Fuller, Smith & Turner has bought a 51% share in specialist craft cider and pizza operator, The Stable for a total of £7.3m.
The business is owned by Richard and Nikki Cooper operates six sites across the south west specialising in gourmet pizzas and a range of 50 different craft ciders.
Fuller’s will also acquire the freehold of The Bull Hotel in seaside town of Bridport where the business first started in 2006. The boutique hotel has 19 bedrooms with a stable at the back, where the first pizza and cider restaurant started.
Five further outlets followed in Weymouth, Bristol, Bath, Poole and Newquay andaquisition by Fullers now enables expansion of the company across the South of England.