Bells Food Group Doubles Pastry Production Capacity

Scotland‘s leading pastry and pie manufacturer, Bells Food Group, has completed the first part of a three-year GBP3.6m investment, doubling the pastry production capacity at its Shotts-based factory.

The business currently produces 60 tons of pastry per week. The first GBP2.1m investment phase is now complete, which expands the site’s production capacity to 140 tons and sees the creation of 25 additional jobs.
The new equipment, including a pastry laminator and spiral freezer, aims to meet the high volume commercial pastry requirements across the UK and Ireland, with the export market also in its sights, according to the company.
Ronnie Miles, managing director of the Bells Food Group remarks that “this new equipment will significantly boost our pastry production levels and allows us to truly compete for the first time in high volume […]. We have a range of food manufacturing businesses on our radar that we would like to work with, supplying pastry for sweet and savory pies, along with en croute products, and having the capability to alter our pastry products to suit. A number of discussions with potential customers are currently underway.”
Miles also announced the company’s appointment of James Drury, a former chef with experience in new product development for the food industry.
Bells Food Group is Scotland’s largest producer of professional quality pastry. The latest investment is part of a wider brand development program.