Workers at online retail giant Amazon will be receiving deliveries of their own after the firm commissioned a Derby bakery to make staff a batch of branded doughnuts.
Luxury bakers Project D, based in Spondon, have received an order to create more than 5,000 bespoke doughnuts for workers in eight different Amazon fulfilment centres across the UK.
It is the third order the company has placed this year with Project D; in September bakers made 4,100 gold-themed doughnuts which were delivered to Amazon staff from Edinburgh to London.
Co-owner of Project D Matthew Bond shows off some of the bakery’s delicious doughnuts.
Project D, which is currently recruiting 100 extra staff in order to take their doughnut delivery operation nationwide, has received requests from dozens of big-name brands this year.
Companies including Coca-Cola, Sainsbury’s and Channel 4 Television have all ordered handmade doughnuts as rewards for staff, prizes in competitions or for one-off promotions.
Operations director Max Poynton said: “Our new bakery means we have plenty of capacity to produce really big orders now, so we’re hoping this is a side of the business we can really begin to grow.
“We love nothing better than receiving an order to create something really one-off and exciting; we have some fantastically creative staff who can take a company’s corporate colours and make something that looks too good to eat.
“Lots of local companies have been using us for a while, such as East Midlands Railways. We’ve made thousands of doughnuts for them now and have just received an order for 500 Christmas doughnuts for its staff.”
There are lots of irresistible flavours to choose from at Project D, including this Gold bar themed one.
Project D, which changes the flavours of its doughnuts every six weeks and also offers a vegan range, currently delivers to doorsteps across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Birmingham, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Yorkshire.
Its boxes are biodegradable and compostable, while the doughnuts are brightly-coloured and hugely popular on social media – Project D has 50,000 followers on Instagram alone.
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Max added: “Doughnuts make really great gifts because they are inexpensive and everyone loves them. They definitely put a smile of people’s faces and have been particularly popular during lockdown.
“Working with big names like Amazon is really exciting for us and it’s particularly nice that they have come back to us several times this year. It shows that they are happy with the high standards of our doughnuts.”
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