Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales: Fast-growing Welsh wholesaler Harlech Foodservice is expanding its workforce, having recently clinched over £1m in public contracts and opened two new depots this year, in Telford and Carmarthen.
The company has won a “raft of new contracts”, ranging from supplying schools, care homes and colleges in Shropshire, Herefordshire and Cheshire, to school contracts worth £500,000.
The company has also created over 70 new jobs as part of a plan announced early in 2024 to grow its workforce by 150 over five years.
“Cutting food miles and employing local people at local bases is a key factor in gaining contracts in the public sector and so is providing a flexible and efficient service and that’s something we pride ourselves on,” said Harlech Foodservice sales director Mark Lawton.
“We now have a real presence throughout Wales and across the border into the north west from our base in Chester and into the Midlands from Telford, and I know that opening these new bases has been key in signing these new deals.”
Earlier this year Harlech took over rival firm Celtic Foodservice in Pembroke Dock in Pembrokeshire.
Harlech Foodservice has bases in Criccieth, Chester, Carmarthen, Merthyr Tydfil and Telford.
