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Allwyn is a multi-national lottery operator – with leading market positions in Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Cyprus, the UK and Italy – which builds better lotteries that return more to Good Causes by focusing on innovation, technology, efficiency and safety. As of 1 February 2024, we are the licensed operator of The National Lottery and are committed to raising money for National Lottery-funded projects – with over £30 million raised every week. We work with 40,000+ retailers throughout the UK, ranging from small corner shops and local newsagents to larger convenience stores and supermarkets.
A.G. Barr is a FTSE 250 UK based branded consumer goods business established over 140 years ago in Scotland.
A soft drinks business at its core, we offer a diverse portfolio of great tasting brands including the iconic IRN-BRU, market-leading RUBICON exotic fruit juice drinks, the Scottish spring water STRATHMORE and many more.
Our simple, effective and profitable business model - making, moving, marketing and selling - is supported by strong partnerships, talented people and responsible actions.
Bobby’s are a leading UK food distribution company supplying snacks, sweets and cakes direct to local stores via our van sales network. We now have 12 depots with over 100 reps serving the country nationwide. At Bobby’s, we constantly strive to develop new and exciting products for the nation's independent trade. From our Livingstone depot we cover all of Scotland including the Orkney and Western Isles.
JTI is a member of the Japan Tobacco Group of companies, a leading international tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturer. JTI has its UK headquarters in Weybridge, Surrey and has a long-standing and significant presence in the UK, with a national distribution centre in Crewe, and a business service centre in Manchester.
The PayPoint Group delivers innovative services and technology connecting millions of consumers with over 60,000 retailer partner and SME locations, helping make their lives little easier every day.
Our Group businesses serve a diverse range of customers: from leading service organisations like EDF and Monzo; retailers and SMEs from Asda to the best UK independent stores; parcel carriers like eBay and DPD to the millions of consumers who pay bills, get cash, make card payments or pick up parcels every day at thousands of locations across the UK.
We operate across three business divisions in the UK, driving innovation, growth and value for all of our stakeholders:
- Payments & Banking - we help consumers conveniently make and receive payments online and in-store for the biggest service brands in the UK
- Shopping - we enhance the retailer proposition and consumer experience, driving footfall, new commission opportunities and better store management tools for thousands of SMEs and retailers across the UK
- E-commerce - we provide a technology-based delivery platform to deliver best-in-class customer journeys for e-commerce brands and their customers over the ‘first and last mile’
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When you make brands that put smiles on people’s faces and create better moments for millions, you feel a sense of pride in your work. Today, Mars Wrigley’s iconic products like M&M’S®, SNICKERS®, ORBIT®, EXTRA® and Skittles® are enjoyed in more than 180 countries They’re not just committed to consumers, but are also focused on positively impacting the planet and the population. From chocolate to chewing gum, they have more than 34,000 Associates working hard to improve the way they source, make and market their products, so consumers can enjoy them even more.
Müller Milk & Ingredients is Britain’s largest producer of branded and private label fresh milk, cream, butter and ingredients products, with a network of dairies and depots servicing customers throughout the country.
Tomra is the global leader in reverse vending, with 82,000 machines installed across the world. By keeping materials away from contaminants, the machines ensure a container can maintain its food-grade status and be turned back into another container, avoiding ‘downcycling’ and minimising waste and resources.
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Founded in 1902, our company continues to go from strength to strength thanks to market-leading brands, a successful strategy, talented people and their purpose to build A Better Tomorrow.
DeepVaping, a UK based new level wholesale supplier for all your vape alternatives!
Our Imperial Tobacco subsidiaries manufacture and market a range of cigarettes, fine cut and smokeless tobacco products, mass market cigars, and tobacco accessories such as papers and tubes Key Imperial Tobacco subsidiaries include Reemtsma in Germany, Altadis in Spain and Seita in France as well as our Imperial Tobacco businesses in the UK, Poland, Russia and Ukraine.
HELPFUL is a London based fin-tech company empowering sustainable living.
Our mission is to empower people to create a healthier planet with their daily shopping and lifestyle choices. We are bridging the gap between retail and financial services to empower sustainable living with an integrated customer experience.
We are launching an exclusive Sustainable Debit Card that connects and rewards conscious consumers for shopping from sustainable brands and retailers.
We are going live this Spring (May 2021) and looking for sustainable brands and retailers to partner for our launch.
“Lavazza On The Move ™ is Lavazza Group’s newly unveiled and trademarked Coffee To Go brand for the UK market.
A first of its kind, Lavazza On The Move ™ gives retailers the opportunity to partner with Lavazza directly; providing access to its unrivalled national after care, as well as ongoing brand support, promotions and activation.
Breaking away from traditional distribution channels in the “To Go” market, this new venture will see Lavazza taking a hands-on approach with Lavazza On The Move ™ , providing comprehensive support to its retail partners with installation, account management and aftercare. Leveraging its status as the number one home brand in the UK*and it’s prestigious partnerships such as Wimbledon Tennis, Arsenal FC, and celebrity chef Monica Galetti; Lavazza aims to replicate its UK market success within the coffee-to-go sector by supporting its retail partners to drive footfall and enhance the basket spend with it’s delicious coffee blends.
To find out more, please visit: https://www.lavazzapro.co.uk/on-the-move/
*Roast and Ground Coffee Sales, as per Neilsen - 52 weeks data
LRS’s iconic brands, Lucozade and Ribena, are at our heart and loved by consumers throughout the world. These brands have evolved with more than 85 years of knowledge, insight and expertise. And today, their thirst for innovation and desire to create some of the nation’s best-loved drinks is still going strong. They are committed to never stop refreshing, revitalising and loving what they do. You could say they’ve got a taste for it.
