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The Big Food Group was a food retail and wholesale company based in the UK. It was created in 2000 when the supermarket chain
Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
merged with
Booker Cash & Carry plc Booker Group Limited is a British wholesale distributor, and subsidiary of Tesco plc. In January 2017, it was announced that the British multinational supermarket retailer Tesco had agreed to purchase the company for £3.7 billion. It was con ...
. The company was purchased by
Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
ic retail consortium
Baugur Group Baugur Group (; Icelandic: ) was an Icelandic investment company. The group began as a supermarket and general retail company in Iceland, before diversifying to own a number of businesses at its peak, primarily in the United Kingdom. Baugur was ...
in 2005, and split into: * Retail:
Iceland Iceland is a Nordic countries, Nordic island country between the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is culturally and politically linked with Europe and is the regi ...
* Wholesale: Booker Cash & Carry * Foodservices: Woodward
Foodservice The foodservice (US English) or catering (British and Commonwealth English) industry includes the businesses, institutions, and companies which prepare meals outside the home. It includes restaurants, grocery stores, school and hospital cafet ...
* Logistics: Expert Logistics The property portfolio was spun out into a separate company called PropCo, for £213 million, and then leased back.


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The Big Food Group – site now defunctIceland supermarketBooker Cash & Carry
Catering and food service companies of the United Kingdom Companies formerly listed on the London Stock Exchange Wholesalers of the United Kingdom {{food-company-stub