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How Promotional Barrel BBQs Help You To Boost Your Branding

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How Promotional Barrel BBQs Help You To Boost Your Branding

Since a couple of years, we have been busy developing our range of Promotional items. The barrel has always been key in all our solutions – from tables to seats and from bins to barbecues. Our experts have found methods to transform ‘dull’-looking barrels into so-called branding bombes. You cannot find more space to use for branding purposes but a custom-made Promotional Barrel. For years, our barrel barbecue has been a popular item in our range. We have been thinking why especially this item is loved by people globally. But we have quite a clear idea. And, say yourself, who does not love a BBQ?! Read everything about it here.

The Barrel Barbecue: where did it come from?

For people that know our organization, know that United Brands Group consists of two business units; UBG Promotional (specialized in promotional items), and UBG Retail (outdoor cooking expert). It all started in 2013 when founder Onno Vos figured out that he wanted to create ‘something’ with oil barrels. His father had been present in the oil industry, and Vos felt in love with them. That’s when BarrelQ was born. Today, we still manufacture and distribute BarrelQ to end-consumers. Soon, we found out that the BarrelQ has many more possibilities. And then we started with branding our barrels and people loved it. Soon our branding experts started developing new methods to brand a barrel. Nowadays, UBG Promotional is known by many branding agencies and individuals, and produces thousands of branded barrels yearly. And then we started with branding our barrels and people loved it. 

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The Barrel Barbecue: Endless possibilities

After finding out about the success of branded barrels, we soon sought for new methods to brand a barrel. We always start by selecting the perfect size that fits your needs. The original 200 litres is produced most frequently due to its height and amazing branding surface. However, we also have the perfect solution for smaller delight – think of a 120 litres medium BBQ or even our 60 litres small barrel.

Request our brochure and read everything about the various sizes

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The Barrel Barbecue – Black

Want to go for a clean look? Then the black barrel barbecue is THE solution for you. Together with our vinyl sticker partner, we design and produce a sticker to turn just a black barrel into YOUR barrel barbecue. Oh and don’t worry, the stickers are used to wrap cars so it won’t come off easily.

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The Barrel Barbecue – RAL

Does black not fit your brand identity? Don’t worry you can select a barrel from a wide range of colours. RAL is a colour matching system that is used frequently in Europe. There are over 200 different options so there is always a colour that fits your branding. We top it off with a vinyl sticker and the custom-made barbecue is ready to grill the most delicious pieces of meat, fish or veggies.

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The Barrel Barbecue – Full Colour

Hold on, this is going to be exciting. We have found a way to customize barrels to fully customized with full colour imagery. This unique way of branding boosts your branding. As you can place whatever you like all the way around the barrel. From pictures to graphics and text. Anything is possible. In case you don’t have a designer that can assist in creating a design that fits your brand identity, our in-house graphic design team can help you!

The possibilities to convert a barrel into a branded barbecue are endless. From different sizes to various branding methods. So, there’s always an option that fits your desires and budget. The good thing is we can customize a barbecue from only 1 piece. We have fast production and deliver globally!

Talk to our sales team to see what the possibilities for your organization are!

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Promotional sauces with your own branding

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We have been present in the Promotional industry for quite some time now. Businesses from all around the globe know our barrel items – from tables to seats and from bins to POS material. By far, the Barrel BBQ has been our most popular product. How exciting is it to see your stakeholders enjoy a delicious meal with food prepared on a barrel barbecue with your logo and/or branding on it? As a business, we believe that we should constantly innovate. By that we mean that our solutions should be adapted to the ever-changing environment of promotional items. Therefore, we proudly announce the addition of custom sauces to our assortment.  

Custom Sauces as a Promotional Item

What is the right dish without the right sauce? It is like a teacher without a book or like a BBQ without the food. Sauces are indispensable to any meal. However we are tired of eating the standard sauces that we often buy in supermarkets. Therefore, United Brands Group offers the opportunity to develop your own sauce! Ideal to add as promotional item in your assortment. Delicious to give and receive.

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Request your free samples here
  • Step 1: Define the flavour

    Does your (client’s) brand represent freshness? Pick a fresh or fruity flavour! But we also have the perfect flavours that fit to the more rough or robust branding. Our team is more than happy to introduce you to one of our existing flavours. Does this still not fit your brand? Try to develop your own flavour with us. You will get the opportunity to taste the sauce before production*.

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will get multiple tasting-sessions
  • Step 2: Design the Packaging

    Some businesses employ or work with their own digital designer to design the packaging of the sauce. We offer the opportunity to create a label for the bottle. It is also possible to create boxed sauces. We will then of course deliver all the required specifications to design the packaging. In case you do not have the chance to design the packaging yourself, one of our members of the in-house design team is happy to team up with you (optional).

