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Supplier requirement and ordering procedure
Producers are required to be certified to a GFSI food safety standard.
Producers are audited to the Group’s standards against set criteria.
Suppliers bear any potential costs of these audits.
Producers are expected to be fully compliant from a packaging and
labelling perspective.
Terms are agreed by the Procurement Team and orders are placed via email
from the Supply Chain Team. Deliveries must be arranged in advance in
accordance with warehouse opening hours.
Geographical spread
From their depot in Drogheda, the 32 counties of Ireland are serviced.
Boyne Valley Group exports a number of products worldwide. This is an
area that is actively expanding.
Fleet size
Deliveries to customers supplied directly by Boyne Valley Group are
outsourced, using separate providers for chilled and ambient deliveries.
Marketing support and services provided
Customers will be notified of any new products by Boyne Valley Group’s
Field Sales Representatives and National Account Management Team.
New product launches are supported by promotional activity (e.g. price
promotions) and marketing activity such as POS material, digital and
traditional media. Additional sales support and information (e.g. product
education, images, samples) is also available as required.
Advice to new suppliers
Please contact the Head of Procurement via email and briefly outline the
range of products on offer and where they would fit into the marketplace.
Other information
Credit terms are 30 days end of month following.
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