Aberbargoed, Wales: Wild Water Group has acquired new cold storage sites as part of its plans to expand the business across southern England.
The company, which has doubled its workforce since the Covid-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, recently acquired new sites in Plymouth and Avonmouth to allow it to expand in southern England.
Two further new Wild Water Group sites have now been acquired in Taunton and Southampton. They bring the group’s total site network up to eight, with 51,000sq metres of storage. The expansion has seen capacity increase to over 56,000 frozen pallets, 6,000 chilled pallets, and 10,000 ambient pallets, as well as an increase in blast freezing capacity.
Stephen Elias at the Development Bank of Wales said: “Our investment in the Wild Water Group dates back to 2018 when the company opened their site in Aberbargoed. Their growth over the last three years is really promising and we’re delighted that they are now expanding in line with their strategic objectives which are based on geographical expansion.”
The Wild Water Group is part of a cold storage and supply chain alliance with GAC, a shipping and logistics company, and GSL, part of the Al Shirawi Group based in the UAE, which operates cold store logistics and distribution companies in the Middle East.