  • Step 3: Enjoy your own Custom Sauces

    After you have worked with us to develop and design the perfect bottle of sauce, it is time to enjoy the sauces yourself. Ideal as promotional gift to clients or employees. Is your sauce a guilty pleasure as a dip? Or delicious to eat with French fries? You decide it yourself! One thing is certain, it is a unique item to add to your portfolio.

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We are ready to develop your own sauce with you. In case you would like to receive more information please contact us here or send an email to gerd@ubgcompany.com
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Custom Kamados as Promotional item

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Custom Kamados as Promotional Item New from United Brands Group

As market leader in commercial barrels, we know about everything that is going on in the promotional barrel industry. Our experts are constantly searching for new ways to innovate our barrel products. From tables to seats, and more. However, our colleagues from UBG Retail have noticed that the popularity of Kamado BBQs has increased over the years. This has brought us to the idea to offer customizable Kamado barbecues. Ideal as a promotional gift for your clients or as a nice Christmas present to surprise your staff members.

Why Kamados?

The Kamado originates from East Asia over 3.000 years ago. However, it wasn’t until the early 1940s that the ceramic barbecue has been discovered by outdoor cooking lovers in The United States. It quickly became popular globally. Nowadays, the big boys in the Kamado-industry dominate the market with their egg-shaped barbecues. However, it is about time that these BBQ models are introduced to the world of Promotional products.

Request information about your own customizable kamado!

Place your order before the 5th 
of November so you and your
customers and staff can enjoy 
delicious food from the Kamado 
during Christmas!

Personalize your own 13” Kamado

This 13 inch kamado is made from ceramic and has a grill surface with a diameter of 27 cm. Ideal for small entourages and easy to move due to its size and weight. The black glazed finish provides a luxurious look and the robust wooden handle is ideal to laser your logo on.

Imagine to be able to cook the most delicious dishes on your very-own personalized kamado. And the good news is, we can produce your kamado for orders as little as 8 pieces! No need for huge investments but you still make a great impact.

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Type

Kamado Barbecue

Ideal for

3 – 5 persons

Diameter Cooking surface

Ø 27 cm

Material grill grid

Chromed steel

Overall dimensions

33 x 33 x 57 cm

Colour

Black

Finish

Glazed

Material

Ceramic

Weight

24 kg
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Talk to us!

Do you want to know more about personalized Kamado grills? Contact me via email or call +31767002727!

Place your order before the 5th of November so you and your customers and staff can enjoy delicious food from the Kamado during Christmas!

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Recap Leveranciersdagen 2021

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We have been present at Promz Leveranciersdagen 2021 at Expo Houten, The Netherlands. We were finally able to see everyone in person again. Hear what our Managing Director, Gerd Nieuwboer has to say about our product solutions. 

 

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Meet us at the Promz Lieferantentage 2021!

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Meet us at the Promz Lieferantentage 2021!

What happens in Giessen, stays in Giessen. Well, this time we hope not because we look forward to meeting our suppliers again at Die Lieferantentage on the 24th and 25th of August in beautiful Giessen, Germany, and get to know new possible connections to conquer the promo world together. This fair is organized by PromZ who are specialized in information provision and intermediary in specific segments in the field of marketing and communication. Through many channels, they provide information and interaction between professionals who use and offer promotional products and business gifts.

We’re also in the latest Promz Vak Magazine!

Because they believe in the power of personal encounters, they also organize trade fairs and meetings. Permanently on the agenda are the trade fairs PromZ.live (for people who buy promotional products and business gifts) and The Suppliers’ Days (for everyone active in the promotional products industry). In addition, they also provide the Dutch pavilion every year at the international trade fair PSI in Düsseldorf.

Unfortunately, due to COVID-19, we had no chance to be meeting our suppliers, brand agencies, and our direct clients in real life. Luckily, we will be meeting each other this year again. To start with the Lieferantentage in Giessen.

Read more about the Lieferantentage here!

What can you expect?

The Suppliers’ Days are open for everyone who is active in the promotional products industry. We will be there with some of our best works from the last couple of years. We are there for you to answer any questions you have about the possibilities for your clients. Moreover, this is your chance to see and feel our products in real life before any order is placed. Something you would not miss out on!

See the full list of participants here.

You can find us at stand 312. Go inside and turn right when arriving at the second aisle from the main aisle and stop at the 4th stand. You will probably already see us from miles away due to our eye-catching barrels. Here, one of our colleagues will welcome you and guide you through the beautiful jungle of endless possibilities with our barrels as promo-item. Take pictures, grab the catalog and the business card with you so you can easily contact us afterward.

