Our Timeline

  • 1945 The company (W.H Andrew) was founded by Bill Andrew.
  • 1967 Tim Andrew joined the company providing exceptional service.
  • 1975 Moved to the centre of Hillsborough, County Down.
  • 1986 Moved to a purpose built office and warehouse & our name was changed to Andrew of Hillsborough Ltd.
  • 2001 Took over W.H Waugh, a long time competitior. Alan Waugh joined as a director.
  • Jan 2003 Opened an extended warehouse and covered loading bay which doubled loading capacity.
  • 2003 Rebranded the company to Andrew Ingredients. A fresh name and look was adopted.
  • 2005 Held our own very successful ‘Ingredients in Action’ exhibition to celebrate 60 years of business.
  • 2008 Distribution area expanded to all of Ireland. A new Business Development manager, Emmett Logue was recruited and joined the existing sales team.
  • 2011 Moved to Lisburn and doubled the size of the facilities to 24,000sq ft.
  • 2014 John Graham joined as a Director, now Managing Director
  • 2015 Celebrated 70 years in business. Opened a new warehouse, test bakery and kitchen with 4 new loading bays and a refrigeration unit.
  • 2018 Distribution area expanded to include Scotland. Gerry Murray joined the team as Business Development Manager for the area.
  • Jan 2020 Ben Jennett and Timothy Beattie joined the team as Business Development Managers.
  • Feb 2020 John Boland, Director and long time team member, retired.
  • 2021 Extension of premises to 40,000 sq ft