Latest wholesale news – Page 33
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NewsHGV driver apprenticeship scheme shake-up penalising wholesalers, warns Brakes
Brakes said it was now seeing graduates opting for typically better paid Class 1 roles and shunning Class 2 positions
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NewsMachinery shortage compounding supply crisis, claims Bidfood CEO
Bidfood CEO Andrew Selley said the lead time for acquiring new equipment had increased from six months to as much as 18 months
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NewsJames Convenience Retail sales and profits suffer due to pandemic
The retailer temporarily closed 12 shops for a period of the financial year due to the pandemic
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News‘Transformed’ CJ Lang doubles pre-tax profits as sales grow 9%
In the past year, the company has invested more than £2m in the rollout of its overarching food-to-go brand
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NewsEnergy price hikes proving ‘painful’ for wholesalers
The Federation of Wholesale Distributors said members’ energy costs had increased by between 50% and 250% in October
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NewsSimplyFresh pauses search for partner to replace Sainsbury’s
COO Michael O’Loughlin is to step down from the role later this year
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NewsHundreds of HGV testing slots unused every week despite massive backlog
DVSA figures show 1,545 test slots were not taken up in the last four weeks
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NewsRHA slams ‘cabotage’ system for foreign haulage operators to operate in the UK
The change to cabotage will allow foreign haulage companies to undertake unlimited work in the UK for a two-week block
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NewsWholesalers say flow of goods is worse than at pandemic start
Several wholesalers told The Grocer this week major supplier availability was currently between 80%-85%
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NewsBirchall Foodservice sees sales jump thanks to online order service
All 6,000 of Birchall’s products are available on both the OrderMate app
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NewsPricecheck launches Amazon fulfilment offer for brand partners
Pricecheck will utilise an in-house team to re-pack goods in order to adhere to Amazon’s requirements
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NewsMcColl’s beats target to open 100th Morrisons Daily store
McColl’s has a broader ambition to be operating 350 Morrrisons Daily stores by November 202
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NewsCompany Shop teams up with Too Good To Go to sell ‘Magic Bags’
The money raised from selling the bags will be donated to Company Shop’s social enterprise
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NewsParfetts almost doubles Go Local own-label range with 58 new lines
The wholesaler has also completed the expansion of its Aintree depot
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NewsNisa extends supply contract with Ramsden International
The extended deal has the potential to deliver £200m of sales over
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NewsJJ Foodservice gives London HGV drivers a 14% pay rise
The increase from £35k per annum represents a rise of 14.3%.
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NewsBooker HGV drivers call off strike after offer of new pay deal
Strike at Booker’s Thamesmead site had been planned for today
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NewsTransport minister’s ‘call to arms’ drops on to doormats of a million HGV licensees
Letter is part of government’s plan to address 100,000 shortfall in the number of HGV drivers in the UK
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NewsCaterforce buying group to eliminate black plastic by end of 2021
The group has pledged that all of its packaging will be either recyclable or reusable by 2025
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NewsCastell Howell almost halves carbon footprint in three months
Castell Howell has partnered with the National Botanic Garden of Wales and West Wales River Trust to launch a nature stewardship plan