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Promotional Behind-The-Scenes: Full-Colour Barrels To Boost Your Branding

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Promotional Behind-The-Scene:
Full-Colour Barrels To Boost Your Branding

Combined success

We are less good at reinventing the wheel. On the other hand, we are very good at combining different forces to make it a success. This is basically what our company was built on and still exists today. Six years ago, when Onno, one of the founders of the former company name BarrelQ, went looking for high-quality suppliers with specialties in oil drums and printing. To this day we work with these two suppliers with the most fantastic results.

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Full Colour POS Barrels For Captain Morgan

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From the moment that an order for full-colour barrels is received by us, it is processed in the system by your dedicated Account Manager. Once a month, fully dependent on the busyness of the purchasing season, we plan a full-colour wrap run, as we like to say. The Account Managers will receive an end date for the coming month that all orders for full-colour barrels must be received. These are then collected on a joint board with descriptions, quantities, and designs. From this point on, we pass the baton to the specialists. The empty drum plates are personalized at our drum supplier, after which they must dry for about a week. Then the plates go through the machine and are beaten as barrels.

Full-colour tables and full-colour table tops. Only at UBG!

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Full Colour POS Barrels For Aperol Spritz

We consciously choose not to personalize barrels that have already been beaten in advance, since the design will then not fit nicely over the relief of the barrel. In addition, by using this method we also have the possibility to produce smooth-walled barrels or barrels with only beads (big hoops) or with beads and drums (big and small hoops).

Did you know that our Barrel Bins are also available in full colour?

Want to know more about full-colour barrels?

We are more than happy to help you.
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UBG Promotional: The Barrel Collection

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We have already given you several behind-the-scenes glimpses and our brochure is already circulating well around the world. We are currently working hard to update our current brochure again with new POSM products so that you can already orientate yourself for next year. But for now, let us zoom in on our standard range and its uniqueness.

 

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Barrel BBQ

The barrel that started the entire UBG promotional adventure: the barrel BBQ. If we had to make an estimate, this is probably the most ordered product from our range. But how could it be otherwise? This barrel can be personalized in many ways and is available in 3 different sizes. So, something for everyone! Are you going for the exuberant full-color variant? Or do you keep it somewhat basic with a colored barrel and vinyl logo? Moreover, this barrel variant cannot only be used as a BBQ but also as an activation promotion item in stores because you get the lid included. Ideal for displaying products.

Check out our BBQ Barrels

POS Barrel

The name probably already suggests it, but this POS barrel is mainly used as a display item. It includes an empty 200L barrel of 87cm high and 59cm diameter with a lockable lid. This product can also be used as a simplified table at trade fairs, terraces, and festivals. Or how about storage space for coats, bags, blankets, pillows, or other knick-knacks? Multi-deployable and personalization are endless!

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Barrel Table

Do you want to go all out and yet go all-in? Then choose our barrel table! This fantastic combination of a barrel that can be personalized with a tabletop that can be personalized as well will certainly stand out. The tabletops can be ordered in different sizes, but we always assume a standard 80cm round top. Below, you will find which combinations are possible. Additional explanation per tabletop: the unbranded, also available in various basic colours, and the printed edition are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The wooden tops are available in four different types of wood and are perfect for indoors and some also for outdoors.

  • Barrel full colour with printed tabletop
  • Barrel full colour with wood tabletop
  • Barrel full colour with unbranded tabletop
  • Barrel RAL coloured with printed tabletop
  • Barrel RAL colour with wood tabletop
  • Barrel RAL colour with unbranded tabletop
  • Barrel black colour with printed tabletop
  • Barrel black colour with wood tabletop
  • Barrel black colour with unbranded tabletop
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200L Black Barrel with Branded Wooden Table Top
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200L Black Barrel with Branded Wooden Table Top
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200L Black Barrel with Non-Branded Wooden Table Top
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200L Full Colour Barrel with Printed Table Top
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From order to delivery: Vinyl Barrel Designs

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From order to delivery: Vinyl Barrel Design

A few blogs ago we have already given you a peek behind the scenes of UBG Promotional from placing a request to order. More interesting would be a closer look behind the scenes from the moment the order confirmation is sent, right? Well, today is your lucky day because we are about to zoom in on the part where the magic happens. Here we go! We present our vinyl designs to you!

 

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What are vinyl designs?

When we talk about vinyl designs, we mean the hand-pasted designs that are usually placed in the middle part of our barrels. And exceptionally, you also find hand-pasted designs with a larger print such as these Havana Club barrels (completely dependent on quantity). The prints are made of high-quality, heat and water-resistant, vinyl material. This vinyl is also used for car and window wrapping. Clearly high-quality material!

