'Business as usual' at Contacto as Steve Goodliff retires

Dear Valued Customer,

I am very pleased to advise that Eric Maunoir is taking over as Managing Director of Contacto Ltd as I retire at the end of 2024 after over 32 years with the company and over 40 years in our industry. Eric is absolutely the right man for the job and will continue to grow the business in the UK, with over 25 years’ experience of building brands, including within the HoReCa and food industry sectors, having worked with a food ingredients business and an Italian fine foods importer.

So we want to assure our partners and customers that, going forward, it’s business as usual!
With a host of new products due to launch in 2025, Contacto and sister brand Frilich will be at both Ambiente, Frankfurt in February 2025 and at the FEA’s LET Forum in May 2025.  There are some very exciting new lines coming through and we want to get them in front of the market as quickly as possible and we are also putting the finishing touches to a new catalogue.

As you may know, we’re a big supporter of the British Culinary Federation, an involvement that will  continue.  Eric has been shadowing me during 2024, and together we have tried to visit as many customers as possible.

I’m very grateful for the opportunities I’ve had with Contacto partnering with yourselves and will be sorry to leave, as I’m sure I will miss many of you, particularly those I consider friends. But I feel now is the right time to hang up my boots. So thank you, and I wish you all the best for the future.

With kind regards

Steve Goodliff