Nisbets
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| Headquarters | Avonmouth, Bristol |
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Nisbets is the UK's leading mail order company for catering equipment and catering supplies.[1] Based in Avonmouth, Bristol, Nisbets has expanded across multiple countries in Europe and Oceania.
Background
The original idea came from a small business Peter Nisbet bought in 1967. The business supplied knife sets to catering colleges in the South West. Years later In 1987 Andrew Nisbet, Peter Nisbet’s son, identified a potential gap in the catering equipment market, distributing to the trade through catalogue direct marketing.
The company was based in Prewett Street, Redcliff at that time. By 1986, Nisbets was large enough to warrant a move to a new site, and moved just a mile north east in Bristol to Waterloo Street in Old Market, where it operated until 1995. Nisbets moved to Aztec West in 1995, and then to Fourth Way in Avonmouth in 2004. The concept of "Next Day Delivery" became central to the business.
The company now supplies restaurants, cafes, bars, pubs, hotels, the professional chef, caterers, in fact anyone preparing and serving food to the public. With over 2000 employees and revenues of £300 million worldwide, Nisbets is considered Europe's largest supplier of catering equipment.[2]
History
- 1953: Peter Nisbet starts selling hotelware in South West England.
- 1967: Nisbets starts specialising in student kits
- 1987: The first mail order catalogue was launched.[3]
- 1990: Nisbets acquired Red Ball, which soon became the wholesale division of Nisbets known as RB Distributors.
- 1996: Nisbets Ireland was opened in Cork.
- 2000: Nisbets opens in the Netherlands.
- 2004: Nisbets headquarters moves to Avonmouth, Bristol.
- 2005: Nisbets France is launched. The French head office is at Combs-la-Ville, to the south of Paris.
- 2007: Nisbets Spain is launched, with an office and distribution center.
- 2008: New warehouse and office were built at Access 18, Avonmouth.
- 2009: Nisbets took over the famous London catering equipment store Pages, based on Shaftesbury Avenue.
- 2010: Nisbets launched in Australia by acquiring Caterers Warehouse, an established catering equipment business. Two stores at Erina and Castle Hill, Sydney were occupied and a new shop opened at Smeaton Grange.
- 2012: In March, a new Nisbets store opened in Birmingham, leading to the extension of the retail business.
- 2014: Australian head office moved from Smeaton Grange to Campbelltown, New South Wales, including a 35,000 sqm distribution centre
- 2015: Awarded 'Best Equipment Distributor' in Restaurant Magazine's Chef's Choice Awards for the fifth consecutive year.[4]
Product range
Nisbets supply kitchen products to trade and home users. Their product range covers everything from heavy duty items for bigger catering institutions such as warewashing machines, refrigerators and cooking machines, to smaller items such as beverage machines, blenders and food preparation machines. They also supply ranges of cutlery, crockery, glassware, buffet display, and barware, as well as essential kitchen supplies like knives, utensils, cookware, pastry items, clothing, and furniture. [5]
References
- ↑ "Equipped to deliver on its next-day promise for the catering trade". The Times.
- ↑ http://www.nisbets.co.uk/AboutUs/Static.raction
- ↑ http://www.nisbets.co.uk/OurStory/Static.raction
- ↑ http://www.bighospitality.co.uk/Events-Awards/Chefs-Choice-Awards-2015-Winners-revealed
- ↑ http://www.nisbets.co.uk/AboutUs/Static.raction
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