What gets me out of bed in the morning?"I’m a person for a bit of a kick-off. I enjoy what I do and like nothing better than helping people and seeing their businesses move forward."

John Pinder

John is our managing director but not the boss – it’s our customers who are in charge. He believes in doing business the old-fashioned way, on trust and a handshake.

John’s been involved in the food business for as long as he can remember. His father was a wholesale grocer in Leeds and he was brought up the hard way, earning a living on the wagons delivering fruit and veg across the city.

After a stint on the road, John joined Cearns and Brown where he took on the catering supplier’s Leeds depot and transformed it from a £5000 a week operation to a £35 million a year business with a cracking sales team. After the business was sold to Brakes, John worked for them for a while before deciding it was time to start a business of his own. He wanted to put his vast expertise in buying catering products to good use by helping others buy better for their hospitality business. When he met Howard, together they formed Lynx Purchasing and now they’re going great guns getting operators of all shapes and sizes into better shape.

What gets me out of bed in the morning: “I’m a person for a bit of a kick-off. I enjoy what I do and like nothing better than helping people and seeing their businesses move forward.”

Drop me a line at john@lynxpurchasing.co.uk or call 07714 338807