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Food & Drink Hub | SCOTTISH WHOLESALER SPECIALISING IN PROVIDING TAILORED RANGES OF FOOD AND BEVERAGES. Proudly Supporting Scotland's Food & Drink Industry

The Retail Route

Our senior team all have strong roots in the Food retail industry in both operational and buying roles. This, combined with our un-paralleled experience in Scottish local and regional ranging, makes us the ideal partner for any retailer looking to strengthen their presence in the Scottish market. We have strong links with the Scottish producer base and rather than offer a catalogue we go the extra mile in order to provide tailored ranges, based on the needs of our individual customers.

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Our Retail Partners

Morrisons are a proud to be a Yorkshire food retailer serving customers across the UK in over 500 stores and an online home delivery service.

Their business is mainly food & grocery and, uniquely, they source & process most of the fresh food that they sell through their own manufacturing facilities. It gives them close control over provenance and quality as do the number of committed and trained professionals in their stores who prepare the food for their customers. It’s not just food, in the drinks sections Morrisons are proud not only to sell mainstream brands but also a range of smaller and local suppliers which stick to their core values of provenance and quality.

Every week, 11 million customers pass through Morrisons doors and are the fourth largest retailer in the UK. We supply Morrisons with a daily delivery to their regional distribution centres, we have 56 lines of Scottish goods including dairy and meat products and a wide range of Scottish Beer, Cider and Gins.

We work with Morrisons local and regional buyers as well as category to support them in delivering their vision, built a network of contacts and provide an efficient and convenient supply route for Scottish brands to Morrisons stores.

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Co-op are the UK’s leading supermarket supporter of Fairtrade and are proud to be seen as the local retail and familiar face that shoppers know they can trust. They believe their customers should have access to high quality food and drink that is produced and marketed in a way that they can trust.

The Co-op have always supported the UK food and drink industry and have made great strides in providing produce provenance, supporting animal welfare, caring for the environment and showing fairness in the supply chain.

The Co-op care deeply about great food and drink. They ensure its great quality and tasted fantastic and put loads of effort working with people like the Food and Drink Hub to make their ranges the best of the bunch.

We supply over 65 lines of Scottish beer, cider and confectionery into Co-ops regional distribution centres 3 times a week. We work with local, regional and category buyers to support their needs and aspirations for their ranges. We understand concept to launch process in Co-op and have a good network of contacts in the areas of the business involved in this process.

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Nisa is an award-winning group which helps independent retailers flourish in the retail market by distributing quality and competitive food and drink at scale. Their ethos is to support communities around the UK helping independent retails make a true difference to their local area.

Nisa believes that community involvement is key, which is why members are able to support good causes in their local area through Nisa’s Making a Difference Locally charity, to further cement their position at the heart of the community and truly make a difference to good causes in the area.

The Nisa symbol group has been recognised with a number of awards over the years including the accolade for Symbol Retailer of the Year at the prestigious Grocer Gold Awards in 2012, Symbol Group of the Year at the 2013 Retail Industry Awards and Best Symbol Retailer at him’s CTP Awards in 2015.

We supply a comprehensive range of chilled food, bakery and ambient grocery to Nisa. As well as Scottish beers, cider and spirits. Although the vast majority of the 330-line range we offer are Scottish produce we also include some products sourced from else where that are of a particular interest to Scottish consumers. We take orders placed by individual Nisa stores and then deliver the products directly to them up to twice a week.  

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McColl’s are proud to be one of the UK’s leading neighbourhood retailers, with a growing estate of 1,650 managed convenience stores and newsagents. Their vision is to be the neighbourhood’s favourite shop and have a mission to increase neighbourhood presence, grow their convenience offer and provide excellent customer service

We help McColl’s stores by providing a range of products for their Scottish stores that are unable to source from their main supplier in Nisa. McColl’s trusts us to tailor a range of Scottish products to the stores wants and needs. They benefit from our teams in-depth understanding of the Scottish market and supply base

Buying from us has reduced the number of direct deliveries for the stores and simplifies invoicing for McColl’s but allows them to have better control of ranging. It more efficient for McColl’s as it’ s one point of contact for ordering from a range of over 250 products. The stores all get called by our team and can have up to 2 deliveries a week however the schedule is flexible around the store’s needs.

