freshxpress local fresh friendly former type supermarket industry retail fate administration predecessor kwik save successor stores converted into costcutter founded february 2007 defunct april 2009 headquarters warrington cheshire number of locations 9 stores at final closure 1 key people brendan murtagh products groceries number of employees 130 parent fx holdings website freshxpress official website web archive freshxpress was a discount supermarket chain in the united kingdom . it was originally formed in 2007 from the rump of the defunct kwik save chain by irish retail entrepreneur brendan murtagh . it existed in its original form between july 2007 and march 2008 culminating in it going into administration and was then resurrected in a smaller form however during 2009 the resurrected company also went into administration and has since ceased to exist . contents 1 history 1.1 from the remains of kwik save 1.2 a new beginning 1.3 into administration 1.4 2008 1.5 into administration again 2 references 3 external links history edit freshxpress fawdon newcastle upon tyne a typical style of freshxpress store inherited from kwik save this store has since been demolished and a new netto store built . from the remains of kwik save edit in february 2007 brendan murtagh and his son alan murtagh a major shareholder in cavan based kingspan building materials group backed 70 % of a 50 million rescue plan for kwik save with the kwik save managing director paul niklas covering the remaining 30 % . 1 murtagh s son alan murtagh had already been a director of the business before he got involved . 1 a new beginning edit freshxpress retail limited first had 56 stores 2 all of which were formerly kwik save stores before the chain went bankrupt . on 6 july 2007 56 stores stayed open forming freshxpress in an 18m deal saving around 600 jobs . 3 4 the freshxpress stores officially opened on 21 july 2007 . 5 prodo and the think tank assisted with the creation of the new brand . 6 7 in the middle of september 2007 due to poor trading results this portfolio of stores was reduced from 56 to just 23 better performing stores 8 the closed stores were sold in chunks to tesco sainsbury s and the co op. 1 many of the stores were leased from the somerfield group and are now being leased to other retailers into administration edit between september 2007 and march 2008 more under performing freshxpress stores were closed down leaving just nine stores and mr niklas cut his ties with the company . 1 in march 2008 freshxpress went into administration . 9 10 on 21 march david whitehouse of menzies corporate restructuring was appointed joint administrator . 2008 edit another vehicle called fx holdings formerly ivybrim received the go ahead at manchester crown court to acquire the remaining operating outlets . 1 andrew king a former executive at costcutter one of the company s suppliers was to head up a nine store chain with 130 employees . 1 into administration again edit the parent company of the second incarnation of freshxpress fx holdings was placed into administration and subject to a request for a winding up order in april 2009 . 11 12 all the remaining stores were closed . 13 references edit a b c d e f g future not so bright for discounter freshxpress . the irish independent . 7 april 2008 . retrieved 19 april 2008 . kpmg press release check url value help pdf . kwik save . 600 kwik jobs safe . the mirror . 7 july 2007 . retrieved 8 july 2008 . kwik save shops sold in 18m deal . bbc news . 6 july 2007 . retrieved 6 july 2007 . a fresh face on your doorstep pdf . freshxpress . archived from the original pdf on 28 september 2007 . retrieved 16 march 2008 . freshxpress case study . prodo.com . archived from the original on 18 september 2007 . retrieved 16 march 2008 . freshxpress case study . the think tank . archived from the original on 16 june 2008 . retrieved 25 july 2008 . store list . freshxpress . archived from the original on 28 march 2008 . retrieved 16 march 2008 . freshxpress soon goes stale . the official website of the union of shop distributive and allied workers . 27 march 2008 . retrieved 28 march 2008 . jobs to go at teesside store . evening gazette . 1 april 2008 . retrieved 4 april 2008 . companies house fx holdings . companies house . 10 august 2009 . retrieved 10 august 2009 . london gazette winding up order pdf . the london gazette . 30 april 2009 . retrieved 30 october 2009 . the last freshxpress store closes its doors . the grocer . 10 january 2009 . retrieved 30 october 2009 . external links edit freshxpress official website web archive v t e former supermarkets of the united kingdom investor owned chains bejam botterills burton supermarkets carrefour cartier s superfoods cater brothers circle k crazy prices david greig downsway supermarkets elmo fine fare freshxpress gateway gt smith haldanes hillards hintons international stores key markets lipton s local plus mac fisheries mainstop netto premier supermarkets presto safeway sainsbury s freezer centres sainsbury s savacentre somerfield stewarts ugo victor value william low co operative societies crs croydon anglia regional highburton ilkeston leeds london lothian borders & angus midlands moulton norco raunds penrith rochdale pioneers royal arsenal sheffield south suburban st. cuthbert s united retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title freshxpress & oldid 738645173 categories supermarkets of the united kingdombritish companies established in 2007companies disestablished in 2009companies that have entered administration in the united kingdomdefunct retail companies of the united kingdomhidden categories pages with url errorsuse dmy dates from august 2015 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 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