The UK's largest delivered wholesaler and distributor.
Known throughout the trade for the past 76 years simply as P&H, the Group's services are implemented through three divisions, each accountable to the Holdings Board as well to its customer base of retail outlets, for the provision of top quality, value added service.

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A major development involving WHSmith and YP Electronics is set to revolutionise News retailing. An electronic link has been developed between the SiNQUA EPoS system and WHSmith News, using their on line service - Connect2U.

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Founded in 1973 as an International wholesaler and distributor of wines, spirits and packaged beers, Winerite has expanded rapidly on the back of its service, quality and value for money.
In 1999 Winerite was acquired by Palmer & Harvey McLane Ltd to operate as the specialist alcohol distribution arm.

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Booker, the UK’s leading cash & carry operator serves over 438,000 independent retailers and caterers.

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Nisa-Today's is the UK's largest buying group for independent retail and wholesale companies. Its commercial objective is to negotiate the lowest cost price of products and provide the most efficient supply chain for its member companies, by strategically using their combined turnover powerbase.

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Founded in 1986, Costcutter has fulfilled its mission to form a retail symbol group that would offer size, competitiveness and profitability to the independent retailer. It now boasts 1200 stores in the UK and has no intentions of stopping there. Beyond the UK, Costcutter has established a European presence with 65 stores in Southern Ireland and a further 52 in Poland.

Clearly Costcutter's expansion over recent years has been impressive. A continued pattern of growth has been achieved by Costcutter's ability to differentiate itself from its rivals with a competitive price positioning and a stronger grocery offer, facilitated by the national distribution and trading terms received by Nisa-Today's membership. Indeed, Costcutter now represent 40 percent of all volume and turnover through Nisa's distribution centres.

Key Lekkerland is the UK’s leading independent delivered wholesale group, providing a fully comprehensive supply package to customers nationwide across a broad range of markets.

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A. F. Blakemore and Son Ltd., are the largest SPAR wholesaler in the UK and supply 750 stores, of which 186 are owned by us. Our SPAR territory covers all of North and Mid-Wales, the East and West Midlands, Lincolnshire, East Anglia, North London and the Northern Home Counties.

Introduced in the late 1950s, SPAR has pioneered many areas of own label development. The SPAR brand has become the most successful own brand outside the multiple sectors, with over 900 lines and a turnover in excess of £360 million per year. On average the SPAR brand accounts for 22% of store sales and generates £100 million in profits for SPAR retailers every year.

SPAR Scotland is the biggest independent and local grocery group in Scotland. We are part of the largest independent grocery group in the UK and part of the largest grocery organisation in the world through its close links with SPAR International.

The family of SPAR internationally gives SPAR enormous strength in the market place with massive buying power, strength in numbers and an internationally respected brand.