DBC ploughs ahead with Red Tractor Subscription
DBC Foodservice is expanding its range of Red Tractor assured products after sales rose by £600,000 in the last 20 weeks.
Forty jobs go in Smiths depot move
Smiths News has made 40 redundancies at its depots in Coventry and Redditch.
United sizes up to sell booze at Glasgow depot
United Wholesale Scotland has begun work to double the size of its busy Maxwell Road depot in Glasgow.
analysis & features
How wholesale is chopping and changing
With fuel costs and and commodity prices still going up, wholesalers are feeling the heat. Can diversification keep heads from the block?
more wholesaler news
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Average profit margin at Big 30 wholesalers squeezed to just 0.8%
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Value Zones for Landmark budget range
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DBC hit by investments and home-dining trend
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HMRC 'not making progress on duty fraud' Subscription
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250 jobs at risk as Calanike and Sangs call in the administrators
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FWD claims success as four are arrested following C&C thefts
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Mults' spice and rice boom boosts East End
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Buffet favourites boost DBC over Christmas Subscription
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Wholesale and indies rake in seasonal sales
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Filco gets aggressive to fight shoplifting
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Philip Dennis spends big on wind turbine
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'A significant step in evolution' as Today's separates from Nisa
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P&H bags Portas for Pro-Retail return Subscription
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Cases of cheap booze lure indies from C&Cs Subscription
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Brakes touts own label to beat own price rises
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Hancocks sales pass the £100m mark
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AlixPartners consultants leave Makro
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Brakes bids farewell to Barden after just a year Subscription
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Tesco sneezes and the grocery trade catches a cold Subscription
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Makro recalls Spanish meat due to listeria
opinion
Time's up for pack differentiation
The level of independents buying from multiples this Christmas increased by an order of magnitude, encouraged by a very evident relaxation of any quantity restrictions in many stores.
Supermarkets are unavoidable... even for the wholesalers
At first glance, very little has changed in this year’s Big 30 wholesalers list. Booker is the stand-out, cash & carries are dominant.
Poll
David Cameron wants 'drunk tanks' and 'booze buses' to tackle British drinking culture.
you say...
Staff ownership is the way forward
Nick Clegg’s call for a “John Lewis economy” is a shrewd move by the deputy prime minister.
