Another takeover by Kitwave – Alpine Fine Foods
North Tyneside-based Kitwave has acquired foodservice operator Alpine Fine Foods, which covers Humberside and Yorkshire. The purchase comes shortly after the expanding company bought Central Supplies, of Halesowen, West Midlands, […]
Martin Race returns to wholesale as Parfetts’ trust chairman
Bestway Wholesale former managing director Martin Race (pictured) has been named as chairman of Parfetts’ trust board, replacing Graham Nuttall OBE. The employee-owned business’s board also includes joint MDs Greg […]
John Mills to leave Unitas at end of year
Unitas Wholesale deputy managing director John Mills (pictured) is leaving at the end of the year – one year after the Doncaster-based group was created from the merger of Today’s […]
Fairway Foodservice events top £2 million
Sales at Fairway Foodservice’s latest ‘Meet the Member’ event in Tamworth, Staffs, reached £917,000, bringing the total for the two such occasions this year to £2.1 million. That amount exceeded […]
Diageo confirms less involvement with Unitas head office
Leading drinks supplier Diageo, whose brands include Smirnoff, Baileys and Guinness, is to have less involvement with Unitas Wholesale’s head office, although its dealings with member wholesalers remain unchanged. The […]
Confex members to become shareholders
Confex, which has been run as a family-owned business since it was founded in 1972, is radically changing its corporate structure. From 1 January 2020, the 220 members will become […]
Bestway donates £100,000 to Save the Children
Bestway has presented a cheque for £100,000 to charity Save the Children. The money was raised through Bestway’s annual Ascot Charity Race Day, held in the summer and attended by […]
Best-one website relaunched with added features
Bestway has launched a new website for best-one retailers, https://retailer.best-one.co.uk. It is designed to improve the ‘digital shop-front’ to shoppers and to make the retailer shopping experience even more convenient. […]
Jon Burton joins Confex as business development director
Jon Burton (pictured), formerly senior trading controller at Landmark and then Unitas Wholesale, is joining Confex on 11 November. His role will be business development director, heading up the soft […]
New IGD analysis shines light on evolving B2B customer journey
In his session at IGD Live, which takes place at London’s Tobacco Dock on 6-7 November, lead wholesaling analyst Patrick Mitchell-Fox will share detail on the IGD’s latest data segmentation of […]
United Wholesale Scotland unveils its ‘warehouse of the future’
United Wholesale Scotland has always prided itself on pushing the boundaries and now, with the relaunch of its Queenslie depot, it is claiming another industry first. Kirsti Sharratt reports. High-tech, […]
Caterforce extends own-label Chefs’ Selections range
Caterforce has added 20 new products to its own-label Chefs’ Selections range. These include a premium free-range egg mayonnaise, three varieties of cooked bacon, cultured dairy products, breaded mushrooms, halloumi […]
