Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 49
-
News
Grocer Gold Awards 2022: symbol/franchise retailer of the year
Premier has impressed with ‘Latest Thinking’, a new store format focusing on fresh
-
News
Grocer Gold Awards 2022: national wholesaler of the year
Booker has extended its dominance over UK wholesale through online expansion
-
News
Grocer Gold Awards 2022: specialist wholesaler of the year
Pricecheck has boosted its brands with a launch onto Amazon
-
News
Grocer Gold Awards 2022: regional wholesaler of the year
Filshill has delivers focused results with family values
-
News
EG Group stops one million meals from going to waste in UK with Too Good To Go
The forecourt giant said the milestone highlighted its ongoing commitment to reducing food waste
-
News
Discounters forecast to be fastest-growing grocery channel over next five years
The UK grocery market as a whole will grow 11.3% to £241.3bn, according to analysis by IGD
-
News
Supreme acquires vaping manufacturer Liberty Flights in deal worth estimated £12m
Liberty Flights was founded in 2010 and specialises in premium e-liquid and vaping devices
-
News
Ascona Group calls for 20p per litre cut in fuel duty amid soaring pump prices
Writing a blog yesterday, Ascona Group CEO Darren Briggs said “unprecedented increases” in pump prices were stopping independent forecourt retailers from remaining competitive with the mults
-
News
Sysco Speciality Group launches Best of British catering guide, with new range of local produce
The new seasonal range is sourced from over 100 British farmers, dairy producers, bakers and fishers
-
News
Finalists unveiled for The Convenience Awards 2022
The Convenience Awards 2022 takes place on Tuesday 13 September at The Londoner Hotel in Leicester Square
-
News
Annual age increase for tobacco sales could disrupt retailers' restriction policies, argues ACS
It comes as Javed Khan, the former CEO of Barnardo’s, today published an independent review into the government’s ambition to make England smoke-free by 2030
-
News
Differing Welsh and English HFSS proposals will confuse retailers, says ACS
ACS CEO James Lowman said the trade body was ‘very concerned about the prospect of slightly different and even more confusing rules on restricting HFSS products and promotional activity in Wales compared to England’
-
News
Co-op and Microsoft team up to create new food redistribution platform
Called Caboodle, it is already being trialled in 100 Co-op stores and is also to be made available to other retailers
-
News
Brakes launches LGBTQ+ support network as Pride month begins
The new support network will consist of several ‘support champions’ who will assist employees with issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community
-
News
Delivery platform Docaan halts trading, with website down for several days
It comes after its prime convenience store partner LA Foods put an end to its four-month trial with Docaan after finding it “unsuccessful”
-
News
JJ Foodservice launches ‘My Shopping List’ website feature to help caterers plan
Caterers can use the feature to save their order in advance and then add it to their basket and make payment when they require it
-
News
McCain announces RuPaul’s Drag Race star Baga Chipz as new creative director
The self-proclaimed Queen of Chips will oversee all creative outputs of the McCain business, starting with midweek meals
-
News
Incidents of violence and abuse triple during pandemic, BRC crime survey finds
Just over 1,300 incidents occurred each day during the 12-month period, which was up from 455 a day the previous year.
-
News
FWD calls on government to provide support for wholesalers servicing public sector
The FWD pressed the government to commit to ongoing inflationary increases for public sector catering suppliers
-
News
Retailers to face bigger fines if caught selling knives to children
The Sentencing Council proposed the new guidelines, including one for organisations and one for individual