Our members deliver food and drink to shops, pubs, restaurants, hotels, schools, care homes, hospitals and workplaces. You name it, where there’s food, there’s likely to be a wholesaler behind it! Eight of our wholesale members are buying groups, representing over 630 independent wholesalers between them and total sales of £18bn. Buying groups combine their members’ buying power for economies of scale, and provide merchandising, marketing and services support.

Supplier members and partners are the manufacturers and brands powering the UK’s food and drink wholesale channel. They work closely with us and our wholesale members to improve efficiency, strengthen partnerships, and deliver outstanding value to retail and foodservice customers. Through our events and committees, suppliers collaborate on joint business plans, channel-specific products, and promotional activity that benefits every link in the supply chain.

Service Provider Members are the specialists that power the wholesale channel behind the scenes. From advanced analytics and market-insight firms, to technology providers, logistics consultants and strategy experts, they support wholesalers with smarter planning, sharper operations and future-ready business models. We bring these providers together with wholesalers and suppliers via events, committees and working groups, so they can tailor platforms, solve supply-chain challenges and create innovations that work across the sector.