Welcome to the October issue of Wholesale Manager. The Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA), as part of its ongoing work to help the wholesale industry transition to net zero, is partnering with Renault Trucks and contract hire company, Vertellus, to offer members – both wholesalers and suppliers – the opportunity to rent a fully electric Renault Trucks E-Tech D 18-tonne HGV (rigid, curtainsider or refrigerated) for 12 months, at the near equivalent cost of renting a diesel HGV. Vertellus is also supplying the required charger, but members can claim back £3,000.
The Country Range Group has welcomed its first foodservice wholesale member from mainland Europe after the announcement that Europ Foods has joined the Group as its 15th member. The move will see Europ Foods become the first company to roll out the Group’s impressive three-tiered own brand portfolio in international markets, while also benefitting from the Group’s buying power, promotions, analysis, data and insights and wide-ranging marketing campaigns.
Sugro UK, one of the UK’s leading buying and marketing groups for independent wholesalers, is proud to announce a series of exciting in-depot activations at various member depots as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. These activations took place at several key member depots, including Cyprofoods Ltd and TB Cash & Carry Leeds & Bradford Depots, in collaboration with numerous top suppliers such as Britvic Soft Drinks, Mars Wrigley, KP Snacks and Mondelez International.
No-one could accuse Kerim Suavi of not understanding the wholesale business. He has been in the industry since the tender age of ten, beginning by helping his father with deliveries. In a Focus on Foodservice interview, Kerim Suavi, Managing Director, Crowbond Foodservice, tells Wholesale Manager what he wants to achieve in the role and how Crowbond will be a paperless business by the end of the year.
JW Filshill is a Glasgow-based fifth-generation business that supplies the KeyStore convenience stores and independent retailers across Scotland and the north of England and national accounts including the Scottish Prison Service. Filshill relocated from Hillington to new purpose-built premises at Westway Park near Glasgow Airport last year. Andrew Allison, business improvement manager, JW Filshill, tells our Who’s Who in Wholesaling page about some of the challenges of the project and the benefits the new site brings to the business.
Confex is the UK’s longest standing buying group, operating since 1972. Turning over a huge £3.71bn, the group represents 12% of the UK wholesale market including both retail and foodservice wholesalers. In a Who’s Who in Wholesaling interview, Jess Douglas, COO, Confex, explains what benefits the Confex Data Insight programme will bring to members and how the wholesale industry has changed in recent years.
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