Latest wholesale news – Page 8
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Prison food reform is ‘huge opportunity’ for wholesalers, says charity
The Food Matters in Prisons report, issued last month, calls for greater transparency and accountability around food procurement
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Sysco GB advocates for apprenticeship levy education reform
Wider changes to the apprenticeship levy are being advocated for by the FWD
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Absolut Vodka & Sprite RTD rolls out in the UK
The launch represents a third foray into alcohol in the UK for Coca-Cola
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FWD calls for apprenticeship levy reform to boost skills training
Clare Jackson, senior learning and development lead at Sysco GB, said the reform should also include covering costs of exams and equipment
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Brakes gives £2.5m cashback as Mybrakes hits 10k members
The loyalty programme is celebrating its first-year anniversary, having seen customers claim over £2.5m cashback
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Lioncroft Wholesale funds new cancer research fellowship
A donation by the Lioncroft Foundation has enabled the Cancer Awareness Trust to appoint a childhood cancer specialist
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Diageo defends decision to scale back direct supply to wholesalers
Diageo GB managing director Nuno Teles said the move was necesarry to offer ‘good activation’ on its products to operators
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Parfetts boosts retailer support with wave of new appointments
Head of retail Steve Moore said new national sales controller roles were created to ‘support the teams in the field’ and ‘provide senior levels of knowledge and experience to all customers’
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Booker brings back Scratch2Win promotion in Premier
Retailers will be able to use spring promotions such as Scratch2Win to build momentum ahead of the key summer sales period
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Scottish Wholesale Association trials new electric truck
The aim of the trial is to provide accurate case studies to aid members in transitioning their fleet to carbon neutral alternatives
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Booker partners with Yext to make most of search engine data
Yext helps businesses rank positively on search engines by managing how business listings appear across the online search ecosystem
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Bidfood planning to introduce carbon labelling on products
Bidfood announced its next strategy to tackle carbon emissions at Destination 2025 this week
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Morrisons in talks to open first stores in Northern Ireland
Tom McAvoy, who owns a 16,000 sq ft Nisa Extra store in Rathfriland, started stocking products from the supermarket about three years ago
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Paragon Brands takes swipe at Diageo after minimum order criteria bombshell
Drinks distributor Paragon launched its own tongue-in-cheek supply rules for wholesalers
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Defra announces EPR changes that could save wholesalers millions
The new changes will make business-only packaging that was previously labelled as ’household waste’ exempt from EPR fees
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Diageo angers wholesalers with removal of direct supply
The spirits giant is turning off direct supply to wholesalers if they do not order £2m of stock per year
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Brakes launches new plant-based range to make most of Veganuary trend
Brakes is launching five plant-based items for Veganuary 2024, with more than 50 products to follow
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Parfetts to expand own-label range by 20% this year
The wholesaler said it wanted to provide more “high-quality products” at low prices while delivering “impressive” margins for retailers
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JJ Foodservice staff turnover decreases 50% following profit-sharing initiative
The new initiative rewarding staff’s efforts has been credited as the reason for the change
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Thomas Ridley Foodservice appoints Jon Marlow as new managing director
New MD Jon Marlow has extensive experience in sales, and will bring a ‘down-to-earth’ approach to the role