Wholesale Industry News
Change of name for Bestway Batleys Foodservice
Bestway Batleys Foodservice – part of Bestway Wholesale – has been relaunched as BB foodservice. Bestway Wholesale managing director Martin Race said: “For years, wholesalers have been too preoccupied with […]
Landmark changes: a new era – exclusive with John Mills
In his first interview since being appointed as managing director of Landmark Wholesale, John Mills (pictued) talks to Cash & Carry Management’s managing editor Kirsti Sharratt about serving the group’s […]
Nisa board recommends £137.5m Co-op offer to members
The board of Nisa Retail has unanimously recommended to its shareholders an offer of up to £137.5 million from The Co-op Group. The Co-op Group’s offer to buy 100% of […]
Nisa Retail appoints Arnu Misra as interim CEO
Nisa Retail has appointed Arnu Misra as interim CEO. An independent non-executive director at Nisa since November 2016, Misra takes over from Nick Read, who recently announced his departure from […]
Seven leading wholesalers object to Booker-Tesco merger
Seven of the UK’s leading wholesalers have written a joint letter to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) urging it to block the Tesco-Booker merger. The managing directors of Bestway, […]
Brakes to develop extensive ‘free from’ range by 2019
Brakes is introducing a wide range of ‘free from’ products over the next 15 months in order to satisfy the burgeoning demands of the gluten-free, meat and dairy free, and […]
Nick Read steps down as CEO of Nisa Retail
Nick Read, chief executive officer of Nisa Retail, is leaving the company. As a result, the board of Nisa has engaged in a succession planning process. Read (pictured) joined Nisa […]
Blakemore Foodservice branch raises £6,000 for charity
Staff at Blakemore Foodservice’s James Bridge depot in Darlaston, Walsall, have raised more than £6,000 over the past year for two charities – the Midlands Air Ambulance and Chelsea’s HLH […]
JTI and Imperial pledge more funding to assist P&H takeover
Imperial Tobacco and JTI have pledged to provide financial support to Palmer & Harvey (P&H) in order to enable it to conclude a takeover by Carlyle, the buyout firm, reports […]
Darren Goldney appointed managing director of Today’s Group
Today’s Group has announced the appointment of Darren Goldney (pictured), formerly commercial director of Palmer and Harvey, as managing director with effect from 13 November. Before joining Palmer and Harvey […]
Quicker online ordering offered by JJ Food Service
JJ Food Service has launched a ‘one tap payment’ option for online orders placed using the company’s app. Chief operations officer Mushtaque Ahmed said: “Convenience and speed are absolutely key […]
14 extra members for Confex so far this year
Confex UK has signed 14 additional members so far this year, which will help it reach its turnover target of £3 billion by 2020 (up from £2.83 billion over the […]
