2016
Two products and a council garage
Karol starts Mr Lemonade from a council garage in Mile End with two products, selling to cafés and shops that — like us — were just starting out and wanted something their customers hadn't seen.
About Us
London · Trade only · Since 2016
The drinks wholesaler built for independents.
We started in a council garage with two products. Today we run a 30,000 sq ft depot in Barking — one we rebuilt with our own hands — stock 120+ craft and alternative drink brands, and deliver them in our own vans.
30,000sq ft depot in Barking
120+brands on the shelf
1,000+trade customers
20+vans in our own fleet
40+people on the team
11pmcut-off, delivered next day
Why we exist
Your customers want something different. We find it.
Every independent café, deli and bar starts with the same courage: the belief that you can do it better, and do it your own way.
We know that feeling, because that's how we started. We believed independents deserve more than the same few drinks every big wholesaler sells. So we went looking for the ones your customers haven't tried yet.
Ten years on, we're still family-run, and we still exist for one reason: to help you stand out. When your customers ask “what's that?”, we've done our job.
“We go the extra mile to source the best products and fill every niche.”
Karol Chamera, Co-founder
Our story
From a council garage to a 30,000 sq ft depot.
2017
Outgrowing the garage — into shipping containers
The range grows from small local producers to brands already flying. The garage can't cope, so shipping containers become the warehouse.
2018
All in — and our first two vans
Karol and Thaiz quit their jobs to run Mr Lemonade full time. Two branded vans hit the road, and we take the leap into our first proper warehouse at Greenshield Industrial Estate, Silvertown. Early starts become normal.
2020
A second warehouse — then Covid
We take a second warehouse just as the pandemic hits. Instead of shrinking, we rebuild the range around what our customers need to get through it.
2021
Packaging joins the range — and we move to Buzzard Creek
We launch packaging at fair prices for venues hit by the pandemic, and move into Unit 18, Buzzard Creek, Barking.
2022
Our best year yet
“Considering everything we've all been through, this is the best year so far. We're always looking for that thing that will make your business unique.”
Karol
2023
More room, next door
We take Unit 17 at Buzzard Creek, right next door, to give the range room to grow.
2025
More vans, more people — and out of room
We grow the fleet, invest in the team and start delivering farm milk from The Widcombe Estate to London's coffee shops. But we've run out of space: the team spends hours moving the same stock from one place to another just to make room. The hunt for a new home begins.
2026
Unit 4, Maybells
2026 · Unit 4, Maybells
We nearly left Barking. Instead, we built our own home here.
Early in 2026 we lost one of our biggest customers. We could have stayed put and played it safe. We decided to give ourselves room to grow.
Karol had a lease ready to sign in South East London. Then, at the last minute, a unit came up in Barking, close to where we already were — in such a bad state that most people would have walked away.
Karol and his dad spent more than three months getting it ready. Apart from the walls and the roof, everything you see at Unit 4 Maybells, we built.
So here we are: a new home, room to grow, UK-wide delivery within 36 hours — and new challenges.
“If you ever come and see us at Unit 4 Maybells, you'll see what we built.”
Karol Chamera, Co-founder
How we work
Six reasons venues switch to us — and stay.
1
Our own vans
Over 20 vehicles, our own drivers, across London. Not a courier who's never met you.
2
Order by 11pm, delivered tomorrow
Next-day delivery anywhere inside the M25.
3
UK-wide in 36 hours
Outside London? We deliver nationally within 36 hours.
4
We'll find it
Can't see it on the shop? Call us. Tracking down the product that makes you different is what we do.
5
One order, the whole counter
Drinks, milk, snacks, packaging and cleaning — one delivery, one supplier.
6
Real people to talk to
Phone, WhatsApp or email — a team in Barking that knows your venue.
Brands we champion
From small producers to names already winning.
The team
40+ people behind every delivery.
Buying
Finding the next brand before your customers ask for it.
Warehouse
Picking and packing every order after the 11pm cut-off.
Drivers
The faces you see at your door, across London.
Accounts & sales
Setting you up, answering the phone, sorting problems fast.
Ready to stock something different?
Open a free trade account to see prices. Order by 11pm, and it's with you tomorrow.
