Harlech Foodservice has clinched a £1.5m contract to provide schools in Gwynedd with a range of products, this comes after the wholesaler made a change in strategy which has seen it target public sector contracts in health and education, in addition to its core customer base in tourism and hospitality.
The opening of the new Carmarthen depot this spring following the opening of its first in South Wales in Merthyr last year. This was spurred by Harlech’s growth over the past three years which has seen sales increase from £32m to a record turnover of around £50m, with profit at an all-time high of more than £2m. Over the next three to five years the firm is aiming for a £6m expansion plan to create 100 jobs at its headquarters site and 50 jobs elsewhere.
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Harlech account manager for Gwynedd Ursula Scurrah-Price added: “It’s great that the closest school to our headquarters is supplied by us as. Now that free schools meals are available to all pupils we would like to encourage as many as possible to take them up.
The firm’s sales director, Mark Lawton, said: “The renewal of the Gwynedd contract and our first major public sector deal in South Wales with Rhondda Cynon Taf Council enables us to demonstrate the range of products we can supply and the excellent service we provide. We now have a real presence right across Wales and I know the Welsh public sector has a desire to using Welsh suppliers whenever commercially possible.”
