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Brake Bros Brake Bros, the catering company, is to be acquired by US private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice in a £434m deal. 26-Jun-2002 Brake Bros is considering plans to put itself up for sale, and may seek a partner to expand its catering operations in France and the UK. 12-Mar-2002 Brake Bros has acquired two French regional catering wholesalers - Bianchi Gers and PSM Jarny - for £14m. 05-Mar-2002 Brake Bros has acquired VDL, the French regional food wholesaler, for £3m. 01-Nov-2001 Brake Bros has acquired Scotia Campbell Marine, the supplier of fresh fish and seafood to caterers from two branches in Edinburgh and Glasgow, for £4m. 02-Oct-2001 Brake Bros has acquired Szymczak Nadreau and Valette from Carigel for £17m, as part of a strategy to develop a national food distribution network in France. 07-May-2001 Brake Bros has acquired Roach Frozen Foods, the catering wholesale business, from Roach Foods, and will sell its Wicketts bacon slicing and operation to Roach Foods. 26-Mar-2001 Brake Bros is seeking acquisitions in France in order to expand its European business supplying food to caterers. 13-Mar-2001 Brake Bros has acquired three frozen and chilled food companies in south-east France for a total £16m. 12-Jan-2001 Brake Bros has shed about 35 jobs at its recently-acquired Cearns & Brown frozen food warehouse in Runcorn. 29-Sep-2000 Brake Bros is to acquire Cearns & Brown, the Cheshire-based foodservice wholesaler, for £24m. 14-Jul-2000 Brake Bros is acquiring M&J Seafoods, the supplier of fish to caterers, for £44m. 13-Mar-2000 Brake Bros has won a £30m-a-year contract to supply food to the JD Wetherspoon chain of pubs, and will dedicate its Puritan Maid depot at Broughton Astley to the business. 06-Mar-2000 Brake Bros has won a contract worth £20m a year to supply food to catering company Compass. 13-Jan-2000 Brake Bros is looking to spend up to £100m on acquisitions and is particularly interested in expanding its fresh fish business. 23-Sep-1999 Brake Bros is planning to expand the storage and distribution facilities at its frozen food factory in Long Eaton with the creation of 33 jobs. 07-Jan-1999 Brake Bros has acquired Watson & Philip Foodservice from Watson & Philip for £43.6m, and W&P will change its name to Alldays. 05-Oct-1998 Brake Bros has acquired Dairyfresh Desserts, the Torquay-based supplier of sponges and puddings, for undisclosed terms. 10-Mar-1997 Brake Bros is to set up a £18m national distribution centre to distribute multi-temperature foods, as it is now less reliant on frozen foods following its acquisition of Puritan Maid. 26-Sep-1996 Brake Bros is to acquire DRV, the French supplier of chilled and frozen foods, for undisclosed terms. 31-Aug-1996 Brake Bros has bought the Puritan Maid food distribution business from Forte, for £7.5m. 21-Nov-1995 The information on this page comes from the UK Activity Report. Click here for further details Copyright UK Business Park 1995-2009