Fulton's Foods


Fulton's Foods is a frozen food retailer chain, which is based in Darton, South Yorkshire, and operates throughout The Midlands and the North of England. Trading online as Star Bargains.

History

The company was founded by Jack Fulton in 1960 as a poultry business. It diversified into frozen foods in 1974, using the company name Frozen Value Ltd. In August 1997, it was then subject to a management buy-in, financed by 3i Group, when Kevin Gunter took control of the business.
In October 2005, it opened a depot in Darton, South Yorkshire. and in March 2013, the company was rebranded Fulton's Foods.
The founder, Jack Fulton, died on 29 September 2015.
In March 2018, Fulton's Foods announced they were trading online as "Star Bargains". The offering excludes chilled & frozen.
In 2020, Fulton's Foods accounts showed that they would be a chilled and frozen food supplier to Poundland, supplying 77 branches. The accounts also exposed that the company had breeched the terms of a bank loan that they had been offered, meaning that the bank could withdraw, and the group be left unable to pay. As the group had not defaulted on any loan payments, the bank has formally told the directors that they have no intention to withdraw.