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Top 25 Food wholesalers based in the United Kingdom

Name: Food wholesalers based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 1,147 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 1,147 food wholesalers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 44,940 professional contacts across them, including 4,945 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers food wholesalers headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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44,940Contacts tracked

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The 25 largest food wholesalers based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 1,147 food wholesalers based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to food wholesalers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Morrisons	Indirect evidence	Bradford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	10001+	23,405 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our team of friendly faces works as one to provide shopping trips and a career experience you won’t find anywhere else.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
2	Bidfood UK	Indirect evidence	Slough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	2,361 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are committed to serving up the recipe for your success.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	Gist Limited	Indirect evidence	Chineham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	1,947 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Gist is part of M&S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	Gastronomica	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	920 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Quality Italian Food Market Stalls Around London: Borough Market London SE1 Broadway Market London E8 Whitecross Street Market London EC1 Delicatessen-Cafes: Wapping New Crane…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	JJ Food Service Limited	Indirect evidence	Enfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	885 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to enjoy chef quality ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	Hilton Foods	Partial evidence	United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	5,001-10,000	634 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Hilton Foods, we’re passionate about bringing great food to people’s tables every single day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	Fresh Direct UK	Partial evidence	Bicester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	384 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Although we’ll always be a local fruit and vegetable supplier at heart, over the last 50 years we’ve grown into one of the UK’s biggest fresh food suppliers, delivering tonnes of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
8	Surya Foods	Partial evidence	Harwich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	229 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Surya Foods boasts an extensive range of over 1,300 SKUs, offering customers a one-stop-shop for all their international food needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
9	Creed Foodservice LTD	Partial evidence	Cheltenham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	210 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Creed Foodservice is one of the UK’s leading foodservice wholesalers, delivering high-quality, multi-temperature products and tailored supply solutions to businesses across the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Fullers Foods International	Partial evidence	Leeds, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	210 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We deliver seamless, end to end food supply and reliable routes to market, using our unrivalled networks to drive growth in everyday food goods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	Booker Retail Partners GB Limited	Partial evidence	Wellingborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	199 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Booker Retail Partners is the wholesale supplier to independent retailers under the Budgens, Londis, Premier & Family Shopper brands serving over stores across the UK and a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	Castell Howell Foods LTD	Indirect evidence	Cross Hands, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	189 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “From our main depot at Cross Hands, and four satellite depots at Avonmouth, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Chirk and Merthyr Tydfil, we service the length and breadth of Wales, the Welsh…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
13	Dhamecha Group	Indirect evidence	Wembley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	141 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dhamecha Group is very much a family-owned national cash and carry business with thirteen depots; eight around London, four in the Midlands and one in Liverpool.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	Freshways	Indirect evidence	Camberley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	131 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “It’s all in the delivery!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	Vestey Foods UK LTD	Partial evidence	Surrey, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	130 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Vestey Foods UK Limited we specialise in the sourcing, development, import, and distribution of food products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
16	Oliver KAY	Indirect evidence	Euroway Industrial Estate, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	122 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Supplying fresh fruit and vegetables to chefs throughout England, Scotland and Wales each day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	Wellocks	Indirect evidence	Nelson, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	112 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We search the globe to find exceptional producers and farms that take pride in their produce, from the everyday basics to the most exotic elements of your dish.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	KFF	Partial evidence	Aylesford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	110 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are proud to be a local wholesaler and feel this allows us to offer a flexible and reliable service to our customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Pilgrim Foodservice LTD	Partial evidence	Boston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	103 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a family-owned business, Pilgrim Foodservice strives to be the caterer's preferred choice for all their Food & Drink needs, offering you an unrivalled experience.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Harlech Foodservice LTD	Indirect evidence	Criccieth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	95 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Here at Harlech, we’re passionate about all things Foodservice and dedicated to delivering the highest quality of service to all of our customers since 1972.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	World Of Sweets	Partial evidence	Loughborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	94 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are the UK’s largest distributor, importer and wholesaler of confectionery products, you could say we make anything possible.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
22	Hunt's Food Group B Corp	Partial evidence	Sherborne, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	92 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hunt's Food Group is a leading supplier of Catering, Retail, Natural and Wellbeing products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	LDH LA Doria LTD	Partial evidence	Ipswich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LDH (La Doria) Ltd is the leading UK own Label supplier of canned tomato products, fish, fruit and vegetable, dried pasta and other ambient foods to the major UK supermarkets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Turner Price	Partial evidence	Kingston Upon Hull, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	84 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Turner Price is an established and trusted family owned business continuously achieving progressive growth within the delivered food whole sales sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	JW Filshill	Partial evidence	Renfrew, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	83 contacts →
	Partial evidence “JW Filshill is a fifth-generation, family-run wholesale business and one of Scotland’s most trusted distributors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: food wholesalers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names food wholesalers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of food wholesalers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name food wholesalers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Food wholesalers based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

11.0%Verified-email coverage

39.2Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

16.2%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

494

11-50

366

51-200

183

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 1,147 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among food wholesalers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “food wholesalers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names food wholesalers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among food wholesalers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 4,945 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 16, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Food wholesalers by metro

Food wholesalers in London186
Food wholesalers in Birmingham33

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names food wholesalers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many food wholesalers are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 1,147 food wholesalers headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Morrisons, headquartered in United Kingdom, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most food wholesalers?

London leads with 186 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (33) and Manchester (21).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 4,945 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 1,147 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.