Archive of all Booker articles – Page 11
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Retailers find a cure for finance problems with new credit union
Leading retailers are joining forces to help retail staff who find themselves in financial difficulties…
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NewsPremier to offer more 'Mega Deals' to members
Booker’s Premier chain is to increase the number of ‘Mega Deals’ it offers to mark its 20th anniversary…
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Analysis & FeaturesRowan revs up discounter wholesaling with Revlon
Selling clearance stock to discounters has served Rowan well but now it’s eyeing exclusive strategic partnerships…
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Analysis & FeaturesBooker makes Makro economics work with best of both approach
After a litany of losses, the wholesaler has chalked up an £11m profit. How did the Wilson masterplan fix things so quickl…
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NewsMakro back in profit as Booker sales climb 17.3%
Makro is back in profit, Booker revealed today.
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NewsBooker slammed by wholesalers for supplying BHS Food
Booker has been accused of failing to support indies following its decision to supply products to BHS…
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NewsBooker now UK’s biggest grocery wholesaler by turnover
Booker has overtaken Palmer & Harvey to become the UK’s biggest grocery wholesaler by turnover, after reporting full-year sales of £4.7bn.
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Comment & OpinionWilson's City Food Lecture: astute and cleverly subversive
Wilson painted the supermarkets as latterday Gordon Browns, knowing only how to spend, spend, spend…
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NewsBooker's Euro Shopper range launches £1 price-marked milk
Booker launches £1 Euro Shopper milks…
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NewsMakro economics cast shadow over more buoyant wholesale sector
The profit margins of the UK’s 30 largest grocery wholesalers have slipped again to an even thinner 1.3%…
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NewsBooker to stage ‘Thank You’ promos and events
Booker is holding a ‘Thank You’ event next week to thank its customers for their support last year.
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Booker sales lifted by Makro acquisition
Booker has posted a 19.1% hike in third-quarter sales, boosted by its acquisition of Makro last year.
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NewsBooker and Bestway launch January promos for indies
Wholesalers Booker and Bestway have both launched promotions to help independent retailers offer their customers deals throughout January.
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Analysis & FeaturesIllicit tobacco: it's time to take a stand
As previously law-abiding indies are tempted, the illicit tobacco trade is growing again…
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NewsBestway and Booker launch new promotional campaigns
The UK’s two biggest cash & carries have launched big promotional campaigns in the run-up to Christmas…
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Analysis & FeaturesThe depot that tears up the rule Booker
After buying Makro in April, Booker converted Makro Sheffield into a hybrid depot servicing both sets of customers…
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NewsBooker woos retailers with Treasurer Executive cigarettes
Booker is taking the fight to the illicit tobacco trade with the launch of a new tobacco brand that offers retailers a profit on return of 10%.
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NewsBooker profits jump as Makro savings kick in
Booker’s acquisition of Makro is “on plan” to generate £26m of synergies by the end of the wholesaler’s financial year.
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NewsMakro reaps benefits of Booker as availability and service soar
Makro “is enjoying its highest-ever availability, profits and customer satisfaction since being acquired by Booker”…
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NewsBestway urges stores to ditch Booker Euro Shopper products
Bestway is targeting Booker’s Euro Shopper range with an amnesty campaign called Ditch the Euro…