Heron Foods

Heron Foods
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFood retail
Founded1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Kingston upon Hull, England[1]
FounderMalcolm Heuck
Headquarters,
England
Number of locations
293 as of 1 July 2020[2]
Area served
England
Wales
RevenueIncrease £194.7 million (2012)[3][needs update]
Decrease £6.7 million (2012)[3][needs update]
Decrease £3.2 million (2012)[3][needs update]
Number of employees
4,915 (2020)[3]
ParentB&M
Websitewww.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 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]

  1. ^ "Heron Foods - Top Quality, Lowest Prices. Right up your street!". www.heronfoods.com. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ a b "B&M European Value Retail S.A. - Annual Report and Accounts 2020". fr.zone-secure.net. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Financial statement of Heron Foods Limited in East Yorkshire". Duedil.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ^ 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.