Heinz responds to criticism from wholesalers about its supply priorities
Heinz has responded to criticism from wholesalers that it has been prioritising supply to the supermarkets at the expense of wholesalers during the COVID-19 crisis. Ross Warnes, sales director UK […]
SWA urges wholesalers to apply for Scottish Government SME funding
The Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA) has welcomed confirmation by the Scottish Government that a £45 million Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund is being made available to food and drink wholesalers and […]
Golden Wonder promotion with Deliveroo gets TV and VoD backing
Tayto is reinforcing its Golden Wonder on-pack promotion partnership with Deliveroo with a new TV and video on demand (VoD) campaign that runs until 14 June. The promotion has already […]
Great British Puds hanging bags launched by Swizzels
Swizzels has launched a new hanging bag product, Great British Puds. The new line includes four varieties of individually-wrapped chew bars in classic British dessert flavours: sticky toffee pudding, lemon […]
Surplus soft drinks and other products offered by MJ Baker
MJ Baker Foodservice, of Newton Abbot, Devon, is still actively looking for buyers for excess stock it wishes to shift. “This is across ambient, frozen and chilled, and I have […]
Bestway Wholesale accounts show full extent of ‘underperformance’
The Bestway Wholesale accounts for the year ending June 2019 have been published and reveal the full extent of the ‘underperformance’ described by group chief executive Lord Zameer Choudrey. The […]
Tata donates to GroceryAid as demand grows for the charity’s services
Tata Consumer Products has donated £150,000 to GroceryAid, at a time when calls on the charity’s services are growing significantly as the wider impacts of social distancing, reduced economic circumstances […]
Booker catering business down 60% but sales to retailers up 30%
Booker’s sales to retailers during the Covid-19 crisis are growing at around 30%, while the catering business is nearly 60% down, according to Dave Lewis, chief executive of parent company […]
Blakemore supplies ‘help from hospital’ bags
AF Blakemore has partnered with the Royal Voluntary Service on a number of initiatives to help vulnerable people and NHS workers during the Coronavirus crisis. The company has secured a […]
Unitas wholesalers deliver thousands of Easter eggs to essential workers
Members of Unitas Wholesale teamed up with Mondelez to donate and distribute more than 78,000 Easter eggs to foodbanks, care homes, hospitals, frontline NHS staff and emergency workers across the […]
Employers can apply for HMRC furlough payments on Monday 20 April
Monday 20 April is an important day for all employers who have furloughed their workers as the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) goes live at 8am with full digital support. […]
Brakes launches home delivery and call & collect for consumers
Members of the public can now take advantage of two new services from Brakes. The home delivery and call & collect services, called Food Shop, offer over 6,000 products including […]
