# info.summary
UK trade supplier of commercial tableware, glassware and cutlery for hospitality.

# info.description
Bentons (B.G. Benton Ltd) is a UK trade supplier of commercial tableware to restaurants, hotels, pubs, cafés and caterers — crockery, glassware, cutlery, bar and buffet equipment from brands including Churchill China, Steelite, Dudson, Riedel, Arcoroc and Artis. Established in East Sussex in 1975 and supplying around 4,000 venues from roughly 12,000 stocked lines, it sells to both trade and public with next-day UK delivery on stock lines and free samples on most ranges.

Read-only and public: no API key, no OAuth, no writes, no webhooks. Prices are per box excluding VAT unless pack_quantity is 1 — divide price_ex_vat by pack_quantity for a per-item figure. Rate limited to 300 requests per minute per IP. To read the whole catalogue once, use the Merchant feed rather than paging the search endpoint.

# paths./catalogue.get.description
Self-describing index of this API, its rate limit and the bulk-read alternative.

# paths./catalogue/search.get.description
Free-text search over product titles, descriptions, SKUs, catalogue codes, categories and tags, optionally narrowed to one brand or category. With no query, returns the best sellers in the given filter.

# paths./catalogue/search.get.parameters[].description
Free-text search, e.g. "stackable espresso cup".

# paths./catalogue/search.get.parameters[].description
Brand slug or name, e.g. "churchill-china".

# paths./catalogue/products/{code}.get.summary
Look up one product by SKU or catalogue product code

# paths./catalogue/products/{code}.get.parameters[].description
WooCommerce SKU or Bentons catalogue product code.

# paths./catalogue/categories.get.summary
List catalogue sections and their sub-categories

# paths./catalogue/facts.get.summary
Delivery, returns, VAT, pack sizing and sampling terms

# paths./catalogue/facts.get.description
The store's standing commercial facts and the answers to the questions customers ask most. Use instead of scraping a policy page.

# components.schemas.Product.properties.product_code.description
Bentons catalogue code, distinct from the SKU and the code printed on invoices.

# components.schemas.Product.properties.price_ex_vat.description
Price for one pack_quantity, excluding VAT.

# components.schemas.Product.properties.price_inc_vat.description
The same quantity including UK VAT at the standard rate.

# components.schemas.Product.properties.unit_price_ex_vat.description
Per-piece price excluding VAT. Present only when pack_quantity is greater than 1.

# components.schemas.Product.properties.pack_quantity.description
Pieces per box. 1 means the line is sold singly.

# components.responses.RateLimited.description
Rate limit exceeded — 300 requests per minute per IP. Honour Retry-After.