Cook, a UK-based manufacturer and retailer of premium frozen ready meals, has selected food packaging firm Faerch Plast to supply its crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) trays in the country.
Cook has been in association with Faerch Plast since last 12 years. However, the latest agreement was based on Faerch's ability to develop frost CPET material that can withstand both cold and hot temperatures ranging from -4F to 430F.
Faerch Plast Great Britain key accounts and sales manager Natasha Byng-Maddick said they have always been happier with dual supply but extensive testing on their Frost CPET to reduce tray breakages and the opening of their plant in the North West offered peace of mind that they could meet all their capacity and quality requirements.
Cook operational procurement head Tony Mayer said that although they have used Faerch Plast for over 12 years, it was not until they developed the Frost CPET specifically for frozen meal concepts that they could consider moving more of the CPET business across.
"The contract with our previous supplier came to an end last year, so we invited other packaging companies to submit tenders. We're pleased to say that Faerch Plast won the tender," Mayer added.
Another reason for selecting Faerch was that the trays were manufactured at a plant in Durham with flexible turnaround times.
