Wholesale Industry News
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 […]
SPAR Scotland unveils new lorry livery design to competition winner
The winner of SPAR Scotland’s ‘design a lorry livery’ competition got to see her winning illustration come to life last week (25 May). Eight-year-old Alisha Razzaq (pictured) from Blantyre saw […]
Unitas in-person trading event to be held in the autumn
Unitas Wholesale will host its first face-to-face trading event since the start of the pandemic, on 29 September to 1 October 2021. The event will take place at The Convention […]
United Wholesale Grocers seeks depot manager for Springburn branch
United Wholesale Grocers is seeking an ‘experienced, driven and dynamic’ depot manager for its branch in Springburn, Glasgow. A company spokesperson said: “In line with our strategy and vision of […]
Ex-Bidfood director Paul Knight is new sales director of Thomas Ridley
Paul Knight, former managing director of Bidfood, has joined Thomas Ridley Foodservice as sales director. Knight (pictured) worked at Bidfood for 15 years as MD and director of catering supplies, […]
Scottish Wholesale Association confirms return of Achievers in 2022
Scottish Wholesale Achievers, the prestigious awards scheme that rewards outstanding performance across the wholesale trade in Scotland, is to return in 2022, the Scottish Wholesale Association has confirmed. Launched 20 […]
SPAR own-label wines and spirits win 44 awards
SPAR is celebrating 44 medal wins from five award bodies for products from its own-label wines and spirits range. At the annual International Wine Challenge (IWC), SPAR took home 29 […]
JJ Foodservice invests over £1 million in its delivery fleet
JJ Foodservice has invested more than £1 million in 20 state-of-the-art, 13.5-tonne Isuzu delivery vehicles to support its continued expansion plans. This news follows the launch of a driver […]
