Ex Army Officer who, many years ago, joined a tiny catering company to grasp its logistic performance and helped it metamorphose via numerous mergers and acquisitions into one of the UKs largest ‘Food To Go’ businesses. Now focused on helping SMEs to ‘win’ during these increasingly difficult times.
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FounderCranbourne Consultants Sep 2020 - PresentWeybridge, England, United KingdomCranbourne is a trusted advisor to SMEs
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Commercial DirectorAdelie Foods Apr 2018 - May 2020Managing a key national account through several significant and diverse joint initiatives. -
Sales DirectorAdelie Foods Limited Oct 2008 - Apr 2018Built a team to run a complex customer portfolio, gained via acquisition. Poor initial integration had seen a sales collapse. Arrested that in year one. Then took the business from £14m to £36m pa with much improved relative profitability.
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Commercial Director (Food Partners, Subsequently Acquired By Adelie Foods)Adelie Foods Limited Oct 2005 - Oct 2008Integrated, previously factory based sales individuals, into a unified Commercial Department that took sales from £46m to £57m pa by ring fencing key customers and driving new business.
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Managing Director (Food Partners Heathrow & Food Partners Aldershot)Adelie Foods Limited Nov 2001 - Oct 2005The Food Partners Group was formed by four strategic acquisitions aimed at providing a national supply solution for sandwiches. These were two of the companies involved. They employed 600 staff and had a profitable combined turnover of £28m.
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Managing Director (Foodfayre Services)Adelie Foods Limited Oct 1991 - Nov 2001Turn around of a sandwich manufacturer ‘in administration’. Turnover grew from £1m pa (vanishing) to a profitable £9m pa and the workforce from 38 to 235 - in a new factory.
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Operations Director (London Catering Services)Adelie Foods Limited Sep 1986 - Oct 1991Outside Caterers (conferences / banqueting / events) whose tight leadership team took it from ‘break even’ at £300k pa turnover to a profitable £3m pa - in new premises.
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CaptainHm Forces (Army) Corps Of Royal Engineers Sep 1972 - Sep 1986Commanded Combat, Armoured, Construction and Survey Engineers in UK, Northern Ireland, West Germany, Berlin, Cyprus and Nepal (which led to a professional paper and presentation at Royal Geographical Society).
Freddie Spence Education Details
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Royal Military College Of ScienceCivil Engineering
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