TS Foods wins £600k B&M Retail contract

The chilled and frozen food supplier told Food Manufacture​ the move would lead to the creation of more jobs within its production team, but did not confirm how many. 

As a result of the deal, Tony’s Chippy branded frozen Pork Sausages in Batter and Beef Burgers in Batter will be listed in more than 260 B&M -owned Heron Foods stores across England, and Tony’s Chippy Battered Sausages will also be listed in more than 80 of B&M’s 560 stores. 

Tony’s Chippy products were already listed in a number of retailers in Northern Ireland (NI) and Scotland including Tesco, Spar, Sainsbury’s and Asda, said TS Foods, which is based in Castlewellan, Northern Ireland. The company, which clinched a contract with Iceland Foods a year ago, has called the latest contract, which went live last month with no defined duration, “a major coup”. 

‘Authentic chip-shop taste’​ 

“We have been making products that enable NI customers to enjoy an authentic chip-shop taste straight from the oven for 40 years,”​ said Joanne Molloy, managing director of TS Foods. “However as a business we have recently been making it a priority to focus our efforts not just here in NI, but throughout the rest of the UK.​ ​

“With this B&M and Heron Foods deal, we are delighted to be able to widen our reach to help further stimulate and satisfy demand for our products across the water.”​ 

Sophie Peters, frozen buyer at B&M Retail, which bought Heron Foods in August 2017, said: “TS Foods certainly embodies the type of producers we like to work with and we are delighted to welcome the Tony’s Chippy brand to our diverse offering.”​ 

TS Foods was formed in 1978 by husband and wife team Tony and Ann Steele to produce a range of convenience foods.