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The Big 30
RankRankName(Who covers on The Grocer?)OfferDepotsDepotsStaffStaffTurnover  Turnover (£m) Turnover Turnover  (£m)Turnover  Profits  Profits (£M) Profits Profits  (£m)Profit Margin (%)Margin (%)Year to 
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            564 698 88571 73704 26223499034             26,223.5 24537583298.0               24,537.6 2.8 £534,340,639 534.3     518,320,548.0 509.5 3.1 2.0 2.1    
1 1 Booker   n/a C&C,D,F 199 200 13350 13144 £5,330,000,000.0                5,330.0 £4,990,000,000.00                  4,990.0 6.8 £174,000,000              174.0 £151,000,000.00                151.0 15.2 3.3 3.0 24/03/2017  
2 3 *Brakes    n/a F 24 24 6,557 6,792  £3,295,000,000.0                3,295.0 £3,094,200,000.00                  3,094.2 6.5 £74,200,000                 74.2 £115,600,000.00                  74.2 -35.8 2.3 2.4 31/12/2015  
4 4 BFS Group (formerly Bidvest foodservice)   n/a F 27 28 4944 6010 £2,514,805,000.0                2,514.8 £2,367,675,000.00                  2,367.7 6.2 £38,853,000                 38.9 £34,733,000.00                  38.9 11.9 1.5 1.6 30/06/2016  
3 5 Bestway (Holdings)    n/a C&C,D,F 62 63 15685 4382 £2,170,000,000.0                2,170.0 £2,200,000,000.00                  2,200.0 -1.4 £19,700,000                 19.7 £26,200,000.00                  19.7 -24.8 0.9 0.9 30/06/2016  
5 7 Costco Wholesale UK    n/a C&C 28 27 6345 5776 £2,056,604,000.0                2,056.6 £1,904,118,000.00                  1,904.1 8.0 £27,019,000                 27.0 £16,092,000.00                  27.0 67.9 1.3 1.4 28/08/2016  
6 6 Connect Group   n/a N/A 39 51 5968 4378 £1,594,300,000.0                1,594.3 £1,645,800,000.00                  1,645.8 -3.1 £48,000,000                 48.0 £50,400,000.00                  48.0 -4.8 3.0 2.9 31/08/2017  
7 10 Conviviality Group Limited (formerly Matthew Clark)   n/a D 16 10 2640 1393 £1,560,000,000.0                1,560.0 £1,306,165,000.00                  1,306.2 19.4 £32,479,000                 32.5 £18,935,000.00                  32.5 71.5 2.1 2.5 30/04/2017  
8 8 AF Blakemore and Son    Spar/Landmark C&C,D,F 13 21 7735 7456 £1,299,653,000.0                1,299.7 £1,131,000,000.00                  1,131.0 14.9 £7,354,000                   7.4 £7,603,000.00                    7.4 -3.3 0.6 0.7 30/04/2017  
9 9 Menzies Distribution   n/a C&C,D,F 44 44 2912 4000 £1,086,800,000.0                1,086.8 £841,021,000.00                     841.0 29.2 £22,700,000                 22.7 £19,200,000.00                  22.7 18.2 2.1 2.7 31/12/2016  
10 11 Dhamecha Foods   Today's Group C&C 9 8 574 497 £702,892,000.0                   702.9 £683,631,000.00                     683.6 2.8 £13,111,000                 13.1 £14,115,000.00                  13.1 -7.1 1.9 1.9 31/03/2017  
11 13 James Hall and Company   Spar D 1 1 907 832 £522,148,000.0                   522.1 £479,317,000.00                     479.3 8.9 £4,269,000                   4.3 £7,123,000.00                    4.3 -40.1 0.8 0.9 24/03/2017  
12 12 Henderson Wholesale   Spar C&C,D,F 1 1 476 687 £445,401,590.0                   445.4 £449,368,194.00                     449.4 -0.9 £13,096,641                 13.1 £9,896,490.00                  13.1 32.3 2.9 2.9 31/12/2016  
13 14 Crown Crest Group    n/a C&C 2 2 5560 6256 £411,503,542.0                   411.5 £420,558,992.00                     420.6 -2.2 £9,232,992                   9.2 £3,995,828.00                    9.2 131.1 2.2 2.2 31/03/2017  
14 15 AG Parfett & Sons    Landmark C&C 6 6 558 549 £323,959,118.0                   324.0 £306,745,058.00                     306.7 5.6 £3,265,519                   3.3 £1,718,841.00                    3.3 90.0 1.0 1.1 30/06/2017  
