The expansion follows rapid growth of the business which has increased turnover by 25% in the past year after opening depots in Caerphilly and Telford to support growing demand in South Wales, the North West and West Midlands.
The company said it is on course to achieve record sales of £75m and expect the number of staff to rise from 320 to 370 over the next few years.
During Covid the company saw its sales drop to £18m in 2021 and it is sales will increase to £120 million by 2029.
Managing Director Mark Lawton said: “We have a real focus on supporting Welsh products and suppliers and that means we are now putting products like Llaeth y Llan yoghurt, Radnor Springs mineral waters, Edwards the Welsh Butcher sausages and Snowdonia cheese onto school dinner tables not just across Wales but in the North West of England and border counties of England.
“That’s helped us increase our sales of Llaeth y Llan products by 59%, Radnor Springs by 55% and Edwards the Welsh Butcher by 72% so we’re not just improving our performance, we’re boosting other Welsh businesses too.
He added: “We’ve transformed the business from one that relied on seasonal tourism into a year-round operation by expanding into the public sector, particularly education and healthcare.”
Harlech Operations Director Ian Evans said: “We need more capacity here but from putting shovels in the ground here it will take 12 to 18 months to have the new warehousing up and running.
“That would mean an investment of £2m in new buildings and a further £1.5m in new delivery vehicles and ideally we would need help from Government to achieve that.”
During a visit to the company, Liz Saville Roberts, the MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd, and Plaid Cymru’s Leader in the House of Commons, hailed the wholesaler’s success and said: “Harlech are one of the key employers for this area and they also support many local hospitality businesses while at the same time they are winning big public sector contracts not only in Wales but across the border and these underpin the work they are doing here.
“They have plans for growth and increased employment and for the expansion of their headquarters site with new buildings and refrigerated storage while at the same time they are conscious of the need to reduce emissions and be energy efficient.”
The business was founded in the town of Harlech in 1972 by Colin and Gill Foskett to supply the holiday market and it expanded to deliver to restaurants, pubs, schools and hospitals across Wales and into England.
