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Growing Together

We are United Farmers

Working on behalf of its retailing members across the UK to facilitate relationships with partner suppliers for a common goal – growth!

1971

Year Established

32

Members

144

Retail Stores

120+

Partner Suppliers

100%

Member Owned

 £145M

Throughput

About Us

What we do

Helping members keep their independence through the strength of collective purchasing collaboration, delivering the best products at the best value for our members’ customers. Providing attractive UK coverage through our members’ retail stores and helping local farming businesses through the supply of products.

About Us

Our story

Founded in 1971 as a not-for-profit co-operative, United Farmers was created to unite co-operatives and boost buying power for a competitive edge. Today, it has 32 member businesses with a combined turnover of £1.5 billion and 150 retail sites across the UK, Ireland, and the Falkland Islands—offering strong national coverage in rural retail.

About Us

Our vision

We exist to enhance our members’ competitive edge by leveraging collective purchasing power and shared expertise. Our vision is to be the primary link between our members and suppliers—delivering the best products, at the best value, while supporting member independence. Together, we offer suppliers access to substantial national retail opportunities through large-scale volume, while continuously adding value to our members’ businesses under the direction of our Board.

About Us

United Farmers Through the Years

Key milestones in our journey from a small co-operative to a national agricultural network

1971

Founded

Originally as United Scottish Farmers with 10 co-operatives in the membership and to this day four of the founding members remain.

1973/74

Membership widens

News of the success spreads and new members from the North of England and Northern Ireland joined.

1980

Unifarm

The first own-label products were launched under the Unifarm brand.

1982

Name change

Membership reaches 23 and the name changed to United Farmers, reflecting the depth of the organisation’s reach across the UK.

1997

Member commitment

Throughput hits the £12M mark.

2006

UF goes online

Creation of UF Interactive – not just a website but also a portal for member resource.

2008

Creation of MSBT’s

Throughput hits the £50M mark. Specialist teams from within the membership were created within purchasing sectors to bring a collective focus and provide UF with strategic direction.

2013

We buy our first home

The Coach House in Corstorphine, Edinburgh became the newly acquired home to the UF offices.

2016

A new brand launched

The evolution of the Country UF brand of own brand products building on the success of the Unifarm brand which had grown substantially in its 25 year history.

A milestone anniversary

2020

50th anniversary and throughput approaches £120M. This year also sees the launch of an online learning platform for its member’s staff.