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Palmer and Harvey
IndustryWholesale Distribution of Snack foods
Founded1925
Headquarters
Hove, East Sussex
,
England
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people
Christopher Adams (chairman)
Revenue£3983 million
£44 million
Number of employees
3821
Websitepalmerharvey.co.uk

Palmer and Harvey is the UK's largest wholesale distributor of snack foods, based in Hove, East Sussex.

The company specialises in the distribution and packaging - sometimes, repackaging - of snack foods to CTN retailers (Convenience, Tobacco, and News), Convenience stores, Forecourt retailers and the CTN stores of multiple groups. It also has key alliances with various snack food manufacturers, to sell and distribute their products to their CTN client base.[1]

Listed on the Top Track 100,[2] in 2007, chairman Christopher Adams led a debt-funded management buyout.[3]

Customers

Multiple Groups

  • Forecourts - ESSO, Shell, TOTAL
  • Motorways - Welcome Break
  • Multiple CTN - One-Stop, Star News, Wilkinsons
  • Other - Threshers

Grocery multiples

  • Tesco
  • Sainsbury’s
  • Somerfield
  • Aldi

Manufacturer distribution

  • Nestle
  • Mars
  • Kellogg’s
  • KP
  • Coca-Cola
  • McVitie’s
  • Glaxo Smith Kline
  • Makro

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Palmer & Harvey. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  2. ^ "Palmer and Harvey". The Times, Top Track 100. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  3. ^ "Palmer and Harvey". The Times. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
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