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First acquisition - Chipkins followed
by Sea World. The start of Bidfood.
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Bid Corporation becomes holding
company of Bidvest.
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Acquisition of Steiner Services;
beginning of the hygiene services
business.
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Acquisition of Crown Food Holdings,
merged with National Spice to form
Crown National.
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Acquisition of Safcor, the start of
Bidfreight. Prestige Cleaning Services
acquired and grouped with Steiner to
form Bidserv.
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First steps to international
expansion in Australia, acquisition
of Manettas and renamed Bidvest
Australia.
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Empowerment programmes begins.
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Acquisition of Waltons. Bid
Corporation unbundled and
Bidvest incorporated into
the JSE industrial index.
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Bidvest PLC, created with dual listings in
Australia and Luxembourg. Acquisition of
Lithotech. |
Booker Foodservice,
acquired by Bidvest
PLC, renamed 3663
First for Foodservice.
Acquisition of
Rennies Group. |
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Acquisition of Island View Storage.
Banking licence granted to Rennies
Bank. Bidvest PLC enters the
New Zealand foodservice
market. |
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John Lewis Foodservice acquired and
incorporated into Bidvest Australia.
mymarket.com, Bidvest's e-commerce
initiative launched. |
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Remaining 68% of Voltex acquired to
form part of the Commercial Products
division. |
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The Bidvest Academy, a Group
training and development
programme launched.
BEE initiative with Dinalta Investment
Holdings announced. Danel acquired and
renamed Lithotech France. |
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Acquisition of McCarthy, South Africa's
second largest motor retailer. |
Acquired 100% of Netherlands
foodservice company, Deli XL and a
controlling stake in HORECA Trade, a
small Dubai-based foodservice distributor.
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Acquired 100% of Angliss, a
foodservice wholesaler and distributor
in Singapore, Hong Kong and China.
Rennies Bank became Bidvest
Bank.
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Viamax acquisition concluded. First
carbon footprint analysis prepared. |
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Nowaco Group foodservice
businesses operating in Czech
Republic, Slovakia and Poland
acquired. |
Acquisition of Seafood Holdings, fresh
fish foodservice business in the UK and
foodservice distributor Nowaco Baltics.
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Acquisition of Deli
Meals in Chile.
Bidvest's first entry
into South America. |
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Acquisition of Aktaes Holdings, the
Mansfield Group and Home of Living
Brands. |
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Acquisition of Mvelaserve; Irmãos
Avelino (Brazil), and Bidvest Espana
(Spain). |
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DAC (Italy); PLC Transport
24/7 (UK) acquired.
Global footprint continues
to expand. |
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