8×2.5kg	£3.95	£3.825	£3.875
GRATED		CURRENT	CURRENT
Grated Cheese Comparison		31st July 2017	7th Aug 2017	2nd Sep 2017	4th Sep 2017
Product	Pack size	FJ Need	Extons	FJ Need	Extons
Grated White Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.550	£3.53	£3.700	£3.71
Grated Red Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.725	£3.68	£3.850	£3.84
Grated White Mature Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.750	£3.63	£3.900	£3.91
Grated Red Mature Cheddar	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.875	£3.69	£3.925	£3.94
Grated 100% Mozzarella	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.375	£3.48	£3.425	£3.50
Grated 70/30 Mozzarella	6x2kg / 10x1kg	£3.400	£3.51	£3.500	£3.56

BW Catering Products Ltd

Robin Arnold M. 07500 958129 says: “There is better news as I can now offer a much lower price which is as follows –

		net	Gross Invoice Price
Garlic Puree	6x1kg	£13.98	£14.26

Price commencing 1st October or possibly sooner when new crop stock arrives in the UK. The garlic product is made from fresh Turkish garlic bulbs and not Chinese granules, so it is the better quality one, we have a separate factory working on making a puree with the Chinese granules but I will not have a price on that for 6-8 weeks. As mentioned before many of your Members like the Turkish garlic puree over the darker Chinese one, but we will stock both at some point. I have also attached the Price List as requested.

 

Whitakers Chocolates Ltd – Corporate Thank You’s

Simon Matthews M. 07801 340377 says: “Whitakers can offer gift boxes of chocolates & truffles for this purpose, branded & printed with your particular message to your corporate partners etc. With various sizes available for all budgets, and a minimum order of just 100 boxes, these make a very cost effective gift at Christmas. Perhaps this is also something you could suggest to your members as a gift they could give to their customers, in place of the normal beer or wine that a lot of wholesalers will give at Christmas. This is also a very effective marketing plan, that those given a box as a gift can then be approached to take boxes in their own branding.

There is a huge variety of colours of box and print to choose from – please see attached.  As an example, 100 x 4 chocolate boxes, printed to your requirements, would be just £2.80 per box  plus vat. This includes origination of artwork & printing on the lid. Gift box orders over £500 attract a 5% discount. If you would like any further information or a quote, please let me know”

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday 21^st August.

 

 

1732 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 11^th  August 2017         

Buying Meeting

Please find attached minutes of the buying meeting held on 8th August 2017.

 

Extons Foods Ltd Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials –  Grated Cheese

Nicky Gavey M. 07702 877266, Prices are going up again as of 4^th September 2017. Rachael says: “We are collating a market report which I will email next week.  The prices below will be effective on any orders made on or after the 4th September”

Type	Product		August Price inclusive of 1% overrider	September Price inclusive of 1% overrider
Mild	white cheddar	6 x 2kg	£3.53	£3.71
Coloured Mild	red cheddar	6 x 2kg	£3.68	£3.84
Mature	white mature cheddar	6 x 2kg	£3.63	£3.91
Coloured Mature	red mature cheddar	6 x 2kg	£3.69	£3.94
Mozzarella (grated)	100% moz	6 x 2kg	£3.48	£3.50
Mozzarella 70% Cheddar 30%	70:30 Moz:Cheddar	6 x 2kg	£3.51	£3.56
Mild	white cheddar	10 x 1kg	£3.53	£3.71
Coloured Mild	red cheddar	10 x 1kg	£3.68	£3.84
Mature	white mature cheddar	10 x 1kg	£3.63	£3.91
Coloured Mature	red mature cheddar	10 x 1kg	£3.69	£3.94
Mozzarella (grated)	100% moz	10 x 1kg	£3.48	£3.50
Mozzarella 70% Cheddar 30%	70:30 Moz: cheddar	10 x 1kg	£3.51	£3.56

 

Nestlé Professional UK Ltd  – Eggs         

Malcolm Doy – Nestle Professional mailto:malcolm.doy@uk.nestle.com  M. 07979 695566 is going to be taking over as our National Account Manager from Karl. Both of them will be at the conference to meet members / hand over.

Regarding Eggs Malcolm says:

11/08/17 from Zone EMENA Nestlé Quality & Technical team – reported Fipronil contamination in eggs and chicken meat sourced from the Netherlands, Germany, France and Belgium

• We continue to closely follow developments regarding the potential presence of Fipronil in eggs and chicken meat products originating from farms in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Belgium.
• Our traceability system indicates that we have not received any eggs, egg derivatives or chicken meat or derivatives to date from any implicated farms into our factories.
• In accordance with advice from the food safety regulator, we are carrying out tests on relevant ingredients sourced from affected countries as a precautionary measure.
• All of the tests we’ve carried out to date have returned negative results for Fipronil presence.
• There is no risk to food safety for any of our products.

AAK – Eggs

Sarah Bingham M. 07769 266564 says: “Please see attached letter from our technical dept for your reference & files , highlighting that we do not source our egg from any of the contaminated sites for our dressings & mayonnaise products”

Zafron Foods

Jack Kenny M.  07841 988810 says: “We hereby guarantee all of our products produced at Zafron Foods Ltd, containing egg or egg derivatives are free of fipronil contamination and we have no evidence to suggest that our products have been affected over the last 12 months. I have enclosed our statement on this issue and would be grateful if this could be issued to all Sterling members who purchase our products.”

This egg situation is obviously developing from the 21k eggs first discussed in the press I will ask Carol to email around next week to get statements from suppliers and post them to the intranet.

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday14th Aug.

1731 Newsletter Dry Goods  – 04^th August 2017         

New Member of the Sterling Supergroup.

