The Snaffling Pig Co
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
 | |
| The Snaffling Pig Co | |
| Company type | Limited |
| Industry | Snacks, cracklings |
| Founded | 11 December 2013 |
| Founder | Nicholas Coleman and Udhitha Silva |
| Headquarters | Ashampstead Common, United Kingdom |
| Products | Pork scratchings, snacks and barbecues |
Number of employees | 14 (2020) |
| Website | https://www.snafflingpig.co.uk/ |
The Snaffling Pig Co is the trading name of Snaffling Pig Limited, a British snack food manufacturer known for pork snack products.
The company appeared on the 14th season of BBC Two's Dragons’ Den in 2016, where it gained a £70,000 investment from Nick Jenkins.[1][2]
History
[edit]The Snaffling Pig Co began as "Giggling Pig Limited" in December 2013 when its founder, Nick Coleman, challenged Udhi Silva to a bet. The terms of the bet were that the first person to grow a company to £1m in sales revenue on just £500 seed investment would be treated to a steak dinner.[citation needed]
Initially, Snaffling Pig's sales were slow. According to the Snaffling Pig website, the sales accelerated when a publicity stunt in 2016 – the world's first pork scratching advent calendar – attracted over 10,000 orders.[3] The advent calendar contains 24 bags of 6 different flavors of pork crackling, and through advent calendar sales alone, The Snaffling Pig Co sells 2.1 million packets of crackling annually.[4][5]
In 2016, the company appeared on series 14 of Dragons’ Den, where it gained a £70,000 investment from ‘dragon’ Nick Jenkins.[6]
In 2017, The Snaffling Pig Co won the Virgin 'Foodpreneur' award, with the prize a six-week retail space at the Lakeside Shopping Centre.[7]
In 2018, The Snaffling Pig was a finalist for the Consumer Business of the year[8] - Start Ups Awards.[9]
In 2019, The Snaffling Pig Co surpassed its initial £750,000 funding target on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube and raised over £1.1 million with investment from over 1,800 investors, known as The Snaffling Pig Co's ‘Swine Diners’.[10]
In April 2021, The Snaffling Pig Co was listed as the UK's second largest pork snacks brand, with YOY growth of 26%.[11]
In May 2021, Snaffling Pig worked with creative agency Creative AF to produce a soundtrack for the brand, based on their motto: Piggin' Magic.[12]
In February 2022, Snaffling Pig recalled a specific batch of 45 Gms Perfectly Salted Pork Scratchings because of the presence of Salmonella.[13]
Great Taste Awards
[edit]The Guild of Fine Food has awarded The Snaffling Pig Co a total of 12 Great Taste Awards across its snack ranges. Award-winning pork crackling and scratching flavors include Black Pepper, Low & Slow BBQ, Hot to Trot Habanero, Marvelous Maple, Perfectly Salted, and Salt 'N' Vinegar.[14][15][16] In 2021, Snaffling Pig won the Great Taste Awards for its Chorizo Bites and Caramelised Honey & Chilli Peanuts.[17]
References
[edit]- ^ Pyke, Chris (1 April 2021). "The good, the bad and the unusual businesses that appeared on Dragons' Den". Business Live. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "The Snaffling Pig co-founders talk GoPros, Dragons' Den, jail and setting up a business with £500". CityAM. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Here's to Pork Scratching Advent Calendars!". Snaffling Pig. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Munbodh, Emma (17 June 2021). "Pub snacks business which started as a £500 bet is now worth £6million". mirror. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Ward, Charley (7 October 2020). "Our favourite food advent calendars for 2021". Good Housekeeping. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ foodmanufacture.co.uk. "Dragons' Den investors back pork firm with £70k". foodmanufacture.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Anonymous (30 November 2017). "Foodpreneur". Virgin Start Up Loans - Support and Advice to Start Your Own Business. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ Williams, Henry (7 October 2018). "Consumer Business of the Year 2018: Meet the finalists | Startups Awards". Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Home". Startups Awards by Startups.co.uk: Start up a successful business. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ "Overfunding: Pork Brand Snaffling Pig Surpasses £750,000 Funding Target on Crowdcube". Crowdfund Insider. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Snaffling Pig Expands Snack Range With Foot-Long Sausage Roll Brand Flips Another New Format With Peter's Partnership". Food4Media. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ CreativeAF (22 May 2021), Snaffling Pig - 'Piggin Magic', retrieved 24 August 2021
- ^ "Snaffling Pig recalls Perfectly Salted Pork Scratchings because of the presence of Salmonella". Food Standards Agency. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
- ^ "2018 Winners | Great Taste Awards". previousyears.greattasteawards.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "2017 Winners | Great Taste Awards". previousyears.greattasteawards.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "2016 Winners | Great Taste Awards". previousyears.greattasteawards.co.uk. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ "Great Taste Awards 2021". greattasteawards.co.uk. Retrieved 21 September 2021.