Brakes (previously known as ‘Brake Bros Ltd’) is a food and distribution company supplying food, drink and other products mainly to the catering industry in the
UK through more than 20 distribution centres. It provides delivered wholesale and contract logistical services.
The company was created in 1958 and headquartered in
Ashford Ashford may refer to:
Places
Australia
*Ashford, New South Wales
*Ashford, South Australia
*Electoral district of Ashford, South Australia
Ireland
*Ashford, County Wicklow
*Ashford Castle, County Galway
United Kingdom
*Ashford, Kent, a town
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, United Kingdom. Brake Bros Limited has been a subsidiary of Sysco Corporation since 5 July 2016 when the latter bought it for $3.1bn.
Its customers include schools, contract caterers, hospitals, hotels, independent dining establishments and various large restaurant chains.
Brakes
Brakes in GB comprises a number of businesses and brands:
* Brakes
* Country Choice (including Bake & Bite)
* Sysco speciality
* Prime Meats
* Brakes Catering Equipment
* Woodward Foodservice
In addition to the head office in Enterprise Park, Ashford, the business has offices and customer care centres across the UK. They also maintain an office in
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, and a number of offices and distribution depots around the UK and France, including separate head offices for each division.
List of Brakes UK depots:
* Aylesford
* Bodelwyddan
* Bodmin
* Brighton
* Corby
* Dundee
* Durham
* Eastleigh
* Grantham
* Harlow
* Hemsworth
* Inverness
* Newark
* Newhouse
* Peterlee
* Portbury
* Premier Park
* Reading
* Tamworth
* Thetford
* Warrington
Company history
Acquisitions
UK Acquisitions since flotation in November 1986
References
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Borough of Ashford
Companies based in Kent
Food and drink companies established in 1958
Catering and food service companies of the United Kingdom
1958 establishments in England
2016 mergers and acquisitions
British subsidiaries of foreign companies