SugaRich

SUGATRAK MAKES WASTE TRACKING EVEN MORE EFFICIENT, EASIER AND ECONOMICALLY VIABLE. The #SugaRich team is delighted to announce a major update to SugaTrak, our cutting-edge waste management tool. This update marks a significant milestone in our journey towards revolutionising #waste management solutions, rationalising production outputs and reducing waste for our clients. Honouring the waste hierarchy means the elimination of waste in every part of the manufacturing process. SugaTrak is helping our customers to comply with the waste hierarchy by providing a tool to help eliminate waste throughout production. SugaTrak has been improved in different ways: - A sleek new interface enhances the user experience. - The new dynamic dashboard now provides deeper insights and smoother navigation. - More filtering choices make finding information to support your analysis simpler, more detailed and streamlined. As with our other innovations, this iteration of #SugaTrak has been driven by our clients’ feedback. Their insight is invaluable in helping us to develop better tech. In this case, it’s the ability to accurately pinpoint avoidable #FoodWaste on production lines, fix the problem and eliminate unnecessary waste and expense in #FoodManufacturing. We hope our customers, existing and potential, will enjoy the added value of this resource, optimising their production, improving their sustainable performance, and increasing revenue. If your organisation is ready to eliminate avoidable waste on its production line, email us to find out more about SugaTrak: webcontact@sugarich.co.uk

BALANCING INTENTIONS AND EXECUTION The food and feed industries are currently pondering the current news about a major supermarket terminating its relationship with an unnamed food waste processor. An internal review revealed that surplus food collected from the retailer intended for animal feed was instead being diverted to anaerobic digestion (AD). It’s a most unfortunate development to be uncovered, not only for the supermarket, but for food re-processors who are following the rules of waste hierarchy as well as honouring contractual obligations. At SugaRich, we are committed to re-purposing surplus food, and in the most responsible way possible. Furthermore, we take pride in helping our clients to improve their methodologies for surplus food capture and reuse. Our practices would stand up to any scrutiny, and we hold steadfastly to the service we provide, without compromise. In the pursuit of sustainable energy solutions, there’s no doubt that Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants play a pivotal role. The government's Resource and Waste Strategy for England 2022 rightly emphasises the need for greater efficiency in EfW. However, as the food and feed industries tread this path, they must do so carefully and above all, ethically. Doing otherwise would devalue the purpose of sustainable practice, and those who really uphold it. There is food waste, and food surplus, and they must never be confused. This situation reminds us however, while green energy initiatives are commendable, there is a need for rigorous execution. Let’s ensure that sustainability remains at the heart of our waste management strategies. While financial incentives may drive progress, they can also encourage shortcuts with negative consequences. The waste hierarchy, a fundamental sustainability principle, must never be compromised because this is a long game, with far reaching impact for the future. Alex Keogh

SugaRich acquires Choc Nibbles creator, Sweetdreams, to expand its offering to the food sector. SugaRich, Europe’s leading re-processor of surplus food products, proudly announces the successful acquisition of Sweetdreams Ltd, a renowned confectionery manufacturer based in North East England.  This strategic move underscores SugaRich's dedication to preventing surplus food products from going to waste and further solidifies its commitment to sustainability. This development accelerates SugaRich’s desire to expand its offerings within the priorities of food hierarchy – the end customers now being people and not just animals.  Sweetdreams adds an extra dimension with an already thriving business, product and established customer base. Adding this together with SugaRich’s technical expertise and influence as market leaders in surplus food re-use, leads to great potential for the large-scale production of desirable, sustainably manufactured product from the newly formed entity. The former foods sector continues to develop rapidly: SugaRich is keen to cultivate collaborations that support the elimination of food waste, raise the profile of their offering and re-use surplus foods in the most sustainable manner.  To this end, SugaRich has developed systems to align with changing surplus food market trends.  Their solutions create a favourable environment for efficient collection of food co-product to reduce waste and maximise value and impact for further use. Alex Keogh, Managing Director of SugaRich comments: “Our collaboration with Sweetdreams is a key step in SugaRich’s evolution.  It was a strategic decision for us to marry our skills and attributes not only to progress our market position in the food sector, but to also expand on the clearly obvious potential of Sweetdreams’ innovative offering.  Furthermore, Sweetdreams’ re-use of surplus food clearly aligns with SugaRich’s established practice and ethos; this now positions us to allow our many suppliers to take advantage of recycling their offcuts and surplus into high quality confectionery products that are affordable and sustainable.” Matt Stephenson, MD of Sweetdreams says: “This is an exciting time for Sweetdreams and our fantastic brand 'Choc Nibbles.'  Becoming part of the SugaRich family allows us to release the full potential of our range of products, offer our suppliers a unique and innovative solution to reduce surplus food waste, while benefiting from a significant increase in commercial return.  Alex and his team have seen the fantastic work that Sweetdreams has achieved as an independent confectionery manufacturer.  SugaRich's acquisition will allow us the financial and operational support to make 'Choc Nibbles' the number one, value chocolate confectionery range in the UK and beyond."