Blakemore voted top responsible business in the UK
AF Blakemore & Son was crowned national winner at the Responsible Business Awards 2019, run by Business in the Community, by virtue of its ‘Branching Out’ schools volunteering programme. The […]
Blakemore makes plans after cash & carry disposal
AF Blakemore & Son chairman Peter Blakemore has stressed how the company’s long-term strategic investment plan is enabling it to maximise future growth opportunities across the convenience, wholesale and specialist […]
Profit up 24% at United Wholesale Grocers
United Wholesale Grocers, which has cash & carries in the Springburn and Polmadie areas of Glasgow, as well as a branch in Gateshead in north-east England (acquired as part of […]
Dee Bee acquires Blakemore’s Grimsby depot and reports 13% growth
Dee Bee Wholesale, which trades from depots in Grimsby and Hull, has completed the purchase of the Grimsby premises of Blakemore Wholesale. The company, which is part of the Ramsden Group, […]
Another record year for Parfetts Cash & Carry
Parfetts Cash & Carry has announced record turnover for the second year running – up 6.8% to £345 million. Like-for-like sales grew by 16% (excluding tobacco). Joint managing director Greg […]
Bestway and Parfetts snap up Blakemore cash & carries
Parfetts is buying Blakemore’s 76,000 sq ft Middlesbrough cash & carry, retaining all 33 staff, while Bestway Wholesale is acquiring Blakemore’s 151,000 sq ft Cardiff depot and 76,000 sq ft […]
United Wholesale Grocers acquires Blakemore’s Gateshead depot
Glasgow-based United Wholesale Grocers has acquired AF Blakemore’s Gateshead depot. All 45 existing members of staff are being retained. A Landmark member, United Wholesale Grocers has two depots in Glasgow […]
Advantages of flexible working options highlighted by FWD
According to a new report commissioned by the FWD, there is a strong case for C&C/wholesalers to adopt flexible working options in their businesses. The study, by the Timewise consultancy, […]
Blakemore confirms decision to sell cash & carry division
AF Blakemore & Son has decided to sell its wholesale division, consisting of 12 cash & carry depots, as a going concern. The announcement follows a denial issued to Cash […]
Blakemore sells Penrith cash & carry/wholesale depot to Bidfood
AF Blakemore & Son has sold its depot in Penrith, Cumbria, to Bidfood. The 30,000 sq ft building (cash & carry and delivered) was once owned by Lowrie’s, which in […]
‘The multiples want to become wholesalers’ – Bestway’s Choudrey
Bestway Group chief executive Zameer Choudrey CBE (pictured) used the occasion of his company’s 17th annual retail development awards scheme to spell out the C&C/wholesaler’s position in the wider market […]
Craig O’Connor becomes MD of Abra Wholesale
Craig O’Connor, former managing director of Blakemore’s 14-branch cash & carry business and Grimsby-based DB Ramsden, has been appointed managing director of north London C&C/wholesaler Abra Wholesale. The appointment of O’Connor […]
