Brakes meets latest environmental standard
Brakes has reached the latest standard in the ISO 14001 environmental audit as specified by the British Assessment Bureau. The accreditation covers group sites operated as M&J Seafood, Wild Harvest, […]
Management changes at Palmer & Harvey retail business
Steve Wilkinson, former managing director of Palmer & Harvey subsidiary WS Retail (Central Stores), and Tony Start, who was commercial director, are to leave the business with effect from 10 […]
John Searle to leave Landmark after 22 years of service
Landmark’s trading director John Searle (pictured) is resigning from the business with effect from the end of the year. Searle has worked for Landmark for 22 years in two periods: […]
AG introduces celebration packs of Rubicon for Diwali
AG Barr is encouraging wholesalers and retailers to make the most of the Diwali opportunity by stocking up on special celebration packs of Rubicon. Rubicon’s Mango, Guava and Passion flavours […]
Boost Drinks launches £25,000 promotion on 500ml PETs
Boost Drinks will be launching an on-pack promotion on its 500ml PET price-marked bottles in September, promising over 1,000 winners a total prize fund of £25,000 in cash, Amazon vouchers […]
Feeling good about wholesale – Simon Ruddick of Vimto UK
Simon Ruddick (pictured), commercial controller for cash & carry at Vimto UK, explains why he believes it is an exciting time to work with the wholesale channel. What proportion of […]
Sue Knowles wins Costco ‘Inspiring Woman’ award
Sue Knowles (pictured), marketing & admin director of Costco UK, won the company’s ‘Inspiring Woman’ award at its annual conference in Seattle last month. The award was given to Knowles […]
AF Blakemore denies C&Cs are up for sale
AF Blakemore & Son has issued a statement denying national newspaper reports that it is to sell its wholesale division, which comprises 13 cash & carries. A spokesman for Bestway, […]
On film: how wholesaler JW Filshill operates
Glasgow-based wholesaler JW Filshill has launched a year-long video marketing campaign, ‘Leading The Way’, showing how the business operates. The three-minute films reveal how the company engages with staff, customers […]
Scott Snell becomes impulse sales director at Mondelez UK
Mondelez UK has named Scott Snell (pictured) as sales director for the impulse sector. Snell, with over 20 years’ experience in the food and drink industry, heads the impulse team, […]
Honorary doctorate for Bidfood’s Andy Kemp
Andy Kemp (pictured), Bidfood’s group sales & marketing director, has received an honorary doctorate from the University of West London for services to the hospitality industry. One of his major […]
Consumers asked to ‘choose or lose’ Walkers crisp flavours
In a new campaign called ‘Choose Me or Lose Me?’, PepsiCo is offering Walkers crisps customers the chance to keep their favourite flavours or risk losing them to new flavours […]
