Thomas Ridley United Kingdom

Thomas Ridley is a food wholesaler in the United Kingdom. Serving mainly the catering industry, Thomas Ridley is the supplier to a portfolio of clients. Founded in 1808, the British wholesaler provides various product categories such as:

• Chilled & fresh
• Frozen
• Savory Grocery
• Sweet Grocery
• Drinks
• Household

Moreover, the company has also started to include gluten free as well as specialty products in its assortment.

Over the years, the company has begun to distribute several brands including Tilda, Celtic marches, Bacardi, bd foods, bounty, wrapmaster, wrights, wyke etc.

Presently, Thomas Ridley presents itself as the supplier of the following business food services:

• Catering
• Education
• Healthcare
• Hospitality
• Hotels
• Restaurants

The company has also access to the retail sector with the acquisition of local and regional range in reference to delis, garden centres, farms cafés and farm shops.

In 2015, a year after acquiring Elveden Fine food and Taste of Anglia, the wholesaler opened up a local distribution center in Kent to boost its sales. This also enabled more deliveries in that region. The company also provided a fleet of trucks for the same distribution center. With the opening of this new distribution center, they aim to reach 70 million pounds of turnover. 

According to better wholesaling, Thomas Ridley has service levels attaining 99.6% with 130,000 products weekly and even hitting 100% in busy periods like Christmas. The wholesaler has also implemented the click & collect service for the cash and carry customers  which accounts for 4% of the business revenues.