Archive of all Wholesalers articles – Page 95
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NewsBooker reports strong third-quarter growth
Booker recorded strong growth in the third quarter, despite a drag from falling tobacco sales…
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NewsRichard Rose joins Hancocks in non-executive role
Rose is a former chairman of Booker and AO World
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NewsFoodit to back surcharge ban by absorbing credit card fees
Businesses will not be allowed to add “rip-off” surcharges for card payments from 13 January…
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NewsSugro MD Philip Jenkins resigns to set up consultancy
Jenkins will not be replaced and will continue to provide strategic advisory services
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Comment & OpinionA bleak Christmas for opponents of the rubberstamped Tesco-Booker deal
For bitter opponents, reading the CMA’s verdict must feel like an untimely dose of the norovirus
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NewsPlassey Food becomes Landmark member ahead of 'big expansion'
The family-run business will join the buying the group on 1 January
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NewsHancocks to offer confectionery click & collect in the UK
The Today’s Group member was bought by US food wholesaler Innovative Bites earlier this year…
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NewsFilshill rolls out new premium KeyStore More format
Eleven stores have already been converted, with plans to reach 20 by the end of 2018
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NewsOoft targets more hospitals for healthy vending machines
Ooft says it wants to install a further 100 at private and NHS hospitals in 2018
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NewsBidfood announces winners of 'unsung heroes' competition
The wholesaler’s ‘Christmas Gift’ campaign acknowledged hospitality sector employees working on Christmas Day
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NewsShell signs supply deal with Booker following collapse of P&H
The deal will see Booker deliver goods to 500 stores for the next three years
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NewsPepsiCo to launch van sales division after P&H talks fail
A further 400 P&H staff have been made redundant taking the total to 2,850
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NewsBrakes launches crowdfunder for hungry children at Christmas
Brakes has invested £257,000 into the Meals & More project since 2015
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NewsBidfood set to pick up AF Blakemore's cash & carry in Penrith
The sale comes a year after Blakemore invested £1m to refurbish and rebrand the depot
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NewsPetition calls for Palmer & Harvey bosses to face 'justice'
P&H fell into administration last Tuesday after talks over a rescue deal with private investment firm Carlyle failed
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NewsForecourt contingencies swing into place in wake of P&H demise
Oil giant Shell has admitted there could be the “possibility of interruption” to the supply of products…
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NewsFairway Foodservice to join Landmark Wholesale in January
The £650m-turnover company takes Landmark membership to 39 and increases its foodservice sales to £1.7bn
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NewsBlakemore defends slow rollout of its Bmorelocal fascia
To date, there are only eight stores rather than the wholesaler’s original target of 30 by October this year
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NewsNisa joins coalition of wholesalers supplying Costcutter
Nisa has also picked up temporary McColl’s deal in the wake of the P&H collapse
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Comment & OpinionWho killed Palmer & Harvey?
From the 2008 MBO, Palmer & Harvey still chose to pay out £70m in interest payments to preferential shareholders. Why?