Archive of all Booker articles – Page 17
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Makro launches Spend and Save loyalty scheme
Makro is hoping to increase customer loyalty by launching a Spend and Save card.As part of the incentive, which runs until 4 December, every time a customer spends £20 in a Makro depot, they will receive a stamp in their card. Once they...
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Makro loses key figure in turnaround strategy
Allard Sjollema, Makro Cash & Carry UK's influential commercial director, is leaving the business.Sjollema, who has been at Makro UK for four years and was right-hand man to MD Hannes Floto, is leaving on 16 July to take up a role...
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NewsMakro UK ‘would not fetch attractive price’, admits Metro
There is no point trying to sell Makro Cash & Carry UK at the moment because "it wouldn't fetch an attractive price", the boss of Metro Group has claimed.
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Makro axes 150 jobs in battle to recover
Makro Cash & Carry has made 150 redundancies as part of a restructure to ensure it is "fit for purpose".The job losses follow a 90-day consultation at the wholesaler. The consultations, which started in February, involved department...
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Booker blasts banks for not support independents
Independents are receiving "shockingly bad service" from their banks, claims Booker chief executive Charles Wilson.
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Fruit and veg complete DBC Foodservice range
DBC Foodservice has launched a range of fresh fruit and veg to help it compete against Brakes and 3663 First For Foodservice.
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NewsHot Topic: A P&H-Makro merger would make sense
A merger would make sense. P&H and Makro have a lot to offer each other and would move the enlarged company into new areas
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NewsP&H and Makro cosy up to create PalMak
The OFT has given the green light to a buying alliance between wholesalers Palmer & Harvey and Makro this week but wholesalers warn it could lead to closer scrutiny of other buying groups in the future.
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Makro adds frozen rolls to catering lines
Makro has launched a new frozen bakery range for its hotel, restaurant and catering customers.It includes bread rolls, ciabatta and panini, naan, pitta, scones and doughnuts. They are available part or fully baked.Makro said...
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Premier stores launch scratch card giveaway
Premier stores are to hold a scratch card giveaway that owner Booker claims is the biggest promotion even run by a symbol group.The wholesaler says it is laying on the promotion to celebrate Premier passing the 2,500 store mark closing...
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Makro unveils revamped Aro own-label lines
The relaunch of Makro own-label range Aro has kicked off with 25 products aimed at hotel, restaurant and catering customers.Makro claims the range which includes cheese, ham, frozen veg and chicken can match, and in many cases beat,...
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3663 snatches back Burger King contract in last-gasp reversal
3663 First For Foodservice has taken back the £100m-a-year Burger King contract it was to lose to DHL in July.
Burger King had given notice that it was to switch distribution to DHL but 3663 convinced the fast food operator to reverse its… -
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Makro testing delivery service at eight depots
Makro Cash & Carry is trialling a delivery service, The Grocer has learned.The ongoing trials are understood to be from eight depots, where Makro has recruited delivery customer consultants, in Glasgow, Washington, Hull, Leeds,...
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DBC confident new contracts will boost sales £30m a year
DBC Foodservice has outlined plans to grow sales by at least 10% over the next year, claiming it has the potential to grow as big as Brakes and 3663 First for Foodservice.
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Barnes steps down from 3663 in global revamp of Bidvest ops
Fred Barnes has stepped down as CEO of 3663 First For Foodservice owner Bidvest Europe, following a restructure by its South African parent company.
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Makro hits higher gear in its cost-cutting drive
Makro Cash & Carry has set out ambitious plans to make cost savings of £12m this year, The Grocer has learnt. The loss-making wholesaler made cost savings of £6m in 2009 and is understood to have told staff that it plans to double...
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Hundreds of managers face axe in Makro cull
Hundreds of managers at Makro Cash & Carry are facing redundancy as the company makes moves to streamline its workforce.
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Booker slashes bread and milk prices to help retailers compete
Booker has cut the price of bread and milk as part of its ongoing Everyday Essentials strategy.The C&C giant first launched Everyday Essentials in 2007, pledging to lock down the price of key groceries for long fixed periods to help...
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Walsh moves from Makro to Booker
Booker has poached Andy Walsh from rival Makro to further improve the wholesaler’s offer to caterers…
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Sweet Charity gets new vice president
Deri Watkins, UK chocolate impulse sales director at Mars, has been named the new vice president of Sweet Charity, the charity for the UK confectionery industry.Watkins will support Sweet Charity president and Booker CEO Charles Wilson,...