Massive congratulations to all the Whitakers girls who took part in the 2013 Burnley Race for Life. It was an amazing effort by all in particular from our own super-girl, Gemma Towell who took fourth place in the overall competition in a blistering time of only 22 minutes. “The weather held out and everyone was …
Despite the horrendous weather and total lack of summer, Whitakers Gemma Towell continues on her quest to cycle 5,000 in 12 months to raise valuable cash for cancer research. This is her latest progress update: So far I’ve cycled 2,286 mile and climbed 88,741ft, which is the equivalent of Lands End to john o groats …
Who needs Leicester Square when you’ve got cobbles, snow and a chocolate shop full of champagne! Headline Sponsors Whitakers Chocolates, were delighted to welcome the cast and crew of film “Lad – A Yorkshire Story” to their Skipton shop for a pre-premiere champagne reception. Glasses full of champagne and delicious Whitakers chocolates on hand, the …
All the girls at Whitakers Foodservice did their best for this year’s Comic Relief with a “dress down day” raising an impressive £80 for the charity. Despite the photo, everyone had a great day!
A team of 15 strong “Choccy Chicks” (Whitakers female staff) are taking part in the 2013 Race for Life (Burnley Townley Park, 16th June) to raise valuable funds for Cancer Research. Their motivation? Last year, they lost a very good friend to breast cancer and now they have a work colleague (and dear friend) who …
Whitakers employee, Gemma Towell, has literally “got on her bike” to raise valuable funds for cancer research. Inspired by loss and the suffering of family and friends from the disease, Gemma has set herself the challenge of cycling an astonishing 5,000 miles between January 1st and Christmas 2013 which equates to 100 miles as week. …
Whitakers will be attending and exhibiting at ISM 2013 held in Cologne from 27-30th January, 2013. If you would like to make an appointment to come and have a chat or discuss our range of products and services, please click here and supply your name and contact details and a member of staff will contact …
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Alan Titchmarsh will lead a thank you to The Calendar Girls after 13 years of incredible fund-raising, which put both Yorkshire and ‘mature’ ladies firmly on the world-wide map, “Seasons of Love” supported by Welcome to Yorkshire and Good Housekeeping is a gala celebration in words, music and film of the achievements of the original Calendar …
The 2012 Yorkshire & Humberside Institute of Directors award ceremony brought top honours for Whitakers managing director, William Whitaker who won the Family Business Director of the Year Award. “I’m absolutely delighted to have won this award” commented William, “there’s no question that it wouldn’t have been possible without having the back-up and support of …
William Whitaker (Whitakers Chocolates MD) has been shortlisted down to the last 13 nominees for 8 award categories in the prestigious 2102 Yorkshire & Humberside Institute of Directors Awards (IoD) which celebrate the very best in Yorkshire Business. “I was delighted to have been nominated for the award and to have got down to the …
Whitakers Chocolates have just secured a 2-year contract to supply their chocolate neapolitans to Cunard Line & P&O. The deal to supply in excess of 20m chocolates (200,000 units or 1-tonne of chocolate per week) was achieved despite stiff competition from the USA. “The chocolate quality and personalisation service offered by the Whitaker’s proposal together …
Leukaemia and Lymphoma research (our chosen company charity) is the power behind Ian “Beefy” Botham’s 2010 & 2012 charity walks across the UK, visiting 10-cities to raise funds and awareness for the charity. In 2010, sales from our Calendar Girls Neapolitan’s raised in excess of £114,000 for the charity and we’re delighted to see the …
Under the licensing and supervision of Kedassia – London, Whitakers have recently completed Kosher Parve production for two of our customers in the Zohar and Eskal brands. In total 15 tonnes of ingredients, specifically chosen for their Kosher authenticity, were used over a period of 8 days in January 2012. Soon, we will be launching …
After absence of 8 years Whitakers Chocolates are exhibiting once again at the premier Foodservice event, Hotelympia. Held at the Excel Exhibition Centre in London from February 26th – March 1st, we are launching our new Union Jack Milk Chocolate Neapolitan as well as showing our core products of Chocolate Neapolitans, Chocolate Crisps, Chocolate Cremes …