Lea & Perrins Student Factory Visit

The front gates of the famous factory which is still in Worcester.

An exterior picture of the famous Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce Factory which is still the one place in the world that both makes and packages the iconic condiment.

An absolutely amazing place to visit that is steeped in history. Thankyou's to Shane Shortman - Heinz UK's Brand Manager for Lea & Perrin's Worcestershire Sauce for arranging as well as factory staff Paul and Martin who kindly gave up their time to give us factory tours. 

The smells as we walked through the different areas of the factory were just simply amazing and an assault to the senses.. Students were shown around various elements involved in the production process of the famous sauce which is still made on site hundreds of years after the factory was originally built by local chemists Mr Lea and Mr Perrin.

The Green Design students on the Graphic Design and Multimedia Course at the University of Worcester are presently in the middle of a brief set by Lea & Perrins (Heinz UK) to design sustainable prototype re-designs of the iconic sauce bottles. Heinz' Corporate Responsibility Charter has resulted in both Heinz (and Lea & Perrins in particular) dramatically reducing their waste outputs to landfill. The sustainable re-design student project has also been generated through the requirements of the charter too which looks at all aspects of procurement and materials use.

We'll add more here when internal shots have been vetted by Heinz. Many of these involve the machinery and elements used in the sauce's secret recipe - which they're understandably sensitive about.

Further imagery from the day's visit:

The exterior of the famous factory.

Inside the factory.

Lea & Perrin's labels all ready to be added to the bottles.

Sauce bottle packaging in it's flattened state.

Inside the factory.

The Students and tutor all ready to go on to the factory floor. 

The rear of the factory near where the coopers used to make
the oak barrels for sauce.