Operations
Fine Fare's depots were at Welwyn Garden City (Hertfordshire), East Kilbride (Lanarkshire), Washington (Tyne & Wear), Cheadle Hulme (Stockport), Hucknall (Nottingham), Tuffley (Gloucester) and Aylesford (Kent). Shoppers Paradise only depots were at East Kilbride (Lanarkshire), Weedon (Northampton), Stevenage (Hertfordshire) and Alton (Hampshire). Washington also held stocks of non-food items for national distribution. The company conducted a short series of advertisements featuring actor Gordon Jackson (best known as Mr Hudson in Upstairs, Downstairs).
Fine Fare also owned the Melias and Shoppers Paradise chains of convenience stores.
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