Heron Foods on Holderness Road, Kingston upon Hull
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Food retail
Founded
1979; 45 years ago (1979) Kingston upon Hull, England[1]
Founder
Malcolm Heuck
Headquarters
Melton
,
England
Number of locations
293 as of 1 July 2020[2]
Area served
England Wales
Revenue
£194.7 million (2012)[3][needs update]
Operating income
£6.7 million (2012)[3][needs update]
Net income
£3.2 million (2012)[3][needs update]
Number of employees
4,915 (2020)[3]
Parent
B&M
Website
www.heronfoods.com
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.
^ ab"B&M European Value Retail S.A. - Annual Report and Accounts 2020". fr.zone-secure.net. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ abcd"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.
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£194.7 million (2012)[3][needs update]
£6.7 million (2012)[3][needs update]