Over the last decade we have seen many company buyouts that are reshaping future supplies in the hospitality sectors. 

It began in 2002 when the German brand Ecolab bought Adams Chemicals, then in 2016 bought Shield and furthermore in 2017 bought the Arpal Group. Next on the agenda was the buyout of Clover Chemicals by the Belgium brand Christeyns in 2018 and to top it all the American conglomerate Bain Capital who owns the Diversey brand bought the rights to Zenith Hygiene in 2018.

A massive congratulation to Clare Smyth and her superb team at Core for being awarded three Michelin stars at a virtual ceremony to recognise the winners in the 2021 Michelin guide. Clare has been a valued client of Cleaner Products since she opened the doors of Core nearly three years ago. On being awarded a third star, chef Clare Smyth said: "We worked hard every day to be the best that we can. We try to be better every day than the last. Obviously it's my dream to reach this level but you could never imagine it would happen.

There is no doubt that attitudes and behaviours will have changed after the Covid-19 pandemic, we have all become more aware of our own hygiene practices and we have adopted  frequent washing and sanitising of our hands and have an increased focus on hygiene.

We have all been affected by the Covid pandemic, none less so than the hospitality sector, it was knocked for six when restauranteurs and hoteliers were forced to shut their doors, this in turn affected so many other suppliers that support the industry and our brand Cleaner Products was left very exposed as over 85% of our turnover was in this sector.