Bestway Retail

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Established in 1976, Bestway Wholesale has grown to become the UK’s 2nd largest independent food wholesaler and serves over 100,000 independent retailers with a product line of over 25,000 items and employs over 6,500 employees across the UK.

Bestway Retail is part of the Bestway wholesale division, and owned by Bestway Group which has global business interests in Banking, Cement, Pharmacy, Real Estate and Charity Foundation.

The wholesale division has 59 Depots nationwide and serves over 100,000 independent retailers. With a UK turnover of almost £3bn and a comprehensive logistical infrastructure, the company has the scale, purchasing power and expertise to help our customers compete in an ever-changing food and drink sector.

As a business, Bestway Wholesale business services three main customer groups; independent retail (including Club and Symbol), Foodservice and specialist Pet Operators.

Hanover’s food & drink team advises business at every stage of their life cycle. We work with everyone from start-ups beginning their retail journey to multinational enterprises looking to join up their communications across different territories.
Our multi award-winning agency – one of Provoke’s Agencies of the Decade in 2020 – has offices in London, Dublin, Brussels and Dubai and helps deliver creative and strategic support in the Trade/b2b, Corporate, Public Affairs and Consumer spaces to companies including Suntory Beverage & Food GB&I, Mondelez International, Camelot, Pizza Hut, Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I, Uber Eats, Pernod Ricard, the BBPA and many more.

Imperial Brands plc, a FTSE 100 company headquartered in the UK, is a global consumer goods organisation and the fourth largest international tobacco company.

Our core tobacco business is built around a comprehensive portfolio of local and international cigarette brands, other tobacco products, and smoking accessories available in 120 markets worldwide.

Aligned with our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure, we are also committed to building a sustainable next-generation product (NGP) business, offering smokers a targeted range of potentially less harmful alternatives to traditional tobacco products.

For more information visit imperialbrandsplc.com.

Mondelēz International is proud to provide the nation with iconic brands spanning the confectionery, biscuit, cheese and snacking categories: Cadbury, OREO, Maynards Bassetts, belVita and Dairylea to name just a few. What’s more, this year we’re celebrating a milestone: 200 years since John Cadbury opened a grocer’s shop in Birmingham in 1824. Today Cadbury has a wide range of well-loved chocolate treats that remind the nation that there is a ‘Glass and a Half’ of generosity in everyone.

Our mission and purpose is to lead the future of snacking by offering the right snack, for the right moment, made the right way. We call this Snacking Made Right. With the latest innovations in flavour, packaging and formats, we offer shoppers delicious products which help add value the whole supply chain.

NIQ is the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behaviour and revealing new pathways to growth. In 2023, NIQ combined with GfK, bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach. With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights—delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms—NIQ delivers the Full View (TM). NIQ, is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100+ markets, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit NIQ.com

One Stop Stores Limited is a retail convenience business with over 1,000 company and franchise stores across Great Britain. It employs more than 10,500 colleagues. 

The majority of its stores open seven days a week from 7am to 10pm and offer local communities a range of convenience food and household goods. For added convenience many stores offer additional services including free cash machines, Post Office, PayPoint (for paying utility bills), lottery and mobile electronic top-up. 

One Stop is a subsidiary of Tesco which acquired the stores in 2003.

SPAR is the UK symbol group supported by five regional distribution centres, celebrating over 10 years of consecutive growth. Independent SPAR retailers enjoy the benefits of a global brand whilst retaining local independence.
Stores are designed for local shoppers. A variety of innovative store formats and services are provided, delivered by an award-winning design team. These are backed up by local investment in promotional plans and digital marketing.
SPAR’s five regional distribution centres partner and support each store, providing an efficient supply chain. They help with analysing the local customer base to make sure retailers have a winning customer proposition.

Suntory Beverage & Food Great Britain and Ireland (SBF GB&I) is one of the leading soft drinks businesses in the UK and Ireland. SBF GB&I was formed in 2014 as Lucozade Ribena Suntory and is part of Suntory Beverage & Food Europe. Our much-loved soft drinks brands include Lucozade Energy, Lucozade Sport, Lucozade Alert and Ribena.
Our business is driven by our “Yatte Minahare” spirit and our role is to have a positive impact on the lives of our consumers by providing them with a responsible choice of great-tasting drinks that people can feel good about while enabling them to lead active lifestyles.

Now in its 45th year, the UK Quality Food Awards are the longest-running, most prestigious awards in the food and drink industry in the UK. They cast a spotlight on products that offer exceptional ingredients, great taste and aroma, beautiful packaging and superb value for money.

The vast range of categories recognise a variety of quality products from retailers, wholesalers, foodservice and own label brands; they even have a Small Producers category, for companies with fewer than 10 staff and annual sales under £2million, with a significantly reduced entry fee.

Every single product entered will receive detailed feedback from our esteemed panel of judges, which can aid in product development.