Jack Fulton
Encyclopedia
Jack Fulton is a frozen food
retailer chain based in Darton
in South Yorkshire
and operating throughout the Midlands and North of England
.
business. It diversified into frozen foods in 1974 using the company name Frozen Value Ltd and was then subject to a management buy-out, financed by 3i Group, in August 1997 when Kevin Gunter took control of the business. It opened a 70000 sq ft (6,503.2 m²) depot in Leeds
in October 2005.
Frozen food
Freezing food preserves it from the time it is prepared to the time it is eaten. Since early times, farmers, fishermen, and trappers have preserved their game and produce in unheated buildings during the winter season. Freezing food slows down decomposition by turning water to ice, making it...
retailer chain based in Darton
Darton
Darton is a village in the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley , on the border with West Yorkshire. According to the 2001 UK census, it has a population of approximately 14,927...
in South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...
and operating throughout the Midlands and North of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
History
The Company was founded by Jack Fulton in 1960 as a poultryPoultry
Poultry are domesticated birds kept by humans for the purpose of producing eggs, meat, and/or feathers. These most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae , especially the order Galliformes and the family Anatidae , commonly known as "waterfowl"...
business. It diversified into frozen foods in 1974 using the company name Frozen Value Ltd and was then subject to a management buy-out, financed by 3i Group, in August 1997 when Kevin Gunter took control of the business. It opened a 70000 sq ft (6,503.2 m²) depot in Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
in October 2005.