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WE ARE
Creators of distinct retail experiences
On a mission to provide differentiation shoppers value
Discover new brands and products that enhance your customer offer and grow your sales. Learn how new trends impacting your customers can quickly go-live in your stores ahead of your competition.
Purchasing ambient, chilled and non-food products.
Integrated logistics solution for a consolidated direct delivery to your store/s.
Manage hundreds of supplier and products. Track rate of sale, manage on-shelf availability, price & promotions, FSDUs, MOQs, and size & spec changes. Distinctive manages this entire complexity so you don't have to.
BENEFITS
Why partner with Distinctive?
Direct to store consolidated chilled and ambient deliveries
Immediate sales growth through proven product ranges
Flexible end-to-end supply chain solution to suit your business needs
An experienced team of former retailers and FMCG specialists
Benefit from efficiencies in your store and back-office operations
OUR APPROACH
Value is created by the shoppers
Volumes of profitable sales as a key metric
... not through us selling products that go to waste, are sitting unsold on a shelf or are reduced to clear
Our measure of success is the retailer’s rate of profitable sales, net of waste and reductions
We measure ourselves on how hard each of our stocking points work
Customers are the lifeblood of retail and that’s why, volume sold, more than £ sales, is the main KPI for us
A Difference customers value. A Difference customers value. A Difference customers value. A Difference customers value. A Difference customers value.
SUPPLIERS BENEFITS
Unique opportunities to grow your supply business
We unlock those harder-to-access sales opportunities, allowing you to focus on your core customer base and to maximise your resources and attention on what you do best. Let us handle the complexity of expanding your reach while you concentrate on delivering exceptional value to your primary clients.
Let us help you make the most of your current resources (production capacity, packaging, skilled staff) to drive growth and profitability without the hassle of major & changes. By leveraging what you already have, you can streamline operations, reduce costs, and increase efficiency.
We handle everything from start to finish, allowing you to focus solely on having your great products ready for delivery. Our comprehensive approach gives you peace of mind and the freedom to concentrate on what you do best.
We don’t require listing fees, JBP budgets, logistics surcharges, leaflet inclusions, or any mandatory media investments.
Take your brand to the next level by partnering with the UK's leading grocery retailers.
We build long-term partnership with trusted suppliers to provide our customers with products that are good quality, safe and are great value to shoppers.
FEATURED SUPPLY PARTNER
Havensfield Eggs
First generation farmers Alaistaire and Fiona Brice established Havensfield Eggs in 2003 with 300 chickens and an outdoor pig unit. The company prides itself on the welfare of its 150,000 free range chickens kept in small flocks on family farms across Norfolk and Suffolk – all eggs are produced to a specific Havensfield standard to ensure consistency – and the attention to detail throughout the laying and packing process.
FEATURED SUPPLY PARTNER
Drivers Pickles
The Driver family have been in the Pickles business Since 1906 around Leicester. More than 100 years on, the company today is owned by the fourth generation of Driver’s and takes pride in that the products today are still made in the same tradition as when the family started.
FEATURED SUPPLY PARTNER
Staffordshire Cheese
A small award winning creamery based in Cheddleton. Founded in 1994 to make cheese in the traditional way. Mary and the team have been working together with Distinctive since 2019 supplying customers with its award winning Dovedale Blue and Buxton Blue cheeses.
"Team Distinctive have helped us place our cheeses right across the Midlands, increasing our profile and availability"
FEATURED SUPPLY PARTNER
Manor Farm Fruits
Farm Situated in the picturesque village of Hints in Staffordshire. Owned and run by the Clarke family for the last three generations. With a total of 55 acres of soft fruit, the family prides itself on growing fruit of the highest quality
FEATURED SUPPLY PARTNER
Toppings Pies
Family run Top quality specialty British pies and quiches started from butcher’s shop in a little suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire in 1961. Source and use only the very best locally sourced British Farm Assured pork meat and ingredients and winner of more than 60 awards
OUR APPROACH
A frictionless sourcing experience
We work hard so our suppliers can focus on running their business and grow their brand
Being a food supplier is hard so we work hard to make their job as simple as possible
We are committed to buying from local producers whenever possible
We invest in our suppliers to build their retail-ready capabilities
No fees, no capital investments, no need for logistics solutions. Just receive product orders and have it ready on time. We will do the rest.
RETAIL PARTNERS