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Milestones

1995 Initial Idea
1996 Bighams starts
1997
1998
1999 £0.5m move to Commercial Way
2000 First Waitrose Own Label lines
2002 First Bigham’s canapes

2004 First products into Chill Prepared area
2005 £2.5m investment in McNicol Drive move
2006 Re-opened Commercial Way as cooked
site
IGD Outstanding Small Business Award
2007 Launch of Gourmet Pies
Easy to Cook & Beacon launched
2008 Waitrose Supplier Achievement Award
Logo changed
2009
2010 CEO post introduced
2011 Nov Sainsbury trial – 50 stores
2012 Sainsbury’s national roll out
2013 300 stores serviced
Horse Meat Scandal
2014 Senses insured

2015 TV Commercial