We are constantly listening and learning about the wants and needs of the local McColl’s stores. For example, they wanted season ranges for special events such as Burns Night and Hogmanay, so in response we have sourced local products from local suppliers that are suited for these events and are doing incredibly well.

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The Food and Drink Hub offer us a bespoke service, supplying a wide, tailored range of local Scottish produce to our stores to supplement our core national range.   We have found the Food and Drink Hub to be experts in their knowledge of the Scottish market and proactive in their approach. They handle orders with minimal fuss and have increased our supply chain efficiency and central control by reducing the number of direct deliveries into stores.

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Colin Farquhar | Regional ManagerMcColl's Retail Group

We have a fantastic relationship with Food & Drink Hub. They understand our beers and work hand in hand with us to increase market share and distribution. Communication is positive and constructive and Steve is always willing to offer feedback and advice on new brands.

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Matt Munro | DirectorWest Brewery

The Food and Drink hub have provided excellent continued support for Hamlyn’s Oats, Nisha and Millar confectionery. They spotted an opportunity to increase their product ranges to the Hubs partners and that has been pinnacle to this year’s success. I firmly believe that in partnership with The Food and Drink Hub can grow these brands and produce so many exciting products in each of the product categories.

Michael Kerr | Account Director JFK Partnership

As a company, we’ve really enjoyed working with The Food and Drink Hub over the last few years. We’ve found them to be excellent partners in business with an experience behind them that allows them to understand the needs of their suppliers and customers alike.

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Matt Thomasson | Sales ManagerFyne Ales

As a relatively new entrant to the world of the multiples, we’ve found the support offered by The Food and Drink Hub invaluable. They understood what was different about our brand and our plough-to-pint ethos, and have ensured that we have gained listings on the back of it.

John Henderson | OwnerBorn in the Borders

Working with The Food and Drink hub has been a fantastic experience, and has really helped us gain traction where it would otherwise be extremely difficult.  Ease of doing business is the key, from being set up to supply, to the order process and through to deliveries.  There is no doubt that The Food and Drink hub have helped many small suppliers throughout Scotland to grow their businesses.

Fierce Brewing
Dave Grant | Managing DirectorFierce Beer

It’s been great developing our business alongside The Food and Drink Hub over the past few years. We have a good working relationship with Steve Wallace and the team at The Food and Drink Hub. Without any shadow of a doubt the support, passion, advice and knowledge that they have under their belts, has gained us significant listings with Coop and Morrison’s to name but a few. This partnership has not only gained us access to new markets but has also significantly helped to raise the profile of our brewery and our brands.

Cairngorm Brewery
Merlin Sandbach | Sales DirectorCairngorm Brewery

I have worked with James and Steve at the Food and Drink Hub for over 4 years and it has been a very fruitful relationship. They are very professional and have considerable in-depth knowledge of the retail trade, which has enabled them to win new customers and develop new customers over this period. My brands have performed well with their customers, and we have developed a close and friendly working relationship, which I value.

Black Wolf Brewery
Andrew Richardson | DirectorBlack Wolf Brewery

Over the past year, The Food and Drink Hub have become one of our Top 10 customers from a virtually standing start. This is as a result of working together on a number of on-trade and off-trade opportunities within the Scottish craft beer sector. We look forward to growing our respective business through 2018 and beyond

Black Isle Brewery
Dom Metcalfe | Sales DirectorBlack Isle Brewing Co

Mackie’s Crisps have been delighted to work with The Food and Drink Hub over the past couple of years in growing our brand together. During 2017 we saw a 79% increase in sales by working closely with their team.

Nicki Pew - Wholesale Account ManagerMackie’s at Taypack Ltd
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