The Compleat Food Group

Wishing a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all, from everyone at The Compleat Food Group!

🎄Celebrating Christmas the Compleat Way! 🎄 This December, we’ve brought back our highly requested Compleat-ly amazing Advent calendar, where one lucky colleague wins a fantastic prize every day until Christmas! But wait, there’s more! We also launched our festive scratch cards, offering chances for our colleagues to win vouchers and even an extra day off! Check out the video for more. It's our way of showing a little appreciation to our team this holiday season! 

✨2024 has been a year to remember, filled with lots of Food to Feel Good moments across our portfolio:    🥒Our leading Pickles and Ferments brand, Vadasz, won the prestigious Food Brand of the Year at The Grocer Gold Awards. Its new hot sauces were also crowned ‘Top Launch – Tables Sauces’ in The Grocer’s top products edition!    🫒 unearthed, our leading Mediterranean deli brand, celebrated record sales, its biggest-ever brand refresh, and three awards at The Grocer New Product and Packaging Awards.    🥟Wall’s, the UK’s no.1 sausage roll brand, dialled up its innovation with exciting new launches including the All-Day Breakfast range, Cheese & Bacon and Cheese & Onion Quiche and, of its indulgent Three Cheese and Pepperoni Pizza Pies.    ☄️Our new meat snacking brand from Pork Farms, Meateors, landed across the UK specialising in ready-to-eat, protein-packed pork meatballs.    🌱Squeaky Bean broke new ground with its Crispy Bacon Style Strips. Its Tuna Style Flakes also had multiple award wins, including at the Plant Based Excellence Awards.    🌿Palace Culture launched its new Chive & Shallots Cream Cheeze into Waitrose and was awarded at The Grocer New Product and Packaging Awards.    🧀We welcomed Harvey & Brockless to our portfolio, who work with artisan food producers from across the world to deliver the finest specialty cheeses, charcuterie, olives and deli products.     Swipe through our 2024 unwrapped below! 👇    #TheCompleatFoodGroup #FoodToFeelGood #WallsPastry #Meateors #Vadasz #unearthed #PalaceCulture #PorkFarms #HarveyandBrockless #SqueakyBean

We’re excited to share that our brand, Wall’s Pastry, has partnered with Action Against Hunger UK to support the fight against hunger across the UK!🥟 For every pack of Wall’s 10x55g sausage rolls sold, 5p will be donated to Action Against Hunger. The initiative comes on the back of a standout year for Wall’s, with 40% growth in value and +36% in volume over the past 52 weeks. By leveraging its success, Wall’s is proud to contribute to Action Against Hunger’s mission of eradicating hunger in the UK.     Find out more about the partnership here: https://lnkd.in/eq_W4FYH #CharityPartnership #FoodToFeelGood #ActionAgainstHunger #WallsPastry

Introducing The Grocer's Top Launch of the Year – Table Sauces… 🥒    Vadasz, The Grocer’s Food Brand of the Year, has secured the prestigious title of Top Launch of the Year in the Table Sauces category in the 2024 Top Products edition, decided upon by the editorial team and independent industry experts! The judging panel were particularly impressed by Vadasz’s innovation and for bringing something new and exciting to the table sauces fixture with its trio of fresh, chilled hot sauces. Congratulations to all involved 👏    #Vadasz #FoodtoFeelGood #TheCompleatFoodGroup #LaunchofTheYear #TableSauces 

🎄Christmas Jumper Day🎄 This week, our sites dusted off their most fa-la-la-abulous festive outfits for Christmas jumper day to raise funds for our charity of the year—Macmillan Cancer Support Here are just a few of our favourite knits from today! Did you take part in Christmas jumper day this year? We’d Compleat-ly love to see your festive fits, share them in the comments below. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Some of the Compleat team were invited to Follow the Stars 🌟 – A live concert with Macmillan Cancer Support. It was a magical night filled with beautiful carols and readings, all to support Macmillan Cancer and celebrate the holiday season. Huge thanks to the Oxford Bach Soloists and all the speakers for making it such a special evening for our colleagues! We’re really proud to support Macmillan, our charity of the year, and we’re excited to continue our support into the new year. If you want to catch up on the event or make a donation, you can do so here: https://lnkd.in/dhmM-S3U

Level up your plant-based platters this December! 🌱✨ At The Compleat Food Group, we believe charcuterie boards are a festive must-have, and our brands have everything you need to create a plant-based showstopper. This vibrant vegan charcuterie board recipe was crafted for The Compleat Cookbook by our talented junior product developer Brogan Munslow (ANutr). Featuring: 🌱Squeaky Bean NYC Deli Pastrami, Spanish Chorizo and Milano Salami Style Sandwich Slices 🫒unearthed’s delicious Castelreal Gordal Olives 🌿Figs, crackers, grapes and vegan cheese Ready in 15 minutes, it’s the perfect blend of convenience and festive flair!🎄 Check out Brogan’s full recipe below and impress your guests with #FoodToFeelGood this Christmas! #TheCompleatFoodGroup #SqueakyBean #unearthed #Recipe #FestiveFood

Our brands, unearthed, Vadasz and Palace Culture, took centre stage at the sold-out Waitrose Winter Food and Drink Festival in London’s iconic Tobacco Dock!    🫒 unearthed, the lead sponsors of the festival, whisked guests away on a holiday escape, creating an unforgettable space filled with holiday flavours     🌶️Vadasz, recently crowned The Grocer’s Food Brand of the Year, wowed crowds with delicious samples, including their new hot sauce range    🧀 And Palace Culture delighted taste buds with their organic, tasty, plant-based cheese made from cashew nuts and almonds    A huge thank you to everyone who made this event so magical. We hope you enjoyed the winter wonderland of flavours as much as we did.     #FoodToFeelGood #TheCompleatFoodGroup #Vadasz #Unearthed #PalaceCulture Carrie Hollis-Patel Charlie Holland

Happy World Olive Day! 🫒 At The Compleat Food Group, we're proud to be the UK's number one provider of pre-packed chilled olives and antipasti, working closely with high-quality growers from around the world. 🫒 Since 2007, we've partnered with our trusted Spanish agricultural partners who are pushing the boundaries of sustainable olive farming around the world. Using innovations like water-saving technology, solar panels, and biomass boilers powered by olive pits, they've built a circular energy system that protects biodiversity and leaves no waste behind. 🌳But it's not just about production! Every olive tree is monitored for health, with customer irrigation to minimise water use. And with QR codes on each tree, we ensure full transparency from farm to fork. 🌿An 80-point quality check guarantees every batch of olives is as delicious as it is sustainable. Making them sustainably grown and expertly crafted! #WorldOliveDay #FoodToFeelGood #TheCompleatFoodGroup #Sustainability