First Quench Retailing

First Quench Retailing

Company type	Private
Industry	Retail
Founded	1998 (Merger of Threshers and Victoria Wine forming First Quench)
Headquarters	Welwyn Garden City, England
Products	Alcoholic beverages
Website	www.threshergroup.com/

First Quench Retailing was the largest independent off-licence retail chain in the UK, with around 3,500 shops operating under several retail brands, though all have now been closed. At the time of First Quench's closure, these included the Threshers, Haddows, The Local and Wine Rack chains.

Its head office was based in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. On 29 October 2009 it was announced that the company had gone into administration.^[1]