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 Heron Foods on Holderness Road, Kingston upon Hull | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food retail |
| Founded | 1979 Kingston upon Hull, England[1] |
| Founder | Malcolm Heuck |
| Headquarters | , England |
Number of locations | 293 as of 1 July 2020[2] |
Area served | England Wales |
| Revenue |  £194.7 million (2012)[3][needs update] |
 £6.7 million (2012)[3][needs update] | |
| £3.2 million (2012)[3][needs update] | |
Number of employees | 4,915 (2020)[3] |
| Parent | B&M |
| Website | www |
Heron Foods Ltd. (formerly Heron Frozen Foods Ltd and Grindells Butchers Ltd) is an English supermarket chain founded in 1979 and based in Melton with 293 stores as of 1 July 2020.[2]
It primarily sells frozen food, but has a wide range of ambient and chilled stock with named brands including Muller, Birds Eye and McCain Foods, as well as several lines using the Heron Foods brand.
B&M announced in August 2017 that it had purchased Heron Foods for £152 million, a deal that was described as a "no brainer" by B&M's CEO Simon Arora.[4]
- ^ "Heron Foods - Top Quality, Lowest Prices. Right up your street!". www.heronfoods.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ^ a b "B&M European Value Retail S.A. - Annual Report and Accounts 2020". fr.zone-secure.net. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Financial statement of Heron Foods Limited in East Yorkshire". Duedil.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Armstrong, Ashley (2 August 2017). "B&M Bargains moves into convenience retailing with £152m swoop on Heron Foods". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 5 January 2018.