Food business expands with £2m distribution hub

SALAD and vegetable supplier Troy Foods, has invested £2m in the expansion of its facilities.

The third generation family business will be creating 20 jobs at the 38,000 sq ft centre.

It has signed a five-year lease with the help of Clarion at Stourton Link, adding to its existing processing plants in Leeds.

It currently processes 800 tonnes a week at its Royds Farm Road facility.

Troy Foods was formed in the 1920s and now employs 350 staff, with an additional 400 agency workers at peak times.

It has diversified into salad and dressing manufacturing, with its Hunslet facility supplying 1,000 tonnes of coleslaw, potato and pasta salads as well as mayonnaise and dressings a week.

James Kempley, commercial manager at Troy Foods said: “Over the last four years, we have seen really strong growth, particularly in the wet salads and dressings part of the business which now accounts for the larger part of our turnover.

“Last year, revenue in this division rose by 17% and we expect our total turnover to be close to £40m this year.

“As we continue to take advantage of new opportunities within the food sector, such as the growth of discount retailers, we expect our business to continue to grow and the expansion into our third premises will enable us to increase production in line with customer demand. Going forward, our longer term vision is to move both of our processing operations onto a single site while remaining in West Yorkshire.”