Culina Group Limited is a British food and drinks logistics company based in
Market Drayton
Market Drayton is a market town and electoral ward in the north of Shropshire, England, close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is on the River Tern, and was formerly known as "Drayton in Hales" (c. 1868) and earlier simply as "Dray ...
,
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to th ...
. It owns a number of other brands, including
Eddie Stobart Group
Eddie Stobart Group is a British multimodal logistics company, with interests in road haulage, rail freight, deep sea and inland waterway transport systems and deep sea port, inland port and rail connected storage facilities, along with transpor ...
, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Müller Group.
History
The company was established as a haulage business in
Market Drayton
Market Drayton is a market town and electoral ward in the north of Shropshire, England, close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is on the River Tern, and was formerly known as "Drayton in Hales" (c. 1868) and earlier simply as "Dray ...
in 1994. It merged with Bayliss Transport, a third party logistics operator, in 2008, and acquired Great Bear Distribution in 2016.
The business entered into a joint venture with Warren Warehousing Group in 2018
and bought Robsons (of Spalding) in 2018.
It then purchased Fowler Welch from
Dart Group
Jet2 plc (formerly Dart Group plc) is a British multinational airline company based in Leeds, England.
Its head office is located in the Low Fare Finder House on the grounds of Leeds Bradford Airport, England. Subsidiary Jet2.com has its head o ...
in June 2020.
After that it acquired GreenWhiteStar Acquisitions (the holding company of the
Eddie Stobart Group
Eddie Stobart Group is a British multimodal logistics company, with interests in road haulage, rail freight, deep sea and inland waterway transport systems and deep sea port, inland port and rail connected storage facilities, along with transpor ...
) in July 2021.
Gallery
File:Fowler Welch PX08EZN (9151170081).jpg, Culina Group purchased Fowler Welch in June 2020
File:Stobart H5130 "Sandra Ann" (PX07 BXK) 2007 Scania R420, 9 August 2007.jpg, Culina Group purchased Eddie Stobart in July 2021
See also
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Müller (company)
Müller is a German company producing a variety of dairy products, with headquarters in Fischach in the German state of Bavaria. Aside from its German home market, Müller is also active on various markets around Europe and beyond. It is, for exam ...
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Eddie Stobart Group
Eddie Stobart Group is a British multimodal logistics company, with interests in road haulage, rail freight, deep sea and inland waterway transport systems and deep sea port, inland port and rail connected storage facilities, along with transpor ...
References
External links
Culina Group website
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Transport operators of the United Kingdom
Logistics companies of the United Kingdom
Companies based in Shropshire