Merseyside global food supplier sees sales hit £45m

Summary

A Wirral-based global supplier of leading food and drink brands is reporting sales of £45m despite battling increasing cost pressures.

Smylies , which operates from a distribution hub in Bromborough, was founded in Salford 183 years ago by James Smylie, a market trader who had travelled across the Irish Sea from the small town of Ballynahinch in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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