The Complete List of Wholesale African & Caribbean Markets in the UK, City by City
If you've ever driven across town chasing a cheaper bag of rice or a fresher cut of goat meat, this list is for you. Below is a city-by-city directory of wholesale African and Caribbean markets, cash and carries, and the Asian-run wholesalers that many African shops themselves buy stock from, across the UK. Some cities genuinely have more than one hub worth knowing about (Liverpool and Leicester both have two, for example), and we've noted that throughout.
A note on how to use this honestly: this is a large, carefully researched starting list, not a claim that every single wholesale shop in every UK town is captured here. New shops open, old ones close, and a fair amount of this trade runs on word of mouth and community WhatsApp groups rather than anything indexed online. Treat this as the strongest current map available, and if you know a wholesale spot in your city that's missing, let us know so we can add it. This page will keep growing.
Greater London
London has the largest concentration of African and Caribbean wholesale trade in the country, spread across several distinct hubs rather than one single market.
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Area |
Name |
Address |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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Peckham (South London) |
Peckham Rye Lane Wholesale Market |
Rye Lane, SE15 5BY, and Market Place, Unit 10, The Aylesham Centre, SE15 5EW |
The best known African and Caribbean wholesale hub in London, dozens of traders along Rye Lane |
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Peckham (South London) |
Nicky African Food and Cargo |
Peckham and New Cross, SE London |
Wholesale Nigerian staples plus a cargo-to-Nigeria shipping service |
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Woolwich (South East London) |
African Cash & Carry |
1B Woolwich New Road, SE18 6EX |
Pounded yam, garri, semolina, beans, ogi, rice and more |
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Woolwich/Charlton (South East London) |
Ades Foods (African Caribbean Cash & Carry) |
Charlton, SE London (near North Greenwich, Charlton and Woolwich Arsenal stations) |
Long established wholesale and retail, nationwide delivery |
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Camberwell/South London |
Afro Cash and Carry Food Ltd |
South London |
Dual wholesale and retail, strong on Cameroonian and wider Central African staples |
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Tottenham (North London) |
Tottenham High Road cluster |
Tottenham High Road and surrounding streets, N London |
A dense strip of African supermarkets, Caribbean stores and independents, several offering bulk pricing |
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Dalston (North East London) |
Ridley Road Market |
Ridley Road, E8 |
Long running mixed African, Caribbean and Turkish market, strong on fresh produce and fish |
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Central/South London |
Wanis Cash & Carry |
London (trade account required) |
One of the largest African and Caribbean wholesale distributors in the UK, 7,000+ products |
Midlands
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City |
Name |
Address |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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Birmingham |
Pride of Africa Trade Cash and Carry |
New John Street West, Lozells, Birmingham |
UK's first Black owned African trade cash and carry, 25,000 sq ft warehouse |
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Birmingham |
Samis Wholesale Cash & Carry |
82 to 89 Cecil Street, Newtown, Birmingham |
Long established, turnover in excess of £2m, one-stop food superstore |
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Birmingham |
Jennies Cash and Carry |
Birmingham (New Town Row area) |
Next day nationwide delivery of African and Caribbean products |
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Birmingham |
African Natural Produce Wholesalers |
Birmingham Wholesale Market, The Hub, Witton |
Specialises in Ghanaian, Nigerian and Congolese dry goods, supplies shops across the Midlands |
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Birmingham |
Tropical Foods Ltd |
7 Stafford Road, Birmingham B21 9DT |
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Birmingham |
Afrimart |
468 Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 4HF |
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Leicester |
One Nation Afro Cash and Carry |
Narborough Road, Leicester |
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Leicester |
Global Afro Caribbean Supermarket |
Two branches: 45 St Stephens Road LE2 1GH and 139 Narborough Road LE3 0PB |
Leicester is one of the cities with two separate branches of this chain |
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Nottingham |
Wiloks Cash & Carry |
Nottingham |
Garri, palm oil, cooking spices |
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Nottingham |
Global Afro Caribbean Supermarket |
90 Upper Parliament Street, NG1 6LF |
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Nottingham |
Naakus Afro-Caribbean Shop (multiple branches) |
Trent House St Peter's Street; Ilkeston Road; Alfreton Road (two branches); Radford, Alfreton Road |
Nottingham has an unusually high concentration, five Naakus branches alone |
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Coventry |
Naakus Afro-Caribbean Shop |
Broad Street, Foleshill, Coventry CV6 5AX |
