Unigate
From Graces Guide
of Crewe.
1959 United Dairies and Cow and Gate merged to form Unigate.[1]
1972 Acquired Scot Bowyers
1974 Erected an 9,000 sq ft inflatable warehouse as a transit warehouse between production and despatch. Manufactured by Gotthard Air Structures.[2]
1980 Reorganised into 5 divisions:[3]
- Unigate Dairies
- St. Ivel
- Scot Bowyers
- Wincanton
- Overseas interests
1980 Acquired Giltspur Investments[4]
1987 Sale of the 5 engineering subsidiaries including MBO of Allbook and Hashfield, part of Giltspur Precision Industries.[5]
2000 Sold the dairy business to Dairy Crest[6]. Company name changed to Uniq[7]. Demerged the Wincanton Logistics subsidiary.
2011 Uniq, by then a shadow of its original parents, was acquired by Greencore Group of Ireland
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