RAPS Group: investment in new state-of-the-art development kitchen and customer presentation facility in the UK

Combining ingredient excellence & local customer preferences

RAPS Group is proud to announce the significant investment into the redesign of a state-of-the-art development kitchen and customer presentation facility at our UK subsidiary in Brackley (Northamptonshire). This project is a strategic step aligned with the company’s continued growth and commitment to product development, innovation, collaboration, and customer experience.

Culinary creativity is at the heart of what we do, expanding horizons and looking for new solutions to bring the best tasting products to market. We gather inspiration from around the globe bringing flavour discovery, and a cultural narrative behind each dish. From idea generation to launch, we work collaboratively alongside our customers identifying future market requirements and creating bespoke market ready concepts.

Over the last 5 years, the RAPS team in UK has experienced sustained growth across its core markets, driven by product innovation, customer partnerships, and a focus on quality product developments and service. This new investment will not only support an ongoing development pipeline but also provide an enhanced environment for enabling a collaborative approach with our current and new customers, showcasing new concepts, and co-creating future food solutions.

Customer Presentation Suite

Creativity, collaboration and customer engagement are key elements which shaped the design of our customer presentation suite. With break out areas for table presentations to viewing areas for live product demonstration, streaming and dining space for taste testing, this area is shaped to bring creativity and collaboration to the fore. Whether you are attending a seasonal category insights session, exploring the cuisine delights of one of our chef’s tables or getting hands-on practice in meat and food prep techniques, we hope you enjoy this space as much as we enjoy sharing it with you. 

Development Kitchen

The new facility has been designed and equipped with high specification culinary equipment to allow for a more flexible workspace for product development and testing. Each work bench is set up to provide our product technologists with independent work stations adapted to their daily requirements. 

Like many aspects of life, time is of the essence and many customers face the challenge of tight turn around times on projects. Our team of technologists bring together their expertise in product development and category insights to work with you at any stage of a project, from idea generation, concept development, ingredient and product sampling to pilot runs and launch – tailored, innovative and market ready. We warmly welcome customers to our facility in Brackley to work alongside us to collaborate and co-create product solutions to meet their project briefs – from concept to launch, our insights, culinary and technical team is here to support you at every stage.

Transforming spaces: Building the future of culinary innovation

The transformation of our culinary center took just 14 weeks to create space, facilities and equipment conducive to delivering streamlined and targeted innovation and product design. The development kitchen and presentation space will serve as a great foundation for creativity, collaboration, and customer engagement — all that has been and will continue to be key to our business growth and successes.

"We would like to thank our customers for the continued support and shared successes as well as our senior leadership team for supporting us with this significant investment, demonstrating their support into RAPS UK's future growth" 
- Leo Bewers, Head Of Product Development, Culinary Innovation and Product Strategy UK & Ireland.

High quality ingredient solutions

With a strong and diverse source of raw materials, we are able to access close to 1,700 different raw materials to process herbs, spices, seasonings & blends, extracts and functional ingredients to ensure a sustainable product development pipeline. 
Sustainable horticulture is a priority and as a member of SEDEX, we promote fair working conditions along the complete supply chain as well as a transparent commitment to sustainability. We work closely across our markets to ensure we are ahead of food regulations and guidelines, from sourcing palm-oil alternatives and switching to smoke-free natural flavourings to HFSS-guided product formulations. 

Drive innovation with RAPS

As a trusted partner to the food industry, professionals and foodservice providers, we bring the latest food trends as well as functional solutions directly to your production line – helping you deliver what your customers truly crave: fresh ideas and authentic taste experiences. This opens up new opportunities for greater variety on supermarket shelves and in the butcher’s counter.

Interested? Contact your RAPS account manager or email us at: info@raps.com