Latest wholesale news – Page 109
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Booker starts self-scanning trial in depots
Booker is trialling self-scan technology in three of its depots. The cash & carry giant is testing the technology in its Kettering, Lancaster and Lincoln depots. Customers are given a scanner gun, which they return to an operator at...
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Makro launches Spend and Save loyalty scheme
Makro is hoping to increase customer loyalty by launching a Spend and Save card.As part of the incentive, which runs until 4 December, every time a customer spends £20 in a Makro depot, they will receive a stamp in their card. Once they...
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Londis Fresh system pushes fruit and veg
Fruit and vegetables sales have increased 66% at Londis in the past year following the launch of Londis Fresh. Musgrave Retail Partners GB launched the initiative a year ago. A new warehouse management system was introduced to allow for...
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Makro loses key figure in turnaround strategy
Allard Sjollema, Makro Cash & Carry UK's influential commercial director, is leaving the business.Sjollema, who has been at Makro UK for four years and was right-hand man to MD Hannes Floto, is leaving on 16 July to take up a role...
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Bestway aims to be biggest as well as Best in Scots assault
Bestway has launched a major push for its Best-One fascia in Scotland as it ramps up its efforts to become one of the biggest c-store brands in the UK.
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Budgens hails success of new sausage range
Budgens has put the success of its new sausage range down to the hot weather.The retailer has already shifted 250,000 bangers after launching the range as part of its Budgens Best offer. Varieties include pork variants with chilli, apple...
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Wholesalers face duty fraud raids by Customs
Customs officers are conducting surprise swoops on wholesaler depots as part of a new offensive in HMRC's war on alcohol duty fraud, The Grocer has learned.The latest crackdown was part of a 'revised alcohol strategy' recently given the...
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NewsMakro UK ‘would not fetch attractive price’, admits Metro
There is no point trying to sell Makro Cash & Carry UK at the moment because "it wouldn't fetch an attractive price", the boss of Metro Group has claimed.
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Forecourt chain MPK signs to Londis fascia
Forecourt retailer MPK Garages has signed up to the Londis fascia.Up to 28 of MPK's 40 forecourt stores, which are predominantly located in The Midlands and the Yorkshire borders, will be supplied by Londis as part of the three-year...
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Bestway snaps up Scots wholesaler Bellevue
Bestway has bought Scottish wholesaler Bellevue, the owner of two cash & carries, for an undisclosed sum.
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Budgens to be given SuperValu treatment
Budgens is to get the Irish treatment later this year with the trial of new offers to bring the fascia in line with its SuperValu and Centra counterparts.
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HMRC decides wholesaler register plan is unfeasible
Plans to introduce a wholesaler registration scheme to reduce alcohol duty fraud have hit the buffers.The Federation of Wholesale Distributors drew up plans last year to introduce a register of wholesalers that deal with at least 100...
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Booker blasts banks for not support independents
Independents are receiving "shockingly bad service" from their banks, claims Booker chief executive Charles Wilson.
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Musgrave boss Smith named FWD chairman
Musgrave Retail Partners GB managing director Phil Smith has been named as the new chairman of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors.
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NewsP&H and Makro cosy up to create PalMak
The OFT has given the green light to a buying alliance between wholesalers Palmer & Harvey and Makro this week but wholesalers warn it could lead to closer scrutiny of other buying groups in the future.
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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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Budgens store turns roof into veg garden
The roof of a Budgens in north London is being transformed into a garden to grow vegetables.Endangered British vegetables, such as purple carrots, will be grown on the roof of the Crouch End site, and the produce sold in the store...
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Cutbacks bring fall in ADM Londis revenue
Irish convenience group ADM Londis has cut credit lines to more than 40 stores to help it cope with the economic downturn.The outlets involved were described as "exposed stores" where there was a risk the group would not be paid for...
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Makro testing delivery service at eight depots
Makro Cash & Carry is trialling a delivery service, The Grocer has learned.The ongoing trials are understood to be from eight depots, where Makro has recruited delivery customer consultants, in Glasgow, Washington, Hull, Leeds,...
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Bestway outlines plans for foodservice growth
Bestway has revealed plans to become a major delivered foodservice provider.Catering lines currently account for about 5% of Bestway's turnover but the wholesaler intends to grow its share of the market and set up a dedicated foodservice...