Lyndsey Cambridge
The Grocer
United Kingdom
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Fuel crisis: wholesalers forced to cancel deliveries as fleets brought to a standstill
Several larger wholesalers that refuel on site have seen up to a 10% jump in fuel prices since the weekend → Read More
Boris Johnson prepares to call in the troops to help deliver fuel
Fifty to 85% of independent service stations are now out of fuel → Read More
Driver wages must rise further to ease crisis, industry says
Pay hikes are so far failing to draw enough recruits, the industry has warned → Read More
HGV driver hours extended by government in bid to counter shortage
The move has received a mixed response from industrry bodies → Read More
School food supply is not at risk, says Bidfood
Bidfood is one of a growing number of food and drink companies calling on the government to extend driver hours → Read More
HGV driver shortage: industry and government hold ‘constructive’ talks
Measures being called for include an extension of HGV driver hours and the temporary suspension of overnight delivery curfews → Read More
Driver shortage crisis: Brakes axes supply to customers and suppliers halt deliveries
The lack of HGV licenced drivers is continuing to cause chaos across the food and drink supply chain as wholesalers and suppliers attempt to meet high demand with depleted fleets → Read More
Driver shortage putting supplies for ‘Freedom Day’ in jeopardy
‘The PM is calling it Terminus Point, but there will be no terminus pint,’ said FWD CEO James Bielby → Read More
Grocemania goes direct to customer with dark store rollout
The first dark store opened this week in Kingston, with a second to folllow in Twickenham in July → Read More
Minister accuses industry bosses of ‘crying wolf’ over driver shortage
The comments came as haulage, supermarket, supplier and trade association leaders met with government on 16 June to thrash out solutions to the shortage → Read More
Tesco tells ministers tens of thousands of tonnes of food is going to waste thanks to driver shortage
In crisis talks with ministers today, the retailer said 48,000 tonnes of food across its supply chain in the last week alone had been binned → Read More
JW Filshill customers face three-day delivery delays
Keystore and Keystore More fascia customers have been prioritised → Read More
Lynas Foodservice opens new store amid ambitious expansion plans
The new 9,000 sq ft ‘food outlet’ in Strabane, Northern Ireland, will be the family-owned wholesaler’s second largest → Read More
Snappy Shopper partners with PayPoint for delivery payments
The partnership will provide Paypoint’s 17,800 convenience retail partners with the ability to offer home delivery or click & collect along with a way to accept customer payments for the orders → Read More
JJ Foodservice battles HGV driver shortage with women-focused recruitment push
The wholesaler is offering salaries for permanent positions of up to £35k with no evening or weekend work → Read More
Nisa retailer Harj Dhasee switches to SimplyFresh’s Sainsbury’s format
Dhasee currently runs two ‘Village Stores’ under a Nisa banner in Mickleton in the Cotswolds → Read More
What does Kitwave Group’s IPO mean for the business and what comes next?
The family-owned business is only the second food and drink wholesaler to be listed from The Grocer’s Big 30 → Read More
Beer shortages in c-stores as hospitality demand soars
The Grocer has spoken to numerous industry sources who are facing supply issues on core beer lines → Read More
Takeaway market almost doubled in 2020 as Brits ordered in
Lumina Intelligence UK Foodservice Delivery Market Report 2021 recorded a £3.7bn increase last year → Read More
Driver shortage leading to availability issues in convenience stores
Spar wholesaler AF Blakemore has been forced to introduce caps on the amount of products retailers → Read More