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Top 25 Wholesale grocery distributors based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 272 wholesale grocery distributors headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 29,728 professional contacts across them, including 945 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers wholesale grocery distributors 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 19, 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.
The 25 largest wholesale grocery distributors based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 885 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our mission is to make it easy for everyone to enjoy chef quality ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 384 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 136 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Experts in Grocery Consolidation We operate a specialised food-grade distribution network.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 83 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “JW Filshill is a fifth-generation, family-run wholesale business and one of Scotland’s most trusted distributors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 77 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Based in North East Lincolnshire, our multi-cultural team deals with businesses in over 133 countries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 70 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “BAKO Ltd offers the food industry an outstanding combination of exceptional customer service and competitive pricing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “For more than 10 years, Super7 Wholesale has managed the procurement and supply of alcoholic and soft beverages, household good and groceries, and other fast-moving products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As a family run business Forrest Fresh Foods was established in 1996, At Forrest Fresh Foods, we’re all about doing the right thing.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in we’re one of the UK’s leading independent fresh and frozen produce wholesalers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Smith & Brock is a wholesale supplier of fresh & prepared fruits & vegetables to hotels, restaurants, event and contract caterers, bars, pubs and schools.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 46 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Established in 1969, Caterite Food and Wineservice Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The Foda (fóda Old English - food, nourishment; fuel) family provides sales and services for food, drink and FMCG brands.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Our journey begins with our farming roots, and results in a comprehensive supply chain promise, delivered by our dedicated team.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 37 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Lioncroft Wholesale is Midlands biggest wholesaler, offering quality food and drink products at competitive prices.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At R D Johns, we pride ourselves on our vast product range, excellent customer support, and dedication to quality service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fox Trading is a family company priding itself on being a leader in supplying the Channel Islands Retail, Hospitality, Catering and Corporate sectors with services and global…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 30 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Templeman Retailing & Vending Limited is a wholesale operation based in the North East catering for Vending Operations, Foodservice Suppliers and other Wholesalers nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 26 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We supply and deliver a variety of tasty products, such as fresh milk, fruit and sustainably packaged snacks, tea, coffee and chilled drinks, directly into your office fridge or…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Holleys Fine Foods is the UK's leading premium grocery brand partner, curating and delivering a superb range of ambient foods to delight our customers and increase basket spend in…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 25 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 21 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Williamson Foodservice is the Highland's Premier Foodservice Company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: wholesale grocery distributors. 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 wholesale grocery distributors.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of wholesale grocery distributors, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name wholesale grocery distributors. 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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Wholesale grocery distributors based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 19, 2026Companies by employee count
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 272 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 wholesale grocery distributors, 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 “wholesale grocery distributors”. 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 wholesale grocery distributors), 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 wholesale grocery distributors, 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, 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 19, 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.
Wholesale grocery distributors by metro
- Wholesale grocery distributors in London54
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 wholesale grocery distributors, 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 wholesale grocery distributors are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 272 wholesale grocery distributors 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 wholesale grocery distributors?
London leads with 54 headquartered companies, followed by Birmingham (8) and Southall (6).
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 945 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 272 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 19, 2026.
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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.
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