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  • Consultancy

    Bob Waller Consultancy offers a Professional Consultancy Service which can be provided Bespoke to your exact needs.

    Examples of our most frequently requested Consultancy Services are listed below. 

    However, we can provide specialist assistance in respect of all and any of the topics listed within our portfolio upon request.

What is BRC?

BRC (British Retail Consortium) Consultancy Assistance

BRC is a Food Safety Management System set up by the major retailers including Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury. Originating around 1998 to enable suppliers to be audited against a single standard, it has since become global and is used by over 14000 companies in 90 countries. Standards cover food packaging and distribution, as well as food manufacturing.

All of our Consultancy Services are personally overseen by our Managing Director, Bob Waller, who has over thirty years of experience in retail, catering, manufacturing and distribution services. Bob is a highly qualified Food Technologist by profession, and leads our team of consultants, sharing his wealth of experience, and providing ongoing support.

How can BRC help my Business?

  • Opens the door to many large retailers, hotel chains and food service providers who require BRC as a pre-requisite to supply.
  • It is a food safety system helping you to achieve many of your legal requirements.
  • It allows you to have clear systems laid out so that all staff understands what is required and how to achieve it.
  • It should lead to a reduction in customer audits.
  • It helps in the manufacture of a consistently safe and wholesome product.
  • Inspires confidence in existing and potential new customers, enabling the growth of your business.

Why choose Bob Waller Consultancy to provide this service to your Business?

  • Initial free of charge and no obligation on site consultancy meeting in order to assess your requirements.
  • We will assist you in the creation of a safety system to meet the relevant BRC standards.
  • We can offer pre BRC audit visits to confirm readiness.
  • We can provide a BRC audit consultant presence on audit days to guide you through the procedure.
  • We can offer ongoing support following audits or provide internal supply chain audits.
  • We are able to provide upon request, a telephone/email consultancy advice and ongoing support service, commissioned by means of a monthly retainer fee.

Further Services available through Bob Waller Consultancy include the following:

  • Health & Safety audits.
  • Supplier audits.
  • The creation of HACCP policies for your Organisation, together with assistance to implement and monitor these if required.
  • ISO 9000.
  • Allergen specific consultancy, to include advice and support in respect of the correct labelling and packaging required for products or business, in order to be fully compliant with current legislation. Additionally, further new legislation is due to come in to force in 2021, covering prepacked for direct sale foods, in order to bring the way allergen information is provided for it in line with other prepacked food.
  • Advice in avoiding product recalls. Protect your Company reputation. Product recalls can be very expensive costing 000’s of pounds in lost revenue, compensation and fines. Not to mention the damage to customer confidence in your products. Whereas some of these recalls may be due to contamination of product, lately most are due to incorrect labelling, particularly with new FIR legislation that is now in force.
  • Pre EHO-Audit visits. Prepare in advance. Book a consultancy day and receive a report highlighting any corrective measures required, in order to meet the requirements of Environmental Health.
  • Creation of bespoke risk assessments.

For more information, please contact us.

What our clients say

  • Bob has been pivotal in the Club obtaining and retaining the 5H’s.

    We have found his knowledge, experience and expertise invaluable and have called upon a number of his services over the years.

    Simon Murphy
    Head of Catering, West Bromwich Albion Football Club.

  • As a contract packer, our goal to obtain BRC accreditation, for a business that is constantly evolving to meet changing customer demand, was a daunting prospect.

    Bob Waller consultancy however, guided us through the whole process, from the initial planning stages, to creation of a fully operational quality manual, and right up to being awarded BRC accreditation. They remain our technical consultants 3 years on, guiding us through audits, staff training and policy changes.

    We would strongly recommend Bob Waller Consultancy to any business looking for guidance with their quality process. They supply a friendly, professional, and most importantly, user friendly service.

    David Brocklehurst
    Managing Director
    Speedpac Limited.

  • Bob and his team have worked with us for several years now, maintaining and improving our quality system . They assisted us through the transition to the new standard and act very much as if they are part of our own team.

    I would highly recommend Bob Waller Consultancy to assist in all aspects of your quality program.

    Derek Sweeney
    Managing Director
    Chase Equipment Ltd.

  • We have been using Bob Waller’s services for over twenty years in an advisory capacity and he has been an invaluable part of our business during that time. Bob has been responsible for creating our BRC conforming system and has helped us to consistently achieve Grade A status since 2006.

    Bob has also been instrumental in developing and refining our other internal control systems and dealing with customer technical audits and questionnaires. We have been able to rely upon his knowledge and experience which helps to keep our Technical Department running smoothly and efficiently.

    Andy Richards
    Managing Director, Phoenix Brands Ltd.

  • I would highly recommend Bob Waller, who came to teach me HACCP 24 years ago, and we are still working together as a team. Bob is a very highly skilled and knowledgeable person, who has put in place all kinds of systems, together with company policies, according to current legislation. This has led to us achieving BRC AA Grade to the highest levels consistently.  

    Bob is very friendly and has a highly professional approach, not only in dealing with blue chip technical teams, but also internal audits supplier questionnaires, and auditing companies to the latest BRC standard.

    Internal training is also always arranged to the highest standard.’

    Sheila Akhtar
    Quality Manager, AIB Foods Ltd.

  • I would highly recommend Bob Waller Consultancy. He took a complicated generic HACCP plan which had clearly not been written with Grape Tree in mind and didn’t reflect the system which we have here and reworked it in to a conscience clear plan which is easy to use daily. During the writing process, Bob visited our site several times to ensure that every point reflects what we do here and he has returned to our premises several times since the HACCP plan has been up and working to ensure that it is running smoothly. He is extremely reliable; providing assistance by phone or email quickly and always maintains a professional, yet approachable manner.

    Leanne Mason,
    Technical Assistant,
    J G Foods trading as Grapetree.

Our clients include

  • West Bromwich Albion Football Club
  • Speedpac
  • Aibfoods
  • Grape tree
  • Chase
  • Phoenix brands