Mr Whippy secures Sheffield manufacturing and distribution hub
Iconic ice cream brand Mr Whippy has secured a new £15 million manufacturing and distribution hub in Sheffield as it looks to launch a new sweet treat next year.
By Liza Helps, Property Editor, Logistics Matters
THE NEW SWEET treat will be manufactured and distributed from the 23,355 ft2 warehouse known as Unit 4 at Woodhouse Link on Innovation Way in Sheffield after company director Michael Corrado Jackson agreed a new lease for the modern site located just off J31 of the M1.
The property built by Network Space in 2021 has 20,750 ft2 of warehouse space with 9m eaves as well as two dock and two level access doors.
My Whippy, synonymous with British culture and tradition for thousands of people, is to introduce doughnuts next year – it already offer cupcakes – and expects to produce more than 104m of them annually in Sheffield from 2026.
The unit, currently being fitted out for specialist food production, has been marketed by Knight Frank and CPP on behalf of investment manager ESR, and will create more than 50 new jobs on the established industrial estate in South East Sheffield.
Michael Corrado Jackson, company director at Mr Whippy, said: “This major investment is a crucial next step for the brand and its product expansion, and this site perfectly fitted our needs both on location, and for operational purposes being a modern, detached unit. We will be able to satisfy the requirements for specialist food production, automation processes, and then easy distribution of the product.
“The unit will be the manufacturing hub for the doughnut production, which will be fully launched next year and available from retailers.”
Knight Frank partner Rebecca Schofield at said: “This is a fantastic example of inward investment in the region to produce a brand-new facility and associated jobs in Sheffield, as part of an ambitious business expansion. The modern unit leant itself to becoming a state of the art food production facility and the location for distribution of the product is unparalleled.”
