{"source":"Breaknorm","page":"https://breaknorm.co/market/commerce_trade/food_production_wholesale_and_retail/gb","license":"https://breaknorm.co/terms","vertical":"commerce_trade","subvertical":"food_production_wholesale_and_retail","country":"GB","companies":21273,"by_leaf":[["cake_bakeries",4125],["online_grocery_webshops",2043],["bakeries",1925],["foodservice_wholesalers",1845],["coffee_roasters",1454],["candy_and_snack_shops",1388],["prepared_meal_snack_webshops",1356],["gourmet_food_webshops",1346],["food_import_export_traders",1075],["beverage_wholesalers",1046],["butcher_shops",1018],["ethnic_and_international_grocers",987],["wine_and_spirits_shops",884],["online_liquor_shops",850],["tea_retailers",657],["producer_direct_brand_webshops",653],["health_food_and_organic_webshops",642],["kitchenware_household_goods_webshops",576],["meat_wholesalers",550],["online_wine_shops",530]],"by_headcount":[["2-10",12195],["0-1",6778],["11-50",1648],["51-200",444],["201-500",106],["501-1000",44],["1001-5000",38],["10001+",14],["5001-10000",6]],"by_city":[["London",678],["Birmingham",199],["Glasgow",158],["Bristol",118],["Leicester",105],["Rode",100],["Manchester",96],["Stonebridge",91],["Sheffield",90],["Edinburgh",86],["Leeds",81],["Nottingham",77]],"hiring":{"companies":110,"new_30d":51,"by_headcount":[["51-200",32],["2-10",22],["201-500",16],["1001-5000",14],["11-50",12],["501-1000",8],["10001+",3],["0-1",2],["5001-10000",1]]},"tech":[["shopify",4556],["microsoft_365",4074],["cloudflare",3537],["google_workspace",3352],["mailchimp",2117],["microsoft_teams",1893],["facebook_pixel",1133],["google_cloud_dns_google_domains",1051],["microsoft_entra_id",948],["microsoft_intune",948],["sendgrid",668]],"top_note":"The 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delivers British and globally sourced fruit, veg and dairy to chefs and food businesses across the UK."},{"domain":"jameshall.co.uk","name":"James Hall & Co.","country":"GB","city":"Preston","headcount":"1001-5000","leaf":"foodservice_wholesalers","summary":"James Hall & Co."},{"domain":"sandpiperci.com","name":"SandpiperCI","country":"GB","city":"Jersey","headcount":"1001-5000","leaf":"foodservice_wholesalers","summary":"SandpiperCI is an international retail and food service operator that runs over 20 stores across three territories and is a franchise partner with six major bra."},{"domain":"procook.co.uk","name":"ProCook","country":"GB","city":"Nympsfield","headcount":"501-1000","leaf":"kitchenware_household_goods_webshops","summary":"ProCook is a webshop that sells kitchen goods online to consumers."},{"domain":"birdsbakery.com","name":"Birds Bakery","country":"GB","city":"Derby","headcount":"501-1000","leaf":"bakeries","summary":"Birds Bakery is a family bakery, butcher and chocolatier in Derby that makes bread, cakes, pork pies and sausage rolls by hand."},{"domain":"baynes.co.uk","name":"Baynes the Family Bakers","country":"GB","city":"Cardenden","headcount":"501-1000","leaf":"cake_bakeries","summary":"Baynes the Family Bakers is a bakery that produces and sells its own baked goods to consumers through its own shops and online store."},{"domain":"wiltshirefarmfoods.com","name":"Wiltshire Farm Foods","country":"GB","city":"Trowbridge","headcount":"501-1000","leaf":"prepared_meal_snack_webshops","summary":"Wiltshire Farm Foods is a webshop that sells frozen ready meals delivered to customers' doors across the country."},{"domain":"ocadoretail.com","name":"Ocado Retail","country":"GB","city":"Hatfield","headcount":"501-1000","leaf":"independent_supermarkets","summary":"Ocado Retail is a webshop that operates as the UK's online supermarket, delivering groceries and home and lifestyle products to consumers."},{"domain":"companyshopgroup.co.uk","name":"Company Shop Group","country":"GB","city":"Tankersley","headcount":"501-1000","leaf":"independent_supermarkets","summary":"Company Shop Group is a surplus stock redistributor and retailer in the UK that partners with supermarkets and manufacturers to redistribute surplus food and go."},{"domain":"therockfish.co.uk","name":"Rockfish","country":"GB","city":null,"headcount":"201-500","leaf":"seafood_suppliers","summary":"Rockfish is a seafood retailer that sells fresh, tinned and frozen fish online to consumers across Britain, delivering next day from Brixham market."},{"domain":"holdsworthfoods.co.uk","name":"Holdsworth Foods","country":"GB","city":null,"headcount":"201-500","leaf":"foodservice_wholesalers","summary":"Holdsworth Foods is a wholesale foodservice distributor from the UK that supplies caterers, hotels, pubs, education and care sectors with ambient, chilled and f."},{"domain":"worldwidefoods.co.uk","name":"Worldwide Foodstores","country":"GB","city":"Bradford","headcount":"201-500","leaf":"independent_supermarkets","summary":"Worldwide Foodstores is a family-owned ethnic supermarket in the UK that operates multiple stores across Leeds, Manchester, Oldham, Bradford and Rochdale."},{"domain":"fruitfuloffice.co.uk","name":"Fruitful Office","country":"GB","city":"Addington","headcount":"201-500","leaf":"greengrocers_produce_shops","summary":"Fruitful Office is a social enterprise that delivers fresh office fruit to UK workplaces nationwide, including London offices."},{"domain":"arthurdavid.co.uk","name":"Arthur David","country":"GB","city":"Bristol","headcount":"201-500","leaf":"foodservice_wholesalers","summary":"Arthur David is a food wholesaler that supplies the West Country food sector, delivering to over 2,500 customers across the region."}],"as_of":"2026-11-04","updated_at":"2026-11-04","hash":"d543f79e538a06ae","index_tier":2}