Purchase expands service station and convenience store portfolio

East Yorkshire-based Jos Richardson & Son Ltd has continued its expansion with the acquisition of the freehold to Waterside Filling Station in Beverley, its third new site in just six months.

The fifth generation family business, which was originally founded in Goole and now has its head office outside Howden, operates ten service stations and convenience stores across East, North and West Yorkshire, as well as Truckstop facilities next to its Glews Services site near Goole.

Following a comprehensive refit, the new Beverley site will re-open for business on Wednesday 4 May, operating with Jos Richardson & Son’s long-term brand partners Jet, for fuel, and SPAR, for wholesale groceries.

It will also feature a Costa Express, a Daily Deli offering hot and cold food, an off-licence selling beers, wines and spirits, a National Lottery outlet and an ATM cash point within the store.

The site will employ a team of ten people, including a manager, assistant manager and customer assistants.

Managing director, Joseph Richardson, said: “This is an exciting opportunity for us, which we’re predominantly viewing as a convenience store offering fuel.

“The store achieved good sales before it was closed and we hope to get back to that level and beyond.

“For the last few months, we’ve been working with our suppliers to get the site up and running.”

Waterside Filling Station in Beverley was previously let to The Co-op but has been vacant since April 2021.

It comprises two fuel islands, with four fill positions, and the building extends to 4,000 sq ft. Alastair Coates, of Alexander James, acted as Jos Richardson & Son’s property agent for the latest acquisition, and the legal work was completed by Emma Wilson of Gateley Legal, Leeds.

Last year, Jos Richardson & Son added the Budgens-branded convenience store in Gilberdyke, East Yorkshire to its portfolio, which is the first of the company’s sites to operate purely as a convenience store, rather than as a service station with a convenience store attached to it. Soon after, it purchased a shopping parade Haxby near York.

Richardson added: “It has been a busy few months but we’re excited about the huge potential that these new sites bring to our growing and evolving business.

“To get the new Beverley store open, we’ve done a complete refit, which includes new refrigeration and new pumps selling four grades of fuel.”