T.Soanes & Son impresses MP with green initiative
An East Yorkshire poultry supplier recently welcomed an MP on site to showcase its green credentials.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, visited Middleton on the Wolds business, T.Soanes and Son to see its newly installed Heat Recovery System.
The system, supplied by Beverly firm, DK Heat Recovery, and installed by Soanes local refrigeration contractor, AK Refrigeration, is a 144kW heat recovery system that is capable of producing 39,000 litres per day from the four refrigeration units that chill Soanes'birds. Water is stored in a buffer tank until it is required.
Mr. Stuart was impressed with the green initiative: "The heat recovery equipment that Soanes has installed is amazing in its simplicity and effectiveness, giving huge benefits to the business and helping our environmental targets for carbon reduction.
"I believe this technology could be a real success in the UK and I will be supporting the cause to get it on the map. This should be a consideration for all refrigeration systems."
T. Soanes and Son's General Manager, Nigel Upson, is delighted with the performance and efficiency of the new system: "The annual saving with the buffer tank on current production is 428,000 kWh, or £16,000 per annum, which is great news both for the environment and the profitability of the business."
In sustainability terms, the saving translates to 92 tonnes of carbon per annum.
T. Soanes and Son has been shortlisted in the Best Business with a Green Ethos in the Chamber Bridlington and Yorkshire Coast Business Awards. The winners will be announced on 14thOctober.
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PhotoL-R Graham Stuart, MP, Ken Riley, DK Heat Recovery and Nigel Upson
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For more information aboutT.Soanes & Son, please visitwww.soanespoultry.co.uk.
Keep up to date withT.Soanes & Son's news on the business bloghere.
T.Soanes & Son supplies its chicken and other poultry to butchers and independent retailers in Yorkshire and to wholesalers nationwide.
The firm also sources game which it distributes through a game processor. For more information about game available fromT.Soanes & Son, please visitwww.soanespoultry.co.uk/game.
T.Soanes and Son is accredited under the BritishRetail Consortium Food Safety Standard A Grade and the Red Tractor Farm Assurance Standard.
The business has just been awarded aGreat Taste Awardfrom the Guild of Fine Food for its whole chicken.
For more information about DK Heat Recovery Ltd, please visithttp://dkheatrecovery.co.uk/about-us
For more information about theChamber Bridlington and Yorkshire Coast Business Awards, please visithttp://www.cbycba.co.uk/categories/