A UK meals distributor that equipped widespread pies has gone into liquidation.
Liquidators have been appointed to the 37-year-old wholesaler earlier this week.
According to the Gazette, G.M. Jones and Sons formally entered liquidation on Monday, April 20 because it prepares to “voluntarily wind up”.
The wholesaler has been supplying Pukka Pies and different gadgets to the quick food trade throughout the West Midlands, Staffordshire, and Shropshire areas since 1989.
Despite reporting year-on-year gross sales progress, based on its website, G.M. Jones and Sons has change into the newest British company to break down into liquidation.
Government filings report that Timothy Frank Corfield of Griffin & King had been appointed as liquidator to G.M. Jones and Sons.
Liquidation is the authorized process by which an organization formally ceases buying and selling.
This course of often includes the sale of an organization’s property to lift funds, that are then distributed amongst collectors and shareholders.
On its web site, G.M. Jones and Sons describes itself as “one of a handful of companies that sell Pukka Pies products, in fresh, frozen and unbaked form”.
The wholesaler additionally equipped catering sausages, sausage rolls, saveloys, fishcakes, beef burgers, rooster breasts, Island Delight curry patties, scampi, pasties, rooster steaks, and vegetable spring rolls.
As properly as fish and chip outlets, G.M. Jones and Sons additionally delivered to sporting venues, cafes, farm outlets, cellular snack bars, pubs and golf equipment, butchers, bakeries, and freezer outlets.
A spokesperson for Pukka Pies instructed The Sun that “supply remains strong nationwide” regardless of the wholesaler’s liquidation.
“G.M. Jones [and Sons] are one of many suppliers of Pukka Pies.
“We want to reassure customers that there is no impact on the availability of Pukka products.”
The rep continued: “As one of our valued wholesale companions for a lot of years, it’s unhappy to see them – notably a fellow family-run firm – face challenges in at the moment’s aggressive market.
“We’ve worked closely with customers to help them transition smoothly to alternative suppliers so people across the UK can continue to enjoy Pukka products as usual.”
The Sun has reached out to G.M. Jones and Sons for remark.
