All-clear given for the Co-op’s takeover of Nisa

All-clear given for the Co-op’s takeover of Nisa

Date: April 26, 2018Leave a comment

Almost six months after Nisa retailers voted for the Co-op to take over the symbol/wholesale company, the £137.5 million deal has been approved by the Competition & Markets Authority. The […]

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Judging completed for CCM Chefs’ Own-Brand Awards

Judging completed for CCM Chefs’ Own-Brand Awards

Date: April 26, 2018Leave a comment

The judging for the CCM Chefs’ Own-Brand Awards has now been completed, and Cash & Carry Management, in association with the Craft Guild of Chefs, will announce the winners at […]

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Radnor Hills Plus Energy and Protein drinks introduced

Radnor Hills Plus Energy and Protein drinks introduced

Date: April 20, 2018Leave a comment

Radnor Hills has launched two enhanced water products, Radnor Plus Energy and Radnor Plus Protein. Radnor Plus Energy gives consumers “the same kick as a cup of coffee but with […]

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Kepak brings Rustlers breakfast offering to convenience

Kepak brings Rustlers breakfast offering to convenience

Date: April 20, 2018Leave a comment

Kepak Convenience Foods is launching a new product to target the increasingly popular breakfast occasion. The Rustlers All Day Breakfast Sausage Muffin has an rsp of £1.50 and is backed […]

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Grace Foods moves to spice up your sales

Grace Foods moves to spice up your sales

Date: April 20, 2018Leave a comment

Robert Walker (pictured), commercial manager at Grace Foods UK, encourages wholesalers to tap into rising consumer demand for Caribbean/world cuisine. What proportion of your business goes through the cash & […]

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Online training initiative for Today’s Group members

Online training initiative for Today’s Group members

Date: April 18, 2018Leave a comment

Today’s Group is joining forces with Bolt Learning to offer an “innovative online training solution” to its independent wholesale members. The initiative will provide the group’s 143 affiliates with access […]

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Fairway Foodservice increases turnover to £715 million

Fairway Foodservice increases turnover to £715 million

Date: April 18, 2018Leave a comment

Fairway Foodservice, which joined Landmark Wholesale early this year, took its 2017 turnover to £715 million – up from £650.5 million in the previous 12 months. The latest figure includes […]

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Bestway and C&C Group share Conviviality

Bestway and C&C Group share Conviviality

Date: April 10, 2018Leave a comment

In a rapid twin deal, both sides of the stricken Conviviality drinks business have been sold – the wholesale operation to C&C Group in Dublin and the retail chains to […]

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JW Filshill helps customers prepare for minimum unit pricing

JW Filshill helps customers prepare for minimum unit pricing

Date: April 5, 2018Leave a comment

Glasgow-based  wholesaler JW Filshill has put a minimum unit pricing (MUP) action plan in place ahead of the new legislation being introduced on 1 May. The company, which supplies over […]

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Philanthropic award for Bestway’s Zameer Choudrey

Philanthropic award for Bestway’s Zameer Choudrey

Date: April 5, 2018Leave a comment

  Bestway Group chief executive Zameer Choudrey CBE (pictured above left) was presented with the Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence), by the President of Pakistan, Mamnoon Hussain. The award was in […]

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Blakemore confirms decision to sell cash & carry division

Blakemore confirms decision to sell cash & carry division

Date: April 3, 2018Leave a comment

AF Blakemore & Son has decided to sell its wholesale division, consisting of 12 cash & carry depots, as a going concern. The announcement follows a denial issued to Cash […]

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Matthew Clark and Bibendum owner Conviviality faces bankruptcy

Matthew Clark and Bibendum owner Conviviality faces bankruptcy

Date: March 29, 2018Leave a comment

Matthew Clark and Bibendum owner Conviviality is facing bankruptcy, according to the latest news reports. In a statement to the stock market, Conviviality said investors had refused its request for […]

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