Menzies Distribution is one of the most well-established businesses in the UK. It was founded over 189 years ago when a Victorian entrepreneur built up a small newsagent business into a national chain.
Today, Menzies is one of the UK’s major logistics providers, operating from more than 100 sites across the UK and Ireland. Distributing over 31 million units across its network every week, to more than 31,000 locations each day, Menzies proudly serves the communities in which it lives and works, delivering to and from every high street, as well as to the harder to reach areas which others can’t.
Menzies enables companies to optimise value from their supply chain activities, specialising in providing contract logistics, warehousing, distribution, systems integration and added value services to a wide range of customers and long-term partners. Its diverse capability also means it can share best practice across the various industry sectors in which it operates, including retail and e-commerce, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, parcels and freight, newstrade and automotive.
Find out more - www.menziesdistribution.com
Pernod Ricard is the world’s second-largest wines and spirits producer, with sales of €9 billion worldwide. The company holds a prestigious portfolio of brands which includes: Absolut, Jameson, Chivas, The Glenlivet, Plymouth Gin, Monkey 47, Lillet, Malibu, Perrier-Jouët, Kahlúa, Beefeater, Campo Viejo, Brancott Estate, Olmeca, Havana Club, Martell, Jacob’s Creek, Lamb’s, Ballantine’s, G.H. Mumm and Wyborowa.
The company employs 2,000 people in the UK, the majority in Scotland, where (through Chivas Brothers) it operates 14 Scotch distilleries, two bottling facilites and over 300 warehouses.
The UK's Fastest Growing Distributor of Vaping Products in UK.
In 2016, PMI announced their decision to build PMI’s future on smoke-free products that are a much better choice than cigarette smoking. They believe that the company can contribute best to public health by developing a broad range of reduced-risk, and therefore better, alternatives to cigarettes that smokers can switch to.
At Recover, we are committed to providing innovative and eco-friendly recycling and waste management services for businesses across the United Kingdom. This includes, but not limited to, the recycling of Lithium powered products. We are resolutely committed to waste reduction, resource conservation, and the promotion of a more sustainable future.
In response to the growing environmental challenges, Recover has strengthened its dedication to addressing a critical issue of our time: recycling disposable vapes and reducing their environmental impact. As a forward-thinking sustainability solutions provider, our steadfast mission revolves around making a positive environmental difference.
You can learn more about Recover and our services in the links below:
Inspired by functional drinks from the Far East, Dietrich Mateschitz founded Red Bull in the mid-1980s. He developed not only a new product but also a unique marketing concept and launched Red Bull Energy Drink in Austria on April 1, 1987. A completely new product category was born – energy drinks
Rich’s delivers a broad portfolio of products designed with retailers and food service professionals in mind. Our indulgent quality and on-trend innovations provide unparalleled bakery sales growth opportunities for customers worldwide.
From fully finished muffins and swirls, pizza bases, bake-in-store and thaw and serve cookies or dairy and plant-based creams, our quality products are designed with the consumer and professionals in mind.
We do beverages too! Our unique f’real machines produce freshly blended luxurious milkshakes, smoothies and frappés, providing retailers with a quick, easy and affordable solution to deliver delicious frozen drinks with no fuss, mess or waste.
RVM Systems Ltd UK is a leading manufacturer and supplier of reverse vending machines and high-speed counting solutions to Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) markets across the world.
With more than 20 years’ experience in the industry, headquartered in Sweden and operating across 40 markets globally we supply a wide range of RVMs to suit all business types and needs; from compact standalone RVMs to high-speed modular machines.
Using trusted and innovative technology we give packaging an infinite life helping to create a more sustainable environment.
Our showroom and office in Broxburn, Scotland [near Edinburgh airport] are open by appointment to visitors to see, test and try our range of reverse vending machines and to discuss solutions for your specific needs meeting the Scottish DRS.
First produced by Hugh Tennent at Wellpark Brewery, Glasgow in 1885, our flagship brand has long been established as Scotland’s best-selling pint. Today, the Tennent’s Lager recipe remains true to the one introduced over 130 years ago, using 100% Scottish barley, the finest Herkules hops and the fresh water of Loch Katrine. It is, quite simply, Scotland’s favourite beer.
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We're Asahi UK and our aim is to bring discovery and experience to every occasion in the UK and Ireland. We're home to original, authentic beers and ciders with brewing heritage and pioneering spirit.
Our portfolio includes iconic premium beers such as; Peroni Nastro Azzurro, Asahi Super Dry, Grolsch, Pilsner Urquell, Meantime Brewing Company, London Pride, and Dark Star Brewing Co. among others.
Our people are experts in their fields and passionate about beer and cider, driven by the latest trends and knowledge. We help create value - with desirable brands, and a global network to draw upon, service, knowledge and experiences - we provide better drinking occasions that are worth more.
Buckfast is an internationally enjoyed, unique tasting tonic wine. Equally rich in heritage, as it is in taste. From the cooking pot to the wine glass, Buckfast's enjoyment is only rivaled by its versatility.
Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I is a proud part of AB InBev globally. In the UK, Budweiser Brewing Group employs 1,000 people in our three breweries in Magor, South Wales, Samlesbury, Lancashire and Enfield, North London and in our local headquarters in Central London. We are committed to building great brands that stand the test of time and to brewing the best beers using the finest natural ingredients. Our Dream is to bring people together for a better world.
