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Chester based Admiral Taverns is a leading community pub group running over 1,400 predominantly wet-led community pubs. Admiral’s unique operational approach has earnt industry recognition with the Group awarded Best Community Pub Operator 2024 and Best Leased & Tenanted Pub Company in 2019, 2016 and 2013 and has also been consistently highly rated by licensees in the industry’s annual KAM media survey.
Community is at the heart of Admiral, offering fantastic levels of operational support to their hard-working, entrepreneurial licensees and operators who are dedicated to making their pub the hub of their local community.
Booker Group is the UK’s leading food & drink wholesaler with branches nationwide. Booker is uniquely positioned for customers to collect, click and collect and also deliver nationwide. Having the flexibility of internet ordering and deliveries at a time that best suits their business, as well as calling into their local branch, where we offer an expert butchery service, fresh produce and a wide and varied range of catering ingredients, along with many exclusive and unique products. Booker’s commitment to its customers is to increase choice, lower prices and constantly improve service.
Britvic is an international soft drinks business rich in history and heritage. Founded in England in the 1930s, it has grown into a global organisation with 37 much-loved brands sold in over 100 countries.
Britvic is the largest supplier of branded still soft drinks in Great Britain and the number two supplier of branded carbonated soft drinks in Great Britain. The company combines its own leading brand portfolio including Fruit Shoot, Robinsons, Tango, J2O, London Essence, Teisseire and MiWadi with PepsiCo brands such as Pepsi, 7UP and Lipton Ice Tea which Britvic produces and sells in Great Britain and Ireland under exclusive PepsiCo agreements.
Britvic’s Sensational Drinks platform provides resources to help independent bars, restaurants and retailers optimise profits. With a range of tools, knowledge and access to free point of sale kits, it has been designed to help operators save time, reduce costs and build their business.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners is the world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler and employs some 3,500 people in GB. With 97% of our volume sales manufactured here in GB, we are committed to minimising the environmental impact of our products and operations, with a particular focus on sustainable packaging, water stewardship and climate protection. We are also helping our hospitality customers reduce their carbon footprint with the Net Zero Hospitality Initiative that we are a founding partner of alongside New Zero Now and the SRA. Find out more here https://netzeronow.org/
As a major supplier to the hospitality sector we recognise the tremendous commitment it requires by operators to efficiently run a business and to meet the evolving needs of consumers. We therefore offer a range of must stock favourites in packaged and dispense solutions including Coca-Cola, Schweppes mixers and lemonade, Appletiser, Fanta and Sprite as well as zero sugar options like Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and Diet Coke. In fact, 67% of our volumes in GB come from low or no sugar options.
Diageo is a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across spirits and beer categories . Our products are sold in more than 180 countries around the world and our brands include Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, JεB, Buchanan’s and Windsor whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Don Julio, Tanqueray and Guinness.
We are proud of the brands we make and the enjoyment they give to millions. We are passionate about the role alcohol plays in bringing people together, to celebrate life every day, everywhere.
Drinkaware is the UK’s leading alcohol charity which aims to reduce alcohol-related harm by helping people make better choices about their drinking. We achieve this by providing impartial, evidence-based information, advice and practical resources, raising awareness of alcohol and its harms and working collaboratively with partners.
Drinkaware has produced a free guide to help pubs and bars boost sales of low and alcohol-free drinks. The alcohol-free beer market is expected to double over the next ten years. We hope the guide helps pubs identify some great ideas and boost their sales of low and alcohol-free.
The guide is freely available online.
For more than 200 years, Greene King has been brewing award winning beer and operating pubs from its base in Bury St Edmunds. Today, it has 2,600 pubs in its estate, of which 1,600 are managed.
Greene King Pub Partners, the leased, tenanted and franchise division of Greene King, partners with independent operators to run 1,000 of Greene King’s pubs. By partnering with entrepreneurial and ambitious pub operators, we help them achieve their dreams and run successful pub businesses.
We believe in potential through partnerships, which is why we are proud to work with the very best pub operators from across the UK. Its also why we celebrate our partners, their pubs and their ambitions – and make them our priority – as their trusted business partner.
We’re not afraid to dream big and support our partners to achieve their goals. We’re willing to invest in the journey ahead as we are determined to create successful partnerships that are good for everybody.
We’re also willing to do the right thing, not the easy thing – and as a business partner will always be ready to listen and provide you with an honest, informed opinion.
All of this is underpinned by our centuries of experience from a team of hundreds drawing on their expertise and insights to help you as our partner to be a success – because Every Partnership Begins With You.
