Teresa Barrow Reynolds FIH CFSP FISMM

Display Trends represent a rare combination of original style with reliable manufacturing and niche product sourcing, to provide off-the-shelf & bespoke solutions to meet the challenges of food merchandising & display in diverse food service environments. We maximise client profitability by utilising our knowledge, expertise & manufacturing capabilities to provide on-trend display product recommendations. Our products are supporting some of the most innovative & prestigious merchandising displays for food retail in supermarkets, restaurants, coffee shops & catering outlets throughout the UK & overseas. We work with both industry distributors and supply chain/logistics providers to provide their clients with stylish & effective merchandising & display products & solutions.

Especial work with the UK’s leading Food Service Operators including Major Consumer Food Retail Chains, Restaurant Chains & Contract Caterers - supplying light catering equipment, heavy catering equipment, & specially designed bespoke Food Display & Retail Merchandising Solutions. They also undertake Consultancy Projects within the Catering & Food Service & Leisure Industry. Passionately driven by an experienced and knowledgeable Senior Management team, their ambition is to become the innovative leader in equipment consultancy and supply in the UK, and they are well on track to achieving this with some of the most prestigious projects in London and across the UK being completed in partnership with the UK’s largest Contract Caterers, Major Restaurant Groups & Major High Street Consumer Food Retail Chains. Unlike other companies and their sales teams they are not limited by a static & dated catalogue and as a result can source & supply a huge range of crockery, cutlery, glassware, utensils, barware and up to date merchandising items. Many of these products are exclusive to especial or are a result of our own design led product development initiatives. We are also able to list and supply new product ranges from manufacturers from the moment they reach the market, some which may not be available through the existing supply chain for many months. Their strength is in their consultative approach. They listen to what customers are trying to achieve and they come up with schemes and recommendations which are as unique and exciting as they are practical.

Business Development Manager for a multi £M international buffet dsplay & food service display manufacturing company, supplying end users & distributors within the catering & food retail sectors with a wide range of food service & buffet presentation equipment. Role was to identify & define gaps/needs/opportunities within the marketplace & then design & develop new products which could successfully be brought to the commercial market, while working with the existing distribution network & direct end users, to give them the knowledge and confidence in our new and existing products so that they could specify the right product for the right application. Developed many new products and ranges/concepts which led to successful sales revenue, at the same time supporting and promoting existing standard products into totally new market places and clients to extend their appeal by using the products in different applications.

15 yrs in various Senior Management roles with this Major UK Catering Equipment Distributor, including election as the UK representive to sit on the Bunzl plc FTSE 100 European Innovation & Employee Committee. In the last role there as a Product Specialist was responsible for sourcing, developing & even designing new and innovative products, & providing support to sales personnel on major projects. This also involved training new staff in both product & catering knowledge by working in the team that designed & implemented learning modules to enhance industry knowledge - also personally lectured at the "Lockhart Product UNI" at Warwick University on a yearly basis over a 3 day intensive learning course for field sales personnel. In my last role worked on major projects, & was Tender Manager for the plc - preparing & submitting all commercial and public sector tender responses. As Senior National Account Manager personally managed a Multi £Million Portfolio for both heavy & light equipment including many Blue Chip clients included all the brands within Whitbread plc (Costa, TGI Fridays, David Lloyd, Beefeater, Brewers Fayre, Premier Travel Inn, Marriot, Cafe Rouge, Bella Pasta etc) plus Copthorne Millennium Hotels, Jarvis Hotels, Initial Style Conferences, Charlton House Catering, Artizian, Elior, Pret A Manger, Tragus Restaurants, Harvester, Green King, Morrells, Friendly/Choice Hotels, & Sheraton Hotels As National Sales Manager recruited, managed & trained a team of 40+ Internal Sales personnel & Sales Office Managers based at 8 locations throughout the UK. Was then promoted to set up a new centralised UK Key Accounts Team & Office. Was involved in the Senior Management Buyout of Lockhart by Sodexo - After subsequent takeover of Lockhart by Bunzl plc - I was then elected as the UK representive to sit on the Bunzl plc EU Innovation & Employee Committee - served as as an active & key member of this committee for 3 years.