The majority of wholesale distributors in the UK are members of FWD. Here’s some background on our full members, and the larger wholesalers within buying groups within FWD. If you would like to work in partnership with our members you will need to approach them individually, or you can go through their buying group head office if they are affiliated.
Find out more about individual members from these short films:
Abbey Road,
Park Royal London
NW10 7BW
Tel: 020 8453 1234
Fax: 020 8965 7982
NUMBER OF DEPOTS:65
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 4,700
COMPANY TURNOVER: £1.9bn
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Ambient, chilled, frozen, fresh, beers, wines, spirits, confectionery, non-food, tobacco, petfood.
www.bestway.co.uk
www.batleys.co.uk
814 Leigh Road Slough,
Berkshire
SL1 4BD
Tel: 01494 555 900
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 34
COMPANY TURNOVER: £2.4bn
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Ambient, chilled, frozen, fresh meat and poultry, produce, wines, beers and spirits, non-food and catering equipment.
Unit 4N, Coxwell Avenue,
Wolverhampton Science Park,
Wolverhampton,
West Midlands
WV10 9RT
Tel: 01902 371515
Fax: 01902 371516
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 7500
COMPANY TURNOVER: £1.1bn
C&C SQUARE FOOTAGE: 1,100,000
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Ambient, chilled, frozen, grocery, alcohol, confectionery, tobacco, non-food, on trade
Equity House,
Irthlingborough Road,
Wellingborough
Northamptonshire,
NN8 1LT
Tel: 01933 371000
Fax: 01933 371010
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 196
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 13,000
COMPANY TURNOVER: £5.6bn
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Ambient, chilled, frozen, fresh, meat, beers, wines, spirits, confectionery, snacks, non-food, tobacco
Enterprise House,
Eureka Business Park,
Ashford,
Kent
TN25 4AG
Tel: 0845 606 9090
Fax: 01233 206006
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 30+
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 6,500
COMPANY TURNOVER: £3.9bn
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Fresh, frozen, chilled and ambient goods, catering supplies
Buying Group: 7 members
2nd Floor,
Fence House Fence Avenue,
Macclesfield Cheshire,
SK10 1LT
Tel: 01625 440188
Fax: 01625 503481
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 28
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 2,500
COMPANY TURNOVER: £500m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Frozen, chilled and grocery lines,
food and non-food.
Buying Group: 245 members
Cotswold Business Village London Road,
Moreton-in-Marsh Glos.
GL56 0JQ
Tel: 01608 652 333
Fax: 01608 653 480
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 245
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 23 (Head office)
COMPANY TURNOVER: £2.85bn
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Confectionery, tobacco, snacks, convenience, soft drinks, catering, alcohol, grocery, chilled & frozen, non-food, own label
UK Home Office,
Hartspring Lane,
Watford,
Hertfordshire
WD25 8JS
Tel: 01923 213113
Member services: 01923 830477
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 28 in UK
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 210,000 worldwide
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Ambient, chilled, frozen, alcohol, non-food
Buying Group: 12 members
4-5 Jupiter House
Mercury Rise
Altham Business Park,
Accrington
Lancashire
BB5 5BY
Tel: 0845 209 3777
Fax: 0845 209 3778
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 16
COMPANY TURNOVER: £472m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Ambient, chilled, frozen, non-food.
Ocean House, Noral Way
Banbury, Oxon Ox16 2AA
Tel: 01789 208000
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 4
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 355
COMPANY TURNOVER: In excess of £62.8m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Grocery, frozen, chilled, dairy, fresh produce, fresh meat, non-food.
Wembley Stadium Industrial Estate,
First Way,
Wembley
HA90TU
Tel: (020) 89038 181
Fax: (020) 8902 4420
E: info@dhamecha.com
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 9
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Soft drinks, grocery, household
& detergents, toiletries, confectionery, biscuits, non-food & stationery, nappies & baby products, crisps & snacks and tobacco products
Buying Group – 20 members
11 Cartwright Court
Bradley Business Park
Huddersfield,
HD2 1GN
Tel: 01422 319100
Fax: 01422 319130
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 30
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 650+
COMPANY TURNOVER: £801m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: frozen, chilled, ambient, dry and non-food
31-37 Park Royal Road Park Royal,
London
NW10 7LQ
Tel: 020 8963 3130
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 4 (Park Royal, Wembley, Brighton, Blackpool)
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 205
PRODUCTS HANDLED: alcohol, soft drinks and associated lines.
