The Health Food Manufacturers’ Association (HFMA) team recently took a trip to Gloucester to meet the Lanes Health team and to tour the factory.

The onsite visit offered the opportunity to discuss how a company can get the most out of their membership, a chance to give an insight into what goes on behind the scenes on both sides and to get to know the people behind the emails. 

A tour of the factory meanwhile enable the HFMA team to see all the stages a product goes through from raw ingredients to get to a shelf ready item. 

Both the HFMA and Lanes Health teams say they have come away with a greater understanding and insight into how each other work and plenty of opportunities for further collaboration and development. 

Martin Last Director General HFMA, comments: “I would like to thank Janet Groves and the team at Lanes Health for making us most welcome and sharing with us the history and future plans of the company as well as the fascinating factory tour.

“It is invaluable for us as a team to get to know member companies and their personnel as it helps us shape future developments of the HFMA in learning what we need to offer members and the challenges they face. We look forward to holding more member face to face meetings in the future.”