Liu Renjun, a Quality Inspector at James Finlay Guizhou, has been honoured as a “National Role Model Worker” – one of the very highest honours workers in China can achieve. Liu was one of only 1,689 people in the whole of China to receive this honour at the National Role Model Workers and National Exemplary […]
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The global pandemic shifted consumer behaviour and quite possibly forever changed the way we interact with food and beverages. To help customers navigate this this shift and discover what is next in the beverage market, Finlays has identified five key trends that will be impacting the beverage industry in 2021. Find out more in
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Finlays launches The Wellbeing Collection – our premium tea extracts range helping brand owners tap into the trend for natural, functional and sustainable products The rising trend for food and beverages that don’t just taste great but also meet a range of health and wellbeing needs shows no signs of slowing. Whether for gut
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Following our recent article about the “Waves of Coffee“, we’re sharing its sibling article all about the “waves of tea”. Words by Helen Hume, Group Head of Leaf Tea at Finlays. Discovered over five thousand years ago in China, tea is a global phenomenon, second only to water in popularity worldwide. Yet while the five
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MAY Foods is a leading Russian tea company with a growing global presence, and is a long-term customer of Finlays. In the latest edition of 1750, we sat down with its founder Igor Lisinenko to talk globalisation, digital transformation, the importance of empathy, and how the idea for his business came from his time serving
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Mouthwatering Cold Brew Coffee Cocktail Recipes from Finlays’ & The Cocktail Trading Co Finlays delicious cold brew coffee recipes If you previously enjoyed our story about the rise of tea and coffee in cocktails, you can now put the theory into practice with these two recipes specially prepared for Finlays by Elliot Ball, Co-owner,
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Generation Fun and Games at Finlays Sri Lanka When the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world earlier this year, it had a huge impact on all our lives. The Finlays Sri Lanka team however noticed that the national curfew there was impacting one group of people in particular – the children of its employees.
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By Jenny Yao Harrison, Group Supply Chain Director The supply chains of today exist in turbulent times amid faster change and greater uncertainty. Yet according to Gartner, a leading global research and advisory firm: “Top performers defy conventional thinking during disruptions. The most successful take risks in ‘the turns,’ which can be economic, geopolitical, environmental,
Words: Guy Chambers Image: Giulio Mazzarini Brits Drink A Lot Of Tea. UK Tea Consumption Is Among The World’s Highest (Roughly 2kg Per Person Per Year), But Black Tea Consumption Has Been In Decline For Well Over A Decade. Such is the scale of the problem that Alan Jope, CEO of Unilever – owner of
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A longstanding customer of Finlays, Bigelow Tea is the very definition of a family business, not just because it’s run by a family, but because of its values-driven approach. Founded in 1945 by Ruth Campbell Bigelow, today Bigelow tea is run by Ruth’s granddaughter Cindi Bigelow and is the number one specialty tea company in
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In Sri Lanka, Finlays is empowering women to take up traditionally male–dominated roles on tea farms. In 2019, we launched recruitment programmes which aim to provide equal opportunity to women. Finlays is the first in the Sri Lankan tea industry to have recruited two female assistant superintendents on our farms – a role traditionally reserved for
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At Finlays, one of our core values is “sustainable”. It’s something we strive to live and breathe each and every day. But, of course, sustainability can mean different things to different people.So to support the launch of our 2019 Sustainability Report, we asked Finlays people around the world what sustainability means to them. Their nuanced
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The five year Village Electrification Project is the first of its kind in our industry, and its completion in December 2019 is a highlight of last year’s work under the banner of Empowered Communities. The purpose of the project is to supply fairly priced, reliable electricity to employees living on the Kericho estates. The completed project has successfully connected
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AFTER 10 YEARS WORKING IN THE FIELDS AT ARGENTE TEA FIELD, SEBASTIAN VILLAN SET OUT TO ACHIEVE HIS DREAM OF A DIFFERENT FUTURE FOR HIMSELF AND HIS FAMILY. HERE HE SHARES HIS STORY. Words: Sebastian Villan For thirteen and a half years, I was a farm worker at Argente tea field, performing tasks such as
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Each day, we consume around 2.5 billion cups of coffee and the positive impact that the economics of coffee has had can be evidenced by walking down the high street of any major town or city throughout the world. Just as the way the first and second industrial revolutions permanently changed the nature of global
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Finlays is proud to announce that Shaun Galligan, Head of Environmental Health and Safety for the Americas, is a recipient of this years “40 Under Forty” award from the Providence Business News. The Providence Business News presents the “40 Under Forty” award to individuals under 40 who are recognised as business professionals within Rhode Island that are
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