Thresher to wine and dine with Leapingsalmon

Off-licence group Thresher aims to complement its wine offer with food after acquiring Leapingsalmon, the online gourmet meal specialist.

Thresher is thought to have paid more than£2 million for Leapingsalmon, which produces kits containing all the ingredients to cook a meal. It sells them over the Internet and in stores to a customer base largely in London.

Thresher will continue to sell the meal packs online, and will introduce them to 500 of its 2,000 stores. It will also expand Leapingsalmon's product range into snacks and dips.