All Foodservice articles – Page 8
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News
Brakes losses reduced to £57.2m after post-pandemic recovery
Newly filed accounts for Brake Bros, which include its parent company Sysco’s operations in Sweden and France, showed pre-tax losses had reduced by £161m
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Brook Street Foodservice joins Country Range buying group
Brook Street MD Mark Thomas said joining Country Range formed part of a five-year plan to establish the business as the dominant player in the East Anglia region
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Doritos and Burger King team up for Whopper tortilla chips
The new tortilla chips tasted ‘deliciously close’ to BK’s flagship burger, said PepsiCo
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Welsh wholesalers relieved as public sector food reforms confirmed as England-only
The new model proposed for England will see a prime supplier awarded a single contract to service the entire public sector
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Analysis and Features
How public sector food & drink procurement plans affect wholesalers
The news has provoked strong reactions from wholesalers, who say the changes could negatively impact their business. But how will the new contract work? Who might win the tender, and are there any positives to be taken?
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Comment and Opinion
Talking Food: Bidfood’s podcast is spilling over with useful tips
Launched in 2020, Bidfood’s podcast is packed with pragmatic and practical advice
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Wafflemeister launches trio of ambient waffles into Waitrose
‘We want everyone to be able to buy our waffles and this entry into retail is the start of the journey’, it said
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Tap wall tech self-serves Guinness in seconds at Twickenham
Diageo has partnered with self-serve tech company Drink Command
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Henry Dimbleby: case for free school meals ‘irrefutable’ after £130m intervention
The mayor’s office said it is estimated the one-off funding could help more than 270,000 children in the capital during the 2023-24 academic year
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Analysis and Features
The Big 30 Wholesalers 2023: taking a seat in supermarket boardrooms
Bestway’s swoop on Sainsbury’s has fuelled speculation of a reverse takeover – a further sign of the sector’s growing influence on grocery
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Reports
The Big 30’s big buyouts and the foodservice fallout
If there was one area of wholesale you would forgive for not being too bullish right now, it would be foodservice
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Comment and Opinion
Who in their right mind would entrust the government to run foodservice?
Foodservice supply is a cottage industry of little miracles. Why the government shake-up?
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JJ Foodservice set to double the number of schools it works with by 2026
JJ said it planned to attract schools with its fully digitalised ordering systems and strong focus on sustainable produce and social value
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Public sector food provision plans ‘potentially catastrophic’ say wholesalers
Under the new plans, the government is preparing a tender for a four-year £100m contract supplying 14,000 food and drink products for the public sector
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FWD launches Diversity in Wholesale initiative
The move is intended ensure all forms of diversity are accounted for
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Fresh Direct invests £2m in Bicester site as demand increases
As part of the expansion, Fresh Direct has also added two new development chefs and one product development executive to its team
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Comment and Opinion
The Menu: horrific, hilarious service industry satire is a must-watch
As anyone who’s ever worked in the service industry will attest, there are some customers you could just murder
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Sysco extends partnership with food charity City Harvest
City Harvest will collect surplus food from Fresh Direct, Wild Harvest, and Brakes’ London depots several times a week
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Bidcorp UK acquires Suffolk-based wholesaler Thomas Ridley Foodservice
Formerly a member of the Country Range group, Thomas Ridley has over 2,000 catering and hospitality customers throughout London and East Anglia
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Sysco GB appoints Andy Pembroke as new MD of Fresh Direct
He replaces Andy Farnworth, who spent over seven years heading up the fresh food supplier