Trade Show 2015 – A Review in Pictures

A big thank you for all of our customers ( and perhaps potential customers ) who came out to attend our annual Trade Show and Exhibition at Springfields in Spalding yesterday. We had an excellent turn out from both suppliers and customers alike. Our new “Black + White Coffee Co” stand was buzzing all day, and it wasn’t just the free, barista-made espresso either! We hope you enjoyed yourselves at the event, and if you have not yet attended; these images prove testament that next year it’s a “must do” on your catering calendar.

Vacancies – Business Development Manager and Telesales Account Executive

South Lincs Foodservice is constantly expanding and often looking for ideal candidates to join our team in Telesales, Warehouse, Delivery, Buying, Accounts and Marketing.

Open vacancies are advertised here; to submit your CV for consideration, please follow the indicated protocol for each position.

Agencies or Recruitment agents need not apply.

Note: we can only accept CV’s and covering letters in Microsoft Word or in Adobe PDF. Enquiries about a vacancy should be emailed though to the relevant contact / department in the first instance.

Business Development Manager

A vacancy has arisen for the position of a Business Development Manager within South Lincs Foodservice. This is a new role within the business and will involve obtaining larger, quality accounts throughout our service area.

If you are interested and qualified for this position, please forward your current CV and covering letter to Mr. Paul Hunt, Sales Manager (psh@slf.uk.com)

or by post to:

Mr. Paul Hunt
South Lincs Foodservice
Sutterton Enterprise Park
Endeavour Way
Sutterton, Boston, Lincs
PE20 2JA

Telesales Account Executive- Maternity Cover

Starting 2nd April, 2015 – approximate 10 months contract for maternity cover.

Previous experience in telesales or catering is essential. Applicants must have excellent communication/negotiation skills and a clear confident telephone manner. Good keyboard skills are essential. Full in house training will be provided. Duties include, telephoning existing and new customers, obtaining and increasing the value of orders, Identifying opportunities to sell in promotional lines and dealing with customer queries. There is no cold calling.

Hours of work: Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9am – 4.30pm

Closing Date: 14th March, 2015

To apply for the above position please email a CV (enquiries@southlincsfoodservice.co.uk) with covering letter, or by post to:

Mrs. Denise Taylor-Corbett
Telesales Manager
South Lincs Foodservice
Sutterton Enterprise Park
Endeavour Way
Sutterton, Boston, Lincs
PE20 2JA

New! Fresh Diced and Minced Beef

In response to customer enquiries and requests, we have added two new lines of fresh meat to our offering; fresh minced and diced beef, sourced from Ireland and perfect for your new Autumn and Winter menus!

Minced and diced beef also has a plethora of uses outside of the traditional British menu. Many fusion and ethnic foods utilise these ingredients, which when stocked in your chiller, allows for flexible, multipurpose use on your menu.

Our new fresh meat is on special offer at the moment, to entice you to give it a try. We’re sure you’ll be pleasantly surprised at the quality and the price.

Fresh Mince Beef (Ireland) 2.5kg | normally £9.99 | NOW £7.99

Fresh Diced Beef (Ireland) 2.5kg | normally £15.99 | NOW £12.99

Lacking Inspiration? Check out these proven recipes to get your culinary creative juices flowing…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/beef_mince

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/beef_and_ale_stew_76412

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/aromatic_beef_curry_90850

Home made cottage pie, served with a pint or a glass of wine on a chilly day is the perfect antidote for the biting cold weather. Our new fresh mince beef is the perfect quality ingredient to make home cooking really shine.

Nothing says “Winter Warmer” like a steaming beef and vegetable pie. Ale or Guinness gravy? It’s up to you, but home made in your own kitchen is guaranteed to be a hot seller. Our new fresh diced beef is the key ingredient.

South Lincs at the London Coffee Festival

As part of South Lincs Foodservice’s expanding speciality Coffee and Espresso branch, we undertook a reconnoissance mission to the London Coffee Festival to have a up-close-and-personal look at upcoming coffee trends. As well as some spectacular exhibits from the industry big boys like Starbucks and Costa, the event was primarily exhibiting offerings from smaller, boutique businesses. These small roasters, manufacturers and producers were of particular interest, as their business ethos mirror many of our customers; small, often family-fun, tight margins but a genuine passion for their product and business.

