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Metcalfe’s Food Company is a privately owned food business set up in 2009 by Julian Metcalfe, the founder of the sandwich chain Pret A Manger. Metcalfe’s Food Company has a turnover of £10 million and sells products under two brands, Metcalfe’s Skinny and Itsu Grocery.〔Jonathan Moules, ("Itsu founder nurtures a new generation" ), "The Financial Times", 21 January 2014〕 The Metcalfe’s Skinny range is all corn-based whilst the Grocery range is predominantly Asian inspired. The business has grown from £300,000 in turnover in 2010 to £10 Million as of May 2014. The company has forecast to achieve a turnover of £50 Million within the next 3 years.〔Anna White, ("Popcorn maker tastes explosive growth" ), "The Telegraph", 24 February 2014〕 ==Metcalfe's Skinny== The Metcalfe's Skinny brand was established in 2009,〔 when Metcalfe wanted to launch a range of products that could compete with potato crisps in the market for snack foods.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Gourmet Popcorn Explosion )〕 There are eleven different products in the range, including Metcalfe's Skinny Topcorn, which was the bestselling pre-cooked popcorn brand in the UK in 2013.〔("Sunday Interview: Pret A Manger founder Julian Metcalfe" ), "The Telegraph", 21 September 2013〕 The product is available in sea salt, sweet 'n salt, cinnamon, chocolate crackle, heat 'n sweet and wasabi flavours. It was announced in February 2013 that the product would be the official UK partner of the Twilight Breaking Dawn – Part 2 DVD release.〔Vince Bamford, ("Metcalfe gives Skinny Topcorn fresh pushes and new flavours" ), "The Grocer", 2 March 2013〕 100,000 bags of promotionally branded Skinny Topcorn were released alongside the DVD on 11 March 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Metcalfe's skinny topcorn partners with Twilight for DVD release )〕 In January 2014, Metcalfe's Food Company announced a three-year partnership in support of UK cancer charity CLIC Sargent〔("Thanks for supporting CLIC Sargent" ), "CLIC Sargent", January 2014〕 Corn'ers tortilla chips were added to the range in October 2013,〔Vince Bamford, ("Metcalfe's expands into tortilla snacks" ), "The Grocer", 26 October 2013〕 The Independent rated Corn'ers as number two on their top 10 best low-fat snacks in December〔Daisy Wyatt, ("The 10 best low-fat snacks" ), "The Independent", 31 December 2013〕 and milk and dark chocolate-covered mini corncakes in 2014.〔 Lisa Riley, ("Metcalfe's rolls Skinny Corncakes healthy snacks into Sainsbury's" ), "The Grocer", 2 February 2014 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Metcalfe's Food Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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