What are the contact details for buying teams at major UK retailers, food halls, and pub chains?

Members have shared specific buying contacts for several major retailers and venues. Here's what the community has on file:

**Retailers & Food Halls:** - **Diverse Fine Food** — Mark (mark@diversefinefood.co.uk) and Nicki (Nicki@diversefinefood.co.uk), both Directors - **Planet Organic** — Issy Turney (issy@planetorganic.com) for RTD/spirits - **Wholefoods** — Alice Fishman (Alice.Fishman@wholefoods.com) for RTD/spirits - **John Lewis Food Halls** — Uses the same buying structure as Waitrose for each category; GBExchange / Fells handle alcohol route to market to JLP - **Waitrose** — John Vine is the buyer; Lucille Kavanagh runs special event style launches and may be relevant for compelling stories - **Partridges** — Carlo is the drinks buyer (wines@partridges.co.uk or wine@partridges.co.uk); note that Partridges stock through HT Drinks and Enotria, and Carlo prefers in-person visits over email. He's often in store.

**Pub Chains:** - **Urban Pubs and Bars** — Adam Donnelly (adam.donnelly@urbanpubsandbars.com) for spirits range decisions

**Clearance/Closeout:** - **Heley International** — Nick L (NickL@heley-int.com) buys close-to-expiry or clearance stock

**Important caveat:** Members noted that some buyers (notably Partridges' Carlo) do not respond to email and require in-person contact; visiting in store is the recommended approach. SSP and WHSmith contact details were requested but not provided in the community discussion.