We really enjoyed the day, tasted some amazing coffees and walked away inspired and with many new ideas brewing away in our heads. We have some new cafe themed products we would like to introduce over the next year, and are looking forward to announcing a few of these in the near future. In the meantime, we’re continuing to pursue the perfect Medium Roast blend, service and install customer’s machines, researching chocolate and are looking forward to rubbing shoulders with more of the coffee trade at Caffe Culture at London’s Olympia on May 14-15th.

Winners of the Trade Show prize draw

As part of our Trade Show & Exhibition, we included the opportunity to win one of three 42″ HD 3D Flatscreen Cinema Display televisions – and we’re happy to finally announce the winners of the draw!

The Great Northern Inn in Newark, Nottinghamshire / The White Swan, Dunham on Trent, Nottinghamshire / The Iron Horse Ranch House, Market Deeping, Lincolnshire

Richard Swinscoe and the crew at The Iron Horse

Elaine from the White Swan with her brand new LG Cinema Display TV

James at the Great Northern Inn with his new LG 3D HD TV

Depot General Manager, John Tomlinson drawing the names….

SLF Trade Show and Exhibition

Our annual Trade Show and Exhibition at Springfields Events Centre on the 19th of March was a fabulous success. We were thrilled to see so many of our customers take time out of their busy days, step away from their busy kitchens to come and visit our show. Suppliers had really gone all-out this year with their stands and the quality and quantity of foods and samples that they brought. At one point, it had become so busy, some rows has become a bit congested with people chatting, sampling, asking questions, comparing prices and generally enjoying themselves. This seemed particularly acute around the dessert and ice cream stands…..happily for all, the natural flow returned swiftly and foot traffic remained steady for most of the day. Exhibitors seemed very pleased with the turn-out and enjoyed the opportunity to get face time with the customers buying their products.

We’re currently logging in all the orders and once completed, we will proceed with the drawing for the three 3D, HD flatscreen TV’s that we’ve been bragging about. Winners will be announced here in addition to being contacted directly.

Good luck, and thank you again for all of those who attended. For those who didn’t; we hope to see you next spring.

-The Team as SLF

Sweet Street Desserts

Arla Dairy

customers enjoyed tasting and sampling

Macphie

Handmade Cake Co

Panesco

Speciality Bread

Major foods cooking on-site

Banner Foods

Frobisher’s

Wine tasting at South Lincs Foodservice Wine Cellar

Quick Fill

Chantilly

selection from the SLF Wine Cellar table

Sidoli

Chantilly

South Lincs Foodservice Fresh Meats

Area Sales Manager, Graham having a chat with Unilever reps

Paella

Panesco

Beckett’s Bacon

Innovate 21

Sales Manager, Shelley from SLF Coffee + Espresso

Quality Cuisine

Walls / Carte d’Or

South Lincs Foodservice Coffee + Espressp

Yarde Farm – Blue Bubblegum Ice Cream

Wright’s

Panesco

Classic Desserts

South Lincs Foodservice Fresh Meat

Cafedirect + Birchall’s

Major

Walls / Carte d’Or

Further wine tasting

Unilever

Lutosa

Sweet Street

Carte d’Or

Chantilly

Area Sales Manager, Ron “testing” some of the ice creams

Red, White, Rose, Sparkling…

Lee Kum Kee

Meadowvale chicken and poultry

Birchall’s

Rich Sauces

Yarde Farm new flavours

Birchall’s Tea

Carefully perusing the order book

South Lincs Foodservice Coffee + Espresso

Sweet Street

Yarde Farm

South Lincs Foodservice Barista Training with City and Guilds Certification

Why invest in Barista Training?
Making a good cup of coffee is not just by chance; you need to know the basics to get it right time after time.

From selecting the right blend of coffee, to setting the grinder to get the right dose and grind and the ability to accurately froth milk to different consistencies. These are cornerstones of a good barista and essential to the success of your coffee business.