Country Choice is the UK’s leading supplier of in-store bakery and retail foodservice products. Our range of high quality frozen, chilled and ambient products is the most comprehensive on the market.
We pride ourselves on providing customers with a complete support package to help grow their business. Our support includes, on-site training, display and preparation equipment, packaging and point-of-sale. So whether you’re a bakery or café looking for new products, or a convenience store or forecourt needing advice on how to introduce a bakery or food-to-go offer, Country Choice can supply you with everything to help develop your business.
DSL is the UK's leading supplier of innovative retail solutions to the Forecourt and Convenience sectors; providing a full marketing and logistical support to thousands of locations.
Invest Northern Ireland is the government business development agency for Northern Ireland. Our dedicated Food and Drink Business Development Team offers comprehensive support to retailers, foodservice and wholesale operators seeking innovative ideas from experienced food and drink producers to help build mutually beneficial and profitable business relationships. Invest NI runs a successful programme of networking events, factory visits and meet-the-buyer activities, as well as funding capability development initiatives and attending trade events in GB and internationally. Northern Ireland’s food and drink sector contributes upwards of £5bn to the local economy and is amongst its most successful and ambitious worldwide exporters.
At Mondelēz International, their purpose is to empower people to snack right. They will lead the future of snacking around the world by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. That means delivering a broader range of delicious, high-quality snacks that nourish life's moments, made with sustainable ingredients and packaging that consumers can feel good about.
Nestlé is the world’s largest food and beverage company. With more than 2,000 brands, ranging from global icons to local favourites, we are present in 191 countries around the world. Our portfolio spans food and dairy, pet food, confectionery, infant and medical nutrition, coffee, beverages and breakfast cereals.
Founded in 1978, NoteMachine is part of The Brink’s Company, a global leader in total cash
management, route-based secure logistics and payment solutions.
NoteMachine operates over 8,500 ATMs in the UK in supermarkets, shopping centres, travel
hubs, and more, dispensing around 20% of the cash from all UK ATMs.
Our service capabilities include: cash in transit, transaction processing, security products and
solutions, IMAC delivery, 24/7 helpdesk, precision engineering, maintenance, parts supply,
bespoke fabrication and retail fit out, technical project management, hardware refurbishment,
support and supply.
Highlights:
- Processes more than 29 million transactions each month
- Dispenses over £14 billion in cash every year
- Over 8,500 ATMS in operation in the UK
- FREE cash withdrawals
- Migrated hundreds of ATMs for HSBC UK, Santander, Bank of Ireland, Nationwide, and many more
- Best in market availability levels (over 95% of helpdesk calls answered the first time)
- Service Centre operational 24/7, 365 days a year
- 500+ trained ATM staff serving financial institutions with national coverage
- Quality accreditations include ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and Safecontractor
- One supplier, one point of contact, one solution, one contract
To find out more, visit: www.notemachine.com, or call us on 0800 068 9368.
Post Office is a commercial business driven by a strong social purpose: to be here, in person, for the people who rely on us. Thanks to our extensive branch network of over 11,500 branches, we bring essential services within reach of communities and businesses alike – whether that’s posting parcels to loved ones, depositing cash at the end of the working day or topping up the gas meter.
We ensure 99.7% of the population lives within 3 miles of a post office and 93% live within 1 mile. We do this nearly entirely on a franchise basis in partnership with independent business owners who operate post offices, known as Postmasters, as well as other retail partners.
REVO Specialise in Full Energy Account Management. We source tailor and provide the best contracts and multi contracts to suit individual business needs. We do this by understanding the owner/s and their business. We provide energy solutions, upgrades, meter upgrades and additional contracts and services that include, Water, Waste Management & Telecoms
Vertex offer a wide range of commercial refrigeration for multidecks and specialise in display merchandisers, most available with either open or glass doors.
Now recognised as Britain's favourite bakery brand, Warburtons has doubled in size in the last decade alone to become a £500 million-a-year business. This means that more than a quarter of all bakery products consumed in the UK is produced by Warburtons. Their range of over 70 products, including wrapped bread, crumpets, fruit loaf, muffins, teacakes and wraps, caters for a wide variety of tastes and meal occasions.
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Andrew Reilly Associates provide value-led consultancy dealing with all aspects of commercial property. We specialise in offering a complete solution for your property requirements including business rates advice/appeals, valuation together with property acquisitions and disposals.
Relationships are at the heart of what we do and we are committed to understanding your specific business needs. We can provide tailored support and advice, generating tangible financial benefits.
For an informal discussion please give Andrew or Howard a call.
Brand Harbour is a specialist drinks consultancy helping emerging alcoholic beverage brands get established in both the UK and wider European markets. We are currently working with BuzzBallz Cocktails, one of America’s fastest growing RTD brands, which since launch in Summer 2022, has made a real impact in the UK drinks category with its unique shape, playful image, and range of bold flavours. The brand’s ease of use, single serve size and authentic bar-strength mean BuzzBallz are perfect for today’s grab ‘n’ go lifestyles.
Beer that makes life better. Brewgooder is on a mission to bring clean water to 1 million people, with 100% of our profits going into funding clean water projects around the world.
People can sign up at brewgooder.com
Britvic is the largest supplier of branded still soft drinks in Great Britain (GB) and the number two supplier of branded carbonated soft drinks in GB. The company combines its own leading brand portfolio, including Robinsons, J2O, Drench, Purdey’s, Fruit Shoot, R White’s, Britvic Mixers and Juices, with PepsiCo brands such as Pepsi MAX®, Tango 7UP and Lipton Ice Tea, which Britvic produces and sells in Great Britain and Ireland under exclusive PepsiCo agreements. Operating in both the Take Home and On-Premise channels, Britvic offers its customers a portfolio of soft drinks to meet every consumer occasion and has a strong track record of delivering successful innovation.
