Fuel Station goes into overdrive
A LIVERPOOL-based health brand behind the diets of celebrities like model Alex Gerrard, ex-Coronation Street actress Michelle Keegan and Geordie Shore star Holly Hagan has bought a distribution centre to cope with a surge in demand.
The move by Fuel Station into an industrial unit in Bootle near the Liverpool docklands comes after the company exceeded its January targets.
The firm, which revealed in December 63% of its orders come from outside the city, say up to 12 jobs will be created as a result of acquiring the premises.
Fuel Station has said the 1,500 sq ft site will help improve its operation and speed up the rate it is able to process orders for its healthy juices, snacks and shakes.
The unit, which will be kitted out with company branding, is to house a kitchen with cooking appliances that will allow the firm to take on wholesale orders.
And with the recent backing of NHS Liverpool, Fuel Station is also to supply products to employees at ‘Mersey care’ – an NHS trust for the provision of mental health, addiction services and learning disability care.
Former Apprentice candidate Kurt Wilson, who started the company with his brother Jay, believes acquiring the distribution centre shows how far the company has come.
He said: “We’re really excited about the new unit and our expansion. Now we have a wider range of resources, it means we are able to process a higher number of orders more efficiently. It has been a promising start and I am confident 2015 will be a good year.”
