Wholesale Industry News
IRN-BRU takes over Bestway depot for England v Scotland match
IRN-BRU is taking over Bestway’s Abbey Road depot in advance of Friday’s football match between Scotland and England at Wembley Stadium. To celebrate the fact that there will be lots […]
Lomond begins moving sales team over to electric cars
Lomond – The Wholesale Food Co has added six electric vehicles to its company car fleet. Director Barbara Henderson said: “We’re delighted to add electric vehicles to our fleet as […]
Castell Howell redeploys staff to its transport department
Faced with a shortage of qualified delivery drivers, Castell Howell has temporarily redeployed HGV-qualified staff working in other roles to its transport department. Among them are area sales managers. This […]
Verbal abuse of wholesalers’ frontline staff leads to #BeKindToWholesale campaign
Verbal abuse of wholesale staff, including delivery drivers, telesales executives and credit controllers, has led to the launch of a #BeKindToWholesale campaign by the Scottish Wholesale Association. Chief executive Colin […]
Parfetts appoints Steve Moore as head of retail
Parfetts has appointed Steve Moore as head of retail. Moore (pictured) previously spent 16 years at Costcutter, most recently as regional business director responsible for sales and recruitment. Before that […]
Sugro promotes Tabitha Hunter-Smale to head of business development
Sugro UK has promoted Tabitha Hunter-Smale (pictured) from business development manager to head of business development. “I am delighted to have received this recognition, and I will use my new […]
Police response to wholesale crime is “not good enough” – Priti Patel
Home Secretary Priti Patel has said that the police must do more to protect shop owners and their stock from criminals who target them on cash & carry premises. Patel […]
Unitas offers advice on summer drinks and sports energy drinks
Unitas Wholesale has introduced two new ‘Focus On’ category guides: one on summer drinks and the other on sports energy drinks. Unitas has partnered with Accolade Wines and Heineken for […]
SPAR Scotland prepares for the Euros with football-themed activities
SPAR Scotland is launching TV advertising, marketing, digital and in-store activities on 11 June to support the Scottish men’s football team in the lead up to the UEFA European Football […]
Brakes launches a virtual Summer Food Festival
Brakes has launched a virtual Summer Food Festival to help caterers from every sector make the most of the summer and plan for the rest of the year with confidence. […]
JJ Foodservice achieves highest monthly sales in its history
JJ Foodservice has achieved record monthly sales of £21.3 million. The achievement represents a 13% rise in sales in May 2021 compared with May 2019 when the figure was £18.9 […]
Parfetts appoints Guy Swindell and Noel Robinson as joint MDs designate
Parfetts has appointed Guy Swindell and Noel Robinson as joint managing directors (designate) from 1 June, with a plan for them to take up their full roles on 1 January […]
