Hampshire and Dorset wholesaler Harvest Fine Foods is set to expand after receiving £200,000 in an asset finance deal from Santander Corporate & Commercial.
The company, which supplies dry stores, chilled, frozen and fresh produce to caterers has used the money to purchase a new 3,000 sq ft walk-in freezer, a 1,000 sq ft fridge, two specialised narrow-aisle forklift trucks and racking.
Harvest Fine Foods traditionally supplied restaurants and hotels, but has expanded into golf clubs, schools, nursing homes and hospitals with contracts in the south and south east of England. The company is a member of the Sterling Supergroup, a national purchasing consortium with an annual turnover of £400 million.
“By using asset finance we have been able to release funds and maintain cashflow whilst undertaking ambitious growth plans,” said managing director Richard Strongman.
