The Press and Journal (Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire)

Milk firm acquires customer delivery rivals

One of the largest milk delivery businesses in Aberdeen has closed deals for the customers of two rivals.

Kerr’s Dairy, which has a depot at Bridge of Don, has added almost 5,000 customers with the two transactio­ns.

It purchased Muller Wiseman’s database of 780 Aberdeen customers last month.

And it has now completed a deal to acquire more than 4,000 clients from Thomson Dairies.

A total of 15 members of staff from Thomson have transferre­d to Kerr’s as part of the transactio­n.

The deal, for an undisclose­d sum, does not include the Thomson depot at East Tullos Industrial Estate.

The moves take the number of customers served by Kerr’s Dairy from its Denmore Road facility to almost 14,000.

Kerr’s Dairy, which is headquarte­red in Dundee, is a fifthgener­ation family business with more than 120 years of history.

It capitalise­d during the Covid lockdowns by expanding its home delivery services.

After gaining thousands of customers in Tayside, it ventured north in June 2020.

Director Kelvin Kerr said the addition of the Thomson workers means the company now has 35 staff working in Aberdeen.

“We were approached by Thomson Dairies and happy to grasp the opportunit­y,” he said.

“I’m delighted to get the deal over the line which gives us a real foothold in Aberdeen.

“We’re still expanding in the area and it’s important to me that we create more local jobs.”

The business has a combined 80 staff and 60 vans between its locations in Dundee and Aberdeen.

It has a total of 25,000 customers between the two locations.