All articles by Lyndsey Cambridge – Page 3
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NewsJisp launches tool to scan products in Nisa stores for discounts
Customers with the Jisp app will be able to access promotional offers tailored to their purchase history
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NewsMorrisons to expand wholesale with supply to pubs and restaurants
The grocer has partnered with new online platform StarStock to sell more than 1,500 lines into the on-trade
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NewsHyperama launches Tiger Foodservice hospitality business
A new fleet of 12 multi-temperature delivery vehicles ranging from 7.5 tonne to class two has been purchased
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NewsBrexit will have ‘bigger impact than Covid’ on food & drink: Justin King
King suggested there was an inevitability prices would have to rise due to supply chain changes
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NewsBooker calls for suppliers to focus on bestsellers to tackle availability problems
Booker has also launched new point of sale material across its Premier symbol estate
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NewsFood prices: ‘Tsunami’ of hikes on the way for consumers as suppliers pass on costs
Some suppliers are hanging on by their fingernails trying to reach the end of the year, but many can no longer wait and supermarkets have accepted that without price increases they will cease production
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Comment & OpinionSupermarket price hikes could well be the next blow to Brits’ pockets
Just as the hike in National Insurance is confirmed, wallets are set to take yet another hammering – this time at the checkout.
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NewsSpanish food wholesaler Mevalco sees record sales post-pandemic
The wholesaler told The Grocer it had been performing at record levels on a consistent week-on-week basis since lockdown ended in May
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NewsJW Filshill sees profits more than double as convenience boom offsets Covid costs
Turnover jumped 23% to £191m in the year to 31 January 2021
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NewsUnitas trading director and wholesale stalwart John Baines to retire
Unitas said Baines had played a ‘pivotal role’ in the group since he joined what was then Nisa Today in 1994
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NewsBooker HGV drivers vote for strike action at Thamesmead depot
Unite balloted 40 members over strike action after drivers at Booker’s Hemel Hempstead site were given a temporary £5 per hour pay hike in a bid to tackle the national driver shortage
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NewsHopes for temporary visas for EU HGV drivers dashed by government
The government has rebuffed numerous calls over the past few months for drivers to be added to the skills shortage occupation list
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NewsBestway relaunches Retail Development Programme
It is the first time Costcutter retailers will be invited to join since its acquisition was finalised earlier this year
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NewsLabour crisis revealed: Food shortages caused by 500,000 worker deficit
A new report estimates there are over half a million posts that need to be filled across farming, food production and distribution, as well as retail and hospitality
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NewsSchools told to prepare for food shortages
Wholesalers are warning schools of the need to ‘stock up’ as the HGV driver crisis intensifies
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NewsPost Office launches EasyID app to improve parcel collection
The organisation said the app is designed to make parcel collection quicker and easier
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Scottish Wholesale Association joins project to cut vehicle emissions
The aim of the study is to identify the business case for using fuel cell technology to achieve zero-emission road freight
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NewsBRC and Logistics UK demand more action to beat HGV driver shortage
The trade bodies have laid down three actions for government to take
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NewsBooker HGV drivers balloted over strike action
Unite has accused managers at Booker of being “missing in action”
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NewsCook concessions soar as 150 are added in past year
Sales from concessions were up 20% in the last year and now make up two-fifths of Cook’s total sales