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Bestway extends link with rural communities charity

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Bestway Wholesale has linked up with the Plunkett Foundation to help support rural community businesses. The charity specialises in helping rural communities and their businesses – including community-run grocery stores – and Bestway supplies more than 47,000 independent retailers across the UK. Bestway managing director Dawood Pervez said: “The value of shopping local within communities …

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