The firm, which specialises in buying liquid food ingredients in bulk and repacking into smaller sizes, was able to develop the site on Knowsley Business Park following £4.6M of funds secured from Santander and the Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF)
£200k grant
MSIF provided a £200,000 grant through the Regional Growth Fund’s High Growth Business Investment Programme.
Blends sells approximately 90% of its products to trade customers. The business operates across four areas – ingredients, flavours, food colourings and blending/repacking.
The firm currently employs 38 staff, and an additional 17 staff are to be hired.
Blends added it had strong ambitions for future growth.