Nestlé Tutbury in Hatton, South Derbyshire, is an important manufacturing location for Nestlé.

With a history dating back more than 120 years, the Tutbury factory has been an integral part of the Derbyshire and Staffordshire community since its establishment in 1901 as a milk factory.

It was one of the first factories built by Nestlé in the UK. The site is on the Derbyshire side of the River Dove, and back during its establishment the only post office which could be used to conduct business was across the boundary in Tutbury, so the name stuck, despite being officially in Hatton.

Today, the Tutbury factory stands as a Centre of Excellence for Nestlé coffee brands including Nescafé Original, Nescafé Gold, Nescafé Azera and Nescafé Dolce Gusto, housing all forms of coffee production including freeze dried, spray dried, and pod technology on one site.

In 2019, Starbucks joined the Tutbury line up, as part of a deal giving Nestlé the perpetual rights to produce and market Starbucks coffee and tea products around the world (outside of Starbucks coffee houses and excluding Ready-to-Drink products).

The Tutbury factory can produce an impressive 170,000 jars of instant coffee every 24 hours!

Our workforce

At Nestlé Tutbury, our people are collaborative, innovative and looking to challenge and drive change. With around two-thirds of our UK and Ireland workforce dedicated to Operations, we know our brands are in greats hands in our factories.

With more than 710 employees, including apprentices, graduates and placement students, Nestlé Tutbury is committed to nurturing talent. In the UK and Ireland, we typically employ 180-200 apprentices across the business at any given time and recruit around 30-40 graduates every September. Our Nestlé Academy schemes offer aspiring professionals the chance to launch their career, retrain their skills, and gain on-the-job experience, you can find more information here.

Nestlé nurtures and supports its Women in Operations employee network, an initiative and area of focus for our business as we aim to improve opportunities for women to get into manufacturing and engineering roles and, furthermore, provide mentorship and support so their careers can flourish.

Engineering

Our Engineering team ensures the smooth operation and maintenance of our facilities and equipment.
Human Resources and Training

HR and Training play a crucial role in recruiting, developing, and supporting our talented workforce.
Innovation and Renovation

Innovation and Renovation drive our continuous improvement efforts, seeking new ideas and solutions.
Labour Planning

Our Labour Planning team ensures efficient staffing and scheduling to meet production demands.

Manufacturing and Production Operations

Manufacturing and Production Operations oversee the day-to-day manufacturing processes, ensuring quality and efficiency.
Manufacturing Excellence

Manufacturing Excellence focuses on optimising our operations and implementing best practices.
Regulatory and Quality

Regulatory and Quality ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
Safety, Health and Environment

Safety, Health and Environment prioritise the wellbeing of our employees and the sustainability of our operations.
Supply Chain

Our Supply Chain team manages the flow of materials and products to meet customer demands.

Making a positive difference

In terms of operations, Nestlé UK and Ireland transitioned to 100% grid-supplied renewable electricity in 2017, investing in wind power capacity.

In Nestlé Tutbury, we operate using solar panels, which generate an output of 448,459kWh, resulting in a reduction of approximately 237,235kg of CO2 emissions.

We recycle 50,000 tonnes of coffee grounds annually, with the onsite biomass system efficiently reusing waste coffee grounds to provide heat for the entire site. This not only reduces the site’s need for other fuel sources but also saves the fuel we would otherwise use transporting the waste offsite and produces thermal energy at the same time.

Additionally, the factory’s reverse osmosis water pre-treatment plant allows us to clean and reuse much of the freshwater that we need for operations.

Nestlé Tutbury is one of two centres around the world producing Nescafé Dolce Gusto.

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Nestlé Tutbury is proud to support local groups and events in the community

Not least through the two-day volunteering allowance each employee is encouraged to take– which would equate to approximately 120,000 hours of volunteering a year which many will chose to take locally.

From hosting young professionals' events and delivering career insight days with social enterprise WildHearts, to collaborating with organisations like the Big Butterfly Count and Derbyshire Wildlife Trust to create wildflower meadows and install beehives on site, or partnering with with PhunkyFoods to support local schools with engaging education on healthy eating and lifestyles.

Nescafé and packaging

Nestlé’s vision is that none of its packaging ends up in landfill or as litter.

In the UK and Ireland, efforts continue at pace to ensure as close to 100% of Nestlé packaging is designed for recycling by 2025, and Nestlé continues to work towards all of its packaging being recyclable or reusable.

In 2024, Nestlé introduced the first paper refill pack for Nescafé Gold Blend that can be used to refill the glass jar and give it a longer life, and easily recycled through kerbside collection. This innovative paper refill pack reduces packaging weight by a remarkable 97% compared to the traditional 200g glass coffee jars.

Sourcing our Nescafé coffee

Advancing regenerative agriculture at scale is one of Nestlé’s key objectives of its net zero roadmap to help source its ingredients sustainably in the future, aiming to improve soil health, sequester carbon, support food security and improve resilience of farming communities, restore water resources and enable biodiversity.

Nescafé is striving to make coffee farming more sustainable. All coffee used in Nescafé products made in the UK is 100% responsibly sourced, ensuring that every cup of Nescafé coffee can help make a difference.

Updated and reinvigorated at the end of 2022, the Nescafé Plan 2030 sets out how the brand would invest globally over one billion Swiss francs by 2030, to help drive regenerative agriculture, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve farmers' livelihoods.

In 2011, a £110 million investment was made to expand the Nescafé Dolce Gusto manufacturing facility, increasing production capacity and creating 300 jobs. By the end of 2016, the total investment in the factory amounted to £325 million.

A factory freeze room filled with ice, and a person in a large suit walking down the aisle.

Behind the Beans with Nescafé

Coffee fuels Britain. It has a special place in everyday life. From our morning brew to catching up with friends, new research has shown coffee has overtaken tea as the UK's preferred drink.

And as proud manufacturers of Nescafé, the nation's favourite coffee, we're here for it. Not only do we love this delicious beverage, but we love our people who make it. From the coffee-growers to the bean tasters, to our manufacturing experts and sustainability specialists, we all share the same passion to deliver the perfect cup.

In 2023, we featured the Tutbury team in our 'Behind the Beans' campaign, inviting coffee-lovers to meet some of our factory team, have a sneak peek behind the scenes, and learn more about our obsession with great coffee.