- RoadChef
RoadChef is a company which operates
motorway service station s in the UK, which include service stations, retail shops and restaurants. According to Google Finance, "RoadChef Motorways is one of the largest Motorway Services Area (MSA) operators in the UK, with 21 sites representing 24% of the market and serving some 60 million visitors each year." [ [http://finance.google.com/finance?cid=2153193 RoadChef Motorways Limited - Google Finance ] ]Facilities
RoadChef motorway service areas generally have
Costa Coffee and Wimpy. Petrol stations are usually provided byBP and hotels are operated byPremier Inn . Throughout 2007, the independent site Motorway Services Online had RoadChef listed as the operator with the lowest rating. This role has now been taken by First. [Cite web |url=http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/operators/roadchef/ |title=Road Chef |work=Motorway Services Online] [Cite web |url=http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/operators/first/ |title=First |work=Motorway Services Online]Acquisitions and takeover
In 1998 RoadChef agreed to purchase Blue Boar Group and Take A Break for £80 million and plans to integrate these acquisitions into an enlarged RoadChef Group. RoadChef was itself acquired in May this year for approximately £175 million by MSA Acquisitions Co. Limited, a company financed by Nikko’s Principal Finance Group.
Blue Boar is the fourth largest operator of motorway services areas in the UK with three operational sites and one development site. The
Watford Gap site was the first motorway service area to be opened in the UK in 1959 and is one of the UK’s best known sites. The company was originally family owned but in November 1995 was sold to a management team.Take A Break operates
Strensham services on the M5 which is one of the largest sites in the UK and is also believed to have the largest petrol station in Europe. The company was originally developed by Kenning Motor Group plc but was sold to the management in 1994.ee also
References
External links
* [http://www.roadchef.com RoadChef]
* [http://motorwayservicesonline.co.uk/operators/roadchef/ Motorway Services Online - Roadchef]
* [http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/discussion/motorway-services/reviews/ General motorway services reviews]
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