Suma (co-operative)

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Triangle Wholefoods Collective Limited

Trade name	Suma
Company type	Worker co-operative
Industry	Wholesaler
Founded	1977 (1977)
Headquarters	Elland, West Yorkshire , United Kingdom
Area served	United Kingdom
Products	Whole food, organic food and natural products
Revenue	£58.7 million (2019)[1]
Members	200 employee-owners (2019)[1]
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^[2] 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.^[1][3]

History

A Suma delivery lorry in Hackney, London

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.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Greencity Wholefoods