The shareholders of National Buying Consortium Limited – NBC The Buying Group – recently attended the 2025 Annual General Meeting which was held at the office in Chipping Norton and online for those shareholders who were unable to attend in person. This was a great opportunity for the Managing Director, David Lunt, and the board to present an overview of the companies more recent financial performance and share the outlook for the group. Mr Lunt states: “both 2024 and 2025 have been a bit of a rollercoaster for the industry as we continue to deal with economic challenges and further consolidation throughout the supply chain. Despite this, the NBC Group of Companies have continued to show revenue growth and we fully expect to beat the 2025 budget. We continue to deliver upon our basic principles – providing members with access to great brands, in realistic quantities, and at great NET prices. We also continue to deliver members terms through our group agreements with our supplier partners – 100% on time and in full”.
The AGM was also an opportunity to recruit new member directors following the resignations of David Longfellow and James Granville – and we thank them immensely for their support during their tenure. We are pleased to advise that Kevin Jopson – Northern Retail Group, and Joe Marlow – Spectrum Foodservice, were approved for onboarding as member directors. This is an important role for the member shareholders to ensure that the members needs are both recognised and met – not always an easy task. A further position is currently being recruited for within the member shareholders. Mr Jopson states: “I have always been impressed with the way in which the group have pulled together a proposition that truly supports both members and suppliers and I am looking forward to making my own contribution in the role”. Mr Marlow states: “NBC has enabled me to develop my own business into the foodservice operation that it is today – without it the challenges of getting access to brands that my own customers require would have been incredibly difficult”.
2026 provides the usual challenges – supply chain consolidation, supplier route to market changes – and the group, specifically through the integrated approach of both NBC – Buying Group – and NDN – its wholly owned warehousing and logistics service – is well placed to support both its members and its supplier partners as a safe and reliable route to market.
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