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) |
| Members | 200 employee-owners (2019) |
| 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 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.
History
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.
See also
References
- ^ "Annual Return and Accounts 2019" (PDF). Mutuals Public Register. Triangle Wholefoods Collective Limited. Financial Conduct Authority. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
{{cite web}}: 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.
