Nestlé is the world's leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness company. Nestlé employs more than 280,000 people and has factories or operations in almost every country in the world.
Nestlé has around 7,000 employees across 19 sites in the UK and Ireland. We manufacture a wide range of brands in the UK, including many household favourites such as Nescafé®, KitKat®, Ski®, Carnation®, Shredded Wheat® and Herta®.
As one of the world's top 50 companies, we believe that sustainable development is fundamental to our long-term success and that our actions must be environmentally sound.
- Fiona Kendrick is Chairman and Chief Executive of Nestlé UK Ltd.
- We have a portfolio of leading branded food and beverage products, including Nescafé, KitKat, Ski, Carnation, Buitoni and Herta.
- Nestlé's first sales in the UK started in 1868, just a year after the company was founded. Nestlé opened its first UK factory in 1901.
- We play an important role in the UK economy. In several of the towns and cities in which we operate, for example York, Dalston and Girvan, we are among the region's main employers.
- Nestlé UK Ltd's Headquarters is in Gatwick, Surrey.
- Our York site is one of the world's largest confectionery manufacturing plants and makes over a billion Kit Kats and 183 million Aero bars each year.
- Nestlé is committed to being a leader in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Between 2006 and 2009 we reduced carbon usage by 11% and our target for 2015 is to reduce CO2 emissions by a further 20%.
- Nestlé has a long history of supporting community activities and charitable projects in the UK and Ireland. This year we launched a three-year partnership with Action for Children, with the aim of raising £750,000 between 2012 and 2015.
