Ms Tara Buckley:

We represent many people who have joined buying groups, which means they have shops affiliated to Musgraves, BWG Foods or Stonehouse. A small number of members are standalone independents, many of which have made arrangements with various independent cash and carry companies or may have opted for a United Kingdom based cash and carry company. We provide offers to our members by trying to negotiate good deals for them. However, we do not get involved in the buying of goods in their shops as that is not our role. We are their representative association rather than an association for making purchases.