Worshipful Company of Grocers

Grocers' Company
  • Grocers' shield:
  • Argent a Chevron Gules between nine Cloves six in chief and three in base Proper.
MottoGod Grant Grace
LocationGrocers' Hall, Princes Street, London EC2
Date of formation1345 (1345)
Company associationSpice merchants
Order of precedence2nd
Master of companyEdward Campbell-Johnston
Websitewww.grocershall.co.uk

The Worshipful Company of Grocers is one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London. Established in 1345 for wholesalers who dealt in "grosses", it is one of the Great Twelve City Livery Companies, ranking second in the order of precedence after the Mercers. The Company's motto is "God Grant Grace".

The Grocers' Company continues as a charitable, constitutional and ceremonial institution which plays a significant role in the election of and supporting the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of the City of London.

The Company provides banqueting and conference facilities at Grocers' Hall situated in Prince's Street, next to the Bank of England.

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