Tiptree-based Wilkin & Sons has asked food industry specialists Chalcroft Construction to build a new cold storage facility at the site, as part of a planned consolidation of the business.
The development, which features a steel framework and white-wall insulated panels, also means that the storage of fruit will be consolidated onto one site, without the need to contract out coldstorage requirements.
The Essex farm has been run by the Wilkin family for around 300 years, first producing conserves under the now established Wilkin & Sons’ Tiptree name in the mid-1880s.
Ian Thurgood, joint managing director of Wilkin & Sons, said: “The decision to unite processes on one site will benefit both the business and our customers. We are grateful that in Chalcroft we chose a construction company we could work in partnership with and one that fully understands the requirements of the food sector.”
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