James Badger
The Grocer
United Kingdom
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JW Filshill appoints Laurence Ward as development manager for east and north of Scotland
Ward joins the business having previously held the position of operations manager at Batleys Edinburgh → Read More
How public sector food & drink procurement plans affect wholesalers
The news has provoked strong reactions from wholesalers, who say the changes could negatively impact their business. But how will the new contract work? Who might win the tender, and are there any positives to be taken? → Read More
Co-op launches second wave of ‘The Apiary’ business support scheme
Successful applicants for the initiative will be able to pitch their products to Co-op's buyers, with the aim of seeing them stocked on the convenience retailer's shelves → Read More
Power List: The most influential women in grocery wholesale
Female talent continues to rise to the top of the food industry, yet gender diversity is still far from perfect → Read More
FWD launches Diversity in Wholesale initiative
The move is intended ensure all forms of diversity are accounted for → Read More
Fresh Direct invests £2m in Bicester site as demand increases
As part of the expansion, Fresh Direct has also added two new development chefs and one product development executive to its team → Read More
CJ Lang & Son to implement new technology to drive business efficiency
The company has partnered with software company Relex Solutions to automate and optimise its business processes → Read More
Cook delivers record-breaking Christmas sales figures a year on from cyber-attack
Like-for-like retail sales, including local delivery and click & collect across its 94-shop estate, were up 22% from £12.6m in 2021 to £15.7m → Read More
Bidcorp acquires foodservice supplier Harvest Fine Foods
Harvest supplies over 1,000 catering establishments across the Dorset, Hampshire and Sussex areas and stocks a range of 4,500 chilled, frozen and ambient products → Read More
Brakes to launch new personalised customer rewards scheme
As part of the scheme, Brakes is also partnering with the Eden Reforestation Project, a charity that supports global communities affected by deforestation → Read More
Bidfood lining up Glasgow and Bedfordshire depot openings for 2023
Bidfood said both depots would include state-of-the-art technology to help it reduce its carbon footprint → Read More
JJ Foodservice partners with Quorn to expand vegan range
The new products in the range, targeted at the hospitality sector, include Quorn ChiQin Buttermilk Style Burger, ChiQin Crispy Wings and ChiQin Fillets → Read More
Cook EBITDA slumps £2m following Christmas 2021 cyber-attack
The attack ground manufacturing systems at its Sittingbourne site to a halt and prevented Cook from making and delivering food → Read More
Batteries 2022: big brands ready for blackouts
Battery sales have plunged. The category has lost £22.7m on the back of a 19.9% decline in volumes → Read More
JW Filshill appoints Arwel Carter as regional development manager for north of England
Carter joins the business having spent nine years at field and experiential marketing agency McCurrach → Read More
Olive Dining partners with Olio to share surplus meals with local communities
The partnership will see leftovers from schools in south east London distributed to communities via the Olio app → Read More
Unitas awards staff one-off £500 cost of living payment
The business said it was recognising the dedication and effort of its staff through the one-off payment → Read More
Rail strikes: ‘heavily disrupted’ Christmas to hit foodservice sales
One major foodservice wholesaler told The Grocer it expected to see a 10% decline in sales on strike days → Read More
Wholesalers footing the bill as influx of corporate cards causes average interchange fee to rise
In the aftermath of the pandemic providers are understood to have increased efforts to sell cards aimed at retailers → Read More
Why Unilever is treading carefully with ‘cow-free dairy’ products
Precision fermentation could replicate dairy without the environmental downsides. But there is a PR risk → Read More