either the 'Thresher's' or 'Wine Rack' brands. The collapse of rival retailer Unwins led to Threshers buying 200 stores, with the remaining 170 stores closing. The stores were rebranded as either 'The Local', 'Thresher's' or 'Wine Rack'. In June 2007, Thresher Group was sold to the equity company Vision Capital for around £250 million. In 2008 the company reverted to using the First Quench Retailing (FQR) name from Thresher Group. On 29 October 2009 it was announced that First Quench Retailing had entered into administration, and KPMG were appointed administrators. The following day, 81 redundancies were made at the company's head office in Welwyn Garden City. The brand names Thresher's, The Local, Bottoms Up and Victoria Wine were subsequently purchased by Midlands-based newsagent, off-licence and convenience store operator Dave's Discount Group. The Wine Rack brand was purchased by Convivality Plc (at the time registered as Bargain Booze Holdings Limited). Previous branding Brands trading at closure Primarily wine with beer/ale/cider Wine Rack (True Blue) (customer service and product knowledge driven) Value and convenience goods including alcohol The Local (Yellow) Threshers (Red) Scottish brand, with main focus on wine/beer/cider/ale Haddows (Purple) Brands which were phased out or renamed after takeovers or restructures Wine-led Bottoms Up (offering up to 650 brands of wine in one shop) Wine Rack Victoria Wine Peter Dominic Martha's Vineyard Drink retailing Threshers Drinks Cabin Unwins Firkin Off-Licence Hutton's Drinks Direct See also Majestic Wine Oddbins References External links First Quench Retailing Vision Capital (www.visioncapital.com) British companies established in 1998 Retail companies established in 1998 Retail companies disestablished in 2009 Defunct retail companies of the United Kingdom Wine retailers of the United Kingdom 1998 establishments in the United Kingdom 2009 disestablishments in the United Kingdom