Contract caterer Edwards & Blake wins deal with The Tulip meat factory

As part of the three year deal, Edwards & Blake will provide staff restaurant and vending services to the expanding Swaffham-based company. Lee Rampling, site finance and logistics controller at Tulip's Lynn site, said: "Although we are part of the multinational Danish Crown Group, where possible we seek to support the local economy by using local suppliers which are financially competitive and can match the levels of quality and service that we demand. "We are delighted that Edwards & Blake is our new provider of catering services. There were five other bidders for this important contract but we picked Edwards & Blake because of its strong overall offer: it is locally based, competitively priced and is known to provide a very high quality of catering services and products." The Tulip plant, on the Hardwick Narrows Industrial Estate, processes 600 tonnes of cooked meat a week for the UK retail market and employs 750 staff. Edwards & Blake clients include Bury St Edmunds brewing giant Greene King, the Bayer CropScience site in Norwich, the Birds Eye plant at Lowestoft, King Edward VII School at King's Lynn, Lowestoft College and the Premier Foods factory at Wisbech.