Dobbies Garden Centre. Long gone are the days when a visit to a Garden Centre meant wellington boots and a warm coat. But the new generation of Garden Centres offer much more than the opportunity to select your new plants in dry and warm surroundings and can provide everything under one roof for that perfect gardeners day out. Leading the industry in these changes is Dobbies Garden Centres plc who took the strategic decision to concentrate on its garden centre business less than ten years ago.
The company is now the second largest garden centre chain in the UK with 17 garden centres througho
ut Scotland, Tyneside, Lancashire and the Midlands and has plans to double the number of stores within the next 5 years.
This growth has been achieved by offering something for everyone in the family with demonstration gardens, children’s play areas and extensive catering facilities in all of the larger sites. A focal point in the centres is the stylish restaurant where visitors can relax with a lite bite, such as a home made scone with fresh cream and a cappuccino to wash it down or indulge in a full meal, including chefs specials which change daily.
Electrolux foodservice equipment has been installed in the kitchens in the centres for a number of years, and Electrolux has recently completely re-equipped the kitchen at the showpiece centre on the outskirts of Perth.
This includes modular cooking equipment, combination ovens, refrigeration and dishwashing facilities.
It is important to a company like Dobbies 
with centres throughout Great Britain that Electrolux can offer a similar level of equipment and service at all of its sites. For instance Electrolux equipment was also recently installed equipment at the latest Dobbies centre close to Atherstone in North Warwickshire. The Electrolux Group is the worlds No 1 choice for powered equipment for kitchen, cleaning and outdoor use. It’s foodservice division produces equipment for food preparation, cold storage, cooking and warewashing carrying the world famous brand names of Electrolux, Zanussi Professional, Molteni and Dito.
The full range of Electrolux equipment is available from BETTAquip, an Electrolux Professional Partner.
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