National wholesaler JJ Food Service has invested £15m to open three new branches in Dagenham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Leicester, which are scheduled to be fully operational in the autumn. The Dagenham branch, just nine miles from the city centre, is a state-of-the-art purpose built site...
JJ Food Service is the parent company of CentralDish – a new website which drives consumers to restaurants and takeaways using a rating system based on real customer images and reviews. The website lets diners search for the best meals in their local area based on...
Blackheath-based fish & chips shop The Vintage Fish, a JJ Food Service customer, has announced it will invest £1M to start a franchise with four additional sites scheduled to open by 2017. Newly opened this year, the takeaway has introduced a new retro-modern take on traditional...
The UK’s third largest wholesaler Blakemore Wholesale has signed up to Alchemy, a cloud-based reporting tool which provides the business and its suppliers with on-the-go access to sales-out data. The group is the first wholesaler to sign up to Alchemy, which monitors sales through Blakemore’s 14...
National wholesaler JJ Food Service has agreed to offer cafes, restaurants, pubs and canteens in Brighton a 10% discount on healthier eating options via the local council’s Healthy Choice scheme. Group general manager at JJ Food Service Terry Larkin said, “The work we recently did in...
National wholesaler JJ Food Service has seen an increase in sales of healthier options following its activity with the Mayor of London’s Healthier Catering Commitment (HCC) in February. JJ’s group general manager Terry Larkin said, “As a result of distributing our Healthier Catering brochure to our...
Believe it or not, a trip to the hairdressers can teach you some valuable lessons in business. Here's three tips I took away from my recent trip to the salon. Being cancelled on isn't always a bad thing. When I turned up for my appointment I...
Seats are now available for the Women in Wholesale conference, an educational networking event, which will take place on October 18th in London from 10am-4pm. New speakers to the line-up include UK sales manager of JJ Food Service, Sue Guilfoyle; Marketing director of Costco Wholesale, Sue...
National wholesaler JJ Food Service has been named one of the most profitable businesses in the UK by the Sunday Times after securing 70th position on the Profit Track 100 league table. The Profit Track 100 ranks Britain’s top 100 private companies with the fastest-growing profits...
National wholesaler JJ Food Service has completed the installation of 1000 solar panels on the roof of the Sidcup branch, which will be used to generate an estimated 225,000kWh annually. A total of 960 panels have already been installed on the roof of the Enfield branch,...