Ingredients with a global outlook

Its portfolio includes SunBlush slow-roasted tomatoes, Roquito chilli products, Charcuti continental charcuterie, Chefs Brigade kitchen ingredients and Merchant Gourmet grains, pulses and chestnuts. The wider range covers vegetables, antipasti, oils, eggs, mayonnaise, breads and other ingredients suited to menu development and everyday foodservice use.

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Birchall
Blakemore
Brook Street
A family business with over 80 years in foodservice, Birchalls supports customers across all business sectors. Their in-house expertise, including a development chef, ensures the products, insights and support your food business needs to thrive.
Established in 1917 as a counter-service grocery store, this family business has grown to include divisions across the retail and wholesale sectors. Their brand portfolio features 263 SPAR stores across England and Wales, along with Philpotts and Vegan Store.
Based in Needham Market, Suffolk, this independent wholesaler, established in 1990, has built a loyal regional customer base and is renowned for its extensive product range and exceptional customer service.
Country Valley
Charles Saunders
Creed
Based in Billingham, Middlesbrough, Country Valley Food Service was founded in 1971 and is highly regarded across the North East for delivering exceptional quality, value, and customer service to the catering, hospitality, retail, education and healthcare sectors.
Charles Saunders joined Country Range Group in 2026, bringing more than 50 years of wholesale expertise and a strong reputation across the South West of England. As one of the region’s largest foodservice wholesalers, the business supplies an extensive range of ambient, chilled, frozen and fresh products, working closely with local producers alongside leading national brands. With a longstanding commitment to quality, service and innovation, Charles Saunders continues to support customers across the hospitality, catering and foodservice sectors.
Founded in 1972, Creed is a family-run business with a purpose-built distribution center and an EEC-approved butchery facility. Offering a one-stop foodservice solution, they provide over 6,000 products delivered in a single multi-temperature vehicle.
Crowndale Food Service
Fife Creamery
Dunns
Founded in 1988, Crowndale Foodservice began by supplying pies, sausages, bacon, and cooked meats to retail butchers before expanding into the broader foodservice market. Now serving the public sector and hospitality across the Midlands, Crowndale is also renowned for catering major UK events and festivals.
Founded in 1875, Dunns is an award-winning Scottish wholesaler, offering an impressive portfolio of craft beers, wines, spirits and food products from around the globe.
Europ Foods
First Choice
Harlech
Founded in Spain in 1987, Europ Foods is CRG's first mainland European member. With a team of over 200, including a multilingual salesforce, and a unique network of offices, depots and partners, Europ Foods serves the busiest and most popular tourist destinations along the Spanish coast, from Huelva to Barcelona, as well as Portugal’s Algarve, the Balearics and the Canary Islands.
Based in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, First Choice takes pride in delivering top service and products at unbeatable prices. With a strong background in wholesale food and beverage distribution since 1988, they offer a reliable six-day-a-week delivery service to professional caterers and chefs' kitchens across the Midlands.
Based in Criccieth, Gwynedd, North Wales, Harlech Foodservice is renowned as one of the leading wholesalers in Wales. With a depot in Chester to serve the North West, the company prides itself on innovation, a diverse portfolio, and exceptional customer service.
Henderson
King Brothers Foodservice
McClures
As one of Ireland's leading foodservice providers to the hospitality industry, Henderson is passionate about quality. From their products to their service and people, they have everything needed to help you create delicious meals for any occasion.
A proudly independent, family-run business that is steeped in over a century of history, the King Brothers Foodservice roots go back to 1908 when Denis King first purchased a 500-acre farm in Orton Waterville, Peterborough. Fast forward over 70 years and the business still retains its family work ethic and values as it supplies everyone from roadside truck stops, cafes, schools, care homes and hospitals to bistros, pubs, 5-star hotels and the finest dining establishments.
Located in the heart of the English Lake District, McClures is a family owned business with over 80 years of experience across three generations. As your one-stop catering destination, they offer exceptional service, high-quality products and prioritise their customers. Their extensive product range is ideal for hotels, cafes, schools and care facilities.
Savona
Total Foodservice
Trevors
A modern brand committed to excellent customer service and core values, Savona serves 20 counties across the South East, South West, and Central England. Passionate about the environment, they are proud to be the first in Europe to launch 100% electric multi-temperature vans.
Total Foodservice understands exactly what customers need from their catering supplies provider. With depots in Clitheroe, Lancashire and Huddersfield, they deliver wholesale catering supplies across the North of England, offering around 4,000 product lines to businesses in the licensed trade, restaurants, coffee shops, sandwich bars, schools, universities and the care sector.
As a family business serving Lancashire, including Blackpool, Manchester, Liverpool, Preston, Cumbria, Wigan, and beyond, Trevors has supplied everyone from small cafes to large chains and local authorities. With 60 years of experience in the foodservice sector, choosing Trevors Foodservice means benefiting from decades of expertise.
Valley Foods
Waterdene
West Country
Founded in 1981 in Trinity, Jersey, Valley Foods is the island’s leading foodservice provider, known for exceptional customer service and innovative solutions. Locally owned and operated, Valley Foods is dedicated to supporting and promoting local producers and suppliers, strengthening the Jersey community.
A family-owned catering supplies and foodservice distributor established over 40 years ago, Waterdene Foodservice is based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. They offer daily delivery services to a wide range of businesses, including pubs, restaurants, schools, hospitals, mobile caterers, and fast-food outlets.
With a heritage dating back to 1856 as a specialist fresh produce business in the South West, WestCountry operates from three strategically located depots, serving customers across the region with an unmatched product range and exceptional service.

Speciality food expertise since 1980

Leathams began in 1980 when brothers Mark and Oliver Leatham supplied game and smoked salmon to London restaurants. The business has since developed into a branded speciality food supplier serving foodservice, manufacturing and retail. Its expertise includes value-added vegetables, tomatoes, chestnuts, charcuterie, grains and pulses, pestos and plant-based ingredients, supported by an international supply network.

What is Leathams known for?

Leathams specialises in sourcing, developing and supplying speciality foods for the UK food industry. Its foodservice portfolio combines globally sourced ingredients with its own brands, including SunBlush, Roquito, Charcuti and Chefs Brigade, alongside Merchant Gourmet products for professional kitchens.

What brands does Leathams supply?

Leathams’ portfolio includes SunBlush, Roquito, Charcuti, Chefs Brigade, CherryBell, La Fresca and Brital Foods. It also created Merchant Gourmet in 1994 and distributes its range, which includes grains, pulses, chestnuts and mushrooms alongside products and formats developed for hospitality and professional chefs.

What are SunBlush tomatoes?

SunBlush is Leathams’ slow-roasted tomato brand. The current range includes formats such as marinated tomato wedges, cherry tomato halves and frozen slow-roasted tomato bruschetta products, providing professional kitchens with tomato ingredients for applications including pizzas, sandwiches, salads and other savoury dishes.

What products does Chefs Brigade offer professional kitchens?

Chefs Brigade is Leathams’ range of ingredients for chefs and foodservice outlets. Current products include infused oils, liquid pasteurised egg, mayonnaise, artichoke hearts, flatbreads and specialist oils, providing practical ingredients for everyday preparation and menu development.

When was Leathams founded?

Leathams traces its beginnings to 1980, when brothers Mark and Oliver Leatham established Leathams Larder as a game and specialist food supplier. Starting with game supplied to London restaurants, they soon expanded into smoked salmon and butchery before developing the much broader speciality food business operating today.

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