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THE UK’S LEADING OWN-BRAND PARTNER IN TEA AND COFFEE TO RETAIL AND FOODSERVICE

Finlay Beverages is the UK’s leading own-brand partner in tea and coffee. Finlay Beverages sources, packs and supplies a vast range of tea and coffee formats to UK retail and foodservice customers. Based in Yorkshire, UK, Finlay Beverages has been serving the UK since 1896. Today, it supplies many of the biggest retailers and foodservice chains in the UK, working as a trusted partner and serving as a flexible one stop shop for all tea and coffee needs.

A BUSINESS OF HERITAGE

Finlay Beverages
began in
1896
and started blending and packing tea in
1903
before starting roasting and grinding coffee in
1911

FINLAY BEVERAGES - A FLEXIBLE ONE-STOP SHOP FOR PRIVATE LABEL TEA AND COFFEE

Finlay Beverages supplies a vast range of tea and coffee formats across the retail and foodservice sectors. We have over 300 employees based at our purpose-built facility in Yorkshire, where we partner with our customers to develop winning ranges across retail and foodservice, helping brands of all sizes develop the perfect proposition for their shoppers and consumers.

Supplying many of the biggest retailers and foodservice chains in the UK, Finlay Beverages works as your trusted partner and is a flexible one-stop-shop for all your tea and coffee needs. As members of the British Coffee Association and the UK Tea and Infusions Association, Finlay Beverages is at the heart of the UK hot beverage sector.

OUR TEA PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS

Finlay Beverages sources, blends and packs tea & infusions from multiple sources into a wide variety of formats. These include:

  • Round teabags into our unique caddy style box in various pack sizes
  • Round teabags into bulk catering packs of up to 1100 teabags
  • Square teabags into our standard carton in various pack sizes
  • Loose leaf tea
  • String, Tag & Envelope in various pack sizes, including bulk catering formats
  • String & Tag Teabags
  • Multi serving large teabags for the travel & hospitality sectors

Our state-of-the-art processing facility in Yorkshire means we are uniquely placed to offer you a high-quality product made to your exact specification. Tea is sourced, blended and packed on site by our dedicated team so we can offer you the complete service for your brand.

In addition to tea and coffee packing we also decaffeinate tea in our purpose build facility in Hull.

EXPERTS IN COFFEE SINCE 1911

Finlay Beverages has been roasting, grinding and packing coffee since 1911.

Today, we have four roasters that use two types of roasting technology – two main manufacturing roasters, and two speciality and development roasters, that gives us the flexibility to roast to any profile.

Our state-of-the-art facility means our customers can rely on us to meet their needs.

Packing options include:

  • Packing beans and ground coffee into retail and foodservice pack sizes of up to 1 kg.
  • Packing filter pouches between 40g and 80g, as well as multi-serve and single-serve coffee bags for both the foodservice and travel sectors.
  • Using third party suppliers, we can also cater for the needs of customers aiming to capture the single serve coffee market with Nespresso compatible pods.

Across all formats, we supply everything from commercial grade coffee through to single-origin micro-lots (and everything in between).

DISCOVER OUT OF HOME COFFEE FROM FINLAY BEVERAGES

When it comes to Out of Home coffee, Finlay Beverages exists so you can focus on what you do best – delighting your consumers every time. We combine world-leading expertise in coffee with a flexible, analytical, and insight-led approach to developing foodservice coffee solutions just for your business.

Thanks to our fully traceable supply chains, you can expect not only exceptional consistency of product and supply, but peace of mind your coffee has been meticulously sourced, whether you require wholesale coffee beans or a bespoke blend solution.

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FINLAY BEVERAGES’ APPROACH TO SOURCING

To meet your needs, Finlay Beverages sources tea from the key growing regions of the world. In addition, we source coffee from 23 countries globally and maintain long-term supply partners in all the major producing countries throughout the worlds’ coffee belt.

Our team of coffee buyers travel extensively throughout our farmer network from the major producers of coffee such as Colombia, Brazil and Vietnam, to some of the more unique origins such as Hawaii, Jamaica and Australia.

FIND OUT MORE ABOUT OUR APPROACH TO SUSTAINABLY SOURCED TEA AND COFFEE

CONTACT DETAILS

UK | PONTEFRACT

Elmsall Way
South Elmsall
Pontefract
West Yorkshire
WF9 2XS
United Kingdom

PHONE

 +44 1977 655500

EMAIL

ukeurope@finlays.net

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