Carabao is a major global energy drink brand, which launched into the UK in 2016. Carabao’s delicious fruity flavoured drinks are unlike anything else on the market and contain only 63 calories per can, a sugar content far lower than major competitors. As one of the leading and fastest growing energy drinks in South East Asia and the UK, Carabao is constantly seeking ways to deliver what consumers want which has brought in new shoppers and driven category growth. Carabao continues to invest heavily in their football partnerships with Chelsea FC and the EFL, and more recently with Scottish football clubs, Hibs and Hearts.
As part of the Carlsberg Group, Carlsberg UK has long been brewing and selling some of Britain’s favourite beers. Today, they include Carlsberg, Carlsberg Export, Poretti, Grimbergen, and Tuborg. They also hold the brand licences for San Miguel, Mahou and the Brooklyn Brewery range putting them at the heart of their growing premium portfolio.
Christie & Co are the leading specialist advisor for buying and selling businesses in our sectors - hotels, pubs, restaurants, childcare, healthcare, convenience retail, leisure and medical. If you’re looking to buy or sell a business in their specialist their expert advice and collaborative support will help you achieve your goals. You may be an independent first-time buyer or a multinational adding to your portfolio; either way, you’ll discover that their personalised service is focused on helping you achieve your ambitions. Clients have access to their carefully managed network of potential buyers. This unique database of contacts has been continually developed by their advanced IT capabilities and benefits from both their years of experience developing their network and their wide geographical coverage.
Clandeboye Estate is an award-winning Yoghurt made in Northern Ireland. Lady Dufferin, the late Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava, came up with the idea of using the milk from her award-winning herd of pedigree Holstein and Jersey cows to create a range of locally made yoghurts. The range was launched at The Balmoral Show in 2008 but has grown significantly and is now stocked in all the major supermarket chains and many independent outlets throughout Northern Ireland and beyond. The yoghurts have won numerous accolades including three stars in the Great Taste Awards, Gold in The Blas na hEireann, and UK and Irish Quality Foods.
Clarke Millar are a small, highly professional and ambitious Irish business. Established in 2013, Clarke Millar operate from a purpose-built BRC ‘AA’ graded facility in Dunmurry, Belfast. We specialize in the sales and distribution of chilled food and drinks, marketed to the retail and wholesale sectors across Ireland and the UK. Our growing customer base includes SPAR, Musgrave Retail and Cash & Carry, Booker, Iceland, Poundland as well as other local retailers and wholesalers across Ireland.
Corinthian Brands directors and senior managers wealth of experience in the drinks industry has led to an impressive product portfolio encompassing our unique flagship brandDragon Soop. Dragon Soop 500ml cans are available in 10 refreshing flavours each delivering a truly unique drinking experience. The Dragon Soop 500ml range is enjoying massive year on year growth across our loyal customer base.
Costco Wholesale is an exclusive cash and carry membership warehouse club which sells a wide selection of top quality brand name merchandise at low warehouse prices. Costco Wholesale currently has 29 warehouses in the UK, and 795 worldwide.
Costco Wholesale is open 7 days a week and sells a wide variety of products under one roof, from carrots to computers, tyres to tomatoes, diamonds to denim. We have two types of membership, Trade and Individual. Trade is for owners/managers of small businesses and Individual membership is for certain eligible employment categories. For more information please contact Central Membership 01923 830477 or www.costco.co.uk
EDGEPoS is an Award Winning global EPOS Software System, designed By Retailers, For Retailers
Developed for the convenience and fuel forecourt market by Henderson Technology, EDGEPoS is one of the only worldwide EPOS systems that has been designed by retailers, for Retailers. Offering a fully scalable, real-time solution supporting businesses from one to one hundred lanes.
EDGEPoS covers the three main areas of running your Retail business; Operational Efficiency, Security and Business Development.
Henderson Technology is the largest EPOS supplier in Northern Ireland with over 600 sites across the province. Henderson Technology have recently embarked on a significant sales expansion outside of Northern Ireland with new EDGEPoS partners and customers in the United Kingdom and Australia.
For over 60 years and through three generations we have been feeding dogs quality dog food. Jimmy Clegg, the founder of the Feedwell brand, had a simple desire to create a family of products that delivered high quality nutrition at affordable prices to all types of dogs. This is still what we do today.
Supporting Scottish independent food retailers and food service operators in meeting the challenge of adapting continually to an ever-changing commercial environment – that describes what Fife Creamery been about almost since the day John Simpson Snr. first opened his doors way back in the late 50's. And it is what continues to drive them as they search out and implement the best in industry innovation, year in, year out. They were the original chilled food wholesaler in Scotland, and were the first to implement chill-to-chill loading and docking in the 1980's. They have worked tirelessly on their operating systems to ensure they are always the best they can be.
Gander is the first automated platform to sell retailers’ close-to-expiry, (RTC) Reduce to Clear food before it goes to waste.
Food waste not only has a huge environmental impact but also a significant impact on retailers’ bottom line. On average, the value of wasted food in retail is equal to roughly double the profits from food sales.
The environmental and financial potential in optimising sales of RTC food is therefore huge. Cue call Gander!
Gander automatically connects retailers’ RTC, yellow-stickered , food with a huge audience of local, motivated shoppers in Real-Time. Integrated directly with retailer’s POS systems, the consumer app displays reductions as soon as they are stickered in store and similarly removes them when sold.
