Burgess Farms From 11 agencies to one trusted supplier.
Burgess Farms runs a seven-day food production operation in Isleham, near Ely, with day and night shifts where labour demand can change without warning.
When Recruit Mint came in, the site was juggling 11 agencies just to keep the lines running. We helped simplify the supply model into one dependable managed service, powered by Deploy Mint visibility.
A fragmented, high-pressure supply model became a clearer partnership with one main supplier and full workforce visibility for supervisors and management.
Too many agencies. Too little notice.
Burgess Farms needed a workforce model that could support a demanding food production site running around the clock, where demand could move sharply from one day to the next.
Eleven agencies on one site
Volatile supply had pushed the client into working with 11 agencies at once, simply to keep the operation covered.
No transport links
The site could not be reached by public transport, so every worker needed their own reliable way in and out.
Seven-day operation
The operation ran across days and nights, with production needing labour support every day of the week.
Demand changed by email
Daily bookings could swing sharply with little notice, making supply difficult to plan and manage.
One process. One pool. One accountable partner.
Rather than becoming just another agency on the list, Recruit Mint built a managed supply model around the site, with the people, the process and the technology to absorb volatility.
On-site inductions and site tours
Every worker arrived with a better understanding of the site, the expectations and the working environment.
Consistent induction video
Recruit Mint produced a consistent onboarding process covering PPE, rules, processes and health and safety.
Experienced on-site manager
An experienced food production specialist was recruited to manage the workforce on site.
Flexible pool for volatility
A pool of 200-plus candidates was built to absorb daily swings in requirements.
The people needed visibility. Deploy Mint gave the site control.
With demand changing daily across both days and nights, Deploy Mint gave the site a single live workforce view and helped keep the model compliant.
Recruit Mint provided the people. Deploy Mint provided the visibility.
See who is booked across days and nights.
See where the gaps are as bookings change.
Track working hours with no breaches of the 20-hour weekly student limit in term time.
Give supervisors and managers one live workforce view.
One supplier. Full visibility.
Recruit Mint became the main supplier, providing the majority of the site’s requirements and helping turn fragmented supply into a dependable partnership.
Recruit Mint became the main supplier for the operation.
Candidates built to support volatile demand.
Workers required around Easter and Christmas peaks.
Day and night shifts across a seven-day operation.
From 11 agencies and demand that changed without warning, to one trusted supplier with full visibility for the management team. That is chaos, brought to calm.
Volatile demand, hard-to-reach location or too many agencies to manage?
Recruit Mint can simplify fragmented workforce supply into one dependable model, with full visibility built in through Deploy Mint.