Archive of all Wholesalers articles – Page 116
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NewsDBC staff owed more than £3m in redundancy pay
Staff at DBC Foodservice are owed more than £3m in redundancy pay and wages following the company’s collapse in March.
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Comment & OpinionBooker's £63.4m question
Booker may not be sexy but the UK’s top cash & carry could start generating some serious column…
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NewsPoundworld's discount wholesale site
Poundworld has launched a discount wholesale website targeted at market traders, eBay sellers and independent retailers.
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NewsHancocks' jelly bean stand offer
Confectionery wholesaler Hancocks Cash & Carry has developed a jelly bean dispenser, which it claims will draw customers into indie stores.
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NewsDepots struggle with 'crazy' tobacco rules
Wholesalers have branded the tobacco display ban at their depots “a right pain in the a***”.
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NewsNew Bestway depot opens in Gateshead
Bestway has opened a new depot - in Team Valley, Gateshead.
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NewsBurchell gets nod as Musgrave GB trading director
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has promoted Kenton Burchell to the role of trading director.
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InterviewsMusgrave's unification
On the eve of its results, Musgrave Group CEO Chris Martin reflects on the unification of its Irish and UK operations, and the significance of its Superquinn acquisition.
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NewsHappy Shopper ready meals
Booker has launched a range of chilled ready meals under its Happy Shopper banner.
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Analysis & FeaturesThe new-look Makro depots from top down to inside out
Makro takes The Grocer on a tour of the new-look depots, where sharper ranging has been accompanied by staff empowerment.
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NewsP&H snaps up Pepsi's wholesale operation
Palmer & Harvey is set to snap up PepsiCo UK’s van sales business as the wholesaling giant looks at ways to reduce its dependence on tobacco distribution
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NewsToday’s signals intent as a stand alone group
Today’s Group is planning to increase its network of symbol stores by 50% in the next two years. Today’s Group is…
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Comment & Opinion
DBC's rapid descent reminds us how quickly a business can unravel
Analysts at Company Watch put 173 of the UK’s 680 largest food and drinks manufacturers on red alert this week, noting their vulnerability to insolvency…
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Chairman put up £2m in attempt to save DBC
Tarsem Dhaliwal, the chairman of DBC and one of three shareholders, personally guaranteed £2m as part of a last ditch attempt to save the company.
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NewsGraham White to supply Musgrave with sausages
Surrey sausage maker Graham White & Co is predicting a 20% sales uplift after winning Musgrave Group’s
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DBC redundancies likely to rise
More than half the workforce at DBC Foodservice have been made redundant and the figure is likely to rise, administrators have warned.
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NewsWing Yip to extend Croydon store
Oriental wholesaler Wing Yip has bought land for a major expansion of its Croydon store.
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NewsBudgens opens fresh-focused concept store
The first Budgens concept store has opened in Hedge End, Hampshire, in a bid by Musgrave to recruit more retailers.
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Analysis & FeaturesSo where was Walker when DBC skidded out of control?
Last month Malcolm Walker was the toast of the town. He had deftly pulled off a £1.45bn MBO of Iceland, backed to the tune of £860m by a bank consortium.
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NewsLandmark Value chilled lines roll out
Landmark Wholesale has extended its own label budget range Lifestyle Value with its first chilled lines