Delightful Food Group

Co-Founder & CEO

March Foods Ltd

IBC Simply

Director

General Manager

Head of Marketing and Communications

Barney & Ben (Dinoshakes)

Managing Director

The Kent Theatre Company

Owner

🌟 I’m Ricky, the proud Co-Founder and CEO of the Delightful Food Group, founded in December 2023 as part of a strategic growth initiative.

🚀 Delightful Food Group is at the forefront of the food and drinks industry, bringing together the strengths of two well-established businesses. Our journey includes a pivotal strategic move, with IBC Simply, a renowned player in shaking up the beverage landscape for over 25 years, acquiring March Foods.

☕ IBC Simply (Italian Beverage Company) are manufacturers and suppliers of food and beverage products all around the world. Our range of Simply products are renowned for their quality and taste.

🌐 March Foods stands out as one of the UK’s leading co-packing and co-manufacturing entities, specializing in working with esteemed household names. They uniquely offer co-packing and co-manufacturing services anonymously, providing bespoke tailored bays to meet client's specific requirements.

💡 The synergy between IBC Simply and March Foods has been a driving force in our success, propelling both businesses to new heights. At Delightful Food Group, we pride ourselves on providing end-to-end expertise in innovation, product development, production, and packing.

🤝 Our dedicated teams are here to collaborate with you, leveraging insights and knowledge to bring your products to market successfully. Whether it's identifying the latest trends, presenting innovative ideas, or meticulously co-manufacturing and co-packing your products to exact specifications, we are committed to your success.

Ricky Flax

On Monday, I won Scale-Up Entrepreneur of the Year at the The Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards, which still feels a little bit surreal.

I’ve never chased awards, and to be honest, it’s not something I ever really expected. But looking back at what we’ve built this year as a group… it truly has been unbelievable.

When I walked into the IBC Simply office 13 years ago, I had zero intention of staying in the industry long-term. I came in to help out for a bit, and somehow that turned into scaling IBC, building the Delightful Food Group, and growing alongside March Foods Ltd

It’s been messy at times and definitely not a straight line, but we’ve learnt an insane amount along the way, and I’ve loved every second of it.

None of it (genuinely none of it) would have been possible without the people inside this group who show up every day, take ownership, and care about what we’re building, along with the people around me in my life who support me through thick and thin.

I can’t thank you all enough. There are far too many of you to tag, but you know exactly who you are. We wouldn’t be anywhere near this point without you.

And thank you as well to Frankie James for an amazing evening and all the work that goes into bringing the awards to life.

Big end to the year ahead for us at Delightful Food Group, and I’m excited to see where this momentum takes us next!

CEO of Delightful Food Group, IBC Simply & March Foods | Creating, Manufacturing, and Supplying “Best in Class” products to the Food and Drink Industry

n8 talent

Marketing, Product & NPD recruitment services for UK businesses. 🚀
Specialising in permanent and fixed term contract hires from our Cambridge based location.
With a focus on food, nutrition, technical and manufactured product roles, n8 offers a flexible and dedicated service for its candidate base, resulting in the highest level of success for its clients.
Cambridge - 01223 665 888
Mobile and WhatsApp - 07778 207 284

Recruitment Director

Brand Recruitment

Headquartered in the beautiful city of Cambridge and with an office in Amersham, Brand Recruitment is the go-to marketing recruitment agency for one of the UK’s most innovative and exciting regions.

Having been serving our patch since 2005, we are experts in all aspects of PR and marketing recruitment. Our active, bold and lively presence, at both a local and national level, helps bring the best people and businesses together; saving you time, energy and hassle. From Berkshire up to Leicestershire and across to the East Anglian coast, if you are looking for a marketing job, or on the hunt for your team’s next superstar, Brand is the agency for you.

With several awards and nominations already under our belt, including most recently being crowned 'Best Regional Recruitment Agency' at the Marketing and Digital Recruitment Awards 2015 - an accolade which we have now received for a third time, we are recognised at both a local and national level as being a key player in what we do.

Over the past 10 years we have grown to be the best-known name in marketing recruitment across the region, attracting the finest talent and working on more quality jobs and opportunities than any other marketing specialist agency.

Whether you’re an employer or a marketing job-seeker, there’s never been a better time to work with us. 

We’re always happy to chat so please call us on 01223 242423 or drop us an email at info@brandrecruitment.co.uk.

