Nestlé Tutbury
| Nestlé Tutbury | |
|---|---|
Tutbury Factory | |
 Factory in April 2008 | |
  Location within Derbyshire | |
| General information | |
| Type | Coffee factory |
| Address | Derbyshire |
| Coordinates | 52°51′54″N 1°40′48″W / 52.865°N 1.68°W |
| Elevation | 55 m (180 ft) |
| Completed | 1959 |
| Inaugurated | 9 June 1959 |
| Renovated | 2016 |
| Client | Nestlé |
| Owner | Nestlé |
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.[1]
History
[edit]It made powdered milk during World War II.
New buildings
[edit]The new buildings opened on 9 June 1959.
In the early 1980s, the residents of Hatton were displeased at the noise from the factory. Steam expulsions happened every 20 minutes, throughout the night.[2]
Nestle updated the factory in 1990, with a £5.5m investment, replacing the outdated machinery, to open in 1991.[3] The £7m new roaster plant opened in early 1993, with a £7m extractor plant being built.[4]
Employees
[edit]Nestlé moved its regional office staff from West Bridgford to the Tutbury factory in October 1976.[5]
On Friday 12 September 1980 at 4.25pm, 30 year old worker Noel Dolan, of Bournville, fell 30ft to his death, when demolishing a boiler.[6]
The local Tutbury fire station, of Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service, has staff from the factory.[7][8]
Coffee production
[edit]In the 1970s Nestlé had around 50% of the UK coffee production.[9] Nestlé introduced instant coffee to the UK in 1939.[10] Until the late 1980s, most instant coffee in the UK was made with Robusta coffee, and the spray drying process.[11] In 2000, Nestlé had a 56% share of the UK's £650m coffee production.[citation needed]
Nestlé España have Nestlé's largest European coffee factory in Girona (Gerona) in the east of Spain, near the French border.[citation needed]
All of Nestlé's UK and Ireland coffee production was moved to the site in 2014, increasing 400 jobs.
Visits
[edit]- Prime Minister David Cameron visited the factory on Thursday 24 November 2011,[12] when the site was given £110m of investment.[13]
- The site was featured on an hour-long BBC Two documentary about coffee production on Tuesday 17 July 2018.[14]
Structure
[edit]The site has around 1000 employees.
Site production
[edit]It makes around 175,000 jars of coffee a day.[15] It makes around 35,000 tonnes of coffee a year for the UK and Ireland.
See also
[edit]
- Gold Blend couple
- List of countries by coffee production
- Nestlé Dalton, since 1992 has made packets of coffee mixes, and Coffee Mate, on the B5299 south of Carlisle; the factory opened in 1962
- Jacobs Douwe Egberts factory in Banbury, since 2015 owned by JDE Peet's, made Kenco until around 2023
References
[edit]- ^ Rashid, Adnan (19 June 2021). "This is why Nestlé says its factory is in Tutbury when it's not". Burton Mail. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ Derby Evening Telegraph Wednesday 31 March 1982, page 3
- ^ Derby Evening Telegraph Monday 1 January 1990, page 4
- ^ Burton Mail Tuesday 20 April 1993, page 15
- ^ Burton Observer and Chronicle Thursday 26 August 1976 page 1
- ^ Burton Mail Saturday 13 September 1980, page 1
- ^ Burton Mail Monday 23 August 1993, page 7
- ^ Tutbury fire station
- ^ Times Tuesday 18 August 1970, page 15
- ^ Times Saturday 9 March 1991, page 28
- ^ Times Monday 11 December 2000, page 25
- ^ Prime Minister visit November 2011
- ^ Times Thursday 24 November 2011, page 65
- ^ BBC Two July 2018
- ^ Production
External links
[edit]- 1901 establishments in England
- Buildings and structures in Derbyshire
- Coffee production
- Economy of Derbyshire
- Food manufacturers of England
- Food manufacturing plants in the United Kingdom
- Industrial buildings completed in 1959
- Manufacturing plants in England
- Nestlé buildings and structures
- South Derbyshire District