Latest wholesale news
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NewsQ Catering launches new online ordering platform
The wholesaler said the new solution would offer “ease and convenience” to its customers across the UK
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Sysco announces strategic partnership with Natasha Allergy Research Foundation
The research foundation was set up by Tanya and Nadim Ednan-Laperouse in 2019, following the death of their daughter Natasha three years prior
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Grocery legend Charles Wilson awarded CBE
Wilson is a long-serving champion of GroceryAid, serving as the charity’s president from January 2020 to December 2021
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Castell Howell sales jump as Welsh free school meals rollout accelerates
In 2019, the Welsh government announced its intention that all primary school pupils would receive a universal free school meal by 2024
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Harlech Foodservice wins contract to supply NHS Wales
As part of the deal, Harlech will supply 450 lines of dry store products, including canned goods, rice and pulses to 120 locations across Wales
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DCS Group surpasses £300m mark for first time
Chief revenue officer Simon Whitehead told The Grocer it reached the milestone through a combination of new customers and suppliers, and incremental growth
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Brakes launches new campaign to capitalise on ‘plant forward’ trend
Plant forward cooking places a greater focus on plant-based foods, without strictly limiting the consumption of animal products
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Foodservice wholesaler RD Johns’ turnover jumps by 66% in 2022
The improved offering helped the company to bring in £7m of business from new customers across the hospitality, education and care sectors
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Regal Wholesale turnover passes £20m mark in 2022
The figures mean the wholesaler remains on track to meet its turnover target of £25m by 2025
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JJ Foodservice installs 2,000 solar panels at three further depots
The business has also invested £2.5m to replace gas-powered counterbalance and power pallet trucks with electric equivalents
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JJ Foodservice chief transport officer Mick Montague retires
As chief transport officer, Montague was instrumental in co-ordinating the opening of the foodservice specialist’s first branches across the UK
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Bestway highlights top sellers in new scheme to drive profits for retailers
Bestway said it had been increasing its stockholding of the key lines over the past few months to ensure a consistent level of availability and volume
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Online foodservice marketplace launches in UK to ‘take share from the big boys’
Suppliers list their products on the marketplace, and customers shop from the online store, with Foodomarket handling the payments and logistics between
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Costco profits jump 44% to £120.6m in 2022
Fuel sales were improved by the opening of a new petrol station in Watford, which took the business’s total to 19 petrol stations across 29 warehouse sites
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Harlech Foodservice appoints Josie Swift as head of purchasing
After joining Harlech as a purchasing assistant in 2021, Swift was promoted to supply chain manager in just six months
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Potato, carrot and onion prices at highest levels in 40 years
Wholesale spot prices for three major volume vegetable lines were at ’the highest level I’ve ever known’, said one supplier
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Brakes installs solar panels at its Aylesford depot
Sysco GB, Brakes’ parent company, plans to cut carbon emissions overall by 27.5% between 2019 and 2030
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New healthy food wholesaler Dundeis acquires Minton’s Good Foods
A new healthy food distributor started by former Tree of Life employees has acquired Welsh wholesaler Minton’s Good Foods as it continues to build capability ahead of a full launch later this year.
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James Hall refreshes range and adds new deals
The alcohol range has also been refreshed for summer, while the non-food area has been developed and now includes seasonal bedding plants
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Reduced shopper spending power hits sales at Spar retailer
The multi-site retailer said it had been exposed to ’the downturn in spending power’ among shoppers in the north west of England
