Farmfoods

Farmfoods is a British frozen food supermarket chain based in Cumbernauld, Scotland.[1] The company operates throughout the United Kingdom, and has over three hundred stores.[2]

Farmfoods Limited
TypePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1955 (1955)
(Aberdeen, Scotland, UK)
FounderLuke Bickerton
Laura Blake
HeadquartersCumbernauld, Scotland, UK
Number of locations
330+ (2016)
Key people
Luke Bickerton (CEO)
ProductsFrozen foods
Groceries
Websitewww.farmfoods.co.uk

History
Farmfoods store in York
Farmfoods store in Kingston upon Hull
A larger Farmfoods in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.

Farmfoods originated as an Aberdeen based meat processing business in 1955.[3] Farmfoods then began to freeze products to enable a wider geographical distribution to catering outlets.

During the beginning of the 1970s, an experimental freezer centre was set up in Aberdeen, which proved to be successful, and in 1975, the entire business had changed its focus from manufacture distributor/wholesale on frozen food retail, with a further ten freezer centres were opened across Scotland, and Farmfoods in its current format was formed.

By 1988, it had expanded to thirty one stores in Scotland. In October 2007, Farmfoods topped the table for private mid market firms in Scotland, although it only reached fourth in the United Kingdom.[4]

Acquisitions and growth

Farmfoods gained entry into England in around 1990, through the acquisition of eighteen stores from Wallis Frozen Foods.[5]

In the beginning of the 1990s, Farmfoods expanded further, with the acquisition of Capital Freezer Centres, as well as a few smaller freezer centre chains across the country. In 2011, Farmfoods had over three hundred specialist freezer centres across the United Kingdom. Farmfoods stores were typically located in city and town centres, but recently, however, the chain has started to focus on out of town facilities. In 2011, Farmfoods and Asda made a bid for Iceland, with Asda planning to sell 200 of the stores to Farmfoods. [6]

Grocery items

Although the company continues to focus on providing frozen food, in recent years it has developed a range of grocery items, including cleaning products, dried goods, canned goods, confectionery, chilled items, fresh fruit and veg and drinks. There is a mix of branded and own brand goods.

See also

References
  1. Farmfoods Limited Company details - https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/SC030186
  2. Farmfoods boss buys brother's 21% share - Scotsman.com Business Archived copy
  3. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/feb/17/farmfoods-scotland-fastest-growing-grocer
  4. "Farmfoods tops table for private Scottish mid-market firms". The Herald. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12451951.farmfoods-tops-table-for-private-scottish-mid-market-firms/
  6. Ebrahimi, Helia (5 November 2011). "Asda and Farmfoods join in bid for Iceland". ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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