Nick Padley of Side Salads joined Jo Breare of CGMA to give the Board of G’s Group, the UK’s largest independent grower of salads and vegetables, a tour of the Market this morning.

The £700m G’s Group has an extremely close relationship with Side Salads that stretches back many years and supplies the Buyers’ Walk wholesaler products year-round from its UK growing operation, as well as its businesses in Spain and Senegal.

The G’s team had been in London to see Chairman John Shropshire OBE deliver a very well received City Food & Drink Lecture, at The Guildhall on Tuesday night. They took the opportunity to visit the Market and have a look not only at Side Salads units today, but also the latest phase of the redevelopment of the Market, which includes the brand-new units that Side Salads and P&I will occupy from early 2026.

While we can’t divulge precise commercial figures, of course, G’s is certainly the largest supplier of British-grown fresh produce into New Covent Garden Market and a firm believer in the value of wholesale markets and wholesalers to their business. Jo Breare said: “It’s always a pleasure to show growers how the Market is changing and how this will enhance the ability of the wholesalers and catering distributors to market their product for them. I’m sure the G’s Board left with a new level of understanding of what NCGM represents, the standard of the new facilities we are building, how close we are to completing them and what Side Salads can achieve for them here.

“We look forward to seeing an even greater volume of G’s branded produce being sold here in the years and decades to come.”