Archive of all Wholesalers articles – Page 71
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NewsJW Filshill eyes click & collect expansion with new hires
Click and collect has grown from 5% to 7% of Filshill’s overall business during the coronavirus crisis
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NewsParfetts stockpiling toilet roll and more to prepare for coronavirus second wave
Two of Parfetts’ depots are currently under localised lockdowns in Manchester and Halifax
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NewsScottish wholesaler Lomond slashes prices by up to 40% in new campaign
Prices have been slashed on some of its bestselling products to help improve customer margins as they reopen
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NewsBrakes and Bidfood shielding food packs contract put on pause
Foodservice giants delivered more than five million boxes over a four month period
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NewsBidfood parent back in profit ahead of Covid-19 outbreak
Bidfood parent company BFS Group has bounced back into the black in its latest financial year, positioning the foodservice wholesaler in a stronger position ahead of the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsHighland Group switches supply from Londis to Nisa
The Cambridgeshire group operates four stores and has now converted the first of these to the latest Nisa Evolution format
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NewsAlbion Fine Foods joins Unitas Wholesale buying group
Albion Fine Foods supplies chefs in London and the south east with a range of more than 4,000 products
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NewsHenderson Group opens first Spar since pandemic near Belfast
The 3,013 sq ft Carnmoney Hill store opened this month, creating 21 jobs
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NewsFoodservice wholesalers report slow start to reopening
Sales are down 50% despite the return of pubs, cafés and restaurants
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NewsSainsbury’s to supply own-label products to Dobbies Garden Centres
The exclusive partnership is set to launch at the garden centre chain’s Edinburgh store later this month
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NewsDCS Group to move manufacturing base to Redditch
The distributor said the move to the new 90,000 sq ft facility would increase its warehousing capacity by 50%
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NewsTime Wholesale to accelerate second depot opening after cash & carry sales double
The wholesaler aims to have secured the additional premises in the London area by September 2020
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NewsDCS offers guidance on maximising cleaning product sales
DCS’s recommendations include stocking specialist cleaning products such as limescale remover, oven cleaner and drain unblocker
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NewsBrakes records £25m loss and warns over coronavirus impact
The loss came in the wake of £39.3m pre-tax profit from the previous year
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NewsJJ Foodservice makes DTC service permanent with JJ Home offering
The new service, launched as a ‘stop-gap’ adaptation to the closure of the hospitality sector, has officially become a permanent fixture
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NewsFruit & veg wholesaler Reynolds lays off 400 staff
The move follows the foodservice wholesaler’s decision in March to furlough 85% of its 1,300 staff
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NewsTrade credit insurance rescue package delayed by EU state aid rules
Hospitality restart threatened by EU’s delay to government trade credit insurance scheme
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NewsUnitas severs ties with Confex after bustup over strategy and direction
Confex, which has 244 members, will no longer be able to access the terms Unitas has in place with 320 suppliers
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NewsSpar wholesaler launches £30,000 fund for community groups
The Community Cashback Grant scheme is open for applications via Blakemore Spar Facebook pages until 9 July
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NewsNisa supports retailers with new app for ordering, price checking and more
The app includes ‘intelligent’ push notifications to direct retailers to specific products, web deals and news updates relevant to their business