With thousands more views per product, stores sell substantially more (often between 85-100%) of their reduced product showcased on Gander while also selling 40% faster at higher margins.
With Gander’s proprietary analytics platform, retailers have instant visibility on the performance of their reductions and are informed of opportunities in driving profit through establishing optimum reduction policies, ensuring in-store compliance and understanding the source of their shrinkage.
So start marketing a “part of your store” you have never marketed before while changing nothing to your in-store processes and get in touch with the Gander Team today gander.co
Founded in 2001 by our CEO, Matt Cole, we have grown from a small company focusing exclusively on saving businesses money through making smarter choices on their energy supplies, to what we are today – the Get Switching Group, helping businesses of all
shapes and sizes save money across all of their essential overheads.
In 2004, with a growing customer-base, we made it official – launching as a fully-fledged limited company, Get Solutions EM Limited was born. Growth remained steady through the noughties, to a point where we expanded our service offering to include telecoms and lighting options for customers. Working closely with LED lighting expert, Tony Francis, we have saved customers up to 80% on their annual lighting spend, whilst lowering their carbon footprint, by converting to LED-based systems, with no capital outlay.
In 2019 following demand from our customer-base, we took the decision to expand into the payment sector and we are now able to offer some of the lowest transaction rates in the market place.
Established in 1972 in the heart of the Glens of Antrim, our passion started from field to fork, growing, and packing potatoes for grocery multiples across Ireland. Based across 2 sites, Glens of Antrim Potatoes is run by the McKillop family. In 2018, we decided to diversify into crisp production! We set off on a journey with one distinct idea in mind, to create the finest Potato Crisps the world has to offer! We think we have created the perfect crisp with our new range of Hand Cooked Potato Crisps with bold, punchy flavours and the perfect crunch!
Golden Casket is one of the largest and most innovative confectionery specialists in the UK. Their ‘Millions’ brand celebrated its 25th birthday in 2016 along with £onepounders which has grown and grown to have now over 65 different varieties in its range.
GDPR Systems are franchising specialists when it comes to data protection. Clients consist of franchisors and their franchisees and GDPR Systems work closely with both to ensure that they are meeting their legal requirements By and large franchisors tend to get to a certain level with their own data protection and, as the legal responsibility for data protection lies with the franchisee, the franchisor will tend to leave them to sort out their own. Franchisees are normally very busy growing their business and they often think that the responsibility for data protection lies with the franchisor. For the ones that do realise it is their responsibility, they often need some help as to what needs to be done. Put simply – a privacy policy simply doesn’t cut it!
Hanshow is one of the global leaders in the development and manufacturing of electronic shelf labels and digital store solutions. The company offers a series of customized IoT touchpoints and digital store solutions that deliver customer-centric insights. Hanshow's solutions have provided services to a vast number of stores across more than 50 countries and regions, helping them streamline operations, optimize pricing strategies, and offer consumers a more personalized experience.
Learn more: www.hanshow.com
The Highland Food and Drink Club was created through sheer passion for the food and drink industry in the Highlands. It’s no secret that the Highlands, and Scotland, offer some of the best eating and drinking experiences in the World. From the freshest seafood, to quenching drams and gins, to tempting cheeses and buttery shortbreads, there is plenty of choice for everyone. The Highland Food & Drink Club directors recognise this vibrant, growing industry in the Highlands, and it’s about time it was celebrated!
Offering many opportunities for its members, the Highland Food & Drink Club showcases the very best across the region.
Honeywell Security is a leading global provider of access control, intruder detection, video surveillance and integrated security solutions for the commercial markets, delivering across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Giving our customers the power to make buildings healthier, safer and more secure by providing secure cloud-based ecosystems that are available at any time, from anywhere.
Honeywell helps protect your facilities around-the-clock so you can focus on your customers who count on you every day of the week. As one of the world's leading manufacturers of security technologies, Honeywell has been developing innovative security solutions for more than 50 years. That's peace of mind for you — and the individuals, families and communities you serve.
Find Honeywell solutions for your business by contacting the UK team here.
A major supplier to the Buyer's Own Brand market, with a reputation for innovative thinking, Ian Macleod Distillers has also supplied own-label spirits to some of Europe's largest supermarket groups for over 40 years.
At International Beverage, our premium spirits brands share a common thread: the pride, passion and dedication of the people who make them. We take inspiration from each other and share a mission to craft exceptional spirits for our global customers to enjoy.
By harnessing the expertise, creativity and care of those who produce them, we build international brands of exceptional quality. Their global reputation, enhanced by a host of prestigious awards, is a testament to this uncompromising pursuit of excellence. Our brands are distributed and enjoyed in more than 85 countries across the world.
Our family of global drinks brands includes Old Pulteney, Speyburn, Balblair and anCnoc single malt Scotch whiskies, Phraya Rum and the super-premium Scottish gin, Caorunn.
JUUL is the smart, simple and satisfying vapour experience designed for adult smokers, using proprietary e-liquid in order to meet the satisfaction standards of adult cigarette smokers.
Kimberly Clark aspire to lead the world in essentials for a better life. In the UK our Andrex , Kleenex and Huggies brands are essential to the lives of millions of consumers everyday.
Praveen Kumar award winning, authentic Indian meals are stocked in over 200 deli's, farm shops and garden centres across the country. We also deliver monthly meal boxes across mainland UK to our nationwide growing community of Curry Club members.
