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Brakes has acquired a 250,000 sq ft cold store warehouse in Portbury for its food distribution business.
31-Mar-2016
Brakes Group, the Ashford-based food distribution firm, is to be acquired by Sysco of the US for £2.2bn.
23-Feb-2016
Brakes Brothers is planning to set up a 270,000 sq ft food distribution centre at the Ash Industrial Estate in Harlow.
26-Aug-2014
Brakes is planning to open a 173,000 sq ft foodservice distribution depot in Glasgow later this year.
09-Jun-2014
Brakes is to sell the Creative Foods ready meals factory in Flintshire to David Wood Baking, securing the future of up to 142 jobs.
27-May-2014
Brakes Group is to open its first 25,000 sq ft Professional Food Market in Croydon this month, in order to supply grocery products to caterers.
17-Mar-2014
Brakes Group has acquired a 16,000 sq ft warehouse for its foodservice business on the Gemini Business Park in Warrington.
08-Apr-2013
Brakes has sold Browns Foodservice, the Warwickshire-based meat wholesaler with annual sales of about £15m, to Ensors of Gloucestershire.
28-Aug-2012
Brakes Group is to set up a 207,000 sq ft chilled foods distribution centre at Suttons Business Park in Reading, with the creation of 500 jobs.
30-Aug-2011
Brakes is to create up to 50 new jobs at a new 55,000 sq ft catering supplies depot at its Gonerby Moor site near Grantham this year.
24-Jan-2011
Brakes has acquired Browns Food Service, the catering butcher with 40 vans and depots in Rugby, Romsey and London.
17-May-2010
Brakes is to acquire a majority stake in Menigo, the Swedish wholesaler with annual turnover of about £450m.
08-Mar-2010
Brakes has acquired Freshfayre, the Leeds-based chilled food wholesaler with seven depots, for undisclosed terms.
25-Jan-2010
Brakes is to acquire Woodward Foodservice, the food wholesaler with eight distribution centres in the Midlands, the North, Scotland and Wales, from Baugur for an estimated £20m.
08-Jul-2008
Brakes, the food distributor with 8,500 staff, has been acquired by US private equity firm Bain Capital for £877m.
02-Jul-2007