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Cafodd £340,000 o Gronfa Twf Economaidd Cymru ei neilltuo i Winning Blend sy’n masnachu o dan yr enw The Welsh Pantry/Y Pantri Cymreig, i greu 34 o swyddi a diogelu 10 swydd arall.  Llwyddodd y cwmni i wneud yn well na hynny a chreu 55 o swyddi, gan ddod â nifer ei weithwyr i 156\.   


Ymwelodd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi a Seilwaith, Ken Skates, â’r safle yn Llantrisant heddiw i weld drosto’i hun sut mae’r buddsoddiad o £1\.1m mewn offer cynhyrchu modern yn y becws a’r uned bacio wedi bod o les i’r busnes ac wedi creu swyddi. 

Yn ystod ei daith o gwmpas y ffatri, clywodd ei fod eisoes wedi cynyddu llif, lleihau gwastraff, gwella effeithlonrwydd ac ansawdd a chynyddu gallu'r cwmni i gystadlu. 

Dywedodd Mr Skates: 


> “Dyma newyddion rhagorol ac rwy’n falch iawn bod gallu Llywodraeth Cymru wedi helpu’r cwmni i ehangu, i wella’i fedrau a chreu nifer sylweddol o swyddi newydd. 
> 
> “Mae buddsoddiad a llwyddiant y cwmni wedi cael effaith sylweddol hefyd ar yr economi gan fod polisi Welsh Pantry/Y Pantri Cymreig o brynu nwyddau lleol pan all yn golygu ei fod yn prynu nwyddau’n rheolaidd oddi wrth dros 100 o fusnesau lleol.  Llynedd, gwariodd dros £3\.2m yn ei gadwyn cyflenwi leol."

Meddai Mark Sommers, Cyfarwyddwr Cyllid y Grŵp: 


> "Mae'r buddsoddiad wedi ein helpu i gynnal busnes presennol ac ennill busnes newydd gan gwsmeriaid presennol, ynghyd â lansio cynhyrchion newydd i gwsmeriaid newydd. Mae hefyd wedi ein galluogi i lansio 22 o gynhyrchion newydd sydd wedi cael ymateb da iawn."
> 
> "Roedd y gefnogaeth gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn ganolog i'n galluogi i ehangu ar yr adeg iawn, a sicrhau nad oeddem yn colli cyfleoedd."

Dywedodd Mark Sommers fod trosiant wedi cynyddu i £18 miliwn, yn y deuddeg mis hyd at fis Ionawr 2016 a rhagwelir twf pellach gwerth £2 miliwn yn ystod y flwyddyn sydd i ddod.

Ychwanegodd: 


> "Daw'r cynnydd hwn yn sgil cyfnod o dwf digynsail – roedd trosiant gweithgynhyrchu yn y flwyddyn hyd at fis Ionawr 2012 ychydig dros £3\.8 miliwn – sy'n  gyfradd twf gyfansawdd o 48% dros gyfnod o bedair blynedd."

Mae'r becws yn gweithredu system tair shifft, 5 diwrnod yr wythnos, ac mae'n cynhyrchu 64 o gynhyrchion gwahanol, gan gynhyrchu tua 95 miliwn o eitemau y flwyddyn. 

Mae'r busnes yn arbenigo ar gynhyrchu cynhyrchion sawrus, yn ogystal â rhai prydau parod, ac mae ganddo ei gegin ddatblygu ei hun er mwyn profi a chynhyrchu ryseitiau newydd arloesol. 

Mae ei frand label ei hun The Welsh Pantry/Y Pantri Cymreig yn cael ei werthu yn Morrisons, Sainsbury a Tesco, ac mae hefyd yn cynhyrchu brandiau label ar gyfer archfarchnadoedd cenedlaethol, yn cynnwys Iceland, Asda, Aldi a Lidl.

Dyma ail ymgais lwyddiannus Winning Blend i sicrhau cyllid gan y Gronfa Twf Economaidd – yn 2013 dyfarnwyd £300,000 iddo er mwyn creu 34 o swyddi newydd, ac arweiniodd hyn at fusnes newydd sylweddol, yn bennaf ar gyfer brandiau  Aldi, Lidl ac Iceland.







Translation:


 
Winning Blend, which trades under The Welsh Pantry brand, was supported by £340,000 from the Wales Economic Growth Fund to create 34 jobs and safeguard a further 10 jobs. The company exceeded its targets and created 55 jobs, bringing the headcount to 156  


Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure Ken Skates visited the Llantrisant site today to see at first hand how the £1\.1m investment in advanced manufacturing equipment in the bakery and packaging facility is benefiting the business and creating jobs.

During a tour of the facility he heard that it has already  increased throughput, reduced waste, improved efficiencies and quality and increased the competitiveness of the business.

Mr Skates said: 


> “It’s excellent news and I am delighted  support from the Welsh Government has helped the company expand its facility in Wales, broaden its capabilities  and create a significant number of news jobs.
> 
> “The company’s investment and success also has a significant wider impact on the economy as Welsh Pantry’s policy of buying locally whenever possible, means it regularly purchases from more than 100 local businesses and last year spent in excess of £3\.2m with its local supply chain.”

Group Finance Director Mark Sommers said: 


> “The investment has helped us retain existing business and win new business from existing customers, along with launching new products into a new customer. It has also enabled us to launch 22 new products which have been very well received.”
> 
> “Support from the Welsh Government was pivotal in enabling us to expand when we need to as these opportunities could have been lost.”

Mark Sommers said that in the twelve months to January 2016 turnover increased to £18m with a forecast growth of a further £2m in the year ahead.

He added: 


> “This increase is on the back of a period of unprecedented growth – manufactured turnover in the year to January 2012 amounted to just £3\.8m – representing a compound growth rate of 48% over a four year period.”

The bakery operates three shifts, 5 days a week and manufactures 64 different products, producing around 95 million items a year.

The business specialises in producing savoury products as well as some ready meals and has its own development kitchen to test and produce innovative new recipes.

Its own brand The Welsh Pantry label is sold in Morrisons, Sainsbury and Tesco, with own label brands for national multiples including Iceland, Asda, Aldi and Lidl. 

It is Winning Blend’s second successful funding round from the Economic Growth Fund – in 2013 it was awarded £300,000 which created 34 new jobs and led to significant new own label business predominantly from Aldi, Lidl and Iceland.