Winner: Weetabix
Weetabix is a beacon for excellence in food manufacture. It responded to changing consumer lifestyles with the introduction of tasty new cereal bars. It then ensured it could supply them cost effectively by making sure all of its employees were fully engaged in what the company was trying to achieve. And the results speak for themselves. Chairman of judges Paul Wilkinson echoed the thoughts of the whole judging panel when he remarked: "Weetabix is an absolutely fantastic story: everything from category management, to innovation and productivity. It is an integrated response to food manufacturing excellence."
The Judging Panel
Chairman of the judges:
Paul Wilkinson, chairman, National Skills Academy
Jonathan Bayne, technical policy manager, Asda
Simon Chattock, head of vendor assurance, Compass Group UK & Ireland
Mark Colvin, lean manufacturing consultant, Leanpal
Jonathan Cooper, skills consultant, National Skills Academy
Jean Feord, food industry consultant
Estelle Herszenhorn, programme manager, Waste & Resources Action Programme
Michelle Jackson, European modified atmosphere packaging manager, Air Products
Wayne Morley, head of ingredients and product innovation, Leatherhead Food Research
Rick Pendrous, editor, Food Manufacture
Alan Speight, food consultant, Food Solutions Associates
Andy Spooner, consultant, Suiko
Mike Stones, group editor, Food Manufacture
Kevin Swoffer, food safety consultant