Gilmours Wellington is the Petone branch of Gilmours, the 100% New Zealand owned and operated foodservice wholesaler serving thousands of businesses and organisations across the North Island. The branch is owned and run by Owner Operator Matt Humphrey, whose team focuses on delivering product solutions and value that help local food businesses grow.
The store works as a one-stop foodservice shop, carrying grocery, chilled and frozen lines, butchery, fresh produce, seafood, beverages, confectionery, cleaning and consumables, general merchandise and liquor sold under the branch's own licence. Customers can shop the floor in person, order by phone, or use Gilmours Online around the clock, with standing orders and saved lists for fast re-ordering, plus delivery across the Wellington region.
Membership is free with no annual fee, and purchases earn Airpoints™. Behind the counter, the branch operates under an MPI Food Control Plan and QAS audit certification, and publishes its delivery schedules — including public holiday weeks — so customers always know when stock is coming.
On Bouverie Street in Petone, Gilmours Wellington is where the capital region's food businesses go to stock up. It is the local branch of Gilmours — a wholesale foodservice brand that is 100% New Zealand owned and operated, and part of a network serving thousands of businesses and organisations across the North Island. On the ground, that local ownership has a face: Owner Operator Matt Humphrey and his team, whose stated aim is to deliver product solutions and value that help customers' businesses grow.
Gilmours describes itself as a one-stop foodservice shop, and the Wellington branch lives up to it. Alongside the store floor — one of the network's 8 Cash 'n Carry stores — the branch is one of Gilmours' 10 wholesale distribution points, supplying everything a working kitchen and its back office tend to need: grocery, chilled and frozen lines, butchery, fresh produce, seafood, beverages, confectionery, cleaning and consumables, general merchandise and liquor, sold under the branch's own licence.
Some categories carry extra weight. Butchery got a significant boost in late 2025, when Foodstuffs North Island — the owner of the Gilmours brand — acquired JR Wholesale Meats to strengthen the network's butchery capability. Fresh produce is supported by Gilmours' produce partnership with Fresh Connection. For the rest of the trolley, the grocery, chilled and frozen ranges cover the everyday backbone of a food business's order, while confectionery, beverages and general merchandise fill in the shelves, the fridge and the front counter.
There are three ways to buy. The first is the most traditional: walk the aisles during store hours, 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 9am to 5pm on weekends. The second is by phone, through the Customer Service Centre on 0800 270 414, which keeps longer hours than the shop floor — 7am to 11pm on weekdays, with weekend windows on Saturday and Sunday. The third is Gilmours Online, open 24/7, where account holders can set up standing orders and saved lists so a weekly order becomes a fast re-order rather than a fresh hunt. Delivery runs across the Wellington region, guided by the branch's published delivery schedule.
Public holidays change the rhythm. The branch posts special delivery schedules for holiday weeks — Matariki among them — and points customers to those documents for public holiday store hours too.
The owner-operator model is how Gilmours likes to work — "locals supporting locals", as the company puts it. The Wellington branch has even been a nursery for the wider network: Ollie Newton, now Owner Operator of Gilmours Hawke's Bay, began his Gilmours career as Commercial Manager at the Wellington store under Matt Humphrey. Nationally, the brand is owned by Foodstuffs North Island, with sister company Trents Wholesale covering the South Island.
Membership is free, with no annual fee, and purchases earn Airpoints™ — a small but genuine perk for businesses already spending on food every week. The team's standards have been recognised off the floor too: Gilmours took out Retailworld's Retail Employer of the Year award three years running.
Food safety is documented in public: the branch operates under an MPI Food Control Plan and holds a QAS audit certificate, alongside its liquor licence and service delivery terms of trade. Tobacco left the range entirely on 1 January 2023 as part of the company's commitment to a smoke-free New Zealand. And the branch's work connects to the community table as well — Gilmours is a partner in the School Lunch Collective, helping supply nourishing meals to New Zealand schools.
Whether you are running a two-person café or catering for a conference in the city, the routine is the same: sign up for a free account, build your list online or load the trolley in Petone, and let the delivery schedule do the rest. Gilmours Wellington's blend of a walk-in wholesale floor, phone and online ordering, and region-wide delivery makes it a genuinely practical back-of-house partner for the capital's food scene.