Lw Surphlis

LWSurphlis


Welcome to LWSurphlis. Established in 1948 by Lowry Surphlis in era of post war austerity when not only food, but farm machinery and building materials were in short supply.

Today the family firm continues under the management of Maurice Surphlis in a much expanded way from those early days in the late forties and fifties, when trading only consisted of a grocery shop and a sub Post Office.

Maurice has extended the business over the years. In 1987 by installing bulk bins for the storage of Dairy , Beef and Sheep nuts and a weigh bridge to allow customers to collect bulk feed at a cheaper price. A new warehouse for the manufacture of farm buildings was also erected at this time.

Due to the demand from the farmers a new meal store was erected 1989 and a mixer wagon installed to mix straights, as agriculture was expanding and stock numbers were increasing rapidly we felt the need to provide feed at a much reduced rate.

Further renovations were completed in 1997 when the Hardware store was extensively refurbished and a new office accommodation block was built incorporating a fully computerised system throughout the building. The computer retails animal health products, animal feeds, fertilisers, farm supplies, hardware and building products and the manufacture of farm sheds.

There is now an additional 33,000 square feet of bulk storage space, for straights and the installation of mixing plant allow us to give our customers a further choice in products and services. We stock an extensive range of fertilisers: Gouldings and Hydro. We also supply grass seed mixture including crop silages and barley seed, which have been tested and trialled by Department of Agriculture Plant Testing Station at Belfast and fully recommended for Northern Ireland use.

John Thompson's mills are based in Belfast and offer a large range of Dairy, Beef, Calf and Sheep feed. We have our own transport to collect the quality assured compound feeds in Belfast and deliver direct to a farm. We also have storage facilities on our premises where farmers m ay collect these products.

Another money saving alternative is to buy in 50kgs jute bags, bagging is carried out on the premises and offers a useful saving over 25kgs paper bags.

We also produces Dairy Blends and Beef Blends in our store and with our new facility we will be able to enlarge on the range offered.