Twinings and Westmill Foods who are both part of the ABF group have recently selected the Hamilton Grant system for their Recipe / Specifications Management. Hamilton Grant has been working closely with a number of companies within the ABF group for many years and now the word has spread. When Twinings and Westmill started the process of looking for a system they visited other companies within the group who were already using HG and soon realised that Hamilton Grant was the obvious choice. Two of the major considerations were that Hamilton Grant had been successfully implemented and maintained at a number of other companies within the ABF group and the fact that Hamilton Grant focuses purely on food/beverage and has a reputation as the industry standard. Another key aspect to the decision was the amount of flexibility available within the templates which is critical for such a fast moving and high profile industry.

Associated British Foods is a diversified international food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £10.2 billion and 97,000 employees in 44 countries.

Twinings started selling fine teas in England more than 300 years ago in 1706. They now sell over 200 different teas in 115 countries. Twinings products not only include black and green teas, but speciality teas, fruit and herbal infusions, coffee and hot chocolate.Twinings products can be found in most of the major grocery multiples, along with many food service outlets and also at their very own shop in London.

Westmill Foods is one of Europe’s largest specialist food companies, serving the chefs and owners of Chinese and Indian restaurants and takeaways, as well as a diverse range of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, African and Caribbean consumers. Their product range includes high quality rice, spices, sauces, oils, flour and noodles, which they sell to partners in ethnic wholesale as well as cash and carry, mainstream food service and the grocery multiples.