Brindisa
Brindisa is a UK trading and retail company which imports artisanal food from Spain. It was credited in the Sunday Times with influencing attitudes towards Spanish food in Britain.[1] The business consists of a wholesale division, retail units, an online store, and a group of restaurants in London.[1]
Origins
The company was founded in 1988 by Monika Linton and her brother, Mark Lavery, in Barcelona.[2][1] The name Brindisa is from the Spanish brindis which means "to make a toast".[3]
Since Spanish food in the UK was closely associated with the paella and sangria of summer holidays on the Costa del Sol.[4] Linton travelled around Spain to seek out smaller food producers and source a greater variety of regional food products than could otherwise be found in the UK at that time.[2]
The business began with regional cheeses not previously found in Britain, and grew to include hams, olives, piquillo peppers, oils and wines.[5][2]
Linton initially sold to shops.[1] Some restaurants eventually began to put Serrano ham and regional Spanish olive oils on their menus. [6][7][8][9]
Wholesale
In 1998, when it became legal to import Spanish pork products into the UK, Brindisa became the first company to import various Spanish cured hams and charcuterie into the UK.[citation needed] In 2016 Brindisa acquired the Spanish brand Perello, a Barcelona producer of olives and pickles. [10] Distribution in the UK is currently nationwide. The company plans an additional Midlands distribution facility. [citation needed]
Retail
At Borough Market in London, Brindisa's warehousing space eventually added a retail outlet.[8] A second retail outlet is located in Balham, South London.[11]The stores have a high sales volume in cured Spanish ham.
Restaurants
In 2004, Brindisa Kitchens Ltd was founded by Linton. The company opened a tapas bar.[7] Two more outlets were opened, in Soho and South Kensington. Since then, branches have been opened in Shoreditch and Battersea plus Richmond, Surrey[12] in 2021. At Borough Market, the company operates Tapas Brindisa on Southwark Street, and the smaller Kitchen Tapas bar within the market itself.[13]
Brexit
Brexit had a significant impact on the company's business model, including delays,[14] spending on additional stock and logistics costs. It opened an office in Barcelona to handle the increased bureaucratic load.[14]
Publications
Brindisa, The True Food of Spain, by Monika Linton (Fourth Estate)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Bridge, Rachel (25 September 2005). "Truly the toast of Spain". Sunday Times.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kaminski, Julia (20 February 1994). "Small Business. Importer has the smell of success". The Independent. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ↑ Keating, Sheila (9 July 2005). "Food heroes". The Times. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Godwin, Richard (8 March 2018). "Holy Paella!". The Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Diamond, Guy (3 November 2004). "Brindisa Spanish shops". Time Out London. London.
Brindisa imports the biggest range of high quality Spanish foods. and have raised awareness of the quality of Spanish produce
- ↑ Lander, Nicholas (27 April 1996). Financial Times. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 Linton, Monika (8 September 2016). The True Food of Spain (1 ed.). London: Fourth estate. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-0-00-730718-0. Search this book on
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Steavenson, Wendell (2 September 2016). "Food and free movement in Borough Market". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Parham, Susan (2012). Market Place: Food Quarters, Design and Urban Renewal in London. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 233. ISBN 9781443841726. Archived from the original on 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2022-03-06. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Perello, Gaspar. "The Perello Story". Perello Foods. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Brindisa Balham". Brindisa.com. Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Richmond Brindisa". www.squaremeal.co.uk. Square Meal. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Norum, Ben (11 December 2017). "Tapas Brindisa London Bridge". London Evening Standard. Standard. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 14.0 14.1 Hurley, James (15 April 2019). "No deal brexit?". The Times (Business section). Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022. Unknown parameter
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