‘Our business has grown through building relationships with Northern Ireland retailers’ – Thompson’s Tea

SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT

It’s almost time for the 2024 Neighbourhood Retailer Awards, and we continue our focus on our fantastic award sponsors in our series, Sponsor Spotlight. This time we focus on Thompson’s Tea, sponsor of the Food to Go Store of the Year award.

For Thompson’s Tea, it all started in 1896 at a tea warehouse near Belfast docks, where founder Robert S. Thompson trained in the art of tea tasting and soon became known for his uncompromising devotion to quality.

With a passion for quality, they take great pleasure in selecting teas from only the very finest gardens in Assam, Kenya and beyond. To this day, every blend that has ever been produced, has first been taste-tested and approved by a member of the Thompson family.

Today, as the makers of Northern Ireland’s best-selling tea, Punjana, they have been proudly blending and packing their award-winning range in Northern Ireland for over 125 years.

Marketing Manager, Jamie Thompson, said: “Since 1896, our family-run business has grown through building rewarding relationships with many of the fantastic local retailers here in Northern Ireland, and so we are delighted to have the opportunity to sponsor the Food to Go Store of the Year at this year’s Neighbourhood Retailer Awards.

“We appreciate the consistent hard work from our local retailers and their staff throughout the past year, and it is gratifying to have the opportunity to recognise this.”