Archive of all Sysco articles – Page 3
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NewsBrakes launches 10% cashback offer for Christmas
Brakes is offering 10% cashback, until 31 December, across key categories including meat and poultry, Christmas tableware, wine and champagne
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NewsBrakes and Sysco Speciality Group begin electric vehicle trial
The pilot will include a range of temperature-controlled electric vehicles, including two Electra 19-tonne HGVs and two electric vans
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NewsThe Cookaway eyes major investment in growth
World cuisine recipe kit challenger The Cookaway has hired advisors to help secure a major strategic investor as it looks to rapidly scale the business.
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NewsMeals & More launches Big Day Out children’s holiday scheme
The programme will see children given the opportunity to spend a day at the seaside or visit attractions including Go Ape
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NewsSysco International appoints Paulo Peereboom as president of foodservice operations
Peereboom joins the business with over 30 years’ experience in senior leadership roles across seven countries
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NewsJack Hancock to head up M&A and strategy at Meadow Foods
Hancock joined the Cheshire-based business in 2007 – leading several transformational projects
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NewsBrakes installs new solar panel system in drive towards 100% renewable electricity
The Harlow project is the first in a renewable energy scheme that will see the company generate green power at a number of its other sites across the UK
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NewsSysco Specialty Group introduces new eco packaging in sustainability drive
The Promens trays have replaced traditional wax boxes, and only contain two types of easily recyclable plastic, LDPE and HDPE.
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NewsBrakes and FareShare provide two million meals to vulnerable people in 2021
Brakes works closely with local charities to ensure any leftover food is redistributed through a network of over 3.000 organisations
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NewsBrakes relaunches ‘Help for Hospitality’ fund as cost pressures bite
The wholesaler has now relaunched the initiative to ease increasing costs for its customers, such as rising energy prices and staff wages
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NewsBrakes pledges £500,000 to support charity Meals & More
The charity helps families by providing healthy food during the school holidays, when vulnerable children often go hungry
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ProfilesMy food & drink job: Calum Brown, commercial development co-ordinator, Brakes Scotland
Calum works with Scottish food and drink businesses to help grow their foodservice sales
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NewsSysco Speciality Group launches Best of British catering guide, with new range of local produce
The new seasonal range is sourced from over 100 British farmers, dairy producers, bakers and fishers
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NewsBrakes launches LGBTQ+ support network as Pride month begins
The new support network will consist of several ‘support champions’ who will assist employees with issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community
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NewsBrakes reports 35% sales decline as result of hospitality shutdown
Across the wider European business sales fell by 25.7% to £2.6bn for the year to 4 July 2021
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NewsBrakes launches ‘Virtual Chef’ tool ahead of calorie labelling legislation
The new technology would reduce the potential for human error and save businesses time by providing bespoke label design functionality
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Comment & OpinionBig 30’s historic losses last year only tell half the story
Last year was the most challenging for the UK’s grocery wholesalers since the Second World War
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Suppliers and Products GuideCHEP
CHEP is a global provider of supply chain solutions serving the consumer goods, fresh food, beverage, manufacturing and retail sectors in more than 60 countries…
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Analysis & FeaturesBrakes’ suffering turnover proves the pain of hospitality’s closure
The numbers cover the year to June 2020 and so include the period when the UK went into total lockdown at the beginning of the pandemic, though not the subsequent highs that came with the Eat Out To Help Out scheme
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Analysis & Features2022’s Big 30: the inflation battle facing Britain’s biggest wholesalers
Wholesalers have battled the challenges of Covid and Brexit with aplomb. But they now find themselves in the eye of another storm with rampant inflation… and patchy availability