Palmer and Harvey

Palmer and Harvey plc
Private/Employee Owned
Industry Wholesale, Distribution and Retail
Founded 1925
Headquarters Hove, East Sussex, England
Area served
United Kingdom
Key people

Christopher Etherington (chief executive), Martyn Ward (managing director - sales and commercial),

Paul Hagon (managing director - sales), Julian Streeter (managing director - operations), Jon Moxon (group finance director), Jim Newsome (managing director - direct van sales)
Number of employees
3,400
Subsidiaries Mace
Website palmerharvey.co.uk

Palmer and Harvey plc (also known as P&H, formerly Palmer & Harvey McLane plc) is a UK-based wholesaler that services the multiples, convenience, forecourt and CTN sectors.

Headquartered in Hove, East Sussex, it is the UK's largest delivered wholesaler, and the 6th biggest private company in the UK. It has an annual turnover of £4.3 billion and an integrated national distribution network across 14 sites in the UK. The company was originally founded in 1925 as a traditional confectionery and tobacco wholesaler. Today, Palmer and Harvey is the UK’s largest wholesaler working with a diverse range of 63,600 retailers. Palmer and Harvey, which employs 3,400 people, is privately owned by current and former employees.

Business Divisions

Palmer and Harvey has four distinctive business platforms – Distribution, Multiple Retail, Independent Retail and Wholesale. Each is designed to service the specific needs of a broad and varied client base, supplying customers with anything from freshly made sandwiches to shoelaces. [1]

Palmer and Harvey Wholesale and Distribution

Palmer and Harvey Wholesale and Distribution is the UK's largest wholesale distributor, supplying ambient, grocery, chilled and frozen foods, health and home products to a diverse range of retail outlets, including supermarkets, multiple forecourts and convenience store operators. Palmer and Harvey’s customer base includes Esso, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, Welcome Break, Martin McColl (MMRG), Moto and Blockbuster; the key grocery multiples Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Makro (through the PalMak purchasing joint venture); and also handles distribution on behalf of blue chip manufacturers such as Nestle, McVitie’s and GSK.

Palmer and Harvey Retail Services

Palmer and Harvey Retail Services is a portfolio of the four established symbol group packages - Mace, Mace Express, Your Store and Supershop; the Plus Extra drop shipment scheme, providing direct-to-store access for a range of more than 60,000 product lines; and dedicated retail support through an alliance with PCMS, providing IT solutions and EPoS systems to retailers.

Palmer and Harvey Direct Ltd

Palmer and Harvey Direct Ltd offers more than 50,000 smaller retailers an opportunity to buy from a range of products through the direct to door van delivery services P&H Snacksdirect, P&H Sweetdirect and P&H Direct.

Company History

Palmer and Harvey underwent management buy outs in 2002 and 2008, the latter led by Chief Executive Chris Etherington in a deal which valued the business at £330m. The equity of Palmer and Harvey is held by current and former employees, a fundamental cornerstone that underpins the company’s culture and structure and has been instrumental in growing turnover to more than £4.23 billion in 2009.

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