Wholesale Industry News
Ex-Bestway Salih Sheikh and TWC advise on digital strategy
TWC has joined forces with Salih Sheikh (pictured), former head of marketing & digital at Bestway, to launch a new online series of conversations covering digital leadership and strategy. The […]
GroceryAid establishes a £1.5 million COVID-19 Fund
GroceryAid has established a £1.5 million COVID-19 Fund to provide enhanced support for grocery colleagues during this unprecedented period. “In the current COVID-19 crisis we know that colleagues throughout our […]
SPAR UK appoints new brand & marketing director
SPAR UK has appointed Suzanne Dover as brand & marketing director following the departure of Michael Lawless. Dover (pictured) joins the organisation from Hovis, where she was involved in brand […]
Bestway accepts new customers and awards bonus to customer-facing staff
Bestway Wholesale is again accepting new customer registrations for caterers and pet businesses but not for retailers. After experiencing shortages of stock, Bestway is working with suppliers to ensure supply […]
Heinz responds to criticism from wholesalers about its supply priorities
Heinz has responded to criticism from wholesalers that it has been prioritising supply to the supermarkets at the expense of wholesalers during the COVID-19 crisis. Ross Warnes, sales director UK […]
SWA urges wholesalers to apply for Scottish Government SME funding
The Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA) has welcomed confirmation by the Scottish Government that a £45 million Pivotal Enterprise Resilience Fund is being made available to food and drink wholesalers and […]
Surplus soft drinks and other products offered by MJ Baker
MJ Baker Foodservice, of Newton Abbot, Devon, is still actively looking for buyers for excess stock it wishes to shift. “This is across ambient, frozen and chilled, and I have […]
Bestway Wholesale accounts show full extent of ‘underperformance’
The Bestway Wholesale accounts for the year ending June 2019 have been published and reveal the full extent of the ‘underperformance’ described by group chief executive Lord Zameer Choudrey. The […]
Tata donates to GroceryAid as demand grows for the charity’s services
Tata Consumer Products has donated £150,000 to GroceryAid, at a time when calls on the charity’s services are growing significantly as the wider impacts of social distancing, reduced economic circumstances […]
Booker catering business down 60% but sales to retailers up 30%
Booker’s sales to retailers during the Covid-19 crisis are growing at around 30%, while the catering business is nearly 60% down, according to Dave Lewis, chief executive of parent company […]
Blakemore supplies ‘help from hospital’ bags
AF Blakemore has partnered with the Royal Voluntary Service on a number of initiatives to help vulnerable people and NHS workers during the Coronavirus crisis. The company has secured a […]
Unitas wholesalers deliver thousands of Easter eggs to essential workers
Members of Unitas Wholesale teamed up with Mondelez to donate and distribute more than 78,000 Easter eggs to foodbanks, care homes, hospitals, frontline NHS staff and emergency workers across the […]
