Wholesale Industry News
Zapper loyalty service offered by Palmer and Harvey
Zapper, the global consumer insights and marketing platform enabled by mobile payments, is partnering with Palmer and Harvey to let retail customers reward loyal members of the public. The wholesaler, […]
Blakemore progresses with Bmorelocal… retail chain
Blakemore Wholesale has opened its third ‘premium format’ store under the Bmorelocal… fascia. The 1,000 sq ft outlet, in Cleethorpes, Lincs – formerly trading as Apex – was unveiled following […]
Country Range Group reaps the Harvest
Harvest Fine Foods, which delivers across Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex, has joined Country Range Group. Managing director of the wholesaler, based in Totton (near Southampton), Richard Strongman said: “The Country […]
Six Christmas desserts launched by Country Range Group
Country Range Group has launched a range of six desserts for Christmas. Suitable for vegetarians, the selection comprises a chocolate & raspberry bar gateau, salted caramel profiterole bar gateau, fig […]
Bidvest spends more time on outreach programme
Bidvest Foodservice last year doubled the amount of time spent on its community engagement outreach programme – 5,524 hours – supporting more than 1,200 charity events and groups. The figures […]
Heavy cost of identity fraud for JJ Food Service
Shabana Mahmood, MP for Birmingham Ladywood, who paid a visit to the Aston branch of JJ Food Service – an event largely arranged by the FWD – heard about problems […]
Henderson Group posts near 4% profit rise
Spar Northern Ireland wholesaler Henderson Group increased pre-tax profit to £21.9 million in 2015 – up by 3.9%. Although turnover at £659.1 million was just under 1% down, sales & […]
Peter Hartley named as interim chairman designate of Nisa Retail
Following the announcement that Nisa Retail chairman Christopher Baker MBE has decided not to stand for re-election at the company’s AGM on 29 September, Peter Hartley has been named as […]
Rayburn increases minimum order value to £500
Rayburn Trading has raised the minimum order value to £500 ex-VAT for traders purchasing from its Manchester showroom. The previous threshold of £450 ex-VAT had been in operation for four […]
Country Range Group seeks top student chefs
The search is on to find the UK’s top young culinary trio after the launch of Country Range Group’s Student Chef Challenge 2016/17, run in collaboration with the Craft Guild […]
JJ Food Service produces fish-cutting videos
Having produced a series of videos on how to cut meat (Cash & Carry Management last month) JJ Food Service has now replicated the instructional films – for fish. They […]
Bidvest opens new Slough headquarters
Bidvest Foodservice has officially opened its new Slough headquarters, with 11 members of staff hauling an 18-tonne lorry across the tarmac. The 117,000 sq ft site (including 80,000 sq ft […]
