Wholesale Industry News
Kitwave Group valued at £105 million in plan to float on AIM
Kitwave Group plans to join AIM, the junior market of the London Stock Exchange, on 24 May, in a move that will value the company at £105 million. Founded in […]
JJ Foodservice offers discounted mental health first aid training
JJ Foodservice is offering discounted mental health first aid training to restaurant managers. The company will host a Mental Health First Aid training session with Aiding Mental Health at 20% […]
Hancocks names Kelly Rodgers as its new Liverpool branch manager
Hancocks has appointed Kelly Rodgers as the new manager at its Liverpool store. Rodgers (pictured), who previously worked as restaurant general manager for KFC in Merseyside, said that her new […]
Bidfood encourages operators to incorporate health & wellness into menus
Tapping into the growing health & wellness trend was the focus of the latest instalment of Bidfood Kitchen, the wholesaler’s virtual customer development session. Accelerated by the pandemic, consumer’s attitudes […]
Thomas Ridley Foodservice seeks a new sales director
Thomas Ridley Foodservice is looking for a new sales director. “Having invested £8 million into the business in recent years we are now seeking a sales director to craft our […]
CJ’s food-to-go offering now available in 65 SPAR Scotland stores
SPAR Scotland wholesaler and retailer CJ Lang & Son has hit its target of installing its CJ’s food-to-go brand into 65 of its 108 company-owned stores by the end of […]
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 […]
