Technical and Legislative Committee

Greggs is the UK’s leading bakery retailer, specializing in sandwiches, savouries and other baker fresh food on the go. Greggs has over 1400 shops throughout the UK and serves over 5 million customers a week.

Bill Wadsworth has responsibility for technical management systems throughout the supply chain. Previous experience includes production and technical roles within Express Dairies, Iceland, Campbell’s and Northern Foods over more than 25 years.

Greencore is a leading international producer of convenience food with operations in the UK and the US. It has strong market positions in the UK convenience food market across sandwiches, chilled prepared meals, chilled soups and sauces, ambient sauces & pickles, cakes & desserts and frozen Yorkshire puddings as well as an emerging convenience food business in the US.

Clare has over 15 years experience in food manufacturing and has an LLM in Food Law.

Ken began his career in manufacturing technical roles before moving into Frozen Food wholesaling and latterly Multi-temperature wholesaling at Booker.

Booker’s commitment to its customers is ‘choice up, prices down and better service’. Booker is the UK’s leading food wholesaler with 173 branches nationwide and is the only provider of central delivery, top-up delivery and collect from branches. This provides customers with an efficient, fast and flexible service that covers all categories.

Richard has worked in the frozen industry for the 25 years with the last 17 as MD of Freiberger UK Ltd, with wide ranging experience in Sales, Marketing, Logistics and Technical functions within the frozen pizza market
Freiberger UK Ltd together with it’s sister company Stateside Foods are wholly owned subsidiaries of Freiberger Lebensmittel Gmbh the largest supplier of private label pizzas in the world in both the chilled and frozen market sectors.
With 5 factories in 3 countries Freiberger manufacture in excess of 2 million products per day supplying pizzas to most major European retail groups. This is supported by sales operations in 8 world wide offices.

With 25 years experience in the foodservice industry, Brendan heads up Atlantic Foods' technical department. His background includes nine years as Technical Manager for Global Food Trading, as well as Meat Inspector and an Environmental Health Technician. He is qualified to audit to BRC Food Standard and ISO9000 system.

Established in 1991, The Atlantic Foods Group is a respected name in the industry, with a prestigious customer base including key players across all sectors of the foodservice industry. Driven by a passion for food, the team works closely with customers to create menu solutions. Atlantic Foods offers a wide range of branded and bespoke solutions including value added chicken and red meat, sauces, fish and mini desserts, all of the highest quality and developed specifically for the foodservice market. The recent acquisition of Oasis Foods, will ensure continued growth and market penetration.

With over 9000 staff based in over 70 locations, the Brakes Group is a leading supplier to the catering industry. Our thorough understanding of caterers needs is underpinned by 50 years experience and a passion for innovation, quality and service.

Gerry Thomas has over 20 years experience in the retail, foodservice, and manufacturing sectors. He has responsibility for all issues relating to Quality, Safety, Legality and Integrity.