The Wholesale Group announces 11 new members

Since its launch on 1 January, The Wholesale Group has added 11 new wholesale members, bolstering its annual group turnover to £4.52bn, it says.

Tom Gittins, joint MD, said: “We firmly believed the formation of a buying group centred around service, focussed on independent wholesalers, would create a growth platform for the future, and wholesalers have responded with 11 new members choosing to join us in our first few weeks.”

The new members span both retail and foodservice, and take the group’s total wholesale depots to 257 - representing more than 13.7% of the total UK wholesale market.

The new members include Café Deli in Croydon, McCartney Foodservice in Boston, Consort Frozen Foods in Burgess Hill and Ewoods Foods in Accrington.

“We’re absolutely delighted to be joining The Wholesale Group as we continue our next chapter of growth,” said Stephen Sutcliffe, owner of Ewood Foods (pictured above). “We’re looking forward to collaborating with other likeminded family wholesale businesses, and we welcome the opportunity to further futureproof our business with the group’s bespoke digital marketing support and the access it provides to more than 400 supplier partners.”

The 11 new members will also join The Wholesale Group at its first trade show in Cheltenham on 20 March.