16 16 Kitwave One    Today's Group C&C, D 13 15 821 682 £296,160,000.0                   296.2 £227,256,317.00                     227.3 30.3 £165,000                   0.2 -£1,729,000.00 -1.7 n/a 0.1 -0.7 30/04/2017  
15 NEW LWC Drinks    n/a D 15   724 669 £247,278,164.00                   247.3 £260,138,000.00                     260.1 -4.9 £10,247,178                 10.2 £7,966,691.00                  10.2 28.6 4.1 3.9 30/09/2017  
17 17 United Wholesale (Scotland)   Today's Group C&C,D 3 3 282 231 £234,062,587.0                   234.1 £213,349,000.00                     213.3 9.7 £2,009,734                   2.0 £2,011,513.00                    2.0 -0.1 0.9 0.9 31/12/2016  
18 20 DCS Group (UK)    Landmark D 1 1 298 309 £210,709,000.0                   210.7 £212,723,495.00                     212.7 -0.9 £4,325,000                   4.3 £4,477,000.00                    4.3 -3.4 2.1 2.0 31/12/2016  
20 21 JJ Food Service   Landmark D,F 11 8 799 779 £193,976,921.0                   194.0 £185,554,000.00                     185.6 4.5 £6,123,064                   6.1 £9,243,842.00                    6.1 -33.8 3.2 3.3 31/03/2017  
21 18 Reynolds Catering Supplies    n/a F 8 7 954 909 £190,479,000.0                   190.5 £179,203,010.00                     179.2 6.3 £507,000                   0.5 -£1,710,000.00                    0.5 -129.6 0.3 0.3 31/12/2016  
19 19 CJ Lang & Son   Spar D 1 1 2069 2082 £185,443,000.0                   185.4 £194,609,000.00                     194.6 -4.7 £925,000                   0.9 £914,000.00                    0.9 1.2 0.5 0.5 30/04/2017  
22 22 East End Foods    Landmark C&C,D,F 3 4 358 340 £185,424,351.0                   185.4 £178,281,258.00                     178.3 4.0 £8,530,130                   8.5 £4,883,553.00                    8.5 74.7 4.6 4.8 30/04/2017  
23 23 HT & Co (Drinks)    Today's Group C&C,D 3 1 105 101 £172,737,000.0                   172.7 £161,648,000.00                     161.6 6.9 £1,985,000                   2.0 £495,000.00                    2.0 301.0 1.1 1.2 31/03/2017  
24 NEW Enotria Winecellars   n/a D 4 4 268 218 £164,902,086.00                   164.9 £142,554,690.00                     142.6 15.7 -£2,021,145 -                2.0 £632,242.00 -                  2.0 n/a -1.2 -1.4 31/12/2016  
25 24 Fairfax Meadow Europe   n/a F 2 2 642 560 £163,098,000.0                   163.1 £131,787,000.00                     131.8 23.8 £3,034,000                   3.0 £4,152,000.00                    3.0 -26.9 1.9 2.3 31/12/2016  
26 25 JW Filshill   Today's Group C&C,D 1 1 192 196 £141,906,362.0                   141.9 £130,919,602.00                     130.9 8.4 £887,965                   0.9 £880,021.00                    0.9 0.9 0.6 0.7 31/01/2017  
27 29 Appleby Westward Group    Spar D 2 2 159 150 £138,827,808.0                   138.8 £128,631,969.00                     128.6 7.9 £1,582,715                   1.6 £1,620,804.00                    1.6 -2.4 1.1 1.2 30/09/2016  
28 26 Hyperama   Landmark C&C,D,F 4 4 326 327 £136,846,000.0                   136.8 £127,940,658.00                     127.9 7.0 £1,035,000                   1.0 £726,000.00                    1.0 42.6 0.8 0.8 29/01/2017  
29 27 United Wholesale Grocers    Landmark C&C 2 2 150 154 £124,374,505.0                   124.4 £123,558,000.00                     123.6 0.7 £735,846                   0.7 £520,723.00                    0.7 41.3 0.6 0.6 31/12/2016  
30 30 Hancocks Topco    n/a C&C 20 20 352 278 £124,208,000.0                   124.2 £119,830,055.00                     119.8 3.7 £6,989,000                   7.0 £6,624,000.00                    7.0 5.5 5.6 5.8 31/12/2016