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Direct Sourcing Partnership

Grow Your Business With
Honest Long-Term Partnerships.

At Locky, we bypass long middleman distribution pathways to deal directly with our farmer friends. We offer fixed pricing contracts, lightning-fast payment terms, and zero hidden listing fees. Partner with us to supply local communities.

£14.2M+

Paid to Local Farms

Direct investment into local agricultural family-owned holdings with zero marketing deduction cuts.

14 Days

Fast-Settlement Pay

Lightning fast supplier payment release from audit authorization to lock in operational security.

£0

Listing & Shelf Fees

We secure shelf access for ethical suppliers with zero space-fines, entry fees, or penalty tags.

Product Categories & Criteria

What We Source & Sourcing Standards

We operate distinct criteria across categories to assure our 100% organic, trace-free, locked price customer commitments. Select a division below to review details:

Department Profile

Fresh Produce

Locally grown organic fruits, leafy green vegetables, regional herbs, and cold-soil root crops.

Actively Seeking Now:

Kentish StrawberriesOrganic Romaine LettuceFresh CorianderCotswold Carrots
Cooperative Framework

Sourcing Frequency

Daily harvest pickup or delivery

Pricing Guarantee

1 Year Fixed-Price Guarantee

Locky Mandatory Sourcing Standards

Meeting these criteria is fundamental to securing premium locked-shelf listings:

1

100% pesticide trace-free certifications required.

2

Must arrive at Locky Distribution Hub within 12-24 hours of harvest.

3

Strict wash, cooling, and sorting procedures at origin.

4

No chemical surface preservation waxes allowed.

Certified ethical sourcing guaranteed on shelf
Register Sourcing Entity

Supply Proposal Portal

Join 140+ sustainable British growers and artisan micro-businesses supplying Locky outlets with local family ingredients. Fill our verified supply proposal form to request audit setup.

Automated Supply Check-in

We utilize modern barcode booking cycles which instantly match delivery manifests, triggering immediate receipts.

Support For Sustainable Transition

Converting to organic or regenerative models? We offer advisory consulting sessions and temporary crop assistance options.

Long-Term Contract Security

Protect your operational plans from speculative retail fluctuations with our signed multi-year volume agreements.

Compliance and Privacy Check:

All registration data entered remains strictly confidential, used purely for evaluation cycles by Locky Procurement Committee. We do not sell or lease candidate details to aggregators.

Locky Supermarkets

Partner Application Form

Secured Entry
1. Sourcing Entity Details
2. Sourcing Target & Volume Specs
Grower Stories

Our Growers Say It Best

Meet the family farms harvesting organic freshness for Locky Supermarket shelves.

"Before partnering with Locky, we were subject to unpredictable auction changes that nearly bankrupted our berry fields. Locky drafted a 1-year signed price contract that gave us complete peace of mind to invest in chemical-free pest covers!"

Jane Edwards

Jane Edwards

Kent Orchard Strawberries Ltd

"Our family flour mill values heritage baking recipes. Locky backed us up by committing to steady weekly volume buys of our stoneground whole grain mix, fully on mutual credit terms. Fast 14-day invoicing is amazing!"

Benjamin Cotswold

Benjamin Cotswold

Cotswold Grains & Flour Mills

"We supply free-range poultry eggs. Lockys delivery dispatch team drops returnable plastic crates directly to our farm loading docks, so we spend exactly zero hours loading third-party freight bags. Highly efficient logistics planning!"

Arthur Devonshire

Arthur Devonshire

Devonshire Free-Range Poultry Dairy

Partner Frequently Asked Questions

Cooperative Sourcing Protocols

Absolutely not! Under our Brand Partner Rules, we ban slotting fees and shelf-space penalties. This zero-fee structure allows growers to invest margins purely in organic farm quality, securing healthy locked-price items for locky customers.

Within our target radius networks, we utilize standard returnable plastic crates (RPCs). Suppliers pack produce directly on-field, load them into Locky insulated transport crates, and we collect them using dispatch fleet cycles, delivering directly to nearest branches within a single calendar day.

We understand cash flow constraints on local family farms. Locky supports secure, rapid 14-day payment settlement cycles on all verified automated arrivals, compared to generic 60-day or 90-day retail grids.

We establish cooperative partnerships. Our pricing contracts feature flexible seasonal brackets, allowing pre-approved yield margins of ±20% to account for unpredictable local rain or frost schedules without applying penalty points.

While our core mission prioritizes local British growers within regional store networks, we do source specific off-season or Mediterranean goods (e.g. olive oil, specialized citrus fruits) provided they fulfill similar organic trace-free certifications.