Frozen food distributor Central Foods has been ranked 41st in the Northamptonshire Limited Top 100, reinforcing its position among the county’s leading privately owned businesses.
Produced by Grant Thornton, Howes Percival and All Things Business, the Northamptonshire Limited 2025 report ranks the county’s top private companies by turnover, using the most recent publicly available accounts as of October 1, 2025.
This year’s report shows that Northamptonshire’s Top 100 private businesses generated a combined turnover of £10.1billion, up 3.6% on the previous year. Employment across the Top 100 also increased by 10.4% to more than 39,500 people.
Central Foods has also been recognised in two further rankings within the report, placing 16th in the list of Northamptonshire’s most profitable businesses and 17th in the list of the county’s fastest-growing businesses.
Managing Director Oli Sampson said: “It is great to see Central Foods ranked 41st in this year’s Northamptonshire Limited report and to be recognised not only in the Top 100 by turnover, but also among the county’s most profitable and fastest-growing businesses.
“As a Northamptonshire business, we are proud to be part of such a strong local business community. This recognition reflects the hard work of our team, the strength of our customer and supplier relationships, and our continued commitment to growing the business from our base in the county.”
Based in Collingtree and celebrating 30 years in business this year, Central Foods is one of the UK’s leading frozen food distributors to the foodservice sector, offering mixed pallet consolidation exclusively to the UK food service sector. It offers more routes to market than any other distributor in its sector, supplying a wide range of sweet and savoury products to wholesalers serving operators across hospitality, education, healthcare, leisure and catering.
With a diverse portfolio in meat, poultry, vegetarian, free-from, vegan, buffet, bakery and dessert lines, Central Foods supplies more than 250 wholesalers nationwide and distributes more than 75,000 cases per week, with over 300 weekly delivery points.
Central Foods holds BRCGS certification, reflecting the highest food safety and quality standards across its portfolio.
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