Archive of all Wholesalers articles – Page 65
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NewsAF Blakemore links with Royal Voluntary Service to provide food & drink essentials
Blakemore drivers will deliver the products to four Royal Voluntary Service distribution centres across the UK
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NewsFWD and Cabinet Office link to create online food platform for care homes
The new food2care.co.uk site enables care homes to find wholesalers operating in their area
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat’s it like getting a government-backed loan?
Q Catering Supplies faced disaster before securing a £500k lifeline
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NewsBlakemore Foodservice launches click & collect service at Darlaston DC
The service, which has a minimum spend of £50 per order, allows members of the public to buy food in bulk
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NewsBrakes supplies 550 extra care homes after food sourcing struggles
Brakes has offered advice on simplifying menus to care homes experiencing staff shortages…
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NewsHeinz insists DTC food service ‘won’t impact’ wholesale and c-store customers
The timing of the move has upset many of its wholesaler customers who are struggling to receive enough stock
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NewsCostco trading director and ‘tremendous leader’ Steve Barnett dies
Barnett was part of the team that launched Costco in the UK in 1993
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Comment & OpinionBig brands need to make supporting the convenience sector a priority
Heinz is now selling DTC, while wholesalers plead for stock
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NewsGovernment intervention boosts wholesale and convenience stock levels
The shake-up followed crisis talks between members of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors and the government
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NewsWholesalers urge hospitality businesses to spend grants on stock bills
Frontline hospitality businesses that are eligible will begin to receive grants of up to £25,000 via their local authorities this week
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NewsWholesalers urge government to ensure fairer allocation of supplier stock
The FWD has also sent a letter to its supplier members, urging them to take action to rebalance allocation to wholesalers
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NewsConfex shuts down central distribution after sales plummet
Confex member Millennium Wholesale will act as a de facto central distribution hub
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NewsAppleby Westward purchases new lorry to collect products from suppliers
Wholesaler has also brought in other extra vehicles and taken on temporary staff as it processed record volumes last month
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NewsFoodservice wholesalers sell direct to consumers through new website
Foodservice Online is one of the FWD’s service provider members
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NewsBerkmann Wine Cellars launches online store to support hospitality outlets
The hospitality industry was ‘suffering immeasurably’, said Berkmann CEO Rupert Berkmann
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Analysis & FeaturesThe great foodservice diversion: can companies repurpose fast enough?
A once-secure sector is now in a desperate struggle for survival
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NewsMatthew Clark looks to open up new routes to market with delivery app
It comes as on-trade drinks wholesalers were blindsided when the nation’s pubs, bars and restaurants were ordered to close their premises
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NewsBrakes starts selling direct to consumers via Food Shop service
Brakes’ new Food Shop venture went live this week at its Reading, Portbury and Warrington depots
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NewsWholesaler JW Filshill puts 50-case cap on click & collect
Customers have been warned delivery times will now be a day later than usual
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NewsHancocks to shut all 19 cash & carry depots and shift to online
The Grocer understands this to be the first wholesaler to close its doors in response to the coronavirus crisis