All articles by Lyndsey Cambridge – Page 21
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NewsOne Stop swaps own label products for Tesco branded goods
Source: One Stop The symbol group used third party distributor Menzies to deliver 200,000 additional cases to retailers over the past two months Symbol group One Stop has swapped a number of its own label fresh ambient and grocery lines for Tesco branded products in a bid ...
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NewsEat 17 sets sights on pubs and restaurants for franchise expansion
The retailer plans to open new stores across the capital by offering its model of combining retail and foodservice to pubs and restaurants
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NewsConvenience store plastic-free initiatives derailed by coronavirus
Thornton’s Budgens in Belsize Park launched a milk dispenser last year but has had to adapt the service as a precaution
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NewsBuying group Confex to launch Core own-label product range
Core will consist of 275 catering-sized products across ambient, chilled, frozen and grocery categories
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NewsWholesale sector warning as Bidfood consults on hundreds of jobs
The Grocer understands hundreds of jobs are at risk as Bidfood, which employs 5,400 staff, looks to restructure
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NewsCosta Coffee to reopen 40% of UK cafés for takeaways
The high street chain will be offering a takeaway service from 1,100 stores
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Comment & OpinionBrakes’ woes illustrate wholesale sector’s urgent need for government support
Many wholesalers believe sector-specific support could save their businesses
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NewsHundreds of Brakes jobs at risk as part of coronavirus recovery plan
As many as 70 workers at Brakes’ head office at Eureka Business Park in Ashford have been entered into a 45-day consultation period
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NewsWholesalers call for relaxation of two-metre social distancing rules
Moving to a one-metre rule would have a major impact on the profitability of pubs and restaurants when they are allowed to reopen in early July
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NewsDefra kicks off new tender process for deliveries to vulnerable
The Grocer understands Defra has identified businesses interested in servicing the contract currently held by Bidfood and Brakes
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NewsNew HR director and operations director appointed at CJ Lang
Sonya Harper takes the role of central operations director while Louise Rogers joins as HR director
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NewsBrakes offers home grocery delivery service for blind people
The scheme aims to help people that have difficulties maintaining social distancing in stores and accessing online delivery slots
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ProfilesParfetts joint MD Greg Suszczenia on how coronavirus has affected wholesale
’I can see the suppliers that are fixated in the ways of the past and those that are adapting and it’s obvious to me who will win’
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NewsEat17 considers launching a franchise model
The admission comes as the retail and restaurant business has seen sales of its new takeout-and-delivered model of up to £8,000 a week
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NewsCook speeds up online delivery rollout to meet surging demand
The retailer told The Grocer it had added 14 vans to its existing fleet of 36 over the past two months
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NewsDCS Group launches webinars on wholesale and convenience coronavirus opportunities
Advice included stocking ‘main shop’ packs sizes and taking a lower margin to grow overall profit
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NewsJJ Foodservice reports return to pre-lockdown levels of turnover
Head of operations Sedat Kaan Hendekli said its clientele had changed ‘drastically’
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NewsSpar adds range of six chilled desserts
The symbol group will be running promotions to support the launch from 17 June
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NewsNFRN links with Jisp for contact-free shopping app
A number of NFRN members’ stores will be trialling the app over the coming weeks
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NewsOver half the UK’s wholesalers may not last the year, Defra is warned
More than £200m of key public sector food contracts are at risk, with social care and education contracts worst hit