Minister for Technology and Member for South-Eastern Metropolitan Region, Gordon Rich-Phillips today opened the new manufacturing facility of Temptation Bakeries, in Chelsea Heights.
Rich-Phillips said Temptation Bakeries is a true Victorian manufacturing success story.
“Temptation Bakeries employs 100 local people and contributes substantially to the local economy, community and the reputation of Victoria’s food manufacturing sector,” Rich-Phillips said.
“What began as a small family-owned bakery 21 years ago has developed into a leading manufacturer of award-winning food products for blue-chip customers, including major airlines, supermarkets and food service suppliers.
“Last financial year, Temptation Bakeries produced 32 million individual products and with the expansion of its facilities in Chelsea Heights now complete, is aiming to double this output within five years.”
Owners Mike and Pauline Ratcliff began their operations with a small regional bakery on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Mike Ratcliff said their company’s competitive advantage leverages off innovative and sustained new product development and a flexible manufacturing culture that expects and welcomes change.
“We have actually capitalised on the advantages of being small and having the flexibility to bring together timely innovation, technology and business operations aimed at keeping costs down, while at the same time being able to deliver on rapidly shifting market demands,” Mike Ratcliff said.