Bull Close Road
Lenton Ind Estate
Nottingham
NG7 2UT
Tel: 0115 1301
Fax: 0115 935 0342
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 4
COMPANY TURNOVER: £141m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Ambient, chilled, frozen, grocery, alcohol, confectionery, tobacco, non-food, toiletries and household.
7 Solar Way
Innova Park
Enfield
Middlesex
EN3 7XY
Tel: 08433 09 09 91
KEY CONTACTS: Mustafa Kiamil CEO; Sezer Ozkul Chief Products Oficer
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 11
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 800
COMPANY TURNOVER: £201m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Frozen, chilled, ambient, fresh, beverages, disposables, packaging, cleaning products, restaurant websites
Ainslie Avenue, Hillington Industrial Estate,
Glasgow G52 4HE
Tel: 0141 883 7071
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 1
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 250+
COMPANY TURNOVER: £145m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Alcohol, confectionery, crisps and snacks, tobacco
Unit S3,
Narvik Way
Tyne Tunnel Estate
North Shields
Tyne & Wear
NE29 7XJ
Tel: 0191 259 2277
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 26
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 940
COMPANY TURNOVER: £341m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Ambient, confectionery, soft drinks, tobacco, non-food, frozen, alcohol, grocery and catering
Unit 4, Point 4, Second Way,
Avonmouth, Bristol Bs11 8DF
Tel: 0117 982 6540
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 1
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 15
COMPANY TURNOVER: £4m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Spanish fine foods
Didsbury Road
Stockport
Cheshire
SK4 2JP
Tel: 0161 429 0429
Fax: 0161 480 1720
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 7
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 613
COMPANY TURNOVER: £346m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Grocery, non-food, licensed, tobacco
Buying Group – 40 members
Sterling House
208 Wantz Road
Maldon
Essex
CM9 5DG
Tel: 01621 856 300
Fax: 01422 319 103
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 40
COMPANY TURNOVER: £380m
PRODUCYS HANDLED: Ambient, frozen, fresh, chilled and non-food
Buying group – 84 members
Whitewell House
69 Crewe Road
Nantwich
Cheshire
CW5 6HX
Tel: 01270 628 728
Fax: 01270 623069
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 84
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 300+
COMPANY TURNOVER: £1.1bn
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Impulse
Lacy Way
Lowfields Business Park
Elland
HX5 9DB
Tel: 01422 313840
Email: buyer@suma.coop
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 2
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 300
COMPANY TURNOVER: £55m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: organic, fairtrade, healthy living, ethical, wholefoods, natural bodycare, natural household.
Unit 1&1a Fairview Industrial Park
Marsh Way, Rainham, Essex RM13 8UH
Tel: 01422 313840
Email: buyer@suma.coop
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 1
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 73
COMPANY TURNOVER: £67.5m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Grocery, Soft Drinks, beers, wines, spirits, tobacco, non-foods, baby, fresh and chilled foods, pet care, sundries
Buying Group – 177 members
3 Carolina Court,
Wisconsin Drive,
Doncaster,
South Yorkshire,
DN4 5RA
Tel: 01302 249909
Email:
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 250
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: Head Office 50
COMPANY TURNOVER £8.5bn
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Ambient, impulse, grocery, own label, licensed (on- and o -trade), tobacco, non-edible (incl. household and health & beauty) and foodservice
Springburn
246 Flemington Street
Glasgow
G21 4BY
Tel: 0141 557 2255
Email: info@uwgl.co.uk
KEY CONTACTS: Waqas Yaqub General Manager, Springburn Head O ice
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 3
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 180
COMPANY TURNOVER: £140m
PRODUCTS HANDLED: 8,000 skus, across confectionery,
crisps and snacks, soft drinks, beers, wines, spirits, household, toiletries, grocery, pet food, paper products, frozen foods, chilled foods, stationery, medicines, tobacco, bread and cakes.
110 Easter Queenslie Road
Glasgow
G33 4UL
Tel: 0141 781 6600
Fax: 0141 771 5618
NUMBER OF DEPOTS: 3
PRODUCTS HANDLED: Grocery, soft drinks, chill, frozen, household, non-foods, paper products, beer, wines, cigarettes and tobacco.