Wholesale Industry News
Chef’s Chunky Fries join Signature by Country Range portfolio
Country Range Group’s premium Signature collection has been strengthened with the arrival of frozen Chef’s Chunky Fries. Signature by Country Range Triple Cooked Chef’s Chunky Fries come in 4 x […]
Thomas Ridley improves to an AA grade in BRC Global Standard
Thomas Ridley has seen its British Retail Consortium Global Standard (BRCGS) for Food Storage and Distribution boosted from a B to an AA grade. Thomas Ridley is part of the […]
Bestway Retail enhances offer to SimplyFresh in renewed partnership
Bestway Retail has entered a new long-term partnership with convenience store brand SimplyFresh, which has 80 stores that are branded either SimplyFresh or SimplyLocal. Bestway Retail, which has been working […]
Harvest Fine Foods, City Catering and Caterfood fight holiday hunger
Harvest Fine Foods, Caterfood Buying Group and City Catering have teamed up once again to help fight holiday hunger. Vulnerable children who would normally have access to free school meals […]
Ex-Unilever’s Richard Barr becomes a consultant to TWC
Richard Barr, former sales director at Unilever, has joined TWC Group on a consultancy basis. His role is to support the implementation of the company’s new growth strategy, ‘Destination 2030’. […]
Foodservice division of Kitwave joins Country Range
Country Range Group has confirmed that the foodservice division of Kitwave Group plc has become a member. The growing Kitwave division is made up of four wholesalers – Millers Foodservice, […]
Unitas voted top retail wholesaler in Advantage Report Survey
Unitas Wholesale has topped the 2024 Advantage Report Survey as the No.1 retail wholesaler. The report, which maps and benchmarks business-to-business relationships from feedback from suppliers, reveals Unitas as the […]
Unitas foodservice Meet the Member event sees record attendance
More than 1,000 one-to-one meetings took place between foodservice suppliers and Unitas Wholesale members at the buying group’s recent Meet the Member event. For the first time at the annual […]
AF Blakemore celebrates partnership success at SPAR Retail Show
More than 1,300 people attended AF Blakemore’s 2024 SPAR Retail Show (SRS24) at Telford International Centre last month. The retailer and wholesaler for SPAR stores in Wales, Central and South […]
Pioneer Foodservice announces death of chairman Andrew Jenkins
Pioneer Foodservice has announced the death of its chairman Andrew Jenkins. Jenkins joined Pioneer in the 1950s, working for his father, Bob. He became managing director in the 1970s, and […]
Hancocks Sheffield relaunched after major refurbishment
Hancocks in Sheffield has undergone a major six-figure refurbishment, improving the customer experience. The confectionery specialist is inviting retailers to the store for a relaunch event on 18 July, when […]
Sir Anwar Pervez steps down from day-to-day responsibilities at Bestway
Sir Anwar Pervez OBE H Pk has stepped down as chairman of the Bestway Group and is now chairman emeritus. Former chief executive officer Lord Zameer Choudrey CBE SI Pk […]
