Bulk Buying
Buy your favourite wholefoods in bulk, for less.
Essential Trading are a fantastic, Bristol-based workers co-operative that supply independent businesses across the UK with organic and fairly traded wholefoods. We buy a lot of the wholefoods in the Tamar Valley Food Hubs shop from the co-operative, and you can also buy from them in bulk through the shop too.
Essential Trading update their catalogue every two months, so keep an eye out for new additions to the range and their latest promotions too.
How to buy in bulk
With bulk buying, you can shop the entire Essential Trading catalogue of over 4,000 items to buy in bulk and at a cheaper price, and have them delivered with your weekly shop. Our bulk order book opens every other week.
Select the bulk ordering option from the
dropdown box when you visit the shop.
Because the catalogue is
so extensive, we
recommend making good use of the search bar at the top of the shop!
If there are products you know you plan to buy
regularly, make a note of their product code so
you can simply search for this in future.
When to order
July 2026 deliveries
For delivery on Friday 3rd July
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 19th June and
9.30am Wednesday 24th June
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 26th June and
9.30am Wednesday 1st July
For delivery on Friday 17th July
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 3rd July and
9.30am Wednesday 8th July
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 10th July and
9.30am Wednesday 15th July
For delivery on Friday 31st July
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 17th July and
9.30am Wednesday 22nd July
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 24th July and
9.30am Wednesday 29th July
August 2026 deliveries
For delivery on Friday 14th August
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 31st July and
9.30am Wednesday 5th August
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 7th August and
9.30am Wednesday 12th August
For delivery on Friday 28th August
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 14th August and
9.30am Wednesday 19th August
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 21st August and
9.30am Wednesday 26th August
September 2026 deliveries
For delivery on Friday 11th September
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 28th August and
9.30am Wednesday 2nd September
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 4th September and
9.30am Wednesday 9th September
For delivery on Friday 25th September
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 11th September and
9.30am Wednesday 16th September
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 18th September and
9.30am Wednesday 23rd September
October 2026 deliveries
For delivery on Friday 9th October
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 25th September and
9.30am Wednesday 30th September
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 2nd October and
9.30am Wednesday 7th October
For delivery on Friday 23rd October
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 9th October and
9.30am Wednesday 14th October
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 16th October and
9.30am Wednesday 21st October
November 2026 deliveries
For delivery on Friday 6th November
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 23rd October and
9.30am Wednesday 28th October
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 30th October and
9.30am Wednesday 4th November
For delivery on Friday 20th November
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 6th November and
9.30am Wednesday 11th November
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 13th November and
9.30am Wednesday 18th November
December 2026 deliveries
For delivery on Friday 4th December
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 20th November and
9.30am Wednesday 25th November
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 27th November and
9.30am Wednesday 2nd December
For delivery on Friday 18th December
Order bulk between:
6pm Friday 4th December and
9.30am Wednesday 9th December
Add a Food Hubs order between:
6pm Friday 11th December and
9.30am Wednesday 16th December
Some of our favourites
Essential Trading Organic Chopped Tinned Tomatoes
12 x 400g | Code: V541P
Nairns Gluten Free Salted Caramel Oat Biscuits
6 x 200g | Code: B453P
Minor Figures Organic Barista Oat M*lk
6 x 1 ltr | Code: B511P
Café Direct Smooth Roast & Ground Coffee
6 x 227g | Code: B382P
Essential Trading Organic White Basmati Rice
1 x 5kg | Code: R077B
Nakd Blueberry Muffin Snack Bars
18 x 35g | Code: M044P