Heron Foods
Heron Foods Ltd. (formerly Heron Frozen Foods Ltd and Grindells Butchers Ltd) is an English retail chain founded in 1979 and based in Melton with 293 stores as of 1 July 2020.
Heron Foods on Holderness Road, Kingston upon Hull | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food retail |
| Founded | 1979 Kingston upon Hull, England |
| Founder | Malcolm Heuck |
| Headquarters | Melton , England |
Number of locations | 293 as of 1 July 2020 |
Area served | England Wales |
| Revenue | £194.7 million (2012) |
| £6.7 million (2012) | |
Net income | £3.2 million (2012) |
Number of employees | 4,915 (2020) |
| Parent | B&M |
| Website | www |
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.
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