Wholesale Industry News

Bestway Foundation donates £100,000 to Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Bestway Foundation donates £100,000 to Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Date: November 24, 2024Leave a comment

Bestway Foundation UK has donated £100,000 to The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE). The money was raised through Bestway’s 2024 Ascot Charity Race Day, which was attended by over 750 […]

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McClures switches from Sterling Supergroup to Country Range

McClures switches from Sterling Supergroup to Country Range

Date: November 22, 2024Leave a comment

McClures, of Windermere in Cumbria, has joined the Country Range Group. Previously a member of Sterling Supergroup, McClures is CRG’s fifth new member in 2025, taking the total in the […]

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GMB castigates Bidfood over parking fine payment demands

GMB castigates Bidfood over parking fine payment demands

Date: November 20, 2024Leave a comment

The GMB union is advising its members who work for Bidfood not to pay parking fines incurred during their driver duties. In a notice to its members, GMB said: “It […]

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Caterforce relaunches ProClean range as Clene Guard

Caterforce relaunches ProClean range as Clene Guard

Date: November 20, 2024Leave a comment

Caterforce has relaunched its own-brand ProClean range as Clene Guard. The relaunch is designed to offer an easily identifiable brand, and a feature of the new range is its colour-coding […]

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Bestway launches Profit Express festive campaign

Bestway launches Profit Express festive campaign

Date: November 19, 2024Leave a comment

Bestway Wholesale has launched its Christmas campaign, Profit Express. The campaign, which will be live until 2 January, will deliver ‘all the magic of theatre and festive fun, ensuring exceptional […]

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Richard Collins appointed head of trading at UK Food & Drink Wholesale

Richard Collins appointed head of trading at UK Food & Drink Wholesale

Date: November 15, 2024Leave a comment

CJ Lang & Son’s former trading director Richard Collins has come out of retirement to take on a new role as head of trading at UK Food & Drink Wholesale. […]

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Pricecheck sees 16% rise in turnover and a boost in operating margins

Pricecheck sees 16% rise in turnover and a boost in operating margins

Date: November 15, 2024Leave a comment

Pricecheck has reported 16% growth in turnover to £151.7 million and a rise in operating profit margins from 1.42% to 2.77% in the year ended April 2024. The FMCG international […]

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Head office team of The Wholesale Group announced

Head office team of The Wholesale Group announced

Date: November 13, 2024Leave a comment

The head office team of The Wholesale Group has been announced (see image above). In addition, Cash & Carry Management can confirm that all members of Confex and Fairway Foodservice […]

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Bestway celebrates achievements of employees, retailers and suppliers

Bestway celebrates achievements of employees, retailers and suppliers

Date: November 13, 2024Leave a comment

Bestway Wholesale honoured outstanding contributions from its employees, retailers and suppliers at The Bestway Awards 2024, held at the Marriott Hotel, Park Lane, London. Hosted by TV and radio sports […]

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Unitas and Swinkels announce exclusive UK on-trade partnership

Unitas and Swinkels announce exclusive UK on-trade partnership

Date: November 13, 2024Leave a comment

Unitas Wholesale’s on-trade wholesalers have gained exclusive national on-trade distribution of Swinkels Family Brewers’ Bavaria Premium Imported 5% Pilsner and 3.4 Lager. The partnership will promote the products, which are […]

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Hancocks to hold Black Friday event on 28 November

Hancocks to hold Black Friday event on 28 November

Date: November 13, 2024Leave a comment

Hancocks is holding a Black Friday event on 28 November from 8am to 8pm. The wholesaler is cutting the prices of confectionery treats, seasonal sweets, novelty favourites and big brands […]

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Lynas Foodservice launches Order Your Way initiative

Lynas Foodservice launches Order Your Way initiative

Date: November 13, 2024Leave a comment

Lynas Foodservice has launched ‘Order Your Way’ – a new service designed to help customers. “We know our customers are all struggling with time so we are launching Order Your […]

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