The Sittingbourne-based company offers a range of grocery, chilled and frozen food items across more than 1,700 product lines. Q Catering will have 22,600 sq.ft of warehouse facilities when the project has been completed. According to the British Frozen Food Federation (BFFF) the overall value of the market is up by 13.2% on pre-pandemic levels.
Steve Clarke, managing director at Q Catering, said: “This new warehouse will help us achieve two goals. Firstly, it will offer over double the amount of storage we’ve previously had across the site, meaning more products for our customers. Secondly, we’ve transformed our original unit, which has been good to use for over 12 years, into an 11,000 sq.ft state-of-the-art freezer to increase our cold store offering and keep up with the increased demand for frozen food and trends in the category.
“Caterers are looking for both high-quality and convenience in the kitchen so we are expanding our frozen offering to help them stay one step ahead. Adding this extra facility will not only allow us to stock even more products to meet demand but will also take us forward in our continued investment plan and goal of hitting £20m turnover by 2030.”