Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 73
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DairyDrop to launch on-demand convenience delivery service
The milk delivery service is to expand following soaring demand from its customers
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Hancocks reports £1.3m loss after Covid devastates sales
Hancocks received £6.5m in government-backed loans after coronavirus restrictions forced the wholesaler to temporarily close its 19 cash & carry site
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Parfetts names Guy Swindell and Noel Robinson joint MDs
Swindell was Parfetts’ retail director while Robinson joins from rival Bestway
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Henderson Group opens 300th Spar store in Northern Ireland
The store opened last week in County Tyrone
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Cook sees 7% sales jump as proportion of online orders soars
The upmarket frozen food retailer and manufacturer said it would pay back £235k of furlough aid
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Lynas Foodservice opens new store amid ambitious expansion plans
The new 9,000 sq ft ‘food outlet’ in Strabane, Northern Ireland, will be the family-owned wholesaler’s second largest
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Snappy Shopper partners with PayPoint for delivery payments
The partnership will provide Paypoint’s 17,800 convenience retail partners with the ability to offer home delivery or click & collect along with a way to accept customer payments for the orders
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Nisa launches digital marketing platform to drive sales over summer
Insights, promotional plans, ranging advice, planograms and campaign material for the summer will be offered to retailers on a password-protected platform
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Harlech foodservice sales hit by chef and waiting staff shortage
Last week the Criccieth, Gwynedd-based business delivered to 38% fewer customers than the same period in 2019
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Wholesalers fear business rates relief ‘postcode lottery’
The Treasury told The Grocer this week local authorities would need to set up their own ‘relief schemes’ to distribute the relief to eligible businesses
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Scottish wholesaler Lomond Fine Foods overhauls fleet with eco-friendly vehicles
This week the family-owned wholesaler added three Tesla and three Kia Niro vehicles to its fleet
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Wholesaler Turner Price launches ‘UK’s first foodservice marketplace’
The family-owned business has worked with Mirakl – which powers marketplaces for Carrefour, Auchan and Kroger among others
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Abuse and violence against shopworkers up 7%, BRC’s latest annual crime survey finds
Shopworkers faced 455 incidents of violence and abuse each day in the year to April 2020, BRC research showed
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JJ Foodservice spends £1m on 20 new trucks
The 13.5-tonne Isuzu trucks will bolster its 140-strong fleet across the London-based wholesaler’s 11 UK depots
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Nisa retailer Amacor Capital adds 13th store to fast-growing portfolio
The newest site, in Hebden Bridge, will continue to trade under a Nisa Local fascia, meaning customers will be unaffected by the handover
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Appleby Westward triples size of Wessex Retail subdivision in under two years
The Spar wholesaler currently has 22 stores trading under the subsidiary, after starting off with just seven in December 2019
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Confex member Dunsters Farm defects to foodservice specialist group Caterforce
The education sector-focused wholesaler is set to join the foodservice buying group on 1 July
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Poundland opening first new convenience format Local stores
The Grocer revealed ‘Poundland Local’ was on the way last month
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Foodservice wholesalers struggling with staff shortages
Wholesalers told The Grocer they did not have enough staff in operational roles within depots
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HGV driver shortage pressure set to lead to higher food prices
A 70,000 shortfall of HGV drivers has seen wages shoot up by 20%