Wholesale Industry News
Hall’s Direct acquired by Lomond to create £30m turnover business
In a major deal for Scotland’s delivered wholesale industry, Lomond – The Wholesale Food Co has acquired Hall’s Direct, giving the enlarged business an annual turnover of £30 million. Glasgow-based […]
Coca-Cola and Spar are active partners for ParkLives programme
Coca-Cola European Partners has teamed up with Spar for the ParkLives community programme across England, Scotland and Wales this summer. The annual scheme – the soft drink supplier’s fourth since […]
Record orders at Fairway ‘Meet the Member’ event
Deals worth more than £900,000 were struck at Fairway Foodservice’s latest ‘Meet the Member’ event, which was held at Villa Park in Birmingham. The record figure beat the previous highest […]
Bidfood employees aid the African water crisis
Bidfood has raised over £9,400 for The One Foundation as part of its World Water Day campaign to fund clean water projects in Africa. This amount will directly impact the […]
£15 million outlay at Wing Yip Croydon site
Oriental food specialist Wing Yip is spending £15 million to almost double the size of its Croydon site – from 41,000 sq ft to 75,000 sq ft. The work, which […]
Crazy Candy Factory brand relaunched by Hancocoks
Hancocks, the confectionery specialist which has been bought by £50 million turnover Innovative Bites (Cash & Carry Management last month) is relaunching its Crazy Candy Factory brand. The cash & […]
Eastern European specialist Dimark installs new EPoS system
Eastern European food and drink cash & carry/wholesaler Dimark has installed a Kudos CounterPoint EPoS system that integrates with its SAGE 200 accountancy package. A spokesman for the Edmonton, north […]
Landmark links up with data provision service
Landmark Wholesale, comprising 38 member wholesalers, has signed up to online data pool provider Erudus, which specialises in the foodservice sector. Group trading controller Les Mohammed (pictured) said: “Our decision […]
Innovative Bites acquires Hancocks to create confectionery powerhouse
Hancocks Holdings, the UK’s leading confectionery wholesaler Hancocks with 20 sites stretching from Dundee to Portsmouth, has been acquired by Dunstable-based confectionery manufacturer, wholesaler and distributor Innovative Bites. Since being […]
Record sales growth for Henderson Group
Spar Northern Ireland wholesaler Henderson Group achieved record sales, investment and jobs growth in the year to 31 December 2016. Announcing the results at the company’s wholesale conference in Seville, […]
Beer Warehouse becomes Landmark Wholesale’s 39th member
Beer Warehouse, of Maidenhead, has joined Landmark Wholesale – the group’s 39th member. Established in 1993, the family-run drinks distributor has an annual turnover of £5 million. It employs 15 […]
Hyperama is ‘in no hurry’ to replace chairman John Mills
Marcus Singh, managing director of Landmark Wholesale member Hyperama, has told Cash & Carry Management that the company is “in no hurry” to replace John Mills as its chairman. Mills […]
