Nestlé Tutbury
Tutbury Factory
Factory in April 2008
Nestlé Tutbury is located in Derbyshire
Nestlé Tutbury
Location within Derbyshire
General information
TypeCoffee factory
AddressDerbyshire
Coordinates52°51′54″N 1°40′48″W / 52.865°N 1.68°W / 52.865; -1.68
Elevation55 m (180 ft)
Completed1959
Inaugurated1959
Renovated2016
ClientNestlé
OwnerNestlé

Nestlé Tutbury is a large coffee factory in Derbyshire. It is the longest running Nestlé factory in the world, outside of Switzerland.

Nestlé is the world's largest food and drink company. The site is not in Tutbury, but slightly north on the southern edge of Derbyshire.

History

It made powdered milk during World War II.

Nestlé moved its regional office staff from West Bridgford to the Tutbury factory in October 1976.[1]

All of Nestlé's UK and Ireland coffee production was moved to the site in 2014, increasing 400 jobs.

The site was featured on an hour-long BBC Two documentary about coffee production on Tuesday 17 July 2018.[2]

Coffee production

In the 1970s Nestlé had around 50% of the UK coffee production.[3] Nestlé introduced instant coffee to the UK in 1939.[4] Until the late 1980s, most instant coffee in the UK was made with Robusta coffee, and the spray drying process.[5] In 2000, Nestlé had a 56% share of the UK's £650m coffee production.

Nestlé España have Nestlé's largest European coffee factory in Girona (Gerona) in the east of Spain, near the French border.

Visits

The Prime Minister visited the factory on Thursday 24 November 2011,[6] when the site was given £110m of investment.[7]

Structure

The site has around 1000 employees.

Site production

It makes around 175,000 jars of coffee a day.[8] It makes around 35,000 tonnes of coffee a year for the UK and Ireland.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Burton Observer and Chronicle Thursday 26 August 1976 page 1
  2. ↑ BBC Two July 2018
  3. ↑ Times Tuesday 18 August 1970, page 15
  4. ↑ Times Saturday 9 March 1991, page 28
  5. ↑ Times Monday 11 December 2000, page 25
  6. ↑ Prime Minister visit November 2011
  7. ↑ Times Thursday 24 November 2011, page 65
  8. ↑ Production
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