09 July 2008, 12:36 PM
  • Yorkshire commercial law firm Rollits has advised on the recent sale of The Proudfoot Group’s superstore at Barton-on-Humber to Tesco Stores.

The Proudfoot Group is an independent family-run supermarket chain operating five stores in North and East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire with a turnover of £19m and employing approximately 260 staff.

Proudfoot joint managing director, Ian Proudfoot, said, “The sale of the Barton store comes at an opportune time for Proudfoot. The advice we received from Rollits was first class and helped us close the deal very quickly.”

Proudfoot was advised by a team of lawyers from Rollits led by Corporate Partner Richard Frogson and Commercial Property Partner Douglas Oliver.

Richard Frogson said, “This is a significant deal for our client The Proudfoot Group in a fast-changing retail environment. All the parties worked extremely hard to bring the deal to a speedy and successful conclusion.”

Proudfoot was established with its first store in Scarborough in the 1947 by Wilf Proudfoot who, with his sons Mark and Ian, expanded the chain across North and East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire.