redirect here . for other uses see peter disambiguation and peters disambiguation and st. peter disambiguation and st. peter s disambiguation . peter s food service is a bedwas wales based baker and supplier of pies pasties slices sausage rolls and factored products into retail food service catering and hospitality outlets across the united kingdom . today it is one of the largest employers in wales and one of the largest cold meat distributors in the united kingdom . contents 1 history 2 today 3 references 4 external links history edit sir stanley and peter thomas were brothers born above a bakery run by their father in merthyr tydfil . they joined the family business but after it was sold decided to start their own venture . in 1971 with their sister and father they bought a factory unit on the pant glas industrial estate bedwas in mid glamorgan selling pies to local fish and chip shops under the name peter s savoury products . 1 in 1976 the business moved to a new factory at bedwas house industrial estate to enable distribution down the m4 motorway and eventually into london . in 1988 the business was sold to grand metropolitan for in excess of 95m . 2 peters savoury products purchased henry telfers van sales business in august 1989 . after grand metropolitan merged with guinness to form diageo the food businesses were demerged . peter s food services became an independent listed company . however after acquiring the uk assets of irish foods producer glanbia in 2002 3 by 2004 the company was in severe trouble and sold its catering business to brake brothers . 4 today edit the company today retains manufacturing assets in bedwas its van sales network as well as 10 regional depots located at bedwas swansea bristol birmingham warrington durham ossett high wycombe sidcup and brighton and employ circa 900 staff . peter s pies celebrated 40 years in business with a special cardiff pie which contained beef cuts onion and gravy encased in shortcrust pastry . 5 references edit bbc news wales brothers go from pies to planes atlantic people rte news giant compass swings to brakes food manufacture http www.walesonline.co.uk news cardiff news 2010 02 15 peter s spies success with cardiff pie 91466 25833829 external links edit official website v t e british pies sweet apple pie bakewell tart banoffee pie bedfordshire clanger black bun custard tart manchester tart mince pie rhubarb pie treacle tart savoury bacon and egg pie bedfordshire clanger bridie butter pie chicken and mushroom pie corned beef pie cornish pasty cottage pie cumberland pie curry pie devizes pie fish pie game pie homity pie killie pie meat and potato pie melton mowbray pork pie pork pie scotch pie shepherd s pie squab pie stargazy pie steak pie steak and kidney pie steak and oyster pie woolton pie manufacturers clark s pies dickinson & morris fray bentos ginsters higgidy holland s pies mr kipling peter s poole s pork farms pukka pies shire foods square pie wall s wrights pies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title peter % 27s food services & oldid 731670680 categories caerphillyfood and drink companies established in 1971food and drink companies of walesfood manufacturers of the united kingdommeat processing in the united kingdombritish pie brands 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 languages add links this page was last modified on 26 july 2016 at 19 57 . 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