Wholesale unites to celebrate Unitas members’ success

More than 650 suppliers, wholesalers and service providers gathered in Liverpool for the Unitas Connect Awards, our annual celebration of the best people, products, initiatives and achievements of the last year. The awards evening, a highlight in the buying group’s packed calendar of member and supplier events, was hosted this year by TV presenter and […]

Unitas Wholesale members will share more than £2m in incremental revenue in return for their participation in the group’s central promotions, publications and events. The More for More incentive, revealed by managing director John Kinney at the Unitas Wholesale connect25 trade show in Liverpool, will help drive engagement, execution and compliance in supplier partnership activities. […]

Unitas Wholesale, the UK’s largest wholesale buying and services group, held a briefing for senior representatives from the UK’s leading food and drink brands to thank them for their collaboration during 2024 and sharing the group’s plans for 2025 and beyond. At the event, which was held at The Grand, Birmingham on Tuesday 28 January, […]

1. INCREDIBLE SCALE Unitas is the UK’s biggest wholesale buying group, the combined turnover of our membership is equivalent to the next four biggest groups combined.  That means we are able to use this scale to give members access to a tier of suppliers’ terms that are unavailable anywhere else in the independent wholesale marketplace.  What’s more, unlike […]

Providing expert support and guidance for independent retailers to run successful, profitable stores, Plan for Profit has long been a one-stop resource for the sector and has now further extended its resources to include its first reduced risk guidance for retailers. With significant changes proposed for the tobacco and vaping category from April 2025, the […]

Unitas has appointed Nick Shaw as its Finance Director, completing the reconfigured Executive team alongside Retail Director Victoria Lockie, who joined the group last month. Nick has held senior Finance and Strategic Management roles at major consumer goods manufacturers, with responsibility for financial reporting and experience of creating and setting the direction of shared services […]

This year’s FWD Gold Medal shortlists demonstrate the innovation and ambition of Unitas members and their teams, with member companies and individuals in the running for seven of the awards.  This show of strength builds on last year’s outstanding performance where six of the 13 award categories for wholesalers were won by Unitas members. Winners […]

Unitas Wholesale will be celebrating a double milestone later this month, as record numbers of supplier and wholesaler companies attend the buying group’s annual conference in Portugal. More than 700 individual one-to-one member and supplier meetings are planned as part of the event, alongside the plenary business sessions. These will see deals sealed on hundreds of […]

Delegates at this month’s Unitas conference will be challenged and inspired by two prominent keynote speakers; Henry Dimbleby, whose recommendations on sustainable and healthy food provision are expected to influence the Government, and the team-building strategist James Kerr. Dimbleby is the managing Partner of Bramble Partners, and co-founder and former CEO of Leon restaurants. He […]

We have a fantastic new addition to our team with Victoria Lockie, former Head of Retail at Nisa, joining Unitas as Retail Director. Victoria brings many years of experience in the independent convenience sector, including 12 years leading the Nisa Retail field team supporting stores in the UK and Ireland. She is an ambassador for […]