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
A focus on packaging and energy efficient lighting is taking Brakes’ CSR standards to a new level The initiatives add to the foodservice wholesaler’s impressive array of environmental policies, which included a 2ZERO20 pledge to cut hard-to-recycle black plastics from its supply chain. The new packaging policy... Read more
Bidfood has become the first UK wholesaler to sign up to a science-based net zero carbon target Coming under the category of Food and Staples Retailing, the pledge has been made to champion change within the foodservice sector and to... Read more
Birchall Foodservice reducing its carbon footprint by installing hundreds of solar panels The Burnley-based wholesaler started work last week on 388 clean energy solar panels to be fitted on its main warehouse roof. The changes will save more than 50... Read more
The Scottish Wholesale Association is moving into Phase 2 of its decarbonisation project designed to help members and the wider wholesale sector become greener and more sustainable. With ambitious plans to decarbonise the wholesale food supply chain and achieve net-zero... Read more
Scottish Wholesale Association’s Chief Executive Colin Smith discusses why it’s important the sector steps up to tackle the issue of sustainability and how SWA is working on decarbonisation projects It’s easy to talk about only one thing at the moment and it’s... Read more
