Caterfood snaps up Turner Price
Caterfood Buying Group, the independent buying group arm of Bidcorp UK, has announced the acquisition of Turner Price as part of its strategy to achieve national coverage
Andrew Selley, CEO of Bidcorp UK, said: “Caterfood Buying Group continues to go from strength to strength and the addition of Turner Price will further cement the group’s position within the industry.
“This latest acquisition is in line with the Bidcorp UK strategy to continue to grow the buying group side to national coverage, as well as increasing our network of manufacturing businesses, following our recent acquisition of Northern Bloc Ice Cream Limited earlier this month. The growth in these areas will allow us to continue to deliver service excellence to our customers and provide them with real added value.”
Established in 1992, Turner Price services more than 2,500 customers across the Midlands and north of England with fresh and chilled produce and store cupboard ingredients. It is the eighth member to join Caterfood, which also includes Thomas Ridley Foodservice, Harvest Fine Foods, Nicol Hughes, Elite Fine Foods, Caterfood, South Lincs Foodservice and Cimandis.
Philip Atyeo, Caterfood Buying Group managing director, said: “Turner Price is a highly successful foodservice supplier and delivers a great service proposition to its loyal customers. The business will continue to operate as an autonomous and independent business, in line with our decentralised model in the business.”
John Gould, managing director, Turner Price said: “We are delighted to become part of Caterfood Buying Group, which shares our passion for customer led focus, harnessing strong supplier relationships, supporting staff development and ensuring that work is enjoyed by all.
“We feel this is the right time for us to be joining the Caterfood Buying Group, and are very much looking forward to continuing to build on the growth we have enjoyed and to further improve our customer offering.”
Andrew Selley Bidcorp Caterfood John Gould Philip Atyeo Turner & Price
