“Our planet is precious, we don’t own it, we share it with a myriad of different creatures and living organisms. We have a responsibility to protect it for future generations. We are the custodians of the future.”
Rick Sheepshanks (MD)
Stokes, passionate advocates of quality, taste and social responsibility
We all share a passion for quality, from the kitchens, through the production and on to the distribution facilities, working together to create and deliver ‘sauces for food lovers’.
Our team are enthusiastic about the sauces, relishes, chutneys and preserves they make. Skills are gained through an intensive process of training and mentoring. For example, it takes great experience to know just when the red onions have caramelised to the perfect intensity for our Red Onion Marmalade, and knowing eyes to watch blackcurrants simmer until just the right moment, perfect for bottling as Stokes Extra Blackcurrant Jam.
We take great pride in what we do.
We’re a family business with a caring heart
The Old Stables, Rendlesham, is a unique, inspirational environment, an artisanal idyll -perfect for creating exceptional sauces.
We not only care about our people, but also our animals. The walled gardens behind the Old Stables are home to a growing menagerie of rescued and rehomed animals. Pigs, sheep, rabbits, peacocks, hens, geese, rheas, emus, wallabies, cattle, ponies, donkeys and goats all happily share their peaceful new lives.
It’s a great place to make great sauces.
Carbon Charter GOLD – ‘because life is precious ‘.
This is such a wonderful accolade. We have once again been awarded the coveted Carbon Charter GOLD, an accreditation of Stokes’ commitment to the environment.
Reducing not only our carbon footprint but also our landfill waste to zero is a goal shared from the top down.
We’ve greatly reduced landfill through better packaging recycling and processes, transferred our car fleet to fully electric and have plans to install new manufacturing equipment with lower carbon emissions.
“Our planet is precious, we don’t own it, we share it and have a responsibility to protect it for future generations.” Rick Sheepshanks (MD).
Read more HERE.
Re-cycling our ethical challenge
Since Stokes began creating amazing ketchup, mayonnaise and sauces 21 years ago, quality and authenticity have been our fundamental goals – to provide great taste, without compromise.
Our glass bottles and jars are stylish and distinctive, reflecting the quality of what they contain. Plus, they are re-usable and fully re-cyclable.
Reduce, re-use, recycle
Overwhelming customer demand for squeezable sauces encouraged us to move in, or at least research, that direction. We began early in 2015, though it took four to five searching years to get even close, and further revisions to finally get there. Various suppliers were approached before finding the perfect partner, whose global efforts to reduce and eradicate the environmental impact of single use plastics impressed us greatly.
We now use plastic, squeezable family-sized bottles that are not just 100% re-cyclable, but also made of re-cycled plastic. It has been a tough journey, but worth it to support our environmental drive to deliver a ‘zero landfill’ policy.
Finally, after much searching for like-minded suppliers, re-cyclable sachets are here. They are easy to open, with bigger ‘real world’ portions of the same fantastic sauces and, they are of course now re-cyclable.
Thank you for choosing Stokes.
