Palmer and Harvey
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| Private/ | |
| Industry | Wholesale, Distribution and Retail |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Headquarters | Hove, East Sussex, England |
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Area served
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United Kingdom |
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Key people
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Tony Reed (chief executive), Martyn Ward (managing director - Wholesale Paul Hagon (Group Strategy and Development Director), Mark Leonard (Group Operations Director), Jon Moxon (group finance director), Noel Robinson (managing director - direct van sales) |
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Number of employees
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3,400 |
| Subsidiaries | Mace |
| Website | palmerharvey.co.uk |
Tony Reed (chief executive), Martyn Ward (managing director - Wholesale
Palmer and Harvey plc (also known as P&H, formerly Palmer & Harvey McLane plc) is a UK-based wholesaler that services the multiples, convenience, forecourt and CTN sectors.
Headquartered in Hove, East Sussex, it is the UK's largest delivered wholesaler, and the 5th largest private company in the UK. It has an annual turnover of £4.5 billion and an integrated national distribution network across 14 sites in the UK. The company was founded in 1925 as a traditional confectionery and tobacco wholesaler. Today, Palmer and Harvey is the UK’s largest wholesaler working with a diverse range of 63,600 retailers. Palmer and Harvey, which employs over 4,000 people, is privately owned by current and former employees.
Palmer and Harvey has four distinctive business platforms – Distribution, Multiple Retail, Independent Retail and Wholesale. Each is designed to service the specific needs of a broad and varied client base, supplying customers with anything from freshly made sandwiches to shoelaces.
Palmer and Harvey Wholesale and Distribution is the UK's largest wholesale distributor, supplying ambient, grocery, chilled and frozen foods, health and home products to a diverse range of retail outlets, including supermarkets, multiple forecourts and convenience store operators. Palmer and Harvey’s customer base includes . Costcutter, Esso, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, Welcome Break, Martin McColl (MMRG), Moto and Welcome Break; the key grocery multiples Tesco, Sainsbury’s.
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