Follow our Brand Recruitment company page to keep up-to-date with our latest opportunities, news and tips: http://www.linkedin.com/company/brand-recruitment

Head of B2B, Marketing and Product Recruitment

MARA's Marketing and Advertising Recruitment Awards
Winner - Best Regional Recruitment Agency 2012
Winner - Best Regional Recruitment Agency 2011 

"Displaying an unrivalled passion for the region within which it recruits, the winner of this category continues to display outstanding commitment to its community and, significantly, the candidates within it. Punching well above its weight for online dominance this company has created a ‘go-to’ brand both for its external audience and internal hires." MARA Judges, 2012

Cambridgeshire Recruitment & Training Awards 2008 - Special Recognition Award (winner)

Managing Consultant

Brand Recruitment specialises in Marketing and Creative recruitment across the Eastern Region. We recruit for more Marketing and Creative roles in the area than any other agency.

Awards 
WINNER November 2011 - MARA Awards - Best Regional Agency 
WINNER November 2008 - REC Cambridgeshire Recruitment Company of the Year 

FINALIST 2011 MARA Awards - Best Medium Agency 
FINALIST 2010 MARA Awards - Best Regional Agency, Best Client Care, Best Candidate Care
FINALIST 2010 Recruiter Awards - Best Candidate Care
FINALIST 2009 Recruiter Awards - Best National Marketing Recruitment Agency

Senior Recruitment Consultant

At Brand we specialise in Marketing, PR and Communications and recruit exclusively in these sectors, focusing exclusively on the East of England region – A glance at our website will provide a quick and easy insight into the range of roles that we work on. www.brandrecruitment.co.uk

Our client base covers major food and grocery brands, technology and software companies, charities, full service marketing agencies and financial institutions amongst others. Increasingly our clients and candidates are recommending us and our networking is bolstered by our collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Marketing on various events and projects.

We offer a fully confidential, professional service and have strict internal codes of conduct to ensure we maintain our standards, and were recognised for this when we were awarded 'Recruitment Company of the Year 2008' by the REC at recent regional awards. Our growing presence in the overall marketplace was reflected when we were shortlisted for 'Marketing Recruitment Company of the Year' at a national event held in 2009. We are also finalist for MARA Best Client Service 2010 and MARA Best Regional Agency 2010.

Marketing Recruitment Consultant

BSkyB

Sky is a valued part of everyday life in over one in three homes throughout the country. We’re constantly innovating to bring our customers state-of-the-art services and products like High Definition and now 3D TV. After only four years we are the UK’s fourth largest broadband provider, with customers saving money by taking their TV, broadband and phone services from Sky. And we back this all up with exceptional customer service. 

Our employees make Sky what it is today and what it will be tomorrow, so we want to attract and retain the best people. We also need to have a workforce as diverse as our customer base. So we encourage diversity in our employees through a number of initiatives including a Senior Women’s Development Network. 

We’re determined to play our part in the communities where we’re based, for example, through Sky Sports Living for Sports, a free schools initiative that uses sport to inspire young people to be the best they can be. 

Acting responsibly and making a broader contribution is vital to achieving long-term business success. We’ve been taking action on our own environmental impact for the last six years and we’re investing £250m in building the most sustainable broadcast facility in Europe. Opening in 2011, it will boast wind turbines and CCHP - renewable energy sources which will provide at least 20% of the building’s power.

Customer Relations

The Listening Company

The Listening Company, which became part of Serco in March 2011, is an award-winning customer communications outsourcer. 

With 4,000 employees spread across 8 locations, we use a range of services and insights to guide long-term, profitable brand relationships and improve customers’ lifetime value. 

At the heart of our offering is epiCentre – a multi-communication platform that combines email, phone and internet and helps us manage over 60 million conversations a year. 

We are the fastest growing contact centre in our sector, growing 40% year on year for the last five years. 

We survey our clients regularly and have a Net Promoter Score™ of 36.

Agent

Since 2010 I've recruited exclusively within marketing and product for some of the UK's best brands.
I previously lead one of the UK's most established marketing recruitment agencies for four years, managing upwards of 25 people at its peak. 

At n8, we handle hires for businesses right across the UK, and typically do this on a 'search' basis. 
If you're looking for recruiters who will just post out an ad campaign, and handle applications, that's not our 'bag'. We specialize in methods to find the people you're not already aware of, or those who are hard to acquire for your business directly.

Our sole purpose within n8, is to connect up with the very best in Marketing, Sales & Product talent across the UK, to best serve our existing and growing client base. 

n8, across it's three divisions covers Marketing Recruitment, Sales Recruitment and Product Recruitment.

Personal:
Two years running, industry top 10 finalist at MARA & MDRA national awards (Best Recruitment Consultant Category), recognising committed client and candidate focused work within marketing, PR and communications recruitment.

Dominic@n8talent.co.uk
01223 665 888
n8 WhatsApp - 07778 207 284

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