Peckham's

Peckham's
Private limited company
Industry Retail (Grocery)
Founded 1982
Headquarters Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Number of locations
 2
Products Grocery, wine, chocolate, alcohol, non-alcoholic beverages
Number of employees
 25
Website http://www.peckhams.co.uk/

Peckham's is the trading name for a chain of specialist grocery stores and on line Luxury Hamper & Gifts with branches in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Peckham's advertises itself as a vintners, victuallers, and delicatessen company.

The stores stock a variety of different products, usually focused upon a delicatessen and an off-sales area offering a large number of wines, spirits, and other drinks. Other grocery and non-food items are also available in the branches.

History

In 1982, Peckham's first opened their doors to fill the gap in the market for specialist consumable products not available in Scotland. After twenty years, it began stocking items that many normal supermarkets at the time did not.

It was also part of their initial ethos to be late-opening, with most stores opening until eight or ten o'clock in the evening and a good number remaining open until midnight, subject to local licensing conditions.

In 2009, Peckham's bought four Mcleish stores: two in Aberdeen, one in Dundee, and another in Broughty Ferry.[1][2] All four of the former Mcleish stores have now ceased trading.

In 2011 Peckham and Rye went into administration closing three branches - Newton Mearns, Lenzie and Raeburn Place.[3][4] All of their specialty delicatessen shops were put up for sale by the administrators,[5] 31 staff were made redundant, and a further 140 jobs were put at risk. It also emerged that Peckham and Rye previously had to fight off a sheriff court petition to wind up the business in July 2002.[3][6] In 2007 the delicatessen slipped to a GBP29,000 pre-tax loss as the company had difficulties absorbing rising costs.[7] In accounts for 2009, Peckham and Rye made an after tax profit of £54,719, this followed previous losses. Changes to the licensing laws introduced September, 2009 were said to be affecting sales.[3] Since entering administration, a total of eight branches have closed Glasgow's Prestwick Airport & Hyndland Road branches. Edinburgh's Raeburn Place & Bruntsfield Place branches and Aberdeen's Schoolhill & Union Street branches. The branches in Newton Mearns & Lenzie have also closed, causing job loss. Only four branches remain trading.

In April 2012, The Glasgow Hyndland Road branch reopened after being closed.

In June 2017, Peckham's Scotland Limited was placed into liquidation[8] shortly after the two remaining stores were taken over by two local businessmen.[9] The pair were able to save 25 jobs, the two remaining branches (on Byres Road and Hyndland Road) and continue trading as Peckham's in the community.[10]

Branches

Peckham's stores, originally concentrated in the central belt. Its current branches are:[11]

Former branches include:

References

  1. ↑ "Peckham's buys four McLeish stores - Business". Scotsman.com. 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  2. ↑ "Deal fails to save city deli - News". Scotsman.com. 2009-02-04. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  3. 1 2 3 MARTIN WILLIAMS (2011-07-15). "Jobs fears as more Peckham's outlets are put up for sale - Herald Scotland | News | Home News". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  4. ↑ MARTIN WILLIAMS (2011-07-13). "Three Peckham's stores shut Three Peckham's stores to shut - Herald Scotland | News | Home News". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  5. ↑ "BBC News - 'Potential buyers' for troubled deli chain Peckham's". Bbc.co.uk. 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  6. ↑ "Closing time - Herald Scotland | News | Home News". Herald Scotland. 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  7. ↑ TIM SHARP (2008-05-19). "Increased costs put Peckham's in red". The Herald - Glasgow (UK). p. 26. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  8. ↑ "PECKHAM'S SCOTLAND LIMITED". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  9. ↑ "Peckham's deli set for return to Edinburgh after takeover". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  10. ↑ "Pair buy remaining Peckham's deli branches in Glasgow". BBC News. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  11. ↑ "| Peckham's Scotland". Peckhams.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-12-15.
  12. 1 2 3 4 "Sainsbury's to the rescue as Bruntsfield deli closes - News". Scotsman.com. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  13. ↑ "Peckham's Bruntsfield | Peckham's Scotland". Peckhams.co.uk. 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
  14. ↑ "Late night bistro planning bid turned down - Local Headlines". Kirkintilloch Herald. 2002-04-09. Retrieved 2012-05-16.
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