Wholesale Industry News
Confex offers members fuel discounts through Fleetmaxx Solutions
Confex has announced a partnership with fuel card providers Fleetmaxx Solutions to offer members discounts on diesel and preferential rates on bulk fuel and AdBlue. Tom Chambers, business development manager […]
Unitas appoints Tracey Redfearn as Plan for Profit category controller
Unitas Wholesale has announced the appointment of Tracey Redfearn as Plan for Profit category controller. Redfearn previously worked for Today’s Wholesale Services from 1990 to 2014, latterly as wholesale trading […]
Foodservice Central job board goes live on 1 September
Foodservice Central, a job board supporting the foodservice, wholesale and manufacturing sector, is being launched on 1 September. Co-founders Paul Knight and Phil Hutchinson-May, who between them over 50 years […]
SPAR Scotland supports Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight
SPAR Scotland is supporting Scottish Food and Drink Fortnight from 5-20 September. All SPAR stores in Scotland will be taking part in the event, which celebrates local food and drink […]
Hancocks permanently closes its Dundee branch
Hancocks has permanently closed its Dundee branch. This follows the closure of four of the company’s other depots – in Coventry, Stoke, Croydon and Reading – in May. Hancocks commented: […]
Andy Cresswell resigns from Bestway
Andy Cresswell (pictured), chief retail officer of Bestway, has resigned and will leave the company at the end of January 2021 after two years with the business. Paul Adams will […]
600,000 cigarettes seized from van in Scotland
A van driver has been arrested after an estimated 600,000 illicit cigarettes were seized by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The vehicle was stopped by Police Scotland officers while driving […]
Nisa to host virtual expo in October
Nisa is to host a virtual expo in October that is set to include all the features of the usual Stoneleigh exhibition together with some additional interactivity only available through […]
SPAR Scotland invites customers to design a lorry livery
SPAR Scotland has launched a lorry design competition for consumers. Running until 14 September on the SPAR Scotland Facebook page, the competition will result in one customer seeing their design […]
Caterforce appoints Joanna Halucha as group buying manager
Caterforce has appointed former Country Range Group category buyer Joanna Halucha as its new group buying manager. Halucha (pictured), who replaces Kelly Orme, has worked in the foodservice industry for […]
Zest Food Partners launched to support brand owners in foodservice
Zest Food Partners has been launched to support brand owners and deliver growth in the foodservice market. Nick Redford, former managing director of Caterforce and founding partner of Arete Procurement […]
Two more wholesalers join Confex
Confex has two new members – foodservice wholesaler Brook Street Foodservice and grocery-focused wholesaler Mayfair Export. Confex is continuing a targeted recruitment campaign to ensure a full geographical spread of […]
