A Cornish clotted cream company is creating 35 jobs to meet demand for cream teas this summer.
Trewithen Dairy in the Glynn Valley, near Bodmin usually produces enough clotted cream to create 75,000 individual cream teas every day but demand is expected to soar this summer as Cornwall is predicted to be at the heart of a staycation boom.
By taking on extra staff, the diary plans to be able to produce enough cream for around 100,000 cream teas a day.
The family-run dairy’s joint managing director, Francis Clarke, said: “We made the decision while preparing for this busy summer.
"During the lockdowns we saw a significant reduction in sales through the service sector - pubs, restaurants and the like - but we look forward to that coming back to life. Everything indicates that Cornwall and the South West is going to be very busy. But despite these challenges we have been fortunate to grow our total sales in the past 12-months with both new and existing customers. So we are preparing for that and making sure we do a great job for all our customers in what will be a very important recovery year for our region’s businesses,” said Francis.
Trewithen Dairy, which already employs 250 full-time staff, decided on the increase to help cope with predicted demand as tourism providers across the region report an unprecedented upturn in visitor bookings being made now that Covid-restrictions are easing.
And he added that a record-breaking summer in visitor numbers would be good news for regional produce in general.
He said: “When people enjoy a holiday here, they are introduced to the great array of quality products Cornwall has to offer and they want to carry on purchasing them when they go home. We see it in our sales. There are regions where people typically holiday in Cornwall - London and the M4 and M5 corridors - and we see that sales of Cornish products in those areas are particularly strong.
“We can certainly benefit from the fact that people like our products when they are here on holiday and then want to evoke those memories with Cornish products at home.”
The 35 extra staff are required at the Trewithen Dairy headquarters in the Glynn Valley near Bodmin and vacancies include production operatives and lab technicians to drivers, warehouse staff and an IT technician.
