Kitwave Wholesale Group expands convenience offering with acquisition of Chilled operator

Published on 8/8/2019

North Tyneside based wholesaler Kitwave has continued its expansion plans with an investment in Central Supplies one of the UK’s largest independent chilled product wholesalers. Central Supplies, based near Birmingham, which has a turnover of around £50m, is a highly respected wholesale supplier of chilled products to the retail and wholesale sectors. They operate across the UK from 2 depots…

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H.B. Clark launch new Mobile App

Published on 30/5/2018

H.B Clark have launched a mobile app which has proved an instant hit with their customers. Users can now log on to place an order on their mobile phone by easily navigating through product groups, NPD’s, must stocks, customer favourite lists and promotions. Users can also use the mobile phone’s camera to scan the product’s barcode to add it to…

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H.B. Clark team win Gold award for Marketing Programmes at the ABI Wep Awards

Published on 16/5/2018

H.B. Clark have won this prestigious award for achieving the highest number of installs on Bud Light, Budweiser and Stella 4.8% during 2017. H.B. Clark put through a massive 268 installs across these 3 brands, 54 more than the runner up in this category. A fantastic result from all the Sales Team!

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H.B. Clark invests in fleet

Published on 20/12/2017

After months of anticipation and waiting, finally we get to view our new fleet. DAF have built these to the high specification we requested. Every vehicle ergonomically designed and engineered to our individual requirements. Featuring all the latest safe loading procedures and driver aides. Our supplier partners supported us in the livery of each vehicle and were keen to see…

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Kitwave Wholesale Group expands alcohol offering with acquisition of H B Clark

Published on 26/6/2017

North Tyneside based wholesaler Kitwave has continued its rapid expansion plans with the acquisition of H B Clark one of the UK’s largest independent alcohol wholesalers. The deal comes hot on the heels of the recent acquisition of Phoenix Fine Foods and marks the beginning of a new phase of growth for Kitwave following a multimillion pound investment from Pricoa…

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Squirrels UK Ltd receives a Queen’s Award for enterprise in international trade

Published on 21/4/2016

Squirrels UK, part of the Kitwave Wholesale Group has received the prestigious 2016 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade – this was in recognition of achieving outstanding growth in export sales over the last 3 years. The awards are made annually and this year coincide with Her Majesty’s 90th birthday celebrations. The business started in 1970 from a market…

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Kitwave Wholesale Group completes £ multi-million deal to fund its appetite for growth

Published on 2/3/2016

Fast growing group, Kitwave Wholesale has completed a refinancing deal which sees the business raise funds from lead investor Pricoa Capital Group and a co-investment partner Allstate, for a minority stake, in order to continue pursuing its acquisition strategy. The transaction also provides an exit for NVM Private Equity, which invested in the business in 2011. Kitwave, founded by CEO…

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Kitwave Wholesale Group continues to grow with acquisition of Hulleys Frozen Foods

Published on 9/7/2015

Kitwave Wholesale Group, has added an eleventh company to its group following the acquisition of Angelbell Limited (t/a Hulleys Frozen Foods). The acquisition is an excellent fit within the Kitwave Group in terms of its operations and national geography and complements the acquisition last year of another Frozen Food wholesaler, Eden Farm. Overall this will continue to widen Kitwave’s geographic…

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Eden Farm expands to new Luton site

Published on 10/2/2015

With excellent transport links to central London and Southern England the new coldstore in Luton provides a cutting edge, optimised solution for frozen food and ice cream deliveries. With 60,000 square feet of warehouse space and features such as motion activated LED lighting and remote coldstore temperature monitoring, the site provides the perfect infrastructure for our next wave of growth.

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Automatic Retailing launch online trading website

Published on 10/12/2014

Automatic Retailing have launched an online trading website, which has proved an instant hit with their customer base. Customers can now logon to place an order, by easily navigating through the recently restructured product hierarchy, or browsing their ‘favourites’ list which highlights recently purchased products by the customer. The site also has clear visibility of promotions and multibuy deals, which…

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