We want your investment to reap all of the financial rewards possible for your business. We will provide on-site training for you and select members of your staff in the safe, economical and epicurean way to use your new machine. We will also demonstrate the correct daily maintenance and cleaning required to keep your machine working flawlessly.

More importantly, our technicians will go through the procedures and show you how to make those beautiful cups of coffee, to any recipe, time and time again. We also offer a City & Guilds certification… Below are recent participants of our training course from Oldrids Department Store in Boston and Mugs Cafe in Kettering. We are pleased to say that all passed their C&G courses, some with extremely high scores!

Learning about grinders and steam-driven espresso machines are a focus of our training courses.

Part of our in-house training centre, using traditional La Spaziale espresso machines for teaching and tutorial

Temperature and texture of the milk is key

Carefully maintaining temperature

Properly steaming milk is a cornerstone of a Barista’s skill set

Tapping the jug to help separate milk and foam

Proper milk to espresso ratios must be firmly adhered to to create drinks to recipe.

Dusting with chocolate powder or cinnamon

A series of completed espresso drinks as part of the qualification process

Being evaluated on a series of complicated drink orders…

Latte, Cappuccino, Macchiato, Espresso, Hot Chocolate, Frappes, etc

About City and Guild Qualifications

Want to become a barista or get a qualification that recognises your skills?

With the qualifications in Barista Skills you’ll gain the knowledge and skills you need to prepare and serve hot and cold drinks in any environment.

Who are they For
A qualification in Barista Skills is for a person who works as or wants to work as barista. This course would be particularly ideal for a cafe or pub owner to take, to train themselves to oversee the work skills of their staff.

You don’t need any Experience

You may already be working in the hospitality industry, but it’s not a requirement to take this qualification. We recommend that you have access to an espresso machine and grinder in order to practice making drinks in your own time.

For more information about City & Guilds, visit their website here.

For more information about our Barista Skills Course, or the City and Guilds Certification Course, please contact us directly at South Lincs Foodservice, or send us an online enquiry via our website, being sure to mention your specific interest in the comments field.

March and April Special Offers

now available to view and download.

For March and April we’re focusing on Light Bites, Fresh Meat, Mains and Entrees Easter Sunday and Mothers Day, British Pie Week plus our regular markdowns on desserts, cafe culture and ambient products; gravies, confectionery, coffee, soups and soft drinks.

Career Opportunity with South Lincs Foodservice

TELESALES VACANCY

Due to continual growth we are looking for an additional person to join our busy telesales department.

Previous telesales and/or catering experience is essential. Applicants must have excellent communication/negotiation skills and a clear confident telephone manner. Good keyboard skills are essential. Full in house training will be provided. Duties include, telephoning existing and new customers, obtaining and increasing the value of orders, Identifying opportunities to sell in promotional lines and dealing with customer queries. There is no cold calling.

Hours of work:

Sunday 10am – 4.30pm
Monday – Thursday 9am – 4.30pm

Candidates will be required to work 2 bank holidays per annum

A competitive salary is available to the right candidates

To apply for the above position please email a CV with covering letter to enquiries@southlincsfoodservice.co.uk or by post to:

Denise Taylor-Corbett
Telesales Supervisor
South Lincs Foodservice
Sutterton Enterprise Park
Endeavour Way
Sutterton, Boston, Lincs
PE20 2JA

No Agencies Please

Special Offers Sale – January through February

Out now: our January and February Special Offers leaflet. Already enroute to members of our postal mailing list, the issue is also now available online in the Publications section. We have been very busy in the run up to the Christmas period to prepare for the New Year with all of it’s new opportunities. There are few things more inspiring than a fresh start. January 2014 is the perfect opportunity to take on all those good ideas and challenges that shelved during the year under “to do later”. Now is the time. From refreshing your menu, choosing new wine selections, converting from frozen meats to fresh meats, investing in new equipment or deciding to start offering a cafe-style coffee service; we’ve been thinking the same thing. New products,new offerings and an opportunity to improve and expand.