US-based food wholesaler Innovative Bites has acquired UK-based sweet maker Bonds of London for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is part of Innovative Bites' long-term growth strategy to become a major confectionery supplier in ...
VAI (Vormittag Associates) announces that Black River Produce, the New England-based food wholesaler, is optimizing their supply chain with VAI’s S2K for Food solution. By implementing VAI's industry-leading ERP system, Black River ...
Tags: VAI, Black River Produce, Food wholesaler, VAI S2K
Kitwave Wholesale Group, an independent UK wholesaler of FMCG products, has added an eleventh company to its group following the acquisition of Angelbell by acquiring Hulleys Frozen. The acquisition is an excellent fit within the Kitwave ...
Tags: Kitwave Wholesale Group, FMCG products, frozen food, food production
Miami Bay Beverage, the makers of trimino sugar-free protein-infused water, have signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Farrell Distributing of South Burlington and Rutland, Vermont. Delicious trimino protein-infused water is ...
UK-based chocolate bars firm The Grown Up Chocolate Company (GUCC) has signed a supply agreement with fine food wholesaler and distributor Hider Foods Imports. As part of the agreement, Hider will list the entire range of chocolate bars, ...
Tags: GUCC, Hider Foods, Food
Dutch food firm Wessanen has signed a deal to sell its wholesale business comprising Natudis to wholesaler Vroegop Ruhe, for an undisclosed sum. The sale is part of the company's strategy to further strengthen its own brands in the ...
Tags: Royal Wessanen, Food
Plummeting EU sugar prices will pose "a significant challenge" to Napier Brown – the sugar trading subsidiary of the Real Good Food Company (RGFC) – said its chairman Pieter Totté. Falling EU sugar prices represented a ...
Tags: Sugar, Agriculture, Food
The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred Booker's acquisition of Makro to the country's competition authority. Booker revealed in an announcement today (7 November), the OFT's decision to refer its completed acquisition of Makro ...
Tags: competition authority, food wholesaler, local cash-and-carry assets
UK food wholesaler Booker is set to buy the local cash-and-carry assets of German retail giant Metro Group. Booker said today (30 May) it had agreed a cash-and-shares deal that values Metro's Makro UK arm at GBP139.7m. As part of the ...
Booker has said Makro's performance in the second quarter was "challenging" as the firm booked an increase in group sales. Sales in the 12 weeks to 14 September 2012 climbed 4.3% and 3.3% in the first 24 weeks of the year. The wholesale ...
Tags: food wholesaler, food industry, tobacco sales, tobacco