F Milford & Sons

Many firms claim to be family operated, but not many can trace their firm history back as far as F Milford & Sons ltd - Fruit & Vegetable Merchants. Our 1st retail fruit shop was opened by founder Fred Milford in Paul Street, Exeter in 1908. By 1925, with the aid of three sons, the company had moved into wholesale, shortly afterwards purchasing premises in King Street, Exeter. At this time fruit and vegetables were collected from Newton Abbot train station in a horse and cart and provided to the local market and the surrounding shops. This then progressed to lorry deliveries as times changed.