It all began in 1994 when David Ryan set up the company with just £1,500 – which left little room for mistakes or immediate massive expansion.
Working to a tight budget encouraged good discipline and allowed the company to grow organically. With vast experience of the refrigeration sector, David worked from 7am to midnight every day to achieve success and small steps soon turned into giant strides.
After two years, Sprint progressed to supplying catering equipment and eventually to providing complete commercial kitchens and bars.
During our rapid growth, the Sprint mission has always remained the same – to provide a high standard of service and quality products at extremely competitive prices.
Indeed, speak to any of our customers and they will tell you that ‘speed of response’ is one of our strengths. That’s why, when David Ryan founded the company, he called it Sprint. Our brand identity has evolved over the years and if you look closely at our current logo (on the right hand side) you’ll see something quite interesting… click here for the full story.
In 2014, our 20th year in business, we expanded our current headquarters on Racecourse Road Industrial Estate in Pershore to accommodate more warehouse and office space.
We’re proud to have received plaudits from within the industry. David Ryan, who passed away in 2017, was an Industry Innovator in the 2012 Catering Insight Hot 100, Ross Ryan was named a Young Trailblazer in the Catering Insight Power List 2015 and Becky Webley was an Unsung Hero in the Catering Insight Power List 2016.
In 2018, Sprint Group was named Multi-Site Project Kitchen House of the Year at the Foodservice Equipment Journal Awards and managing director Tom Bartley-Smith was among five outstanding Business Leaders in the Catering Insight Power List.
In 2019 we celebrated 25 years in business with our silver anniversary featured in The Caterer and the Foodservice Equipment Journal. Following this positive trend, the Sprint team has been named as the 4th top power player by Catering Insight.
Our design and installation projects for Brasserie Blanc and the new Annabel’s in Mayfair were the subjects of articles in Catering Insight and our work continues to be featured by local, regional and business media including BBC Hereford and Worcester and the Worcester News.
In 2021 Sprint Group won the Foodservice Equipment Journal‘s 2021 Award for Multi-Site Kitchen Project House of the Year. In addition, we were announced as ceda’s Grand Prix award-winner for Project Management Excellence. Find out more here. The team also won Distributor of the Year Project Management at Catering Insight Awards 2021 too.
Sprint Group were nominated and won Catering Insight’s Distributor of the Year in 2022.
To find out more about our award-winning project, design and installation service or maintenance contracts, call 01386 555922 or email us at sales@sprint-group.co.uk.
