New advertising campaign takes off for Thatchers Gold cider
Thatchers Cider has launched a new campaign for its flagship brand, Thatchers Gold. To be shown on air for the first time on 24 June during coverage of the first […]
Orders reach £2.75 million at Country Range anniversary event
Country Range Group’s 13 members ordered goods to the value of £2.75 million from invited suppliers at its 25th anniversary event, held at the Telford International Centre. The celebrations included […]
Is Nisa being taken over by Sainsbury?
According to City reports, Sainsbury is preparing to make a £130 million takeover bid for Nisa. The Co-op and Morrisons are also understood to have been among those showing an […]
Birmingham site for ninth Dhamecha C&C
Dhamecha Foods has paid ‘several million pounds’ to develop a site in the Smethwick area of Birmingham for its ninth cash & carry. The plan is to start trading by […]
Kerry Foods embarks on Fire & Smoke #PITSTOP roadshow
Kerry Foods has embarked on a roadshow to build on the success of the Fire & Smoke brand. Featuring a variety of games, jukebox music and great food, the #PITSTOP […]
Carlsberg UK encourages customers to trade up
Kevin Ward (pictured), business unit director – impulse channel at Carlsberg UK, urges wholesalers to drive sales of the growing, higher value beer sub-categories. What proportion of your business goes […]
Birchall Foodservice begins a further expansion plan
Less than three years after moving to larger premises, Birchall Foodservice has begun a further expansion programme. At the start of 2015, it more than doubled the size of its […]
Grace Foods promotes Caribbean Food Week
Grace Foods, the UK’s leading supplier of Caribbean food and drink (IRI), has a programme of trade and consumer activities to celebrate Caribbean Food Week, which takes place on 21-28 […]
Coca-Cola European Partners makes a smart move in flavour
Coca-Cola European Partners is launching three Glacéau Smartwater products. Sparkling Berry & Kiwi, Lemon and Green Apple variants have zero sugar, zero calories and all-natural flavours, and are available in […]
Lomond supplies Landmark members and launches sandwich concepts
Landmark Wholesale has launched a range of frozen cakes and traybakes for foodservice operators under the group’s Caterers Kitchen brand. The supplier is Cake, the Glasgow-based bakery owned by Lomond […]
AF Blakemore unifies livery across its distribution fleet
AF Blakemore has begun the roll-out of a new livery on its distribution fleet. It is part of a drive to standardise branding across the group logistics operation, covering its […]
JJ Food Service admits the public to Enfield depot
JJ Food Service’s Enfield branch is now open to the public as well as to caterers. The development follows a £40,000 investment into a ‘promotions canopy’ to highlight deals relevant […]