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Wolverhampton |
Naakus Afro-Caribbean Shop |
Stafford Street, Wolverhampton WV1 1NA |
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Northampton |
Naakus Afro-Caribbean Shop |
Wellingborough Road, Northampton NN1 4DP |
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North West England
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City |
Name |
Address |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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Manchester |
Smithfield Market area |
Manchester city centre |
Traditional wholesale market where African wholesale trading has grown up |
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Manchester |
African Wholesale Market, Moston |
Moston, Manchester |
A specific wholesale cluster within the Moston area, well known locally |
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Manchester |
African Food Store (Cash & Carry) |
M15, Manchester |
Bulk rice, gari, meat and fish, popular for catering-scale purchases |
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Manchester |
African Grocers Ltd |
Greater Manchester |
Retail and wholesale |
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Manchester |
Global Afro Caribbean Supermarket |
128 Moston Lane, M9 4HU |
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Manchester |
Naakus Afro-Caribbean Shop |
272 Moston Lane, M40 9WB |
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Liverpool (location 1) |
Minara Wholesale Market |
Liverpool |
One of the two main wholesale hubs local shoppers point to in Liverpool |
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Liverpool (location 2) |
Liverpool Meat and Fish Market |
Prescot Road, Old Swan, Liverpool |
The second major wholesale point, particularly for meat and fish |
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Liverpool |
Global Afro Caribbean Supermarket |
465 Stanley Road, Bootle, L20 5DN |
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Liverpool |
Paix Afro Caribbean Supermarkets |
86 Prescot Road, Fairfield, Liverpool L7 0JA |
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Liverpool |
African Caribbean Centre |
Liverpool 8 |
Established 1977, community hub as much as a shop, worth knowing for context |
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Bolton |
One Nation Afro Cash and Carry (two branches) |
Thomas Street and St George's Road, Bolton |
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Wigan |
Naakus Afro-Caribbean Shop |
Ormskirk Road, Newtown, Wigan WN5 0XD |
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Yorkshire
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City |
Name |
Address |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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Leeds |
Chapeltown cluster |
Chapeltown, Leeds |
The cultural and trading heart of African and Caribbean Leeds, home to the Leeds Caribbean & African Centre |
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Leeds |
CC Continental Supermarket |
Leeds |
Leeds' largest multicultural supermarket, African, Caribbean and South Asian lines together |
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Leeds |
AJ's Afro Caribbean Foods and Veg |
Kirkgate Market, Leeds |
Over 15 years trading from the same stall |
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Sheffield |
Zakwetu Food Store |
Gleadless, Sheffield |
Afro-Caribbean and Asian food together |
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Bradford |
Global Afro Caribbean Supermarket |
Westend Street, BD1 2HA |
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Bradford |
Naakus Afro-Caribbean Shop |
Westend Street, BD1 2HA |
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Castleford |
Naakus Afro-Caribbean Shop |
Carlton Street, Castleford WF10 1AX |
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South East & East of England
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City |
Name |
Address |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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Luton |
Global Afro Caribbean Supermarket |
63 High Town Road, LU2 0BW |
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Luton |
Zambezi Foods |
Camford Way, Luton |
Cash and carry, dry goods, Southern African focus |
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Milton Keynes (location 1) |
Bismi Cash & Carry |
Milton Keynes |
Local favourite so shoppers don't have to travel to Luton or London |
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Milton Keynes (location 2) |
The African Cash & Carry |
MK9, Milton Keynes |
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Milton Keynes |
One Nation Afro Cash and Carry (two more branches) |
Wolverton and Netherfield, Milton Keynes |
Milton Keynes has at least four wholesale points once all branches are counted |
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Bedford |
Global Afro Caribbean Supermarket |
139 Midland Road, MK40 1DN |
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Reading |
Global Afro Caribbean Supermarket |
Cox Hollow, RG30 2LA |
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Southampton |
Naakus Afro-Caribbean Shop |
94 to 95 St Mary Street, SO14 1PB |
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Southampton |
Afro Caribbean Food Store |
Southampton |
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Colchester |
Yawee Foods |
Colchester |
Wholesale and market retail, nationwide online delivery |
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Harlow |
One Nation Afro Cash and Carry |
