Production floor workwear has a hygiene job to do first

In most trades, workwear is chosen for durability and appearance. On a food production or manufacturing line, hygiene and process control come first, and durability and branding fit in around that. Fabric, colour and fastenings all need to work with your own HACCP plan and site hygiene policy, not against it, so we build around your specification rather than a generic uniform.

Fabric built for the line

Production garments get washed constantly. Frequent laundering, lint control and durability against repeated high-temperature washing are the baseline, not a bonus.

Nothing that can end up in the product

Food industry coats and tunics use press studs rather than buttons, and avoid external pockets above the waist, so nothing can drop into the line when someone leans over it.

The warehouse and yard are different again

Goods-in, dispatch and yard staff have a hi-vis and footwear brief that's closer to logistics than to the production line. It's worth treating them as a separate group on the same order.

The food production and manufacturing kit list

This is what most production sites, bakeries, packing sites and factories end up ordering, and what each item is actually for.

• Food industry coats and tunics: the core garment for the line. Press-stud fastenings, no external pockets above the waist, easy to launder frequently and available in the colours your hygiene zoning calls for.
• Trousers: practical, easy-care trousers in high-temperature washable fabrics, matched in colour to the tunics where your zoning requires it.
• Headwear: hats, snoods and hairnets, so hair is covered properly on every shift.
• Coveralls and overalls: full coverage for wet or messier processes, or where your site policy calls for single-garment cover.
• Thermal layers for chilled and frozen areas: cold stores need a different kit brief entirely from the ambient production floor. Thermal base layers explained.
• Safety footwear: slip-resistant, easy-clean footwear for wet production floors, and standard safety boots for the warehouse side. See safety boots.
• Warehouse and goods-in hi-vis: for staff working near forklifts and vehicle movement in the warehouse and yard. Hi-vis regulations explained, or see our warehouse and logistics workwear.
• Office and management polos: for quality, technical and office-based staff who need to be identifiable but don't need production-floor garments. See polos and T-shirts.
• Visitor and contractor kit: a simple branded option for anyone who needs to be on the floor occasionally rather than daily.

Colour-coding by zone

Many sites use garment colour to separate high-care and low-care areas, raw and ready-to-eat areas, or different departments. Others use it to show at a glance who's a visitor, an engineer or a supervisor. Whatever your scheme, send it to us and we'll keep it on file, so every reorder comes back in the right colour for the right zone.

We supply to your specification, not a generic one

Food and manufacturing sites each run their own hygiene policy, and requirements around fabric, fastenings, pockets and colour-coding vary between sites and between auditors. Where your policy specifies something, tell us and we'll match it exactly rather than assuming a standard approach applies.

Tell us your zoning

If different colours mark different areas or departments, send us the scheme and we'll supply consistently across every order.

Tell us your restrictions

Fastening type, pocket rules, sleeve length or metal-free requirements: we'll work to whatever your own hygiene team has specified.

We're not your hygiene or auditing authority. Specification decisions should come from your own HACCP plan, quality team or auditor, and we'll source to what they set.

Tell us how you launder

Whether your garments go through an in-house laundry or a contracted one, tell us the method and we'll recommend fabric accordingly. Our workwear care guide covers general washing, and free samples let your team check fit and fabric before a full order.

Branding on the production floor

Branding a production tunic works differently to branding a polo. Placement and method need to fit around hygiene requirements rather than just looking good.

Secure, durable branding

Logos are embroidered securely, with no loose threads or badges that could become a contamination risk, in positions that survive frequent industrial laundering. Embroidery vs print compared.

Consistency across shifts and zones

Same logo, same placement, across every tunic colour in your scheme, so the whole site reads as one brand. Check our logo placement guide for what goes where.