. farmfoods limited type private industry retail founded aberdeen scotland 1955 number of locations 330 stores products frozen food ambient grocery and dried goods website www.farmfoods.co.uk farmfoods limited 1 is a british frozen food supermarket chain based in cumbernauld . the company has expanded throughout the united kingdom and has over 300 stores . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 acquisitions and growth 2 grocery items 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit farmfoods store in york farmfoods store in hull farmfoods is a privately owned business in the united kingdom originated as an aberdeen based meat manufacturing business . farmfoods then began to freeze products to enable a wider geographical distribution to catering outlets . during the early 1970s an experimental freezer centre was set up in aberdeen which proved to be successful and in 1975 the entire business had changed its focus from manufacture distributor wholesale on frozen food retail with a further 10 freezer centres were opened across scotland and farmfoods in its current format was formed . by 1988 it had expanded to 31 stores in scotland . acquisitions and growth edit farmfoods gained entry into england in about 1990 through the acquisition of 18 stores from wallis frozen foods . in the early 1990s farmfoods expanded further with the acquisition of capital freezer centres as well as a few smaller freezer centre chains across the country . in 2011 farmfoods had over 300 specialist freezer centres across the united kingdom . farmfoods stores were typically located in city and town centres but recently however the chain has started to focus on out of town facilities . grocery items edit although the company continues to focus on providing frozen food in recent years it has developed a range of grocery items including cleaning products dried goods canned goods confectionery chilled items fresh fruit and veg and drinks . there is a mix of branded and in house brand or own brand goods . see also edit list of supermarket chains in the united kingdom references edit farmfoods limited company details https beta.companieshouse.gov.uk company sc030186 farmfoods boss buys brother s 21 % share scotsman.com business external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to farmfoods ltd. farmfoods homepage v t e supermarkets in the united kingdom big four asda morrisons sainsbury s tesco convenience bargain booze best one budgens the co operative food costcutter happy shopper jones convenience stores londis mace mccoll s nisa premier stores spar discount 99p stores aldi b & m home bargains kwik save lidl poundland poundstretcher poundworld quality save frozen specialists farmfoods heron foods iceland fulton s foods online ocado premium marks & spencer waitrose whole foods market regional booths dunnes stores filco planet organic shoprite isle of man category retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title farmfoods & oldid 743421457 categories supermarkets of the united kingdomretail companies of the united kingdomfood and drink companies of scotlandcompanies based in aberdeenprivately held companies of scotlandscottish brandscompanies established in 19541954 establishments in scotlandhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages polskiscots edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view