Fenland pulse specialist joins national grain merchant

Saturday, February 11, 2012
11:09 AM

Independent grain merchant Gleadell Agriculture has taken over 176-year-old pulse specialist Dunns of Long Sutton.

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The country’s leading independent announced plans last November to acquire the specialist in human consumption peas and beans.

The companies have traded together for more than 10 years.

Dunns, founded in 1834, will trade as a stand-alone business. All the 25 existing staff remain with the company while Steve Russell becomes a consultant for the next two years.

Peter Busfield, Philip Rix and Judy Jeffries stay with Dunns on a full-time basis and the new board of directors includes Gleadell’s mana-ging director David Sheppard, Stuart Shand and Mike Thompson. Mr Shand will assume local managerial responsibility.

Mr Sheppard said: “We are delighted to have acquired a company who are respected and acknowledged as leaders in their fields. We look forward to growing the business alongside the excellent team already in place.

“We will continue to focus on deli-vering a first-class service to custo-mers in the pulse and seed sectors, and to use our connections to maxi-mise the clear opportunities Dunns will be presented with in the future.”