Real Good Food plans expansion at Hayden’s

LIVERPOOL food ingredients company Real Good Food Company said it plans to create 150 jobs over the next three years.

The business intends to invest in its Wiltshire-based subsidiary Hayden’s Bakeries.

Today it will unveil an additional 33,000 sq ft of capacity at its factory in Devizes and plans to start work on a new distribution facility in the next 12 months.

In a brief statement to the stock market the company said it aimed to double Hayden’s turnover within three years.

The firm also operates Renshaw Napier – a major food supply business to the catering trade

In March the company posted pre-tax profits before significant items of £2.15m, up 139%, for the year to the end of December. Group sales fell 1% to £215.6m. The business has a market value of £19.6m and employs 120 people in Liverpool with a further 55 near Glasgow.