Wholesale Industry News

Unitas incentivises Picture Portal use with quarterly charity donations
Unitas Wholesale has launched an incentive to highlight the importance of its Picture Portal promotional compliance programme. Every three months, one wholesaler member will be rewarded with a £500 donation […]

Bidfood and Hospitality Action launch Christmas charity single
With COVID-19 restrictions continuing to hit hospitality, Bidfood and Hospitality Action are releasing a charity single on 7 December to raise vital funds for the industry. The single, which is […]

Harlech Foodservice wins three-year deal to supply schools in Denbighshire
Harlech Foodservice has won a three-year contract to supply more than a million school meals a year across Denbighshire. The wholesaler, based in Criccieth, Gwynedd, has pledged that wherever possible the […]

Bestway trials Tippl premium food and drink retail store format
Bestway has launched a trial of Tippl, its new drinks-led retail store concept, in Garforth, Leeds. The Tippl format extends Bestway’s Wine Rack model in high footfall areas to meet […]

Metro/Makro encourages people to order Christmas meal from restaurants
Metro/Makro has launched a global TV and online campaign to encourage consumers to order their festive meal from a local restaurant. The ‘Give Your Kitchen A Break’ campaign is designed […]

Four million illicit cigarettes seized from Glasgow warehouse
More than four million illicit cigarettes, worth an estimated £1.6 million in lost duty and taxes, have been seized by HMRC from a warehouse in Glasgow. Investigations then led the […]

Brakes launches five-strong vegan cake range
Brakes has launched a new range of vegan cakes, including what is claimed to be the first Vegan Jaffa Cake in foodservice. The selection is designed to help operators capitalise […]

KeyStore Christmas food bank campaign returns
Glasgow-based wholesaler JW Filshill has encouraged KeyStore retailers to support their local food bank in the run-up to Christmas by placing dumpbins in store for customers to donate food and […]

Sugro strengthens membership with four new recruits
Sugro UK has recruited four new members: Connective Pharma, FMCG Trading, Sun Exotic Wholesale and Metropharm. The four new members have added more than £24 million to the turnover of […]

Bestway offers retailers Jisp shopping app for consumers
Bestway Wholesale has announced a partnership with Jisp – an award-winning shopping and payment app – to provide its franchise and symbol retailers with the opportunity to offer their customers […]

Unitas defends policy after exodus of members
Unitas Wholesale has defended its membership policy after five wholesalers announced their decision to leave the group. The wholesalers – CK Wholesale Supplies, Holland Bazaar, O’Reillys, Quayside, and Rayburn Trading […]

Caterforce appoints new group marketing manager
Caterforce has recruited a new group marketing manager. Lucy Boland (right) joins the group from Accord Marketing, an integrated digital marketing agency, where she spent three years as agency director. […]