Accredited Supplier Membership
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.
Benefits for Accredited Supplier Members:
NEW! Guaranteed editorial in Fine Food Digest – the magazine at the heart of speciality food & drink
You are guaranteed annual editorial coverage in Fine Food Digest, including a colour photograph. This will appear as a Shelf Talk feature, once a year and you are also given priority for editorial coverage on all your new launches throughout the year.
On top of this, your editorials and any advertisements in Fine Food Digest now include the Guild logo printed alongside every entry, plus a free listing in the classified section at the back of the magazine to encourage retail members to source from our accredited suppliers.
NEW! Free on-line ad
With your free Shelf Talk feature every accredited supplier qualifies for a free on-line ad here on the Guild’s trade website
AND on the newly launched consumer site www.britainsbestdelis.co.uk for one month, reaching an enormous trade, consumer and media audience.
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.
NEW! Savings on Great Taste Award & World Cheese Award Entries
As a member you automatically qualify for a saving of £5 off all entries into the Great Taste Awards and £3 off per entry in the World Cheese 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 small 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.
The last bit of good news is Guild membership subscription remains at £90 plus VAT for 2009 for all businesses with a turnover under £1m. Over £1m turnover membership is still £200 plus VAT.
To become a Member, please use the Enrolment form on the reverse and return it with your subscription to the address provided.
If you would like to chat about any of these benefits in more detail or want any further information regarding your membership, please contact the Guild of Fine Food on 01963 824464 or email charlie.westcar@finefoodworld.co.uk
