Midlands Food Service, Deckers and Lion Catering have all joined the Confex buying group, taking the overall membership number to 227 and boosting turnover by £75m.
Midlands Food Service, a family-owned wholesale catering butcher, said joining the buying group would allow the business to take advantage of Confex’s Core own label products to service customers in their newly acquired business Strawberry Fields.
“We look forward to building a strong partnership, not only with the Confex head office team, but also the wider membership and look forward to some profitable inter-company trading,” said Midlands Food Service partner Graham Dolman.
Poole-based business Lion Catering said it was looking forward to accelerating growth plans by working alongside Confex suppliers to expand its product offering to customers.
Meanwhile, Deckers trading director Andy Waller said: “We have chosen Confex for their breadth of knowledge and their innovative approach to the wholesale industry. We look forward to working closely with the head office team to create additional opportunities for Deckers.”
Confex MD Tom Gittins said: “Confex are very pleased to welcome our new members to our growing buying group. We look forward to helping them traverse these difficult trading times and continue their businesses’ growth during 2022 and a beyond.”
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