Multimillion-pound upgrade for Nottingham pork pie factory

Lorien Engineering Solutions has completed a major refurbishment for the UK’s leading pork pie brand.

Addo Food Group enlisted the help of Burton on Trent based Lorien to augment manufacturing facilities at its Tottle Bakery in Nottingham, a specialist pork pie bakery that sits within the PGI-designated Melton Mowbray pork pie region.

Lorien was appointed as designer and project manager for the 12-month, multi-million pound project.

Tottle Bakery’s flagship facility makes and distributes over 40 million pork pies each year, with a heritage that stretches back to the 1940s, when local lad Ken Parr took out a loan to open his first bakery.

Today, the Tottle Bakery is the home of the Pork Farms and Bowyers brands and is one of six Addo Food Group business locations around the UK.

Phil Colquhoun, senior project manager at Lorien Engineering Solutions, said: “We are delighted to work closely with the technical team at Addo Food Group in bringing a major project such as this to completion on time, within budget, and with no production downtime.”

Tony Ombler, general manager of the Tottle Bakery, added: “From the outset it was clear that Lorien is accustomed to integrating seamlessly with in-house teams and project managing the entire process from start to finish. It took the pressure off our internal resources and allowed our focus to remain entirely on production. This was a demanding project and the team at Lorien rose to the challenge.”