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Parfetts picks Southampton for its ninth depot

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Employee-owned wholesaler Parfetts is to open a ninth depot later this year to strengthen its network in the south of England. Southampton is the location for the new 113,000sq ft site, which will deliver to stores on the south coast and into Greater London while…

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