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Unitas member Giro Foods to acquire Tiger Foods from Hyperama

Giro Foods Ltd, a £25 million Foodservice operator based in central Birmingham, is delighted to announce the acquisition of Tiger Foods from Hyperama.

Marcus Singh, Managing Director of Hyperama, stated: “We are pleased to announce the sale of our Tiger Foods business to Giro Foods. Javed and his family have been friends of ours for many years and this is an ideal fit which allows Hyperama to focus now on our cash and carry business.


"We thank all of our customers and suppliers who have helped us develop the Tiger Foods business over the years, and we wish Giro Foods continued success in the integration of Tiger Foods into the Giro Foods business and with further growing their business. Streamlining our operations in this way allows us to now concentrate on our core cash and carry business for the future.”

Javed Sarwar Managing Director of Giro Foods commented, “We are excited to announce the acquisition of Tiger Foods from Hyperama. We are very familiar with the Tiger Foods business and are delighted to have been able to secure this deal which will support our growth plans for Giro Foods.

"Tiger Foods has a great customer base, and this is an ideal opportunity for us to grow our business and we are looking forward to working with our customers and suppliers while we incorporate the Tiger Foods business within Giro Foods”

John Kinney commented, “This is great news for Hyperama and Giro Foods, who are a long standing Unitas (and previously Today’s) member, and we look forward to working closely with Javed and the team at Giro Foods while they integrate the Tiger Foods business into their operation.

"We also look forward to continuing our relationship with Marcus and the Hyperama team who are now well placed to focus on their successful cash and carry business.”

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