Wholesale Industry News
SWA helps wholesalers to connect with more local producers
The Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA) has embarked on a project to help its members and the wider wholesale sector engage with more local producers and help them access new markets. […]
Country Range Group offers advice to care sector caterers
Country Range Group has launched the next in its series of menu solutions guides, with the latest brochure focusing on the challenging work of care sector caterers. The publication is […]
Bestway appoints ex Booker director Andrew Peek as head of trading
Bestway Wholesale has appointed former Booker Retail Partners trading director Andrew Peek (pictured) as head of trading. Peek, who will report to trading director Kenton Burchell, has spent the last […]
JJ Foodservice launches an improved ordering app
JJ Foodservice has launched a new faster and easier-to-use ordering app following record orders on its app and website in 2020. At the height of the pandemic, 85% of orders […]
Bestway donates over 80 tonnes of flour to London charity
As part of its ongoing commitment to community outreach, Bestway Wholesale has donated over 80 tonnes of flour to The Felix Project this year. The Felix Project is based in […]
Castell Howell celebrates top BRC Global Standard accreditation
Castell Howell, the Carmarthenshire-based wholesaler, is celebrating after being awarded the highest level AA grade BRC Global Standard accreditation. Developed to identify best practice, the BRC Global Standard for Storage […]
JJ Foodservice has nearly 40 vacancies
JJ Foodservice has nearly 40 vacancies that it is keen to fill. The roles are in a wide range of business areas, including sales, driving, warehouse, logistics & distribution, purchasing, […]
‘Essential that wholesalers lead the way in communicating trends’ – TWC
Three factors will drive permanent change across wholesale, according to the TWC Trends Spring 2021 report. These are the increasingly hyper connected world; the increasingly polarised economy; and Millenials and […]
Parfetts to run a virtual trade show in May
Parfetts is running a virtual trade show on 13-22 May, with live sessions on the first two days. The show, which is free to join and open to all current […]
John Mills returns to Hyperama as non-executive chairman
John Mills, former managing director of Landmark Wholesale and deputy managing director of Unitas, is to return to Hyperama as non-executive chairman – a post he previously held for three-and-a-half […]
Lomond repeats ‘Welcome Back, Give Back’ promotion
Lomond – The Wholesale Food Co is repeating its ‘Welcome Back, Give Back’ campaign following its success last year. The Glasgow-based company is slashing the prices on many of its […]
Wholesalers want more supplier support, finds Zest Food Partners
Relationships between foodservice wholesalers and suppliers were put under the spotlight in a survey conducted last month by Zest Food Partners. Worryingly, among the 60 respondents, only 12.5% of the […]
