David Price Food Services

Type
Closure
Country
United Kingdom
Region
Location of affected unit(s)
Bristol, Bury St Edmunds, Glasgow, Gillingham, South Kirby (Yorkshire), Wrexham
Sector
Transportation / Storage
52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
52 - Warehousing, storage and support activities for transportation
109 jobs
Number of planned job losses
Job loss
Announcement Date
1 October 2013
Employment effect (start)
Foreseen end date

Description

The road haulage operations of chilled food manufacturer, David Price Food Services, have stopped trading with the loss of 109 jobs.  Both the logistics and food supply sections of the company went into administration, but the sale of food supply business saved 29 jobs in Wallsend and Glasgow.  The administrator KPMG announced that the closure followed a period of poor trading and increased costs, particularly fuel and utility costs. 

Sources

  • 1 October 2013: Insider Media

Citation

Eurofound (2013), David Price Food Services, Closure in United Kingdom, factsheet number 75975, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/75975.