Accredited Supplier & Associate Membership

a) Download Accredited Supplier enrolment form      b) Download Associate enrolment form

a) If you are a supplier of speciality foods to delicatessens, farm shops, food halls and other independent retailers, or offer a service to the independent food sector, the Guild of Fine Food can help you promote your products and services to reach a wider market. Join as an Accredited Supplier member.

b) Are you an organisation trying to reach a wider foodie audience or can you offer our retail and producer members a specialist service or equipment to make the running of their business easier? Join as an Associate member.

Benefits for GFF Members:

Editorial opportunities in Fine Food Digest – the magazine at the heart of speciality food & drink

If you’re launching a new product or changing your packaging during the next year, you can take advantage of FREE editorial coverage in Fine Food Digest, our industry-leading trade magazine.

Inclusion in Fine Food Digest’s popular Shelf Talk new products section usually costs around £170. Guild members are not only entitled to a substantial discount on this price each time they launch a new product but can benefit once a year from FREE inclusion in a special ‘News from Guild Accredited Suppliers’ section, provided they have a brand new line to announce.

Guild members featured in Shelf Talk are highlighted with a Guild logo so retail members can seek out products from Accredited Suppliers.
Fine Food Digest’s journalists always look to Guild members first for news and views on industry issues.

And by keeping an eye on Fine Food Digest’s annual features list, you could feature in our editorial team’s regular sector-by-sector product round-ups too.

Reduced cost advertising

All members benefit from lower advertising rates in Fine Food Digest. Call the sales team on 01963 824464 to discuss any of the above benefits.

Finding new customers...

Our deli, food hall and farm shop members are happy to hear from all Guild accredited suppliers. Any time you need it, we will email you a full list of our retail members. Just contact charlie.westcar@finefoodworld.co.uk for a list to be emailed to you. Please note that due to data protection, we are not permitted to include email addresses or phone numbers.

Free Product Listing

All your products can appear on our unrivalled, online searchable database that includes over 10,000 regional, local and international speciality food and drink lines. This database appears on www.finefoodworld.co.uk.

Savings on Great Taste Award Entries

As a member you automatically qualify for a saving of £5 off all entries into the Great Taste Awards.

Free telephone Helplines

Got a business problem? Chances are that one of the Guild telephone helplines can help you solve it. Lease renewals and other property matters, environmental health issues, financial queries, employment legislation and commercial insurance – as a member you get 15 minutes free advice per year in all these areas.

Your personal copy of Fine Food Digest

Your membership to the Guild includes a subscription to Fine Food Digest, the comprehensive magazine for the fine food sector, widely read by retailers, producers and distributors.

Valuable reduced price business services

Credit card, business insurance, car insurance, pest control, employment advice and environmental health issues are just some of the business services available to you at reduced costs.

The Guild of Fine Food exists to help and support independent speciality fine food businesses such as yours. We know these membership benefits will help you reach a wider audience AND save money. We negotiate the best deals for you and unlike other trade associations, we don’t make a penny from any of the business services we offer.

To become a Member, please download the relevant Enrolment form
a) Accredited Supplier enrolment form
b) Associate enrolment form

If you would like to chat about any of these benefits in more detail or want any further information regarding membership, please contact the Guild of Fine Food on 01963 824464 or email charlie.westcar@finefoodworld.co.uk