BridgeGroup.info
Title
Accommodation in Torbay - Bridge Group of Torbay Hotels
Description
The Bridge Group was first formed in the early 1960's when several Hotels of a similar size met together and decided to save money by bulk buying. The name was derived from their location, Bridge Road, and therefore delivery and redistribution of orders was easy for both suppliers and members.
A common sight in Bridge Road in those days was a vehicle delivering sacks of potatoes, flour, toilet rolls, or whatever best deal was available. There would be one central point, usually a members garage, and the others would collect their orders and take them home. Wheelbarrows were always at the ready and by the end of the decade local amusement changed into application to join the entrepreneurs, who had earned something of a reputation both locally and throughout the Westcountry.
Membership spread to almost every Hotel and Guest House in Bridge Road, Cleveland Road, and Falkland Road. There were even plans to go further but the activities and progress of the group had been observed by some of the larger Hotels. Soon other buying groups emerged but the Bridge Group still had an attraction, as it does now, for many of the proprietor operated businesses who want a fair and competitive deal from their suppliers together with the friendliness of a group of like-minded Hoteliers.
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