Hand cooked in small batches by our restaurant chefs with quality British meats, fresh locally sourced produce and spices from our family farms in India. "We want to ensure that everyone can enjoy delicious healthy, authentic Indian cuisine - and no more dodgy curries” - Praveen Kumar: Chef and Founder of Kumars Curry Club.
KP Snacks is the UK’s number one manufacturer of nuts and popcorn, and number two manufacturer of bagged snacks. We make some of Britain’s most iconic snack brands including McCoy’s, Hula Hoops, Tyrrells, Butterkist, KP Nuts, POM-BEAR, popchips, Skips, Space Raiders, Discos, Nik Naks, Wheat Crunchies, Roysters, Brannigans and Frisps. We are proud to create millions of happy snacking moments for people every day!
Lakeland Dairies is a 100% farmer owned and managed Irish Dairy Co-Operative with a proud heritage of excellence in dairy farming. Our sophisticated Foodservice Division enjoys a rich history of innovative dairy products carefully crafted with extraordinary taste and fantastic functional performance for professional chefs.
The Loch Lomond group is an independent distiller and blender of some of the finest and rarest Scotch whiskies in the world. Their heritage is amongst the oldest in our industry. Loch Lomond group also produce a range of popular vodkas and gins.
Helping businesses bridge the talent gap with skilled talent recruitment since 2002. We specialise in filling niche talent gaps by offering overseas candidates for markets facing talent shortages.
We provide comprehensive staffing solutions across multiple sectors to employers throughout Europe and beyond, with our Dubai headquarters facilitating international operations.
Beyond skills matching, we go the extra mile by assessing each candidate's cultural suitability for the specific country and company environment. This ensures a smooth transition and encourages long-term candidate retention.
Milgro are Northern Ireland’s only commercial grower and producer of onion products. Our award-winning Crispy Onions are made from our own locally grown onions, when in season, which gives our products great provenance. They are then prepared and produced in our dedicated BRC AA accredited facilities on our family farm. In recent years we are delighted to have won numerous awards for our Crispy Onions, with the most recent being in the prestigious Great Taste 2022 awards, following on from success at the Irish Quality Food and Drink Awards for 2021. We are proud to supply some of the most recognised names in retail, including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Spar NI. We also supply our Crispy Onions in packs suitable for Catering and Foodservice sectors.
MPos is an Epos system created by Retailers for Retailers. Our mission is to extract 3% or more gross profit from your store using our proven methods coupled with our unique software technologies.
The MPos system has been developed to add 3% extra profit or more to your stores’ profits. Using our proven methods we get your store selling the right product range at the right price in your store measuring the exact level of staff that your store needs. A typical store with sales of £10,000 per week can generate an extra £15,000 per annum in profit.
The MPos system is not merely any epos system. The MPos team back up our best in class software with the best technical support based on retail convenience experience to not only fix any technical issues you may have but help you to use the system to extract more profit from your store
For more than two centuries Molson Coors has been brewing beverages that unite people for all of life’s moments. From Coors Light, Miller Lite, Molson Canadian, Carling and Staropramen to Coors Banquet, Blue Moon Belgian White, Saint Archer Gold, Leinenkugel’s Summer Shandy, Creemore Springs and more, Molson Coors produces some of the most beloved and iconic beer brands ever made. While the company’s history is rooted in beer, Molson Coors offers a modern portfolio that expands beyond the beer aisle with sparkling cocktails, hard coffee, canned wine, kombucha, cider and more.
At Naked, we always want to do better for you. Our famous bacon is free from harmful nitrites. Our delicious sausages have no artificial additives and our plant based range is tasty and nutritious: and better for the plant. We’ve even introduced environmental scores from Foundation Earth to help make better, sustainable choices. Food for all the family is better naked because if we change the way we eat, we can begin to do some good in the world.
Navarra Retail Systems Ltd are the Primary Distributor in the UK for GM Global Solutions as well as supplying their range of other dispensing and vending systems. Since 2002 they have supplied over 2,500 tobacco Systems to Supermarkets, Forecourts and Convenience stores. In 2013 we opened our UK operation. Working closely with GM Global Solutions we re-defined and evolved their range of tobacco dispensers to suit the particular needs of the UK market. We now have units to suit all types of store from the largest supermarkets to the smallest shop. Working to integrate with leading EPOS providers our dispensers can now be controlled directly by them.
Turn online shoppers into in-store customers.
NearSt’s local marketing solution showcases your in-store products on Google and Facebook, meaning shoppers will go to your store rather than online or local competitors.

News Scotland is the publisher of The Scottish Sun and The Times and Sunday Times Scotland. Both are the leading news titles in their respective field, delivering high-quality and trusted journalism to their growing audiences. As of June 2020, across print and digital channels, The Scottish Sun has a monthly audience of 3.5 million adults and The Times and Sunday Times Scotland is read by 1.4 million (Publishers Audience Measurement Company).
Nielsen is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. Their approach marries proprietary Nielsen data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge. For more than 90 years Nielsen has provided data and analytics based on scientific rigor and innovation, continually developing new ways to answer the most important questions facing the media, advertising, retail and fast-moving consumer goods industries. An S&P 500 company, Nielsen has operations in over 100 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population.
Nix & Kix started trading back in 2017 when co-founders Julia Kessler & Kerstin Robinson spotted a gap in the market for healthier soft drinks with a twist.
We blend flavourful fruits together with spices to make natural and delicious combinations that bring healthy excitement to the soft drinks industry.
All of our products have a 45% fruit juice content, we are 100% natural with no added sugar or sweeteners, naturally low in calories and vegan friendly. Nix & Kix truly offers a perfect balance of health and a great taste.
