Wholesale Industry News

One Stop celebrates opening of 1000th store

One Stop celebrates opening of 1000th store

Date: February 17, 2023Leave a comment

One Stop – a subsidiary of Tesco – is celebrating its 1000th store opening with a community giveaway. Located in Silverton Way, Wolverhampton, the One Stop store is opening today […]

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CJ Lang to return to Aviemore for tradeshow and conference

CJ Lang to return to Aviemore for tradeshow and conference

Date: February 17, 2023Leave a comment

SPAR Scotland wholesaler and retailer CJ Lang & Son has confirmed that its 2023 tradeshow and conference will again take place in Aviemore on 28 September at the Macdonald Hotels […]

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Country Range promotes Katrina Crabtree to head of commercial and data

Country Range promotes Katrina Crabtree to head of commercial and data

Date: February 17, 2023Leave a comment

Country Range Group has promoted Katrina Crabtree to head of commercial & data. Formerly commercial controller, Crabtree (pictured) has been with CRG for over 17 years and has become an […]

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Nisa reduces wholesale price of over 1000 branded lines

Nisa reduces wholesale price of over 1000 branded lines

Date: February 15, 2023Leave a comment

Nisa is investing £6 million into the wholesale price (WSP) of more than a thousand branded lines, as part of its strategy to further support its retailers. Using market data […]

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Unitas appoints Phil Dawson as foodservice trading controller

Unitas appoints Phil Dawson as foodservice trading controller

Date: February 13, 2023Leave a comment

Unitas Wholesale has appointed Phil Dawson to the new role of trading controller for foodservice within its out-of-home team. Dawson (right) was previously trading manager (foodservice) at AF Blakemore & […]

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SPAR sponsors Lancashire School Games for 17th year running

SPAR sponsors Lancashire School Games for 17th year running

Date: February 11, 2023Leave a comment

SPAR has agreed to continue its sponsorship of the Lancashire School Games for a 17th consecutive year. Organised and run by Active Lancashire and the School Games Organiser Network, the […]

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LWC Drinks opens new distribution depot in Doncaster

LWC Drinks opens new distribution depot in Doncaster

Date: February 11, 2023Leave a comment

LWC Drinks has opened a purpose-built distribution depot in Doncaster, creating 50 jobs. The £7 million project has been completed on a 58,164 sq ft site. From there, LWC will […]

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Fresh Direct invests £2 million in Fresh Kitchen production facility

Fresh Direct invests £2 million in Fresh Kitchen production facility

Date: February 11, 2023Leave a comment

Fresh Direct, which supplies fruit, veg and dairy products to chefs, has invested £2 million at its Bicester site to scale up production for its Fresh Kitchen brand. Fresh Direct […]

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Shruti Senapati rejoins Sugro UK as business development manager

Shruti Senapati rejoins Sugro UK as business development manager

Date: February 10, 2023Leave a comment

Shruti Senapati has rejoined Sugro UK as a business development manager. Senapati (pictured) returns to the organisation from Muller Property Group, where she spent 17 months as marketing manager. Before […]

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Bestway Wholesale holds ‘thank you’ events for suppliers and customers

Bestway Wholesale holds ‘thank you’ events for suppliers and customers

Date: February 9, 2023Leave a comment

In recognition of the contribution that suppliers have made over the past year working in partnership with Bestway’s trading teams, the company recently held a ‘Thank You Lunch’ at its […]

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Adams Foodservice Trading joins Confex

Adams Foodservice Trading joins Confex

Date: February 8, 2023Leave a comment

Confex has a new member: Adams Foodservice Trading. The Bradford-based family-owned wholesaler has a turnover of over £80 million to add to the group’s already £3 billion combined member turnover. […]

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Sucha Singh of Thames Cash & Carry passes away

Sucha Singh of Thames Cash & Carry passes away

Date: February 7, 2023Leave a comment

Sucha Singh, former owner of Thames Cash & Carry and a founding member of the Today’s Group, has died. Singh, 71, passed away suddenly on 1 February 2023. He had […]

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