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Radnor Hills, one of the UK’s leading soft drinks manufacturers, has welcomed FMCG specialist Jonathan Kemp to its board. Jonathan, who will join the board of directors of the Powys-based company as a non- executive director
this month, has a long and successful career in brand building within the FMCG industry. For the past 21 years he has been on the board of AG Barr plc as commercial director, during which he led the commercial growth of the business and the development of iconic brands such as IRN- BRU and Rubicon.
He is also involved with the Strathclyde Business School, part of the University of Strathclyde where he teaches students and conducts research.
He began his career at Procter & Gamble and worked for 11 years across a number of brands in a variety of sales, commercial and marketing roles including the setting up of the integration and UK launch of the Iams business.
Simon Knight, managing director of
Radnor Hills, said: “We are delighted to welcome Jonathan to the board of directors and are looking forward to introducing him to our colleagues across the business. “He has had a long and successful career
in brand building within the FMCG industry and he joins us at a very exciting time as we embark on the next stage of our growth plans.” Jonathan said: “I’m really delighted to be joining the board at Radnor Hills as a Non-Executive Director. William and the team have built a very successful, fast growing soft drinks business through some increasingly well-known and great tasting brands. I’m looking forward to working with the team and being part of the next stage in the growth journey of the business.”
Partnership extension with Morrisons supermarket
ME Group International plc, the instant- service equipment group, is has extended its existing relationship with WM Morrisons Supermarket Limited, one of the UK’s largest ME Group International plc operates, sells and services a wide range of instant-service vending equipment, primarily aimed at the consumer market. It operates 488 photobooths, 424
children’s rides and had 37 Revolution laundry in place before the new contract across Morrisons sites in the UK. Under the at least 200 Revolution laundry machines at Morrisons locations, which are expected to be installed over the next three years. Since agreeing the new contract, ME
Group has installed 67 Revolution laundry machines, in line with its expectations, which operates 104 Revolution laundry machines at Morrisons sites. consumers access to self-service, large- capacity (9kg and 20kg drums), energy- laundry services, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In the UK, ME Group operates more than 1,000 Revolution laundry machines and continues to rapidly expand its estate through the ongoing rollout of new
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to support the growth ambitions for ME Group’s laundry services business. Morrisons is a key strategic partner for ME Group which has a long-standing relationship with the supermarket chain – spanning more than 30 years – to deploy its services at high-footfall locations, enabling customers to use services such as photo ID and laundry all whilst they carry out their weekly food shop. Commenting on the new contract, Vladimir Crasneanscki, managing director UK and head of investor relations at ME Group said: “We are delighted to extend our partnership with Morrisons for an rollout and installation of at least 200 Revolution laundry machines at its sites over the next three years. As a leading supermarket innovator in the UK, Morrisons is the perfect partner to offer our laundry services to customers as they carry out contract builds on our existing relationship where we have a number of other services in place across Morrisons high footfall locations, including photobooths and children’s rides which provide fantastic synergies for both parties.” John Parry, head of services at Morrisons, said: “We have been listening to feedback
Radnor Hills, which was founded in 1990 by founder and chief executive William Watkins, celebrates its 35th anniversary this year. Last year, Simon Knight became the managing director of the fast-growing company which produces a range of still, made with exceptionally pure spring water sourced from its boreholes. Its brands include Radnor Hills spring
water, Heartsease Farm, Radnor Splash and Radnor Fizz. Radnor Hills produces over 400 million
units of drinks annually. It recorded revenues of £72.4 million in the year ended 31 May 2024, up from £65.5 million in the year prior.
from customers who have told us they would like to see more convenient services in our supermarkets. We are therefore pleased to be introducing more launderette facilities with our partner, ME Group, and we will have over 200 of these self-serve machines in stores by the end of 2025.” ME Group operates vending units
across 18 countries and its technological innovation is focused on four principal areas:
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Photo.ME - Photobooths and integrated
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Wash.ME - Unattended laundry services and launderettes
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Print.ME - High-quality digital printing kiosks
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Feed.ME - Vending equipment for the food service market
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