Big K Products UK Ltd

General information

Big K Products UK Ltd has been importing charcoal products into the UK for the past 40 years. The company originally imported pre-packed products to supply the restaurant market. However, as the home barbecue market grew in the early seventies, Big K naturally expanded in this area.

Big K has since diversified its operation to include a winter range such as coal products, hardwood logs and kindling wood as well as introducing a range of concrete barbecues to the UK. Big K can now be viewed as a company, who sells fuel all year around.

In 1989 Big K invested in a freehold property and established its own packing plant in Norfolk on a 7.5 acre site. The advantage is that we can carry significant stock in bulk as well as in finished goods. Due to the unpredictable English weather, this system of packing and stock holding ensures quality, continuity of supply and the ability to react quickly to market needs, with deliveries usually being made within 72 hours of receiving an order.

In order to keep pace with the increased demands of the industry Big K has made substantial investment both at home and abroad. This includes establishing a joint venture with a company in South Africa to produce FSC products, that include disposable barbecues and instant light charcoal, charcoal and briquettes.

This is backed up with our own manufacturing facilities for barbecue fuel lines in the UK. We have recently completely rebuilt and modernised our production and warehousing facility in Stoke Ferry, Norfolk:

- Warehousing space increased from 54,000 sq ft to 82,000 sq ft.
- Stock holding capacity increased from 2,000 pallets to 8000 pallets.
- Loading bays increased from 2 to 6.
- Fully racked warehousing.
- Less risk due to 3 separate warehouses compared to 1, with fully automated sprinkler system.

The combination of the above gives Big K a unique position in the market place!