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 […]
Rumours of Palmer & Harvey takeover and departures
Palmer & Harvey’s executive deputy chairman Chris Etherington (pictured) is one of several senior executives who are believed to have left the delivered wholesaler. Another is finance director Jon Moxon. […]
New-look Rio launched in 500ml PET bottle
In the second wave of development following its Brazilian street art-inspired redesign, Hall & Woodhouse has launched its bestselling Rio Tropical in a 500ml PET format. Tropical Light (no added […]
Booker retailers will benefit from Tesco deal – Charles Wilson
Charles Wilson (pictured), chief executive of Booker Group, remains adamant that, should the merger deal with Tesco go ahead, there would be benefits for his company’s retail chains even where […]
Bestway changes its Tottenham location
Bestway Wholesale has moved its branch in Tottenham, north London, a matter of yards away from the previous site, which it had occupied since 1988. In doing so, it has […]
