Archive of all Bidfood articles – Page 6
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Big 30 Wholesalers: Fuel costs pile pressure on foodservice
If shopping locally has given a modest boost to independent retailers, the same cannot be said for foodservice customers. And with eating out in decline, suppliers are falling over each other to cut their margins to keep their piece of the shrinking pie.
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3663 splits logistics and wholesale arms in restructure move
3663 First For Foodservice’s logistics arm has been split from the wholesale business by South African parent company Bidvest, creating a new company.
Bidvest Logistics took over deliveries on behalf of clients such as Burger King and… -
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Foodservice beware, DHL plans to cut wholesalers out of chain
Logistics expert DHL is planning to muscle further into the foodservice market and is in talks with several pub and restaurant chains.
Several companies were examining their supply chains to look for efficiency savings and were… -
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3663 snatches back Burger King contract in last-gasp reversal
3663 First For Foodservice has taken back the £100m-a-year Burger King contract it was to lose to DHL in July.
Burger King had given notice that it was to switch distribution to DHL but 3663 convinced the fast food operator to reverse its… -
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3663 appoints Wilson as chief of marketing
Wholesale giant 3663 First for Foodservice has appointed a new marketing director.
Jenny Wilson joins from strategy adviser Caterlyst where she was insight director. She has also worked for Whitbread, Virgin Retail, Sodexo and Dairy…