ABOUT RICK BESTWICK

Over 35 years ago Rick Bestwick Ltd was formed quickly becoming the largest wild game processors in the UK supplying to major retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers across the UK and Europe.

As a business we needed cold storage and it was very quickly realised that there was a definite shortage of coldstore operators who actually understood and appreciated the needs of the food manufacturers especially the relationship between themselves and the major retailers. This led to the building of our first purpose built cold store in 1998.

By 2010 the company’s coldstore facilities exceeded 30,000 pallet spaces and along with customer demand for added value services, our transport operation had grown substantially. This was also the year that the Wild Game Operation was sold which enabled greater focus on our coldstore and distribution operations.

In 2013 Kevin Hancock, formerly Commercial Director with 16 years’ service to the company, acquired the shares of Rick and Pam Bestwick along with investors Magnavale Ltd. Kevin Hancock became Managing Director of Rick Bestwick Ltd.

Combining over 30 years of expertise in food manufacturing with cutting edge technology and processes, Rick Bestwick is one of the UK’s leading temperature controlled food specialists.

Part of the Magnavale family of temperature controlled storage and distribution companies, Rick Bestwick has the country’s largest blast freezing capacity, equipped with 12 blast freezers chilling up to 360 pallets per day. We also offer market leading microwave and rapid air tempering systems, and advanced coding, sleeving and co-packing services.

Our two sites in Scunthorpe and Holmewood have a total multi-temperature storage capacity of over 1,000,000 sq.ft, making Rick Bestwick a reliable ‘just in time’ partner for food manufacturers and retailers throughout the UK and Europe.

With operations running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, whatever your temperature controlled food requirements, Rick Bestwick has the solution.