Our business has grown significantly since 2017. We have opened up 1000’s of distribution points across multiple channels in the UK and abroad. Although, our strongest performing areas in Convenience this year have been in Edinburgh, Aberdeen & Glasgow!
Interested in ‘Bringing the Zing’ to your soft drinks offering? We would love to chat more.
Noisy Snacks develop and sell award winning, innovative, healthier snacks that offer a fun way of snacking on the go or at home while using all FIVE Senses. Noise is our key product differentiator, however meeting and exceeding customer expectations on Taste, feel, smell and design(visually) are key components to our success in creating a memorable customer experience.
Noisy Snacks - Healthier Snacks Worth Shouting About.
- HFSS Approved
- low Kcals
- High Protein
- Vegan
- Adventurous flavours
- All Natural Flavours
- 100% Recyclable Packs
- Sustainable Materials
Brand Vision: To go from Noisy Irish Snacking Start-Up to Snacking Monster. Changing how consumers think, experience and purchase snacking products for the benefits of their health, taste, and a planet.
Brand Values: To grow Noisy Snacks with passion, care and noise in ways that are profitable and sustainable for the benefit of our people and our customers, creating a business that we are proud to work for and that is great to do business with.
Every day millions of people in the UK enjoy Pepsico’s oats, snacks, juices and beverages. The 4,500 strong team behind these household names is spread across our 10 UK sites including our Quaker oats mill in Cupar and, our Walkers crisp factory in Leicester – the largest crisp factory in the world. Their portfolio includes some of the nation’s best-loved snack brands like Walkers, the nation’s favourite crisps, made from 100% British potatoes and famous for their mouth-watering flavours. But that’s not all, they also create iconic snacks like Doritos, Wotsits, Monster Munch, and premium brand Pipers Crisps.

Prostate Cancer UK's top priority is funding research to stop prostate cancer killing men. We’re investing millions to find better treatments and better tests that can spot fast-growing cancers early, and could be used in a screening programme to save thousands of lives.
Premier Foods are one of the biggest listed food companies in the UK. They operate primarily in the ambient food sector which continues to be the largest sector within the total UK grocery market. Their Grocery business is responsible for developing their portfolio of brands in four key categories: Flavourings & Seasonings; Cooking Sauces & Accompaniments; Quick Meals, Snacks & Soups and Ambient Desserts. Their Sweet Treats business is responsible for growing their brands in the Ambient Cakes category. In addition, the Group has a portfolio of other branded food products and a non-branded food business which manufactures products, such as cakes and desserts, on behalf of many of the UK’s food retailers. The Knighton Foods ('Knighton') business manufactures and sells on-branded beverages and dessert products.
Renew-able is an accredited sustainable energy consultancy and business solutions provider based in the UK that helps you reach your business sustainability goals the right way. Let us make your business ‘s energy independence and efficiency a reality in a time of energy volatility and climate change.
The Retail Data Partnership is the UK’s leading retail technology specialist. For over 20 years, we’ve supported the convenience sector with cutting edge technology and best-in-class levels of service. Our EPoS and data solutions help retailers and brands run their businesses and make the right decisions. What’s more, we continue to innovate and provide new solutions to help our customers and the wider convenience channel thrive in the future.
Republic Technologies (UK) Ltd are specialists in the ‘Roll Your Own’ and ‘Make Your Own’ segments, with extensive experience in supplying quality products through our group brands, including Swan®*, OCB®, JOB® and Zig Zag®**. Part of a wider group of companies Republic Technologies (UK) Ltd distribute, market and sell a large range of the finest quality smokers accessories, including rolling papers, filter tips, cigarette tubes, lighters and many other accessories.
The Resource Management Association Scotland (RMAS) is a not-for-profit, non-political membership organisation for micro, small and medium sized resource management companies operating in Scotland. We aim to ensure our members are well informed and that priority issues, risks, and opportunities are communicated, and represented effectively to Government, its various agencies, the commercial sector and the public.
Scottish Local Retailer is Scotland’s only multiple award-winning monthly magazine focussing exclusively on the independent retailing channel in Scotland. SLR works closely with SGF in a number of ways to help Scotland’s convenience retailers run profitable, responsible businesses. SLR also produces a major annual awards programme – The SLR Rewards – and an innovative and unique weekly digital magazine, The Week In Retail.
St Pierre Groupe is an international market leader in the bakery sector with a brand portfolio that includes St Pierre, Baker Street and Paul Hollywood. The company provides bakery products to the global retail and wholesale markets as well as the hospitality industry and online to the UK, USA and Europe. Its products are sold in more than 35,000 stores worldwide.
St Pierre Groupe was presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade in 2019 and secured a place in The Sunday Times International Track 200 for five consecutive years (2016 – 2021).
Based in the heart of Derbyshire, Swizzels Matlow is a proudly family-owned business with a rich heritage spanning nearly a century. Renowned for creating iconic sweets, Swizzels is the home of Squashies, the UK's number one sugar confectionery brand, alongside a range of beloved classics like Love Hearts, Drumsticks, Refreshers, and Parma Violets and a wide range of seasonal lines and variety packs. With a commitment to quality and innovation, Swizzels continues to bring joy to generations of sweet lovers.
