With all votes in, the judges of the Food & Drink Awards 2017, run by Trade Monthly magazine, have awarded Johnson Brothers the award for ‘Best Coffee Manufacturer 2017 – Northern Ireland‘ and also the ‘Excellence Award for Food Promotion & Distribution Services – Northern Ireland’.

Tim Smith, Barista Training Manager at Johnsons Coffee has won the award for Training Initiative of the Year at the prestigious Northern Ireland Agricultural Awards 2016, held recently at the Stormont Hotel, Belfast

Tim was presented with the award by Julie Bell, Henderson Food Machinery

Viewers of hit TV series, ‘The Fall’ may have noticed that Gillian Anderson is a Johnsons Coffee lover, enjoying our Bellagio delivered personally by Tim Smith, Barista Training Manager at Johnsons Coffee.

Johnsons Coffee have one again agreed to support Action Cancer in their ‘Paint the Town Pink’ campaign and alongside it’s patron Gloria Hunniford, are asking local shops and organisations throughout Northern Ireland to Paint the Town Pink and raise funds for our life saving breast screening service throughout the month of October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In the past year, Action Cancer has screened a record 10,787 women and they aim to do the same again this year, but need your help.

While their breast screening service is entirely free of charge to their users, each breast screening costs Action Cancer £80, and therefore they are asking that every business who comes on board with Paint the Town Pink, makes a real effort to raise a minimum of £80.

Johnsons Coffee are providing the coffee for each Paint the Town Pink fundraising box of goodies and hope that as many people as possible will hold their own #PTTP event. This appeal is great fun and a brilliant way to engage your staff and customers.

On Wednesday 28th September, we had our very first public factory tour with 12 special guests. They were taken on a journey through the coffee roasting process, espresso tasting and flavour profiling. We also opened up our training facility to allow guests to create the perfect textured milk for a cappuccino. A fantastic night and we are now looking forward to the next one in November.

Johnsons Coffee has received the first order for it’s locally roasted coffee from the Watson Supermarket Chain in Hong Kong

Watson is one of Asia’s largest retailers and operates in 12 Asian and European markets, including China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau), Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, South Korea, Indonesia, Turkey and Ukraine, operating more than 5,200 stores.

Watson has more than 220 outlets in Hong Kong and Macau.

Philip Mills, Sales Director at Johnson Brothers, commented, “ We are always looking at new business opportunities and are delighted to be working with the Watson Supermarket Chain in Hong Kong. We look forward to developing a strong relationship with them and expanding our exports to the Asian markets”

This year’s RUAS Balmoral Show proved a great success for both Johnsons Coffee and Action Cancer. Many customers and members of the public visited the Johnsons Coffee stand to sample a cup of their award winning coffee and in doing so supported the vital work undertaken by local charity, Action Cancer. Philip Mills and Angus Johnson are pictured presenting £1,284 that was raised at the show to Gillian Thompson, Corporate Fundraising Manager, Action Cancer.

The money collected at the Johnsons Coffee stand at Balmoral Show will help Action Cancer provide

·         52 MOT Health Check

·         32 counselling session

·         Breast screening – 16 mammograms

The staff of Johnson Brothers joined in the fun of Action Cancer’s ‘Paint The Town Pink’ campaign, by holding their own coffee morning at their Lisburn offices.

The staff managed to raise the fantastic amount of £600

In 2015, Action Cancer are running a new awareness campaign, Paint The Town Pink. The objective of the ‘Paint The Town Pink’ campaign is to encourage towns, businesses, community groups, schools, friends and families across Northern Ireland to hold a pink themed fundraiser to raise awareness for Action Cancer’s unique breast screening services.  

Every year Action Cancer manages a large campaign to raise funds for the ONLY charity in Northern Ireland providing breast screening for women. For every 1,000 women they screen, an average of five cancers are detected

With the help of local businesses, Action Cancer has delivered 1000 fundraising boxes, filled with materials to encourage and support fundraising events, to local businesses, schools and community groups, with a target of raising £75,000.

Johnsons Coffee are supporting the campaign in many ways including providing complimentary coffee for each of the 1,000 fundraising packs, which contains everything for a very pink Coffee party, including a pink tie, scarf, wig, ribbons, table cloth, branded T–shirts, sponsorship forms, letter from Gloria Hunniford who is supporting the campaign, empty belly poster, Z–cards, fundraising tips and testimonials from women who have had a breast cancer detection or have been reassured or supported.

There will also be a raffle for some fantastic prizes, including a 4 door Smart Car.

Now in their 8th year, Blas na hEireann, The Irish Food Awards is the biggest competition for quality Irish produce on the island of Ireland. Over 2500 products were entered into this year’s competition to win Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in over 90 food and drink categories.

The Blas na hEireann awards are highly sought after in the food industry and the accreditation is a guarantee of a top quality Irish product.

Philip Mills, Sales Director, Johnsons Coffee commented, “We are delighted to receive this accolade for our Bellagio expresso blend, which recognises our commitment and passion for maintaining the highest standards and developing quality products”.