United Biscuits received the top accolade at the recent Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Awards.

The company was commended by FDF President Jim Moseley (pictured) for its success in exports, for which it won the Exporter of the Year (Large Company) Award.

The FDF Awards recognise the achievements of food and drink businesses across a number of categories including: Innovation, Community Partner, Good Employer, Exporter of the Year, Environmental Leadership, Health and Wellbeing Champion, Growth Business, Education Initiative, Food and Drink Scientist, Food and Drink Engineer, and Apprentice of the Year. The FDF President’s Award winner is chosen by the FDF President from amongst the category winners.

“Winning an FDF Award is a real coup for any food and drink business,” says Jim Moseley, FDF President. “This year’s award entries were truly inspiring and reflect the hard work, passion and creativity of those working in our industry. I believe that United Biscuits deserves special recognition in this year’s Awards for its work to boost exports, its collaboration with others to address the looming skills shortage and the way it drives innovation in the industry.”

President’s Award

United Biscuits

Food and Drink Engineer

Ian Rigby – PepsiCo UK and Ireland

Apprentice of the Year

Paul Morgan from Mondelèz International

Highly commended: Jordan Philips from Nestlé UK

Food and Drink Scientist

Tom Hollands – Raynor Foods

Education Initiative

(SME) Agrico UK Ltd – Tattie Tastic Project

(Large) Mondelez International – Taste of Work Programme

Growth Business

Charlie Bigham’s

Health and Wellbeing Champion

Mondelez International for ‘Health for Life’ in Primary schools

Environmental Leadership

(Large) Nisa and DHL – Go Green

(SME) Raynor Foods – Minimising Food Waste

Innovation

Apetito Ltd

Good Employer

Britvic Soft Drinks plc

Exporter of the Year

(SME) Elmgrove Foods

(Large) United Biscuits

Mid-Counties Co-Operative