Farmfoods

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Farmfoods Limited
TypePrivate
IndustryRetail
Founded1955; 66 years ago (1955)
(Aberdeen, Scotland)
HeadquartersCumbernauld, Scotland
Number of locations
330+ (2016)
Key people
George Herd (CEO)
ProductsFrozen foods
Groceries
Websitewww.farmfoods.co.uk

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]

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 distribution/wholesale to frozen food retail, with a further ten freezer centres were opened across Scotland, and Farmfoods in its current format was formed.[citation needed]

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 1980s, Farmfoods expanded further, with the acquisition of Capital Freezer Centres, as well as a few smaller freezer centre chains across the country.[5] In 2011, Farmfoods had over three hundred specialist freezer centres across the United Kingdom.[citation needed] 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 failed 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. ^ "Supermarket Farmfoods opens in Fareham in former Poundstretcher premises". www.portsmouth.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Farmfoods shocks industry by becoming fastest-growing grocer". The Guardian. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Farmfoods tops table for private Scottish mid-market firms". The Herald. 12 October 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "Farmfoods tops table for private Scottish mid-market firms". The Herald. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  6. ^ Ebrahimi, Helia (5 November 2011). "Asda and Farmfoods join in bid for Iceland". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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