Wholesale Industry News
Blakemore boosted by sales and profits increase
AF Blakemore & Son has announced an 18.5% increase in profits, with turnover rising by 7% for the 2014/15 financial year. Pre-tax profits shot up from 7.6 million to £9 million in the year to […]
Your ultimate guide to: The Alcohol Wholesaler Registration Scheme
To help tackle alcohol duty fraud, which costs the taxpayer approximately £1.3 billion per annum, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) will be introducing a registration scheme for alcohol wholesalers in […]
Birchall Foodservice puts gluten-free education under the spotlight
Birchall Foodservice has launched a series of gluten-free workshops at its Burnley headquarters. At the first such event, customers saw five suppliers showcasing their wares in the company’s new training […]
Dee Bee returns to Hull after 25 years
Today’s Group member Dee Bee has spent more than £500,000 on a new 70,000 sq ft Hull cash & carry, which is expected to create more than 35 full and […]
Chris Cosh leaves Wallaces TCB after 27 years
Chris Cosh, procurement director of Scottish drinks wholesaler Wallaces TCB, has left the company after 27 years to pursue other, unspecified, interests. Cosh (pictured) and his family were instrumental in building […]
New winter campaign for Tropical Sun
Wanis International Foods has launched an integrated marketing campaign to champion its range of Tropical Sun coconut products. The national campaign, which is being used to promote Coconut Water, Coconut […]
Premier Foods unveils dazzling display at Bestway depot
Premier Foods has created a bespoke Christmas-inspired display at Bestway Park Royal, designed to capture retailers’ attention in the run-up to the festive period. The display, which carries the strapline: […]
Wholesalers and suppliers honoured: FWD Gold Medal Awards 2015
Booker Wholesale and Bidvest Foodservice were among the big winners at the FWD Gold Medal Awards last month, scooping four accolades apiece at the HAC Royal Artillery Garden in London. […]
Leicester operator moves from Today’s to Landmark
Leicester wholesaler Gilsons Foods has taken the step of switching groups because of its proximity to Dhamecha’s latest branch. A family owned business, Gilsons Foods had been a member of Today’s […]
Second Suterwalla on Landmark board
Jay Suterwalla, a director of Southall-based Sutaka UK, which describes itself as ‘the UK’s leading distributor of branded food and household products’, has joined the board of Landmark Wholesale. He […]
Blakemore switches Bangor cash & carry site
Blakemore Wholesale has moved its cash & carry location in Bangor, Gwynedd, from Caernarfon Road to improved facilities on the Llandegal Industrial Estate. Under existing general manager Allan Jones, the new […]
Palmer and Harvey to combine wholesale and direct vans sales teams
Palmer and Harvey (P&H) is merging its wholesale and direct van sales teams, which it claims will bring added benefits to independents. Until now, the wholesale structure has enabled retailers […]
