SK Chilled Foods has just experienced the busiest Christmas period in its 30-year history. In 2017, we produced over 50 separate Christmas party food products for supermarkets, covering Oriental, Indian, Med, Tex-Mex and traditional cuisines. In total, 3.3 million cases of chilled food were delivered to supermarkets in the 12 weeks leading up to the […]

The organisers of Veganuary were very clever when they set up this awareness month a few years ago. Granted, the only other option, if it was about fitting in with the name of the month, was to have it in February (Veganuly just doesn’t right does it?) but January really is the perfect time. After […]

Sprouts have traditionally been the most controversial element of Christmas dinner, but I am pleased to see that they are finally shaking off their totally undeserved reputation. Not only is one supermarket selling a festive wreath adorned with real sprouts, yes you heard me correctly, stores are also reporting a boom in the sale of […]

Us chefs love cooking game so I was delighted when I read about the success of the ‘Game Changer’ project, which is being promoted as part of Great British Game Week. This is an initiative, by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation, to teach 60,000 students to cook game by 2020. It starts with […]

Four New Product Development Technologists recently started working for SK Chilled Foods. They are Katherine Lenderyou, Michael Thackeray, Lydia Akrami and Juliet Watson. The quartet have each been assigned their own supermarket customers and will be involved in every aspect of developing new food products from the idea stage to the shop floor.

When I discovered that Monday (13th November) was the start of National School Meals Week it made me chuckle. The thought of having such a week when I was at school, which granted was a while ago, would have had everyone in hysterics. When I was a kid, school meals were not something to look […]

SK Chilled Foods has been named Food Manufacturer of the Year. We also scooped the title of Chilled Manufacturing of the Year in the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, which were held in London this week. The two awards, regarded as the Oscars of the food manufacturing world, recognised the technical innovation that resulted in SK making record […]

Halloween 2017 is approaching and we were not surprised to discover this week that the average consumer in the UK will spend £23 on Halloween-related sweets, food, decorations and costumes. You only have to look in any supermarket to see how popular ‘All Hallows Eve’ has become in the UK in recent years. It has […]

When you have ‘High Risk’ in your job title, you know what you do has to be taken seriously. And as a High Risk Supervisor working at our South Bank site, that’s exactly what Paul Dales does. Paul’s role is to ensure that all the correct procedures are being followed in relation to food safety […]