Suma (co-operative)
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Suma | |
Company type | Worker co-operative |
Industry | Wholesaler |
Founded | 1977 |
Headquarters | , United Kingdom |
Area served | United Kingdom |
Products | Whole food, organic food and natural products |
Revenue | £58.7 million (2019)[1] |
Members | 200 employee-owners (2019)[1] |
Website | suma.coop |
Suma is the trading name of the Triangle Wholefoods Collective Limited, a worker co-operative wholefoods wholesaler. It was founded in Leeds in 1977 and is now based in Elland, West Yorkshire. It is the largest independent wholefood wholesaler in the United Kingdom[2] as well as the country's largest common ownership co-operative. The co-operative specializes in vegetarian, fairly traded, organic, ethical, ecological and natural products.
Its turnover for the year ending 2019 was reported as £54 million, ranking it 49th among British co-operatives.[1][3]
History
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Suma was started in 1975 by Reg Tayler, who had worked with wholefoods in London. In Leeds, he opened a retail shop. In August 1975, at a meeting with all the wholefood shops in the north of England, he proposed they set up wholefoods wholesaling co-operative in order to supply each other.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Annual Return and Accounts 2019" (PDF). Mutuals Public Register. Triangle Wholefoods Collective Limited. Financial Conduct Authority. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Museum Links with Food Firm by Henryk Zientek, Mar 13 2008, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
- ^ "Co-op Economy 2020" (PDF). Co-operatives UK. 10 June 2020. p. 12. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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