Marston’s is an industry-leading pub company with a diverse collection of 1,400 pubs, spanning from community locals to lively city centre bars. What they all have in common is they’re all guest-obsessed, full of energy, and truly dedicated to being the beating heart of the community.
We’re proud that our people-powered approach, rooted in strong strategic objectives, has earnt us industry recognition. We’ve been crowned as the best employer (Publican Awards 2024) and the top pub company for partners to work with (Pubs Code Adjudicator Tied Tenant Survey 2023).
At Marston’s, we want everyone to come as they are. Our differences make us special, it’s the thing people remember. Our range of pubs reflect the uniqueness of the personalities who run them. And we don’t expect anyone to do it alone. We have over 400 dedicated Pub Support Centre experts behind the scenes too, helping our operators to create thriving pub businesses and develop their teams.
For over two centuries Molson Coors has been brewing beverages that unite people for all of life’s moments. Across our Western Europe territory we now five breweries, with our UK home in the renowned brewing town, Burton upon Trent, and a nearly 300-year-old cider press in Suffolk.
Molson Coors produces some of the most beloved and iconic beer brands ever made. While the company’s history is rooted in beer, Molson Coors offers a modern portfolio that expands beyond the beer aisle. Our growing beverage portfolio in the UK, Ireland and Spain includes Aspall Cyder, Atlantic Pale Ale, Cobra, Madri Excepcional, Pravha, Staropramen and Rekorderlig, alongside popular favourites Coors, Carling - the UK’s number one selling lager, and the UK’s number one selling cask ale - Doom Bar.
Molson Coors Beverage Company is a publicly traded company that is traded on the New York and Canadian Stock Exchange (TAP). The company’s commitment to raising industry standards and leaving a positive imprint on our employees, consumers, communities and the environment is reflected in Our Imprint and our 2025 sustainability targets. To learn more about Molson Coors Beverage Company, visit molsoncoors.com.
At Punch, we’re all about opening up possibilities to pub lovers like ourselves. Our extensive collection of unique and high-quality Leased, Tenanted, and Management Partnership pubs offers limitless opportunities to those who share our passion for excellence. With our expertise in connecting brilliant pubs with brilliant people, we are committed to empowering and working together with the very best Publicans and Management Partners to build and grow epic community pubs.
SIBA, the Society of Independent Brewers and Associates, is the ‘Big voice of independent beer’. They represent independent breweries and supplier companies, and through their Beerflex portal allow pub companies the opportunity to order beer from a wide range of local independent breweries.
Originally formed in 2010 with 333 pubs, Stonegate Group is now the largest pub company in the UK following 12 major acquisitions. Our vast portfolio is now home to over 4,500 sites which range from leased & tenanted to managed and operator led. We believe that the pub is the heart of the British culture and we strive to deliver a fantastic guest experience.
In our leased and tenanted division, Stonegate Pub Partners, we have empowered publicans to run their own pub, in their way, since 1991.
We pride ourselves on our ability to attract and retain new and experienced entrepreneurial partners to run our pubs and continually reassess our offer to ensure that both the nature of our contractual agreements and the range of support we provide is competitive and impactful.
With a dedicated support team, who help our business partners run great pub businesses, we are committed to providing their publicans with exceptional levels of service and support. Stonegate Pub Partners embody everything great about British pubs. We encourage our partners to be actively involved in their communities and put their pubs at the heart of local business and community life.
TNT Sports Business is a provider of premium live sport to pubs, clubs and other commercial premises in the hospitality sector. The home of European football with the UEFA Champions League and Europa Leagues, plus Premier League football, top class domestic and international rugby and much more. As well as live content, we offer our customers free marketing support to help them grow their business through sport, working with independent pubs as well many of the sector's larger groups, including Stonegate, Greene King and Marstons.
Valeo Foods UK supplies great tasting snacks ideally suited to the licensed trade. These comprise of crisps, tortillas and meat snacks and include leading brands KETTLE®, MANOMASA®, Kings, Wild West and Pub Original.
KETTLE® Chips is the UK’s number one hand cooked crisp with over 25% of households buying the brand. The top selling seasonings are all gluten free and made from 100% real food ingredients.
Manomasa provides a range of authentic tortilla chips inspired by the spirit of Latin America, with unique flavours such as Chipotle & Lime and Manchego & Green Olive.
Kings Elite Snacks offer the UK’s leading biltong and jerky brand; high protein, low calorie and delicious, with strong British heritage.
Wild West is a pioneering beef jerky brand which appeals to consumers with an active lifestyle and a passion for the outdoors.
Pub Original include traditional pork snacks such as Scratchings, Crackling & Crunch.
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