Adams House, Harlow CM20 1BD |
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Gloucester |
One Nation Afro Cash and Carry |
Barton Street, Gloucester GL1 4HT |
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North East England
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City |
Name |
Address |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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Newcastle upon Tyne |
Naakus Afro-Caribbean Shop |
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1DN |
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Newcastle upon Tyne |
One Nation Afro Cash and Carry |
Kirkwood Drive, Kenton, NE3 3BE |
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Wales
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City |
Name |
Address |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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Cardiff |
Havens Foods Cardiff |
Cardiff |
Also serves Newport, Port Talbot, Swansea, Bangor, Barry, Cardiff Bay, Pontypool and Pontypridd customers |
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Cardiff |
Masala Bazaar |
195 to 197 Richmond Road, Roath, Cardiff CF24 3BT |
Asian owned wholesale and cash and carry chain also carrying African and world food lines |
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Cardiff |
International food cluster |
12 to 14 Wyeverne Road, Cathays, CF24 4BH |
A large single shop stocking Arabic, Asian, African and Mediterranean foods together |
Scotland
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City |
Name |
Address |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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Glasgow |
Alfa Wholesale ("The Caterers' Cash and Carry") |
Glasgow |
One of the UK's biggest ethnic food wholesalers, African, Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Kurdish, Malaysian, Pakistani and Turkish stock under one roof |
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Glasgow |
Global Afro Caribbean Supermarket |
1079 Maryhill Road, G20 9AX |
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Glasgow |
Begsta Afro Foods Limited |
Glasgow |
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Glasgow |
The Asante's African Foods Supply Ltd |
381 to 383 Great Western Road, G4 9HY |
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Edinburgh |
Assorted African and Caribbean grocers |
Edinburgh |
Smaller in number than Glasgow, worth checking community listings for current shops |
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Stirling |
Scotfrica Foods & Grocery |
Stirling |
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Asian Wholesalers Stocking African and World Foods
A significant amount of African wholesale stock in the UK, particularly rice, spices, oils and dried goods, actually moves through Asian-run cash and carries and distributors that stock African lines alongside South Asian, Chinese and Middle Eastern ones. These are genuinely worth knowing about, especially outside the biggest cities.
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Name |
Location |
Notes |
|---|---|---|
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Wanis Cash & Carry |
London |
Explicitly stocks Caribbean, African and South Asian foods together, 7,000+ products |
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Alfa Wholesale |
Glasgow |
African, Arabic, Chinese, Indian, Kurdish, Malaysian, Pakistani and Turkish stock, known locally as "the caterers' cash and carry" |
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W&W Wholesale Ltd |
Manchester |
One of Manchester's largest specialist food companies, supplying both Asian and Afro-Caribbean lines |
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Masala Bazaar |
Cardiff |
Asian and European wholesale and cash and carry with a Roath branch |
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Bestway Wholesale |
Nationwide (depots across the UK) |
The UK's largest independent cash and carry, founded by Sir Anwar Pervez, over 25,000 products; not African-specific but a genuine bulk-buying option for general stock in most UK cities |
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JK Foods UK |
Nationwide delivery |
Pan-Asian wholesale distributor, rice, noodles, sauces and spices at scale |
A Practical Note Before You Go
A handful of things are worth knowing before you turn up expecting wholesale prices everywhere on this list. Genuine cash and carry operations, the ones marked as trade or wholesale specifically, often expect you to be buying in bulk or, in some cases, to hold a trade account, particularly for the larger operations like Wanis, Alfa Wholesale and Bestway. The smaller, community grocery-style "cash and carry" shops that dot most UK cities are generally happy to sell bulk quantities (a full bag of rice, a carton of tinned tomatoes) to ordinary shoppers without any account needed, which covers the majority of entries on this list. If in doubt, a phone call before you travel across town saves a wasted trip.
Help Us Keep This List Growing
This directory reflects extensive research as of September 2026, but a list like this is only ever as good as its last update. If you know a wholesale market, cash and carry, or bulk supplier in your city that isn't listed here, or if something on this list has closed or moved, get in touch and we'll add it. This is meant to be a living resource for the whole community, not a one-time snapshot. contact us by sending an email to: contact@naijaukhub.com
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