Ingredients distributor celebrates 21 years
Direct Food Ingredients celebrates 21 years in business by announcing a significant 52% annual like for like growth, with sales of £13.7 million in 2015. The firm is now predicting a further 30% growth across 2016.
Steve Loake, founding director, says, “This month we will be celebrating our 21st birthday and our substantial 2015 growth figures make for a double celebration.
“Heavy investment in key business platforms such as IT infrastructure, staff training and development, customer service processes, industry leading QA procedures and our continually expanded product ranges have provided significant competitive advantage for the business. And we are now benefitting from this major investment.
“During 2015 we saw unprecedented growth with a major influx of new client accounts, significantly expanded orders from existing clients, and cross referrals within existing accounts.
“Last year also saw the opening of our dedicated US office and warehousing facility in Los Angeles, which is proving an ideal platform to support our international expansion plans. This new base focuses on the US sports nutrition and nutraceutical sectors which we are closely aligned with in the UK market.
“Not a business to rest on its laurels, we have set ourselves an ambitious growth target of 30% for 2016, and are currently working towards this.”
