Bestway recruits ex-Unitas Jim Brown as a trading controller
Bestway has appointed Jim Brown as trading controller for catering, fresh and frozen. Brown (pictured), who joins the business on 3 October, has more than 30 years of industry experience, […]
Confex members to become shareholders
Confex, which has been run as a family-owned business since it was founded in 1972, is radically changing its corporate structure. From 1 January 2020, the 220 members will become […]
Jon Burton joins Confex as business development director
Jon Burton (pictured), formerly senior trading controller at Landmark and then Unitas Wholesale, is joining Confex on 11 November. His role will be business development director, heading up the soft […]
Rumours of sale of TRS Group
There are unconfirmed reports that family-run cash & carry and wholesale foods business TRS Group is up for sale. The company, with headquarters in Southall, west London, was founded in […]
Offering more for more: Darren Goldney of Unitas
On the eve of the inaugural Unitas trade show, managing director Darren Goldney (pictured) updated Cash & Carry Management’s managing editor Kirsti Sharratt about the group’s delivery of its objectives. […]
John Searle appointed First Choice Foodservice sales director
First Choice Foodservice, of Burton-on-Trent, has appointed John Searle, 58, as sales director – a newly-created post. He was previously with Landmark Wholesale, having spent 22 years at the group […]
Newly created Sugro post for Raj Krishan
Sugro UK has chosen Raj Krishan (pictured) to fill the newly-created role of head of business development under recently appointed managing director Neil Turton. He joins from AF Blakemore where […]
Driving change at a fast pace: Darren Goldney of Unitas
In his first in-depth interview since the launch of Unitas, managing director Darren Goldney (pictured) talks to Cash & Carry Management’s managing editor Kirsti Sharratt about his aims and plans. […]
Time Wholesale Services targets £85 million turnover
Time Wholesale Services, which earlier this year moved from a 38,000 sq ft depot in Barking, Essex, to a nearby 82,000 sq ft site in Rainham, is targeting first-year turnover […]
Merger of Landmark and Today’s completed to form Unitas
The merger of Landmark Wholesale Ltd and Today’s Wholesale Services Ltd completed yesterday, creating Unitas Wholesale Ltd, the UK’s largest food and drink wholesale buying group with a membership of […]
Doncaster chosen as Unitas Wholesale headquarters
In November, the board of Unitas Wholesale – the combined operation of Today’s Group and Landmark Wholesale – is expected to announce that the location of the central office will […]
Darren Goldney to head up Unitas Wholesale
Darren Goldney, former managing director of Today’s Group, has been appointed the new MD of Unitas Wholesale, the group formed by merging Today’s with Landmark. His counterpart at Landmark, John […]
