Archive of all Bestway articles – Page 15
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Manchester companies blast congestion charge
Plans to introduce a congestion charge in Manchester are "inappropriate", "completely arbitrary" and would hit business, leading food and drink companies have warned. Kellogg's, United Biscuits, Makro, Bestway, Parfetts and Joseph Holt...
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No change 1Charles Wilson Chief executive BookerWilson retains the top spotsee right ??? no change 2Younus Sheikh managing director, Bestway Cash & CarryA non-mover at number two, mainly because...
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Bestway court action over misuse of name
The owner of cash and carry giant Bestway Cash and Carry has vowed to take legal action against any company illegally trading on its name following recent success at the High Court in London. Bestway Holdings, which owns...
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Sir Anwar's king of wholesaling, Sunday Times Rich List reveals
It's official. Sir Anwar Pervez, chairman of wholesale group Bestway, is richer than Her Maj.The Sunday Times Rich List put Sir Anwar and family at 138th with a fortune valued at £543m. The Queen was left trailing in 229th place with a...
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"The remarkable thing about this market is the resilience and optimism of wholesalers like Sir Anwar"
It's been a busy week for Sir Anwar Pervez. On Tuesday, the founder of the Bestway Group celebrated 30 years as a cash & carry wholesaler with a lavish bash for 1,000 guests at Grosvenor House in London. On Wednesday, he was treating journalists...
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Bestway plans new Batleys depot in Kent
Bestway Group has unveiled expansion plans for 2007 alongside strong double-digit annual growth figures for the year to 30 June. The company aims to open the first new Batleys depot in more than five years at Gillingham, Kent, in July...
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Depot visit Bestway, Acton
Things have changed a lot since Mohammed Ghulam, general manager of Bestway's depot in Acton, London, entered the cash and carry trade 27 years ago. Much of that change has been for the better, he says. "There's much more professionalism than...
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Bestway eyes Nisa-Today's
Wholesaler Bestway has reaffirmed its interest in acquiring Nisa-Today's in the wake of the collapse of the Costcutter merger. Bestway MD Younus Sheikh said it remained willing to explore further the benefits of a potential takeover. An...
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Sheikh: public will see through multiples' PR
Younus Sheikh, MD of wholesaler Bestway, has greeted the Competition Commission's inquiry into grocery with scepticism and delivered a rallying call to independents, urging them to build closer ties with their communities. Sheikh, who was...
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Shop Profile - Bestway Cash and Carry
Bestway's rise to prominence reads something like the Frank Lampard success story: master your fundamentals, never stop working on your game and when you get your chances, finish clinically.The company has evolved from its roots as an...
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Evolving into fourth biggest
Number of depots: 49Number of employees: 4,000Turnover: £1.7bnType of operation: Cash & carry and delivered wholesalerBestway's rise to prominence reads something like the Frank Lampard success story:...
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Evolving into fourth biggest
Number of depots: 49Number of employees: 4,000Turnover: £1.7bnType of operation: Cash & carry and delivered wholesalerBestway&'s rise to prominence reads something like the Frank Lampard success story:...
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Best wholesaler
What a year it has been for Bestway. The classy cash and carry operator climbed from sixth to fourth position in The Grocer's Big 30 wholesaler ranking, thanks to its acquisition of Batleys for £100m in January 2005. A year on and it's making...
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Best wholesaler
Bestway lives up to its name as category starWhat a year it has been for Bestway. The classy cash and carry operator climbed from sixth to fourth position in The Grocer&'s Big 30 wholesaler ranking, thanks to its acquisition of...
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Jobs go as Batleys' staff move from HQ
Wholesaler Bestway is planning further consolidation at Batleys after a review, with a restructure and relocation of head office staff. In terms of the proposals, most finance responsibilities will shift from Batleys' HQ in Leeds to the...
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Review of the year 2005
It was the year of big government, an ever-bigger Tesco, a bid for Somerfield, and bird flu. The Grocer team flag up the hot storiesYour man of the yearSir Anwar PervezBestway chairman Sir Anwar Pervez was a worthy...
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How Sir Anwar built an empire in the best way
This year’s winner of The Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement tells Julian Hunt why Bestway is such a successPicture the scene: it’s 1968 and a young Pakistani entrepreneur named Anwar Pervez is about to open his second...
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Sir Anwar Pervez wins Grocer Cup
Sir Anwar Pervez, chairman of the Bestway Group, was last night presented with the Grocer Cup for Outstanding Business Achievement at the IGD Food Industry Awards.Sir Anwar won the prestigious accolade in a poll of readers of The Grocer from...
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In profile: Ghufran Ashraf, manager of Bestway cash and carry depot in Park Royal, north London
Keeping customers happy Managing the biggest cash and carry in Europe is a challenge Ghufran Ashraf clearly relishes. The 35-year-old took up the reins at the...
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Changes start at Batleys
Bestway’s acquisition of Batleys, finally confirmed this week, has already led to dramatic changes within the business, The Grocer has learned.Batleys’ wholesale petfood enterprise has been sliced in two, with the wholly delivered wing becoming...