Sugro UK names Nasco as its newest member

Sugro UK has recruited Nasco, increasing its combined buying power to £1.8 billion.

London-based Nasco has been trading for over 20 years, and it has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise five times, the latest in 2022.

The company supplies a range of grocery, confectionery, soft drinks, and toiletry products to a wide customer base within the wholesale and retail sector across the UK. It also has own-brands – London Biscuits, Casa De Campo and Great Grey – which include biscuits, beverages, convenient groceries such as tinned foods, coffee, and a cooking oils.

With its own vehicles, Nasco delivers to customers throughout the entire M25 region, and it also deliver nationwide via third-party hauliers.

Sugro UK, which has a membership of over 90 independent wholesalers, has had 17 years of consecutive growth and is showing year-to-date growth of 31%. Its latest recruit will enable further diversification and enhance the group’s offering to independent retailers.

Ashish Vidani, director of Nasco, said: “Nasco has been trading FMCG goods for over two decades. Our customer base spans across the UK and to over 60 countries, and we have great distribution experience with many top British and European brands. Joining Sugro UK is an exciting development for us and we look forward to leveraging their expertise and resources to further grow our business and better serve our customers.”

Sugro’s head of commercial & marketing, Yulia Petitt added: “We look forward to working with the Nasco team and supporting them with achieving their ambitious plans alongside working mutually with all our members to help them grow and diversify.

“Sugro’s group focus has and always will be individual member-centric, utilising our experienced in-house team to provide the very best support in trading, sales, IT, design, digital and marketing. We are excited to expand our membership further and delighted that independent wholesalers continue to choose partnership with Sugro group.”

Published Date: April 27, 2023