Co-op bulk-buy merger
5 July 2002
Co-op bulk-buy merger
TWO East Anglian co-ops have merged to form a new company, called Samco & Shrim Farmers.
The deal, signed on July 1, joins Herts-based Samco with the Essex co-op Shrim. The outfit, which specialises in bulk buying of agricultural inputs and sales of grain, will have 150 members, farming over 40,000ha (100,000 acres).
Samco & Shrims headquarters will be located in Bishops Stortford. It says the merger will enhance buying and selling opportunities. *
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