Bristol catering equipment company sold

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Nicky Godding

Bunzl

Bunzl plc, the specialist international distribution and services group, has completed the acquisition of Bristol-based Nisbets, a leading omnichannel distributor of catering equipment and consumables following clearance by the Irish Competition and Consumer Protection Commission.

Frank van Zanten, Chief Executive Officer of Bunzl, said: "I am delighted that we have completed the acquisition of Nisbets, a high-quality business with an experienced and well-respected management team. Their digital expertise and market-leading range of own brand products, will further strengthen our position in the catering equipment sector. We welcome our new colleagues at Nisbets to the Bunzl family as we continue to focus on our consistent compounding strategy to grow both organically and through consolidation of our fragmented markets."

Nisbets was established in 1983 with the aim to provide high quality catering equipment at affordable prices to commercial kitchens.

Nicky Godding

Nicky Godding is editor of The Business Magazine. Before her journalism career, she worked mainly in public relations moving into writing when she was invited to launch Retail Watch, a publication covering retail and real estate across Europe. After some years of constant travelling, she tucked away her passport and concentrated on business writing, co-founding a successful regional business magazine. She has interviewed some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurs who have built multi-million-pound businesses and reported on many science and technology firsts. She reports on the region’s thriving business economy from start-ups, family businesses and multi-million-pound corporations, to the professionals that support their growth and the institutions that educate the next generation of business leaders.