Foodservice wholesaler Thomas Ridley has revealed it is successfully diverting 99% of its waste from going into landfill The Country Range Group member is committed to taking positive environmental action with its own operations and encouraging its customers to doing... Read more
Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA) has joined the Zero Emission Truck Taskforce in Scotland The SWA – and Chief Executive Colin Smith, who will be its representative – was invited to form part of the new group in recognition of its... Read more
Recycling Coca-Cola products has been made easier after the soft drinks giant introduced new, attached caps to its plastic bottles Production of bottles with attached caps began on 17 May at CCEP’s site in East Kilbride in Scotland – with... Read more
A new movement to encourage the wholesale sector to work more sustainably has been launched The Green Wholesale Collective is exclusive to Wholesale News – and is supported by national trade associations, FWD and SWA – and aims to cast a spotlight on how... Read more
As energy costs continue to soar, FWD Chief Executive James Bielby explains why more sustainable options are suddenly becoming a lot more attractive for wholesalers Chatting to one of our members a few days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine,... Read more
A wholesaler has held a week-long trial to evaluate the effectiveness of the new 19-tonne electric truck The vehicle delivered to Spar stores within a 100-mile radius of the depot in the West Midlands across a week in March. The vehicle... Read more
A new partnership between Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA) and Volvo Trucks is offering wholesalers detailed insight into the electric vehicle and infrastructure network Part of SWA’s Decarbonisation of the Wholesale sector project , the Electric Vehicle Experience event is being held in Linwood and allows participants to... Read more
It’s not often a leaking roof can lead to anything positive. But that was the case for wholesaler Taylor Vending. Faced with the prospect of paying for a new roof to fix the issue, Partner Martyn Simpson started to look at... Read more
Creed Foodservice has announced plans to achieve net zero by 2035 as part of a raft of new sustainability targets The Country Range Group member is aiming to champion more robust action in the sector while making a positive impact... Read more
Brakes and dairy supplier Yew Tree Dairy have announced a new initiative that will see Brakes become the first wholesaler in the country to sell milk in plant-based packaging. Made from sustainably sourced paperboard and plant-based plastics derived from sugar... Read more
Shopping at convenience stores is better for the environment – that’s what more of a third of consumers believe according to a TWC report The study also found that sustainability concerns are already influencing where people are buying their groceries,... Read more
JJ Foodservice has pledged to cut its carbon footprint by moving its total computing infrastructure to the cloud The move of the foodservice wholesaler to Microsoft Azure is a step in the right direction, as the cloud-computing service aims to... Read more
Lomond worked with more than 60 Scottish suppliers to deliver a locally-sourced, low-carbon, sustainable menu for COP26 The Glasgow-based wholesaler was approached by Compass Scotland, an existing customer, to deliver a locally-sourced, low-carbon, sustainable menu for COP26. The brief for... Read more
Scottish Wholesale Association (SWA) Chief Executive Colin Smith issued a rallying cry to Scottish government to support wholesalers to decarbonise the industry Smith’s impassioned message comes on the back of SWA publishing the findings from the first phase of its... Read more
A new fleet of hybrid vehicles have been unleashed by Lomond: The Wholesale Food Co The collection of 20 7.5-tonne hybrid refrigeration vehicles will help to reduce the foodservice wholesaler’s carbon footprint. Each of the vehicles are in Lomond’s new... Read more
