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A note from Elaine Swift,
UCC UK & Ireland MD

As many of you will be aware, on Thursday 11 October a fire broke out in the warehouse at our roastery in Dartford. While it’s likely to be some time before we understand the cause, we have had confirmation that our production and packaging areas have had minimal damage.

We are starting to get back on our feet and return to work, and with the help and support from our colleagues across the UCC family our aim is to provide a continued supply of products to our customers. Our UCC Europe network of roasteries across Spain, France and the Netherlands worked with us to implement our recovery plan just 12 hours after the fire started, with coffee roasting taking place just 36 hours later.

We’re proud to have our roots in Dartford, our roastery has been part of the local community for many years and we’d like to thank the residents for their understanding and patience. Finally, we’d like to show our appreciation to the Kent Fire Brigade for their fast response and for working throughout the night to contain the fire and limit the damage.

The true measure of a great team is how each person responds when setbacks happen. I’m incredibly proud of how the team pulled together to ensure minimal disruption. This work is on-going but we’re doing everything in our power to keep the coffee flowing.

Although this is a particularly challenging time, we’ve had incredible support from customers, suppliers and partners, which we truly appreciate. I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank the wider industry for their offers of support. We’re part of a fantastic industry, and that’s become very clear in the wake of recent events.

Elaine

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3 December 2018

@UCCCoffeeUK

We've been working hard to get our production back up and running at Dartford. We're pleased to say that production has started again.

Price Watch: November

3 December 2018

Price Watch – Winter Warmers It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as we hit the high street for the first festive Price Watch report, our monthly review of hot drinks prices at some of …

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31 October 2018

Price Watch – October From Peru, to Italy, to pumpkin spice It’s that time of the month where we hit the high-street to take stock of hot drinks prices across some of the UK’s most popula…

30 October 2018

@UCCCoffeeUK

Great window into our friends and partners at @nuovasimonelli, Nando Ottavi and his 54 years in the chair, from @GCRmag https://bit.ly/2Paf6Bi

9 October 2018

@UCCCoffeeUK

Excited to be at the foodservice @QualFoodAwards tonight where our Grand Cru and @360_Coffee blends are shortlisted. Good luck to all the finalists!

Price Watch: September

9 October 2018

September Price Watch Tastes of Autumn The seasons are changing as we ventured out for September’s Price Watch, with tastes of Autumn starting to creep onto high street menus. This year, …

24 September 2018

@UCCCoffeeUK

Adventure through taste with our range of Threesixty filter coffees - grab our Specialist Barista, Jason for a tour round the bean belt, sample the origins and pick your favourite! Simple. @360_Coffee @lunchexhibition

UCC Coffee: Europe’s Best Roaster?

24 September 2018

UCC Coffee: Europe’s Best Roaster? Votes are now open for Europe’s most prestigious coffee awards and we’re pleased to announce our nomination for Best Roaster in Europe. Award winners will b…

31 August 2018

@UCCCoffeeUK

We're very proud to have been nominated as 'The Best Coffee Roaster in Europe' as part of the @AllegraStrat European Coffee Awards 2018! If you would like to vote for us please do so here http://www.allegra-insight.co.uk/s/Awards2018 (open to people working in the coffee or foodservice industry)

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A note from Elaine Swift,UCC UK & Ireland MD

Find out why we’re the total coffee solution

Coffee

Machines

Maintenance

Added Value

We grow

We source

We roast

We brew

We support

Coffee partners

UCC Coffee UK & Ireland blog

Tweet

@UCCCoffeeUK

Price Watch: November

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