Excellence Centre for Cookies
Burton’s Biscuit Company, a major player in the UK biscuit market, announced this week it is investing £2m in its manufacturing operation at Blackpool.
The investment will enable cookie capacity to increase by nearly 700 tonnes per year, and see Blackpool established as the company’s Cookie Centre of Excellence. It is part of Burton’s £13.5 million investment throughout 2013, in building its supply chain and manufacturing excellence to help secure the future supply of products to retailers around the world.
The Cookie Centre of Excellence will drive innovation in cookie production, through the introduction of a filled cookie line, which includes a new dough depositor and auto-case packer as well as upgrades to existing wrapping equipment to facilitate widespread efficiency improvements.
The investment in new technology enables Burton’s to further improve the throughput of its lines, with some now running 24 hours seven days a week.
The Centre of Excellence is also leading the way in cookie innovation with large sized cookies, and a Cadbury cookie variant for France that is nougatine-based.