Aimia Foods is a £60 million privately owned food and beverages manufacturer. We employ 250 staff working across three adjacent sites in the North West of England, which total 225,000 sq ft. Our core strengths lie in the manufacturing, sales and marketing of Aimia-owned and third party licensed beverage brands, across all sectors of the UK market – Retail, Foodservice, Cash & Carry and Vending. A number of our licensed brands are also exported to Europe, the Middle East and Australasia, through an established distributor network.
Aimia also provides specialist Outsourcing services to Blue Chip clients who choose to outsource all or part of their manufacturing activity, in order to allow greater focus on their core business. This has led to the creation of a number of bespoke production facilities, either within the main Penny Lane site or as separate satellite units for FTSE 100, NYSE and NASDAQ listed clients. Aimia offers a full added value service offering to its partners, which includes project management, risk management, product innovation, packaging development, procurement, co-manufacturing, packing and distribution.
Aimia is passionate about the Quality of its products and we are delighted to be credited as the first and only food manufacturer in the UK to hold a BRC Grade A*, the internationally recognised benchmark for quality standards. We are also proud to have held the ‘Investors In People’ accreditation for the past 14 years, demonstrating our continued commitment to the people who are at the heart of our business. Aimia was recognised as a Top 100 Employer by The Guardian Newspapers in 2009 and has been an award winning business for over 25 years.
Vision, Mission and Values
Our Vision
“To be the UK’s leading privately owned hot and cold beverage business”
Our Mission
“Using our knowledge and unique position in the market, we will provide effective quality Food and Drinks Solutions and Outstanding Customer Service through our commitment to our values.”
Our Values
People
Our people have responsibility, accountability and commercial awareness. We value our people.
Partnership
We build long-term mutually beneficial partnerships with our customers, our suppliers and the communities within which we operate.
Passion
We have a passionate commitment to quality and customer service excellence. We seek to continually improve all that we do.
Energy
We are free thinking, creative and innovative. We foster a culture of team spirit and fun.
Integrity
We act with integrity.
We empower our staff to deliver outstanding customer service and to manufacture products of the highest quality.
In return, we promise to provide all staff with the support they need to truly fulfil their potential with a rewarding, fun and safe working environment.
We believe we have a truly unique benefits package with over 15 fabulous benefits available to all employees including the fantastic Aimia Allstar Awards.
Aimia Allstar Awards, the Aimia Foods Employee Reward and Recognition Scheme, has two categories – the Outstanding Employee Award and the Innovation Award – nominees have the opportunity to win prizes ranging from £50 to a New Car.
We promise to do our bit for the local community, charity and the planet too.
Community
We acknowledge we have an important duty to employees, customers, suppliers and the community in which we operate. We respectfully carry out all operations to ensure our business has an overwhelmingly positive impact within the local area.
Charity
We have a dedicated Charity Committee who organise fun activities, involving all staff, to help raise money for our chosen charities and to support the local community. Our aim for 2012 is to contribute more to the local community by listening to our employees and encouraging anyone who knows of a local good cause to submit their suggestions to the Charity Committee.
Planet
We comply and exceed all regulatory requirements in respect of wastage, pollution and are currently working towards being a zero to landfill site.
We monitor for continuous improvement of our environmental performance and conserve resources through energy efficiency and minimising waste where possible by re-use, recycling and recovery. For example our manufacturing lines now recover all waste materials, which are separated by material type ready for recovery.
Wherever practicable we use recycled material in packaging, mark packaging for easy separation of recyclable elements and our corporate literature and sales materials are produced on paper certified as originating from sustainable sources (FSC).
Our product range includes many fair and ethically sourced products, including coffees sourced from the FNC (Federacion Nacionale de Cafeteros de Colombia); Fairtrade products and Rainforest Alliance sourced tea and coffee.
