Historic North East tea company Ringtons has opened a new fruit and herb tea facility in the region after seeing demand soar in the last year.
The Byker-based business, which marks its 115th anniversary this year, first started with a horse-drawn delivery service in the streets of Newcastle but now has thousands of customers buying its tea, coffee and biscuits in stores, online and through its doorstep delivery service.
And while sales of traditional tea and biscuits have surged in recent years to take turnover to £65.2m – driven by pandemic lockdowns and the subsequent rise in people working from home – the manufacturers have seen large rises in the fruit and herb tea (F&H) category over the last 12 months, significantly outperforming other categories in the tea fixture.