We have a new member – Flesk Meats & Foodservice has joined the group. Flesk are based in Co.Cork, Ireland.

Flesk Meats & Foodservice offers a complete range of foods: fresh butchery; fresh fish; chilled; frozen; and ambient and non-food items.

Flesk Meats & Foodservice

Feoil na Fleisce teo

t/a Flesk Meats & Foodservice

Baile Mhúirne Industrial Estate,

Baile Mhúirne, Co.Cork,

Ireland.

http://www.fleskmeats.com

Tim Hickey timhickey@fleskmeats.com  Tel: 00353-2665972 is our main contact is a co-owner of the business with his brother David. I would like to take this opportunity to extend a very warm welcome to Tim, David and their whole team to Sterling Supergroup Ltd.

 

Butter – Sterling Caterers Essentials

Butter prices continue to rise unabated. We have attached new pricing from both Pritchitts & Castle Dairies. At the present moment the pricing is best from Pritchitts under their 17^th July pricing (if you can get it out of them!) after 11^th August, Castle Dairies becomes the best option and remain so even with their 4^th September pricing.

		Current 13th July 2017	Current 17th July 2017	11th August 2017	21st August 2017	4th Sept 2017
Net Net Prices		Pritchitts	Castle Dairies	Pritchitts	Pritchitts	Castle Dairies
Product Description	Pack Size	Cost per Case	Cost per Case	Cost per Case	Cost per Case	Cost per Case
Salted Butter	40x250g	£47.40	£52.36	£53.40	£57.90	£57.72
Unsalted Butter	40x250g	£48.50	£52.92	£54.50	£59.00	£58.70
Butter Portions	6x100x7’s	£20.87	£22.33	£23.10	£24.75	£23.93
Salted Butter	20x250g	£23.85	£26.41	£26.85	£29.69	£28.96
Unsalted Butter	20x250g	£24.43	£26.76	£27.53	£30.39	£29.45

Pritchitts are packers brand on 20 x 450  and the Castle Dairies prices on portions is prorated.

Pritchitts – A Lakeland Dairies Company – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Paul Underwood 0208 290 7012 updated pricing attached

Castle Dairies Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Butter

Norman Bolton M. 07977 284007 updated pricing attached

Zafron Foods Ltd – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Sweet Chilli Sauce

Jack Kenny M.  07841 988810 We have agreed to allow Zafron to pack an own label Sweet Chilli Sauce. It won hands down in the taste test conducted by the buying team and of the quality sauces it was by far the best value. We have already approved the label and Zafron should be ready to ship in the next few days. Details attached.

CCEP – Coca Cola

Karen Smith M. 07976 976 989 Email: kasmith@cokecce.com  says: “Our legal paperwork for the above states that data submissions need to be with us 30 days from the end of our Quarter 3 (Friday 29th September,2017) – i.e Sun 29th October, 2017.

In order to remind any of your members who may wish to participate, please can you forward the below message.  Our Field sales Professionals will talk to them directly also – thank you”

Dear ALL

This e-mail is to remind you that data submissions for our Quarter 3,2017 National Wholesale Pay For Performance terms are due to be with us by close of Sunday 29th October 2017

If you require any further assistance with your submission please contact me before the closure date.

CCEP – Coca Cola  – Diet Coke & CCZS P9 Wholesale activation

Karen Smith M. 07976 976 989 has sent through an updated enhanced promotion for September. She says: “We have now decided to go to a £1.00 off single case price instead of a multibuy.”  Details attached.

 

Sleaford Quality Foods Ltd

Chloe says: “With Christmas rapidly approaching we are offering you a fantastic deal on Sage & Onion stuffing for orders delivered by the end of September 2017.

So reduce the Christmas stress by taking advantage of this great offer and get your orders in early!

Product	Pack Size	Current Price	Promotional Price	SAVE!	Pallet Quantity
Sage & Onion Stuffing	4x3kg	£13.23	£12.00	£1.23	35
Sage & Onion Stuffing	4x2kg	£9.60	£8.75	£0.85	54

Minimum order quantity is one pallet and any orders must be delivered in by 30th September 2017.  To take advantage of this great deal please contact us via email or on 01529 305 000. Please ensure you quote Christmas stuffing promotion.

PepsiCo UK & Ireland –Tropicana Delist

David Howells M.07825 852 730 says: “We have taken the decision to delist Tropicana Apple 1.6L in week 33 due to it not meeting our minimum runs.”

BW Catering Products Ltd

Robin Arnold M. 07500 958129 says: “I am now in a position to offer garlic puree new crop pricing from 1st September when it will have arrived in my store –

Cambray Garlic Puree 6x1kg –

Pallet pricing 120 cases	£14.80 per case
Layer pricing 12 cases	£15.10 per case

Prices are net of 2% rebate. This will be the Turkish product which is made from fresh garlic bulbs and not the dehydrate reconstituted product that is made from the darker Chinese garlic granules. I can supply the Chinese granule puree but am not in a position to do so for a couple of months and will get a price on this for you.”

Weetabix Limited – Post Holdings, Inc

Sarah Morris M. 07833 435742 DD.  01536 721385 says that: “Current 50x stocks on Original and No Added Sugar have been exhausted so please revert to new codes with immediate effect on all future PO’s placed with Demand Planning”

New Code	New Size
9278	30 x 50g
9279	30 x 41g

Macphie of Glenbervie Ltd

Erica Pritchard M. 07825 854261says: “During October Macphie is offering 15% off UHT Sweet Sauces, 12×1 litre. I have attached the promotional flyer for your information.”

Karro Food Group – Sterling Caterers Essentials – Bacon

Attached are prices for week commencing Monday 7^th August.