Meadow is a food ingredients business specialising in milk, fats, confectionery, plant and fresh produce, and it has seen rapid growth recently. It is now a ￡550 million-plus business, with five different ingredient divisions and multi-site operations. Its growth has been driven by a culture with a very high customer service offering, and constant customer focus, says Raj Tugnait. Dairy Industries International caught up with him at the start of his second year at the head of the business. Q. What in your background prepared you for your current role? My career has been all about food for over 30 years. I started in the food industry working for an entrepreneurial family-owned company. I then joined Brakes, which is Europe's largest foodservice business, where I spent 23 years under two private equity ownerships, until it was sold to Sysco, a global foodservice business. It showed me all kinds of ownership models and how to sustainably deliver rapid growth. I had my first role as MD in my early 30s, and have led businesses since then.
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