Check out all promotional items!

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The process

Before we show you what happens after the order confirmation, let’s have a quick look at the overall request to order process once more.

  1. Request via phone, mail, or Account Manager
  2. Collect/share as much information about the order
  3. Response within 2 working days
  4. Quotation including feasible delivery time and transport costs
  5. Assembling and transport by inhouse distribution department

Now, let us shed some light on the process between steps four and five. You have just received the order confirmation containing the type of product, design, optional accessories, transport costs, and delivery details.

  • After approval of the artwork, which has been checked by your Account Manager. We notify the printing agency to prepare the printing of the design(s).

  • After that, an appointment is made to get the pasting started in accordance with the delivery times of the order.

  • This happens in our warehouse in Breda, so our assembling team can immediately start packing as soon as the barrels are finished. Each barrel is provided with an anti-scratch net that prevents damage to the design and is shipped in a separate box containing the packing slip and security tape.

  • Depending on the terms and conditions of the delivery warehouse/address we stack the barrels on one-way pallets and seal them with foil.

  • Our in-house distribution will schedule the delivery appointment if required. It might happen that some delays will occur during the process. In all cases, the Account Manager will contact you about this matter and discuss new delivery dates if needed.

  • As soon as the order leaves our warehouse a detailed invoice is sent to your finance department.

  • Finally, when agreed, a POD is sent as soon as the shipment has arrived at the end location.

  • And of course, we would be very pleased to receive some live-action photo material of our barrels to show on our portfolio page and in the brochure!

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We’re the best at what we do!

We are good at what we do. What do I say? We are the BEST at what we do, namely combining different businesses to make a company successful instead of creating our own. We believe there is no need to reinvent the wheel yourself when there are specialists in the market who know exactly what is expected of them or their products/service. This is what we do within Retail, adding existing businesses and products to our portfolio to expand our own business, but this is also the case within Promotional.

This is the reason we work very closely together with a publicity agency specialized in wrapping. They have their own design studio for original and dynamic designs. The department also has full-colour printers for digital printing, and plotters for transferring lettering with the utmost precision. They are at home in many markets in the field of wrapping and signing and a lot is possible. Not only in the field of automotive but also in the packaging of frames, boats, interior (including kitchens), the application of advertising, wall images. And since 2018 also our beloved barrels!

 

Want to find out what we can do for your organization? Contact us!

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From Request to Order: How does UBG Promotional work?

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From request to order

A closer look behind the scenes at our promotional department. Not only for new customers we find it important that they know what they can contact us for and what they can expect as soon as the request is sent, but also for our current customers a refresher is always a bonus. So today we dive into the process from request to order.

Have you seen all our Promotional solutions yet? Check them out!

Your wish is our command

We are the leader in commercial barrels that are used as POSM items in different industries such as the food & beverage industry, power tools & industry products, corporate brands, and the hospitality industry. We have a 100% European production rate, so good quality versus pricing and short communication lines with our suppliers is always guaranteed. No order leaves our warehouse before a sample has been checked by our quality controller. We want you and your customers to be satisfied with our work, so we could build a long-term relationship together!

In addition to our extensive range with barrels in the lead, we also like to think along with you if your needs lay elsewhere. We have a creative team and a great graphic designer in house, and a large network of suppliers and friends of friends. Your wish is our command!

The process from request to order

  • Request

    We work directly with brands as well as through their preferred suppliers and other brand agencies. Requests are communicated to us by phone, central mailbox, or via the Account Manager known to the customer.

  • Collect information

    To make the process run smoothly, it is very useful to us to collect as much information as possible in advance. Think of quantities, product choice, use of the product, budget, desired delivery time and if possible, already send us your design idea. It may happen of course that you are still in the exploratory phase and do not have this information yet. In any case, our Account Managers will discuss this with you.

  • Response

    We aim to give you an initial response within 2 working days. Does the request require a little more thinking and design time? Then we will also inform you about this.

  • Quotation

    As soon as we know exactly where your or your customers’ needs lay, we will send you a suitable quotation in which the request is specified. A feasible delivery time and any additional transport costs are also considered if desired. The proposal also explains the correct design filetype and display

  • Assembling and distribution

    We have an in-house distribution team that takes care of the entire shipment of your order. This way we can switch quickly and directly with our carriers and we can always offer you the best price.

Curious to see what we can do for you? Contact us!

Are you curious about your request? Our design department will give you a visual for free. Our design department can easily translate your needs into visuals or digital prints. Just simply let us know, so we can get started!

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