Our vision

Our vision is to be the best in class Own Brand Grocery supplier.

Endeavouring at all times to offer best value sourcing and delivery solutions for a broad range of innovative, sustainable, healthy and quality products from around the world.

We shall always act with integrity toward our suppliers and customers placing those strategic partners and our colleagues at the heart of everything we do.

Values

History

Awards

Our Values

Integrity

We are responsible and honest at all times

Respect

We have due regard for the feelings and rights of our staff, customers, shareholders and suppliers

Transparency

We are accountable, accessible and approachable in all activities of the business

Caring

We care about the well being of our people, environment, community and overall supply chain

Cooperative

We collaborate with each other as well as our customers and suppliers to achieve common targets and goals

Resourceful

We strive to bring the different skills and knowledge within the business make the difficult achievable

Company History

The LDH heritage dates back to the 1950s when the worldwide Gerber Group began importing canned goods into the UK. Since then we’ve grown to become one of the key suppliers to UK supermarkets.

These are some of our key milestones:

1997

A joint venture is established between Gerber Foods and La Doria SpA to market Italian Canned Foods in the UK

La Doria SpA and management team buy the import business of Gerber Foods to establish LDH (La Doria) Ltd

1998

1999

H J Heinz become an equity partner

LDH headquarters are moved from London to Alconbury, Cambridgeshire

2001

2006

H J Heinz transfer their shares to John West Foods

Pastificio Di Martino Gaetano & F.lli Spa become shareholders of the company

2008

2010

John West Foods are acquired by Thai Union Group

LDH led the initiative to transform the sustainable sourcing of canned tuna with the move to Fad Free

2014

Laying down each tin, packet or unit of product we sold in 2014, it would stretch 87,128km. That’s enough to wrap twice around the circumference of the world with product to spare!

LDH joins the Food Network for Ethical Trade (FNET) forum

2017

LDH wins The Grocery Gold Awards for Own Label Supplier of the Year in the Ambient Supplier Category

LDH first becomes BRC certified

2017

2018

LDH wins The Grocery Gold Awards for Own Label Supplier of the Year across all categories

LDH wins The Grocery Gold Awards for Own Label Supplier of the Year in the Ambient Supplier Category

2019

To strengthen our advocacy efforts in seafood and sustainability, LDH joins the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA), Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) and the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA)

We sold 314,546 tonnes of food, and enough canned tomatoes and pasta to make more than 349 million portions of Spaghetti Bolognese.

2019

2020

LDH opens its new, fully automated distribution centre and headquarters in Sproughton, Suffolk

In partnership with FareShare, LDH has helped one million meals be saved from waste and redistributed onto frontline charities across the UK

2021