Managing Director of Hi Line Cash and Carry, Sharmmi Jeganmogan, is the first non-white female member of Landmark Wholesale’s Board of Directors. She grew her alcohol and soft drinks business five-fold from £4m to £20 million after taking over at MD in 2009. She reveals to Women...
Flexible working, tackling unconscious bias and attracting and retaining talent were just some of the themes debated at the second Women in Wholesale (WiW) conference at The British Library last week. Almost 200 men and women from across the food and drink wholesale and manufacturing industry gathered...
National wholesaler JJ Food Service has renewed a multi-million pound contract to supply school meals for the London Borough of Newham. The wholesaler has supplied the borough for the past four years with frozen foods and has been successful in adding grocery products to the contract,...
National wholesaler JJ Food Service has increased the number of females working in the warehouse from zero to 13% in just six months, following its ‘Women in the Warehouse’ recruitment campaign. JJ Food Service COO, Mushtaque Ahmed, said, “Minor workplace adjustments have taken the physicality out...
National wholesaler JJ Food Service has launched a card for all customers with an upper limit of £25,000 and up to 37-days interest free credit to support caterers’ cash flow. JJ Food Service CEO Mustafa Kiamil said, “This is a first for the UK foodservice industry...
The Women in Wholesale (WiW) conference took place this week with the mission to support the development and progress of females working in UK grocery wholesale. Almost 200 wholesalers, cash and carries and FMCG brands gathered at the British Library in London for the event, more...
Flexible working agency Timewise has partnered with the Federation of Wholesale Distributors to run an exclusive pilot into defining what flexible working looks like in wholesale. They need one more wholesale volunteer for the research - it would involve an interview or two and a branch...
Fancy joining UK's top wholesale talent to celebrate achievement AND meet the Minister for Women over a glass of bubbles at the Houses of Parliament? Well keep on reading...
National wholesaler JJ Food Service has become the first UK grocery and foodservice wholesaler to launch a One Tap Payment option for online orders placed via the JJ App. JJ Food Service COO, Mushtaque Ahmed, said, “Convenience and speed are absolutely key to our customers. With...
A WiW Guest Blog by Janet Standing The idea that ‘people buy people’ is fundamental to the success of any kind of business, be it in a B2B or a B2C context. Wholesalers support small- to medium-sized retailers, on-trade customers and foodservice vendors who are the anchors...