Archive of all Booker articles – Page 18
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Makro to target indies with own-label revamp
Makro is set to launch two ranges for independent retailers in the next two years in a bid to take on Booker's Euroshopper.It is planning to relaunch own-label value range Aro from January and launch a mid-tier range called Fine Food in...
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Booker chilled warehouse doubles in size
Booker has doubled the size of the chilled warehouse at its Hatfield distribution centre to 40,000 sq ft.The wholesaler said the extension, which cost £500,000 and will create 50 jobs, would allow it to deliver the freshest possible...
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Makro confident it can reduce losses this year
Makro Cash & Carry insists it is on target to reduce its losses to less than £20m this year. Accounts posted at Companies House earlier this month revealed Makro had recorded a loss of £26.7m in the year to 31 December 2008, up from...
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Booker Direct’s MD appointed to board
Mark Aylwin, MD of Booker Direct, has been appointed as an executive member of the Booker board.Under Aylwin's leadership, Booker Direct, which delivers direct to Booker's larger customers from three distribution centres in Hatfield,...
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Makro claims it is on road to recovery as food sales rise 4.1%
Makro Cash & Carry's pre-tax losses widened from £19.4m to £26.7m in the year to December 2008, while turnover fell 2.6% to £899m, according to accounts filed at Companies House. Makro said its total number of customers had fallen...
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Rising indie numbers boost Booker’s sales
Booker has reported a 5.5% increase in half-year retail sales, reversing the 0.5% drop recorded a year ago.Group sales rose 7.7% to £1.6bn in the 24 weeks to 11 September, helped by like-for-like growth of 9.4% in non-tobacco sales and...
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DBC headhunts four new directors in top team restructuring
DBC Foodservice has restructured its senior management team to help it take on market leaders Brakes and 3663.The wholesaler, which was bought by Iceland boss Malcolm Walker and two members of his board in May, has headhunted four new...
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Cash and curry
Booker opened its first depot in India last week - beating Tesco and Carrefour to the punch. Beth Philips walked around the Mumbai DCX with Charles Wilson to learn more about the wholesaler's ambitions
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Booker's oil recycling scheme ‘used by thousands’
Booker has given £100,000 back to its customers under the cooking oil recycling scheme it launched in June last year.
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NewsBooker slashes debt by £24.9m in a year
Booker Group has posted a rise in like-for-like sales of 7.6% for the past three months and revealed that its group debt has fallen by almost £25m in the past year.
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Other Movers 5/9/09
Booker CEO Charles Wilson started a one-year term as president of Sweet Charity this week. Wilson, formerly vice-president, replaces Cadbury's sales director Dave Pogson.
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Makro is in it for the long haul as depot refit plan continues
Makro is planning to refit a further eight depots in 2010 as part of its multimillion-pound refurbishment plan. Speaking exclusively to The Grocer at Makro's first Christmas show for suppliers and customers, held in Bolton last week, MD...
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Makro’s first own-brand cider arrives
As the Pimm's and Sainsbury's copyright row rumbles on, Makro has taken on Bulmers and Magners by launching Felsgold, its own-brand pour-over-ice cider. However, the cash & carry retailer was quick to point out that Felsgold's pack...
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3663 buffs up buffet offering for Christmas
There are signs the worst of the recession is over, but 3663 First For Foodservice is still expecting its customers to economise this Christmas.In anticipation that many office parties will be downgraded from sit-down meals to finger...
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3663 bid for ‘perfect supply chain’ goes on with £18m depot
3663 First For Foodservice will open an £18m multi-temperature depot this week and add two similar sites in a bid to create the perfect supply chain.The foodservice giant will debut its 120,000 sq ft Paddock Wood depot on Tuesday and...
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Booker course boosts staff butchery skills
Booker will next month begin a second wave of butchery training.The wholesaling giant has already trained more than 40 staff in butchery over the past 12 months as it attempts to address a shortage of butchers in the trade. "Due to the...
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Veteran ops director Legro to join Makro UK turnaround team
Makro has made its third senior management appointment in two months as the cash & carry wholesaler attempts to turn around the business.Makro's German parent company Metro Group has parachuted in Patrick Legro, operations director at Makro...
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Takeaway pay day for cash & carry Makro
Makro has signed up 1,500 new takeaway operators following the launch of its Every Day Takeaway campaign two months ago.Makro said sales from existing takeaway customers had risen 20% following the push, which included new everyday products...
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Threat to Lichfield site as 3663 volumes fall
3663 First For Foodservice is considering shutting down a depot in Lichfield that employs 220 staff, following the closure of six other sites in the past 12 months.The foodservice giant said it had decided to reduce the number of its...
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Full sale or return on all Booker's Best Sellers
C&C giant Booker, which this week moved from the AIM to the main market, is offering sale or return on all full cases from its Retail Best Sellers range.