The Big Food Group

The Big Food Group
Industry	Food retail and wholesale
Predecessors	Iceland ; Booker Cash & Carry plc ;
Founded	2000;25 years ago
Defunct	2005
Fate	Acquired by Baugur Group and split up
Successors	Iceland ; Booker Cash & Carry ; Woodward Foodservice; Expert Logistics; PropCo;

Last updated October 02, 2025

The Big Food Group was a food retail and wholesale company based in the UK. It was created in 2000 when the supermarket chain Iceland merged with Booker Cash & Carry plc.^[1]

The company was purchased by Icelandic retail consortium Baugur Group in 2005, and split into:

Retail: Iceland
Wholesale: Booker Cash & Carry
Foodservices: Woodward Foodservice
Logistics: Expert Logistics

The property portfolio was spun out into a separate company called PropCo, for £213 million, and then leased back.^[2]

References

↑ Jordan, Jeff. "Food saving expert". Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
↑ "BFG agrees to Baugur bid". Food & Drink. 20 December 2004. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

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[1] Jordan, Jeff. "Food saving expert". Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2022.

[2] "BFG agrees to Baugur bid". Food & Drink. 20 December 2004. Retrieved 6 April 2008.

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