Our family business is home to two iconic Yorkshire brands – Yorkshire Tea and Taylors of Harrogate. Our story began in the spa town of Harrogate, where we are still based today, having spent more than a century honing our craft. Though we’ve grown and developed over the years, we’ve never stopped doing what we do best — producing simply extraordinary tea and coffee for everyone to enjoy. Whether through our Taylors of Harrogate speciality tea and coffee brands, or through Yorkshire Tea, we want people to know our commitment to quality, flavour and fairness. Yorkshire Tea Yorkshire Tea is a proper brew – pure and simple. We pay fair prices for really good tea from farms in Africa and India, to make a lovely blend that’s big on flavour, seriously refreshing and kind to the people who grow it. Our range, which extends beyond our most popular product to Yorkshire Gold, our finest blend, to Yorkshire Tea Decaf to our cosy bedtime and malty biscuit brews, has something to suit all tastes. Taylors of Harrogate Whichever Taylors coffee you choose, from our popular house blends to convenient coffee bags, you’re guaranteed a decent coffee, made in a decent way. From travelling thousands of miles to source the very best coffee —building long-lasting relationships along the way, to tasting up to 150 cups a day, we blend and roast coffee in a way that brings out the very best flavours.
Golden Wonder was founded in Edinburgh in 1947 and is now owned by Tayto - Britain’s largest family owned crisps and snacks manufacturer. Much loved in Scotland for its iconic, fully-flavoured taste, Golden Wonder continues to attract loyal customers to its lead brands of Crisps, Ringos and Transform-A-Snack. As well as Golden Wonder, Tayto has SNACKING SORTED through its unique stable of brands including REAL Handcooked crisps and leading pork snack brands Mr Porky, Midland Snacks and Real Pork Co.
Thompson’s Tea, maker of Northern Ireland’s best-selling tea, is a fourth-generation family business born and blended in Belfast since 1896. With a passion for quality, they take great pleasure in selecting teas from only the very finest gardens in Assam, Kenya and beyond. To this day, every blend that has ever been produced, has first been taste-tested and approved by a member of the Thompson family.
TLT’s multi-disciplinary team advise UK's retailers from single stores to those with a property estate of towards 1,500 stores, providing advice ranging from employment to licensing. We have an in-depth understanding of the industry, offering advice in context and solutions that work. We also support retailers through our retail-specific training programmes, webinars, e-alerts, industry reports, risk reports and are actively involved in industry groups such as the British Retail Consortium, Revo and Retail Week's General Counsel programme.
Towergate Insurance Brokers is one of the UK’s leading independent insurance brokers and risk management advisors.
Our teams of specialists have built a solid reputation for understanding many business
sectors and industries and navigating the everyday and emerging risks faced in today’s
increasingly complex world.
We aim to build a risk-based insurance programme, designed and supported by experienced and qualified service teams with integrated claims and risk management expertise.
UKVIA works to develop and promote the UK’s vaping industry and is spearheading one of the biggest market disruptions in the 21st century – the seismic shift from smoking to vaping. UKVA is a non-profit organisation comprising of the UK’s most entrepreneurial and fastest growing independent vaping businesses and tobacco companies moving into vaping products.
With a proud heritage stretching back to 1890, Tunnock’s biscuits have acquired the proud status of Scottish icons.
We start with the finest ingredients, add layers of ownership by the same caring family, then cover with a generous sprinkling of attention to detail and Tunnock’s magic, making our biscuits second to none.
Try one of the 12 million biscuits we make and sell every week!
At TS Foods, we are an award-winning third generation family run food business specialising in Value Added Chilled and Frozen Food products. We are passionate about producing delicious and convenient food, saving our customers time and effort, but never compromising on quality. We combine fresh thinking, advanced production methods and commitment to family values to produce fantastic food from our base in the foothills of the scenic Mourne Mountains in Castlewellan, Northern Ireland.
First established in 1978 as a popular fish and chip takeaway, TS Foods has been trading for 45 years and has a built up a strong network of customers throughout the UK and Ireland across Retail, Foodservice and Manufacturing sectors. Our product range is broad across chilled and frozen including Breadcrumbs and Stuffings, popular chip shop favourites like Jumbo Battered Sausages and Coated Mini Fillets. All of which are produced from our BRC AA accredited site in Co. Down.
Thank you for your interest in our business. We look forward to getting the opportunity to work with you.
Valpak is the UK's leading environmental compliance scheme, managing the recycling obligations of over 5,000 UK businesses under producer responsibility laws. Our services are focused around Packaging, WEEE and Batteries both in the UK and internationally as well as environmental consultancy, waste management and supply chain transparency. We have invested in organisational capability to add value through delivering clear and flexible solutions for complex sustainability problems.
Proudly fueling the Nation since 1932. Weetabix has made high quality cereals in Britain for over 85 years. From the iconic biscuit shape of Weetabix to today’s many different flavors, shapes and textures.
Start the day with one of our delicious cereals as part of your healthy and balanced diet.
World of Sweets – The UK’s Leading Confectionery Distributor.
At World of Sweets, we are the UK’s leading global confectionery distributor, supplying over 8,000 independent businesses with an unbeatable range of sweetshop favourites and innovative treats from around the world.
From pocket money treats and share bags to candy cups, kids' novelty items, and iconic American candy, we bring retailers an extensive selection of high-performing products that drive sales. Our portfolio includes household names like Bonds of London, Crazy Candy Factory, Pez, Vimto, and Warheads, ensuring retailers always have the brands consumers love.
As the market leader in Kids' Novelty Confectionery, we offer unrivalled expertise and a high-profit return on standout brands like Crazy Candy Factory, Zed, and Pez.
At World of Sweets, we make selling confectionery simple, profitable, and exciting—so you can stay ahead of the competition.
Shop our ranges at www.hancocks.co.uk or via our field sales team and App https://www.worldofsweets.co.uk/field-sales-sign-up/