​At the end of a year, business owners often use the seasonal break to rethink their business structure, change their processes and sometimes even rethink their suppliers. 

If you are one of those business owners who are reviewing your suppliers, then what should you look for when sourcing a new food ingredient supplier? 

The list below is just some of the things we feel your food ingredient supplier should be doing for your business:

• A specialist who can take away all of your purchasing and logistical problems
• A provider of help, resource and support who speaks your language
• A partner who has the experience to foresee, sniff out and objectively solve problems
• An extra member of your team, with a can-do attitude
• A specialist who is on call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• High quality food ingredient sourcing

More than a middleman – a key food ingredient partner – tangible added value
In addition to the above list, we believe your food ingredient supplier should be providing you with tangible added value. Not just a company who finds you the best price, but one who works with you to solve any other issues you may have. 

Sometimes price is not always what is required, and reducing logistical costs can outweigh a higher product cost. It’s the job of your food ingredient supplier to find out what you need and to source the correct food ingredients for your specific and unique requirements. 

Looking to change? What next?
If you are looking to review your food ingredient suppliers and would like to discuss your requirements, we will call you back!

Saving you money is just the start, and we are looking forward to getting to know and understand you better, so that we can provide value as your new food ingredient supplier. 

Complete the form to request your call back.
http://www.jcdudley.co.uk/request-a-call-back

Here at JC Dudley we are always trying to be innovative with our food procurement services and what we can offer our customers. It’s important to always strive to find new and exciting ingredients that will make your creations go from mediocre to magnificent whilst always keeping within budget. 

Our goal is to:

• Seek, develop and launch new products into the marketplace as often as possible.
• Grow our business and develop our existing market.
• Invest in our business - we expect our suppliers to also be innovative and to challenge normal conventions.

Some unusual fruit ingredients that make it possible for new innovative ideas include: 

• Acerola
• CamuCamu
• Chokeberry
• Hibiscus
• Litchi
• Lingonberry
• Prickly Pear
• Tamarind
• Yuzu

Our customers are always looking for new ideas and new sources too, and we make it our job to be one step ahead, by looking for innovative raw materials and ingredients for our customers and prospective customers, and offering these to them in a pro-active fashion.

We consider ourselves to be a vital member of your team seeking opportunities to grow on your behalf, whilst ensuring the highest quality at all times, and ensuring that capacity of the manufacturer is appropriate to our clients and that delivery and packaging are also to the expected high standards.

To find out more about how we can help you please feel free to visit our website http://www.jcdudley.co.uk/ or get in touch with our team by email at sales@jcdudley.co.uk to discuss your requirements.