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Brands Of Britain LLC Introduces
Three New Product Lines
Company To Import Dean’s Cookies, Taylors of
Harrogate Yorkshire Tea 20-Count Range And
New To the U.S., Taylors Of Harrogate Coffee
Brands of Britain, LLC, announced it is the
new exclusive U.S. importer of Dean’s of Scotland.
Dean’s product line includes premium
Oat Cookies and Shortbread. Additionally,
Brands of Britain, LLC is expanding its Yorkshire
Tea offering with a new range of 20-count
products. And, new to the U.S., is the Lifestyle
Range of Taylors of Harrogate Coffee.
Dean’s Cookies of Scotland
Founded in 1975, Dean’s of Scotland is still
a family-run business that prides itself on
KEHE Strengthens Portfolio With
Acquisition Of Peters Imports
Chris Meyers, Chief Financial Officer,
Brandon Barnholt, President & CEO, Ted
Beilman, Executive Vice President of Marketing
& Merchandising, and Troy Benscoter,
Chief Improvement Officer at KeHE Distributors
completed a transaction in late
September through which KeHE now operates
the Peters Imports specialty and gourmet
products distribution business. Ed
Peters, Director of Peters Imports, continues
to lead the sales, marketing, customer
using time-honored handcrafted baking
methods, while striving to develop fresh new
ideas. The finest ingredients combined with
traditional recipes create a wide variety of
premium quality products. Dean’s Oat
Cookie recipe flavors include: Original,
Coconut, Sultana & Heather Honey, Apple
& Cranberry and Stem Ginger. All flavors
are made from the finest Scottish oats. The
Scottish Shortbread Fingers are made from
all natural ingredients and pure butter.
Yorkshire Tea
Expanding on the success of Yorkshire Tea,
Taylors of Harrogate is introducing a line of
tagged and wrapped tea bags, in 20-count
support, broker management and importing
activities for the Peters Imports operation
out of their Michigan office.
“Within the eCommerce environment
KeHE and Peters Imports competed at
times, although the two companies target
customers, go-to-market strategy and product
assortment are largely different. KeHE
views the Peters Imports team, product assortment
and go-to-market model as very
compatible and additive to what KeHE
boxes, in a variety of flavors straight from the
heart of England. The Yorkshire range includes:
Breakfast Tea, Naturally Decaffeinated
Breakfast Tea, Earl Grey, Chamomile, Peppermint,
Green Tea, Naturally Decaffeinated
Green Tea and Yorkshire Gold. Founded in
England in 1886, Taylors of Harrogate is an
independent family business, dedicated to the
pleasures of premium tea and coffee.
Taylors of Harrogate Coffee
The Taylors Lifestyle Range includes seven
signature blends which offer something for
everyone. These coffees are ground to suit
all coffee makers. Different coffees suit different
occasions. Each one of these blends
takes a unique mix of specially sourced
beans, which are slow-roasted and ground
straight into the bag to capture the freshest
flavor and aroma. The range includes: Lazy
Sunday, Take it Easy, Hot Lava Java, After
does today,” stated Ted Beilman, Executive
Vice President of Marketing & Merchandising
for KeHE.
“Peters Imports excelled at meeting the
needs of the specialty retail channel, and we
are excited to make this operation part of the
KeHE enterprise,” stated Brandon Barnholt,
President & CEO, KeHE. “We will continue
to let the Peters Imports team operate this
business independently, but will provide
added purchasing, warehousing and distribution
efficiencies which should make Peters
Imports even more successful in the future.”
About Peters Imports
Peters Imports, based in Grandville, Mich.,
Dark, Decaffé, Espresso and Rich Italian.
Mark Rajeski, President, Brands of Britain,
LLC, said, “We are delighted to bring these
three new product lines into the Brands of
Britain family of premium products. Dean’s
Cookies, the Yorkshire Tea range of 20-count
teabags and Taylors of Harrogate Coffee
Lifestyle Range complement our robust
offering of specialty foods from Britain.”
Brands of Britain, LLC, is a source for key
food and beverage brands from the United
Kingdom. The company provides U.S. retail
and distribution partners an efficient method
to source category leaders and innovative
products from Britain. Brands of Britain’s
fine family of foods includes: Taylors of Harrogate
Tea and Coffee, Fever-Tree Mixers,
Eat Natural Bars, Dean’s Cookies and Highland
Spring and Gleneagles waters. Discover
what Brands of Britain has to offer at booth
4313 during the Winter Fancy Food Show.
provides the best in fine gourmet and specialty
foods to gift shops, basket packets,
florists, restaurants, vintners and many more.
Peters Imports offers all the industry staples,
thousands more hand-selected delicacies and
exclusive imports, as well as private labeling,
prompt shipping, volume discounts and a free
freight program (for qualifying purchase).
About KeHE
KeHE Distributors, based in Romeoville, Ill.,
provides natural and organic, specialty and
gourmet, international and multicultural, and
fresh products to natural food stores, grocery
stores, and other specialty product retailers
throughout North America.