BEATSON Clark has announced it is helping condiment brand Sauce Shop go green by providing UK-manufactured glass bottles and jars for the firm to pack its products in.
The clear round sauce bottles and pickle jars are being supplied via distributor Pattesons Glass. Sauce Shop produces over 50,000 bottles and jars of natural condiments and seasonings every week from its production facility in Nottingham.
All Sauce Shop products are made by hand using natural ingredients. The firm’s HQ is only 40 miles away from Beatson Clark’s glassworks in South Yorkshire, so carbon emissions from sourcing and transporting the containers are much lower than importing glass from overseas.
“Sauce Shop began in a small suburban kitchen in Nottingham and everything we produce is still made in Nottingham, UK,” said co-founder Pam Digva. “We are proud to employ over 35 people from around the East Midlands and make an effort to buy from British businesses where possible, so it’s great to work with both Pattesons Glass and Beatson Clark who are both relatively local to us.
“We choose to package our core lines in glass because you can really see the product you’re getting. Our ethos is that we don’t hide behind busy labels or mask our products’ flavour with additives, so we’ve always wanted the product to be as visible as possible to the consumer. It also suits our production methods; we can easily hot fill products into glass and, as we try to improve our sustainability credentials as a business, it is good to keep our plastic use to a minimum.”
Sauce Shop has announced it is now carbon negative after offsetting double the level of its greenhouse gas emissions.
David Mann, MD for Pattesons Glass, added, “We’ve had a strong partnership with Beatson Clark since we were established in 2007 and we are really pleased that our customer has chosen to use the UK-manufactured round sauce bottle and pickle jars for their products, as the sustainability credentials of glass work well with Sauce Shop’s ethos.”
Siobhan Branagan, account manager at Beatson Clark, said, “We process approximately 20,000 tonnes of glass every year through our on-site recycling plant, which is recovered from kerbside collections, bottle banks and the hospitality trade. This is then melted in our furnaces and made into new bottles and jars for companies such as Sauce Shop.
“Using glass packaging will also keep products such as ketchup and other sauces safe and fresher for longer thanks to high levels of vacuum which can be maintained over a long period of time. It’s 100% endlessly recyclable, does not contain harmful chemicals or plastic liners, and our clear bottles contain over 30% post-consumer glass – it really is a no-brainer!”
Sauce Shop products are available at Sainsbury’s and Co-op Food as well as from a variety of independent retailers.
