Wholesale News

More than 1,000 one-to-one meetings took place between foodservice suppliers and Unitas Wholesale members at the buying group’s Meet the Member event last week. Read more here >> Unitas Wholesale

Carlsberg announces deal to buy Britvic. Read more here (link in comments) >>

Ahead of today’s general election result confirming a new Labour Government, we asked wholesalers across the UK to share what they are looking for in order to succeed. Read more here (link in comments) >>

The managing director of the UK’s largest wholesale buying group, Unitas Wholesale, has shared his asks of the new Labour government following this morning’s announcement of a new administration. Read more here (link in comments) >> Unitas Wholesale

To celebrate the launch of Mentos Discovery, Perfetti Van Melle teamed up with Dhamecha to deliver a showstopping in-depot activation. Read more here (link in comments) >> Perfetti Van Melle

JW Filshill has bolstered its commercial team with the appointments of two category buyers to newly created positions. Read more here (link in comments) >> JW Filshill

Caterfood Buying Group, the independent buying group arm of Bidcorp UK, has announced the acquisition of Turner Price as part of its strategy to achieve national coverage. Read more here (link in comments) >> Caterfood Buying Group

The annual FWD conference took place on 27 June, with a focus on the many, varied ways to unlock the wholesale sector’s opportunities for growth and success. Read more here (link in comments) >>

Wholesale buying group Confex has added yet another member to its ranks, taking the total number of members to 223 across 241 UK depots. Read more here (link in comments) >> Confex Ltd  

A thought-provoking and insightful day at The Federation of Wholesale Distributors annual conference. Always a pleasure to catch up with familiar faces and put faces to familiar names. Congratulations on yet another great event James Bielby, Nikki Connor, Martin Williams, Lyndsey Cambridge and Zara Baker