Wholesale Industry News
Foodservice giant is rebranded as Bidfood
Bidvest Foodservice will be trading in the UK under the new name of Bidfood from early next month. The change follows the separation of the global Bidvest Foodservice business from […]
United Wholesale Scotland is crowned Achievers Champion of Champions
United Wholesale (Scotland) was crowned Champion of Champions at the prestigious Scottish Wholesale Achievers awards, held at the Sheraton Grand, Edinburgh, on 9 February. As well as claiming the ultimate […]
Transport infrastructure focus of MP visit to JJ Food Service
JJ Food Service welcomed Enfield North MP Joan Ryan to its headquarters in support of her mission to promote local businesses. She spoke about her work developing the transport infrastructure […]
Bestway Wholesale reports sales and profits decline
Despite an increase in group pre-tax profit of 6% to £413.3 million on turnover ahead by 9% to £3.28 billion, the wholesale business of Bestway Group sustained a fall in […]
‘Suppliers will get behind Tesco/Booker merger’ – Wilson
The prospect of the combined Tesco/Booker business using its stronger position to negotiate better buying terms has caused some concern among suppliers. However, Booker’s chief executive Charles Wilson has reported […]
Booker/Tesco deal is ‘not a betrayal’ says Charles Wilson
Although the shock £3.7 billion merger between Tesco and Booker will have to be approved by the Competition & Markets Authority, the deal is widely expected to go ahead because […]
Colleges battle for Country Range chef award
Some 20 colleges in the UK have qualified for the semi-finals of the Country Range student chef challenge, held in conjunction with the Craft Guild of Chefs. Split into three […]
Frank Fraser fills new foodservice role at Bestway
Bestway Wholesale has promoted Frank Fraser to the new post of head of sales – foodservice. Fraser (pictured) has held several senior roles within Bestway and Batleys, most recently sales […]
Blakemore achieves small sales and profit increases
“A pleasing, steady result” is how AF Blakemore & Son chairman Peter Blakemore (pictured) described trading figures for the 2015/16 financial year. Pre-tax profit was marginally up by 0.2% to […]
Today’s Group launches NPD monitoring programme
Today’s Group, together with members of its supplier council, has introduced a scorecard to monitor new product development. The initiative covers 16 factors, including pack format, outer packaging, case cost, […]
Non-food specialist returns to Landmark Wholesale
Inspira Trading, a delivered wholesaler specialising in household and toiletry products and OTC medicines, has joined Landmark Wholesale. In doing so, its managing director Gary Rosen has re-established a link […]
10 years of central distribution for Confex
This year sees the 10th anniversary of Confex Central Distribution (CCD). Opened to provide a service to group members, the warehouse last year had a turnover of just over £25 […]
