In 1979 Arthur Peaty and Derek Mills, after a combined 65 years of experience in the City of London, formed Peaty Mills and Co Ltd.
 
The Company became the sole marketing office for Swaziland Fruit Canners in 1984 and since that time, has successfully marketed their entire production. In 1986, Peaty Mills with a staff of seven, moved to Bridge House and began to expand. Since that time, the Company complement has grown to sixteen and the product range runs to several hundred items from a wide range of international sources.
 
In the late 80s, a determined effort was made to become specialists in the emerging supermarket own label sector - Tesco is now Peaty Mills largest account followed by other major UK supermarket chains.
 
In 1990, Peaty Mills and Co Ltd became Peaty Mills plc following the sad death of Derek Mills.
 
1998 saw Richard Ferreira move to the UK and join the board as Operations Director.
 
In 1999 the company was appointed as sole marketing agents for RFF Foods (Pty) Ltd, a major producer of preserved deciduous fruits in the Cape Province in South Africa.
 
In October 1999, the Chairman stood down and his son Nick Peaty was elected to take over this role.
 
In 2000, Colin Young FCA was appointed Financial Director. In 2003, Mike Bailey, formerly of Bonduelle became Sales Director.
 
In 2004 Bruce Henderson, C.E.O of the Rhodes Food Group of Cape Town joined the Board, replacing Richard Ferreira who moved to Perth, Australia to work on other projects.
 
In 2006, we began to give full service contracts to supermarkets outside of the UK, in the wider EU. Peaty Mills now supplies all the top 7 supermarket groups in the UK.