Archive of all Wholesalers articles – Page 117
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NewsBrakes snaps up £100m in business from collapsed DBC
Foodservice giant Brakes has taken on at least £100m worth of business from the administrators of its collapsed rival DBC.
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NewsDBC Foodservice enters administration
DBC Foodservice has entered administration after it failed to find a buyer for the business.
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NewsMusgrave's SuperValu range to be 20 per cent cheaper than brands
Budgens is launching an audacious bid to take on the brands with a new own-label range it claims is 20% cheape
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DBC for sale as a cash crunch hits its supply
DBC was plagued with cashflow and supply problems in the months leading up to this week’s announcement that the company is for sale.
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NewsIt's a Deal: big names agree calorie pledges
A host of retailers, wholesalers and suppliers have pledged to launch new low-calorie ranges and reformulate up to a third of their products…
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NewsDBC Foodservice up for sale in wake of challenging trading
DBC Foodservice has been put up for sale.
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NewsSavings drive keeps profits even at Menzies
Newspaper and magazine wholesaler Menzies Distribution has reported flat full-year sales and profits.
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New Creation: pizzas with wholemeal base
Buckinghamshire-based Whole Creations has launched a range of pizzas on wholegrain bases.
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Cider added to West Country Spar range
Spar wholesaler Appleby Westward has added cider to its regional own-label lines.
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NewsOFT: ‘Nothing to gain from fresh newstrade probe’
The Office of Trading will not carry out a review of the newspaper and magazine distribution sector.
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Musgrave paves way for more Budgens to install chiller doors
The number of Budgens boasting chiller cabinets with doors is set to treble this year after wholesaler Musgrave Group gave the green light to their rollout to new and refurbished stores.
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Musgrave and Oakland forge an Irish link
Small Irish suppliers will soon find it easier to gain listings in Budgens and Londis stores following a new supply chain agreement between Musgrave Group and logistics firm Oakland International.
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P&H mixes it up with Fruit Shoots cases
Palmer & Harvey has started to sell mixed cases of soft drinks for retailers who want to stock more than one flavour without tying up cash in a case of each.
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Budgens cranks up its Tesco price match war
Budgens stores are now price matching Tesco on 1000 branded products in the roll-out of the second phase of its lower price campaign.
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DBC gets CCE's King as marketing boss
Foodservice wholesaler DBC has appointed Simon King as its new buying and marketing director.
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NewsMakro procures two new acting directors
Makro has made two new appointments to its board of directors.
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Comment & Opinion
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.
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Comment & 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.
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Analysis & FeaturesHow 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?
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NewsAverage profit margin at Big 30 wholesalers squeezed to just 0.8%
The average pre-tax profit margin made by the UK’s 30 largest wholesalers is a razor-thin 0.8%, according to The Grocer’s latest Big 30 survey.