02 February 1999
Unigate buys Wessex milkmen

UNIGATE will announce today (Tuesday) it is buying the doorstep milk delivery business of Wessex Dairies for about £7 million cash.

The business serves some 150,000 customers and has an annual turnover of about £25m.

Unigates acquisition strategy has been focused on non-dairy businesses so far.

It recently bought Albert Fishers sauces business for £43m.