1928
Waldens Wiltshire Food founded in Trowbridge.
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Making a real difference. With over 65 years of commitment and expertise.
Food is never just food. Since 1958, we’ve brought comfort, dignity and connection to every mealtime - from care homes and hospitals to schools, local authorities and homes across the UK with Wiltshire Farm Foods.
Over 65 years of innovation and improvement.
For over six decades we’ve continued to be at the forefront of innovation in food and catering services. We constantly work with our teams and partners to improve our meals, range, services and ways of working.
1958
apetito Germany was founded by Karl Dusterberg.
1960s
Waldens experimented with emerging frozen food technology, producing a range of frozen meat pies for the bakery sector.
1970
Working with the London Borough of Wandsworth, Waldens started producing frozen ready-made meals for the local meals-on-wheels service.
1971
In Germany, apetito began working with the Red Cross, developing frozen meals for the country’s meals-on-wheels service.
1971 onwards
Both Waldens and apetito became market leaders in their respective countries.
1991
apetito entered the UK market, looking for opportunities to expand in Europe, and Wiltshire Farm Foods Established.
1994
apetito Services formed to provide meals-on-wheels to local authorities.
1995
Westminster Meals Limited became the first private contractor to successfully bid for a complete meals-on-wheels service.
apetito also acquired Walden's Wiltshire Foods, developing quality products for community meals and other innovative solutions.
1998
Westminster Meals Limited changed their name to apetito Services.
2000
After dipping a toe into the healthcare market, apetito decided to launch our own dedicated healthcare division.
2002–2004
Expanded into Peterborough, Leicestershire, West Berkshire and Swansea.
2005
We won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation for our revolutionary Chefmobil meals-on-wheels delivery van.
2008
Our Care Homes business unit is launched.
2010
We launched our first texture modified range of meals.
2011
We reached £3.5 million sales for our Care Homes service.
2016
Our texture-modified meals won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation.
2017
Used our expertise in nutrition to launch our Nursery meals service.
2018
Wiltshire Farm Foods rebrand
2019
Won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development for conducting business in a way that impacts positively on the environment, society and economy.
2020
Launched our independent School meals service.
2024
Won the King's Awards for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, with our 'Project Boomerang', a ground-breaking recycling initiative, a key contributor.
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Proudly rooted in Trowbridge. Driven by our purpose.
Wiltshire has been our home for over 65 years, with one simple purpose, to make a real difference to people's lives through food. Today, we support hundreds of thousands of people across the UK, and our commitment to quality, nutrition and care is stronger than ever.
Previous Awards
2005: We were awarded The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation for our revolutionary Chefmobil meals-on-wheels delivery vanIn 2016, our texture-modified meals won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation.
2016: Our texture-modified meals won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation.
2019: We won The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development for conducting business in a way that impacts positively on the environment, society and economy.
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