Garsons:

摘要

Garsons was founded in 1871 as a vegetable-growing farm. After a century of supplying greengrocers in London, the rise of the supermarkets in the 1970s led to the development of pick your own, farm shop and garden centre businesses at the site in Esher, Surrey. The rural retailer now has a second site, Garsons at Titchfield, bought in 1999.The current directors — all descendants of founder George Henry Thompson — are Derek Richardson, his sons Ian and Alan, Peter Thompson, his daughter Clare James (nee Thompson) and nephew Ben Thompson. A ￡3.2m redevelopment is underway, with phase onecomplete and phase two, the restaurant, set for a 48-week build in 2014-15.