{{Short description|UK Grocery Store Chain, closed 2022}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}} {{Use British English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox company | name = Fulton's Foods Limited | trade_name = Fulton's Foods | logo = New_Fulton's_Foods_Logo.png | logo_size = 100px | image = Fultons Foods - Bramley Shopping Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1779516.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_caption = A branch of Fultons Foods in Bramley, Leeds | type = Subsidiary | foundation = 1960 | defunct = 2022 | fate = | location = Barnsley, England | key_people = Kevin Gunter, Managing Director<br>Karen Gunter, Finance Director | industry = Retail | products = Frozen Foods<br>Household Products<br>Discount Groceries | revenue = £ 70 million (2014) | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = 1,000 | parent = Poundland | subsid = Star Bargains | homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20220113023502/http://www.fultonsfoods.co.uk/ www.fultonsfoods.co.uk] | footnotes = }}
'''Fulton's Foods''' was a frozen food retailer chain, which was based in Darton, South Yorkshire, and operated throughout The Midlands and the North of England. It traded online as Star Bargains.
==History== The company was founded by Jack Fulton in 1960 as a poultry business.<ref name=grocer>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5245/is_7840_231/ai_n29412431/ Shop profile: Jack Fulton: Frozen Value to grow across UK] The Grocer, 2 February 2008 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721150512/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5245/is_7840_231/ai_n29412431/ |date=21 July 2010 }}</ref> It diversified into frozen foods in 1974, using the company name Frozen Value Ltd.<ref name=rover>[http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/home.php?section=OPE&category=ATE&subcat=players&action=full&id=70 Fulton Foods Sponsor] Doncaster Rovers Belles {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831014049/http://www.doncasterroversbelles.co.uk/home.php?section=OPE |date=31 August 2009 }}</ref> In August 1997, it was then subject to a management buy-in, financed by 3i,<ref>[http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbbtDetails.asp?siteID=6&compID=2767&yr=2011 Rank: 67 Frozen Value] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213040938/http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbbtDetails.asp?siteID=6&compID=2767&yr=2011 |date=13 December 2013 }} Fast Track</ref> when Kevin Gunter took control of the business.<ref name=rover/>
In October 2005, it opened a {{convert|70000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} depot in Darton, South Yorkshire.<ref name=grocer/> and in March 2013, the company was rebranded Fulton's Foods.<ref>[http://www.retail-week.com/property/frozen-food-retailers-eye-former-blockbuster-stores/5046999.article Frozen food retailers Iceland, Heron Foods and Frozen Value eye former Blockbuster stores] ''Retail Week'' 5 March 2013</ref>
The founder, Jack Fulton, died on 29 September 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/latest-news/top-stories/updated-castleford-tigers-chairman-jack-fulton-dies-1-7487318|title=Castleford Tigers chairman Jack Fulton dies|date=29 September 2015|work=Yorkshire Evening Post|accessdate=29 September 2015}}</ref>
In March 2018, Fulton's Foods announced they were trading online as "Star Bargains". The offering excluded chilled and frozen.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirebusinessdaily.co.uk/2018/07/13/fulton-foods-launch-online-store/|title=Fulton Foods launch online store - Yorkshire Business Daily|date=13 July 2018|work=Yorkshire Business Daily|access-date=16 July 2018}}</ref>
In October 2020, Poundland announced they had purchased Fulton's Foods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2020/10/poundland-acquires-fultons-foods-whats-next-frozen-food/|title=''Poundland acquires Fultons Foods, so what's next for its frozen food offering?''|website=Retail Gazette |date=21 October 2020|access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref>
In February 2022, the company announced the closure of all remaining stores.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/fultons-foods-stores-set-to-close-poundland-confirms-3565316|title=Fultons Foods closing: Poundland confirms closure of remaining stores, including shops in Sheffield|newspaper=The Star|date=13 February 2022|access-date=4 April 2022}}</ref>
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==External links== {{commons category|Fultons Foods}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20220113023502/http://www.fultonsfoods.co.uk/ Fulton's Foods website]
{{Supermarkets in the United Kingdom|state=collapsed}}
Category:Companies based in South Yorkshire Category:Retail companies established in 1960 Category:Retail companies disestablished in 2022 Category:Retail companies of England Category:Defunct supermarkets of the United Kingdom Category:3i companies Category:1960 establishments in England Category:2022 disestablishments in England