{"id":127623,"date":"2026-10-26T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/?p=127623"},"modified":"2026-10-26T09:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T09:31:54","slug":"frozen-food-supplier-announces-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/frozen-food-supplier-announces-closure\/","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Food Supplier Serving 1,000 UK Supermarkets Announces Closure After 13 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The closure affects a business specialising in halal frozen foods, including samosas, kebabs and crispy chicken. Founded in May 2013, Quality Bites supplied retailers, wholesalers and distributors across the UK. Its collapse comes during a year in which several established British retailers and hospitality businesses have ceased trading or announced widespread closures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quality Bites Enters Voluntary Liquidation After 13 Years<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to The Gazette<\/a>, Quality Bites Limited, registered under company number 08542756<\/strong>, passed a resolution to wind up voluntarily at a general meeting held in Birmingham on 7 October 2026. The meeting initially appointed Craig Povey and Gareth Prince of BTG Consulting plc as joint liquidators. That decision was subsequently replaced following a creditors’ meeting held on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creditors instead appointed Deviesh Raikundalia<\/strong> of Hall Chadwick (UK) Limited as liquidator. The formal winding-up resolution and related notices were published in The Gazette on 23 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company’s principal trading address was Unit 4\u20135, Redhouse Industrial Estate, Middlemore Lane West, Aldridge, Walsall. Its registered office was subsequently listed in Northampton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in May 2013, Quality Bites operated in the frozen food sector, concentrating on halal products and ethnic food specialities. The company <\/a>described itself as “one of the leading manufacturers of ethnic foods in the UK”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reports, the business supplied more than 1,000 independent supermarkets <\/strong>and grocery stores <\/strong>through its relationships with retailers, wholesalers and distributors nationwide. Its product range included samosas, kebabs and crispy chicken, placing the company within a specialist segment of the British frozen food market. After more than a decade of operations, the business has now ceased trading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Quality Bites closes after 13 years, ending frozen food supply to over 1,000 UK shops \u00a9Shutterstock<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Closure Follows a Difficult Year for British Retailers and Hospitality Businesses<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Quality Bites’ liquidation comes alongside a series of business closures across the UK in 2026, affecting retailers, restaurant operators and other established companies. Among the businesses affected are Claire’s <\/strong>and Quiz<\/strong>, both of which closed their remaining UK stores after entering administration. Fashion retailer Leading Labels is also closing its remaining 15 stores following its liquidation in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hospitality sector has experienced substantial changes too. Whitbread, the company behind Premier Inn, closed its standalone branded restaurants across the country in September, including Brewers Fayre and Beefeater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All 89 Brewers Fayre restaurants closed on 7 September<\/strong>, followed days later by 106 Beefeater locations. The closures formed part of a wider restructuring strategy announced by Whitbread earlier in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Herald’s reporting<\/a>, Queensway Inns and Common Table Group subsequently took over 110 former Whitbread sites, preventing those locations from closing. Other companies affected by closures during 2026 include River Island, Primark, Poundland and BrewDog. Meanwhile, Zavvi <\/strong>ceased trading after nearly 20 years, having entered administration for a second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not every development has involved closures. Retailers including Aldi, Marks & Spencer, B&M and Superdrug have announced new store openings for 2026, while Evans and Bodycare have returned to British high streets. Quality Bites’ departure nevertheless marks the end of a 13-year business that supplied halal frozen foods to independent shops across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quality Bites, a British frozen food supplier whose products were stocked in more than 1,000 independent supermarkets and grocery shops, has closed after 13 years in business. The West Midlands-based company entered voluntary liquidation on 7 October 2026, bringing its trading operations to an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":127626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127623"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127627,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127623\/revisions\/127627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.econostrum.info\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}