Keylink Limited
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Supplier Name | Keylink Limited | |
Supplier Address(es) | Keylink Limited Unit 1A, 31 East Industrial Estate Kingfisher Way, Dinnington Sheffield S25 3AF | |
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Nature of Business | Chocolate Callets Nuts Caramel Salted Caramel Dates Fillings Packaging Moulds | |
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Supplier Certifications | BRC Grade AA | |
Company Background | Keylink are specialist stockists for chocolatiers and anyone else who works with chocolate. Our story began way back in the late 1960s when Fred Waldman, an Export Sales Manager for a Sheffield steel company, used to bring back fancy European chocolates from his trips abroad for his wife, Sue. The chocolates were fresh cream filled and so popular that Fred and Sue decided to set up a business importing them. The person that helped Fred and Sue to advertise locally had a father who worked for a delicatessen in Sheffield who sold into House of Fraser, and so from these humble beginnings Keylink was born and became the first company to import fresh cream Belgian chocolates by air freight to the UK (Manchester). They packaged the chocolates up and sold them as finished boxes of chocolates by mail order. The family owned business grew by supplying luxury confectionery from Europe and other chocolate related items for local chocolatiers. Then over the years, ingredients, equipment and accessories were added to Keylink’s fast developing range. Lots of people ask us where the name ‘Keylink’ came from – it was a general term as Sue and Fred were unsure at first of the direction in which they would take the business, but they knew they were the ‘key link’ between Europe and the UK for fresh cream chocolates. A demand for liqueur concentrates led to Fred securing a relationship with Emile Lefebvre who worked for Cointreau (now Rémy Cointreau Gastronomie), which eventually led to the sole distributorship for Keylink; a relationship we have held for over 30 years. When Fred and Sue decided to retire in 1991 Sanjeev Ramchandani took over the company and by 2000 the confectionery side of the business had been wound down to focus on expanding and developing further ingredients, equipment, packaging and accessories for chocolate work in the UK and Europe. | |
Product Specifications | Specifications Reviewed: 15 Jan 2024. Next Review Annualised. No changes to spcifications since last review. | |
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Notes | 10% Discount offered by company on all orders as a good will gesture | |
Date of Last Review | December 2023 | Annualised |