All Booker articles – Page 23
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Booker adds blush to its wine ranges
Malt House Vintners, the range of wines by Booker cash and carry, has three rosé additions. The rosés are available in three of the company's sub-ranges, including the South African Rouwke's Drift and French Marcel Hubert labels, priced...
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Profile Revisited
Fred Barnes, chief executive of 3663 First for Foodservice, is remarkably upbeat, given that 3663 lost a highly coveted MOD contract to DBC Foodservice earlier this month. 3663 is fifth in our Big 30 rankings with sales of £1.3bn and...
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3663 sales growth despite MoD loss
Wholesaler 3663 First for Foodservice expects to report full-year turnover in excess of £1.4bn next month, compared with sales of £1.29bn last year. In an exclusive interview with the The Grocer, 3663 chief executive Fred Barnes said he...
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General manager: Chris Webber
Having joined Booker last April, Webber assumed his present position in August after a brief training period. So he's the first to acknowledge that it's early days in terms of his future career path with the wholesaler. And he brings a slightly...
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Drive to expand business with new initiatives
Booker's cash and carry depot in Reading is a good place to start if you want to find out how the wholesaler's recovery strategy to focus, drive and broaden the business is going. One of its key focuses is expanding operations and improving...
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General manager: Chris Webber
Having joined Booker last April, Webber assumed his present position in August after a brief training period. So he's the first to acknowledge that it's early days in terms of his future career path with the wholesaler. And he brings...
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Drive to expand business with new initiatives
Booker's cash and carry depot in Reading is a good place to start if you want to find out how the wholesaler's recovery strategy to focus, drive and broaden the business is going. One of its key focuses is expanding operations and...
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Drive to expand business with new initiatives
Booker's cash and carry depot in Reading is a good place to start if you want to find out how the wholesaler's recovery strategy to focus, drive and broaden the business is going. One of its key focuses is expanding operations and...
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Drive to expand business with new initiatives
Booker's cash and carry depot in Reading is a good place to start if you want to find out how the wholesaler's recovery strategy to focus, drive and broaden the business is going. One of its key focuses is...
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Old guard go in shake up
Booker chief executive Charles Wilson is sweeping out the old guard with a shake-up of the trading structure and the shock departure of trading director Shaun Birrell. Wilson has brought in Bryan Drew, his one-time partner and...
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Fresh tactics roll at Booker
Booker is slashing the price of fruit and veg by up to 30% by sourcing produce locally.The C&C giant has tested seasonal, locally supplied produce at its Gateshead branch. Charles Wilson, Booker chief executive, said the initiative had...
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Booker acts to freshen up deliveries
Booker is teaming up with Kerry Foods Direct to Store to revamp its fresh and chilled food delivery service under the new name of Booker Fresh.The service will initially be available to Premier symbol group retailers from next month. But Booker...
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Makro: a whole new ball game
Makro’s revamped Charlton depot is not your average cash and carry, says Siân HarringtonA range of fresh fish on ice to rival London’s Billingsgate Market and a cut and collect butchery are not usually to be found at a cash and carry...
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Spirit of independents
In the shadow of the multiples, small retailers are holding their own and optimistic about 2006Independent retailers we interviewed stocking up at Booker Redhill are keeping up their spirits despite the crushing competition of the...
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In profile - Colin Pittock, general manager of Booker’s Redhill branch, on his plans for the future
Delivering his ambitions General manager Colin Pittock may have only taken over at Booker’s Redhill branch in May this year, but he has a solid 21 years’ history...
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The Saturday Essay
What has happened to customer service, asks Joe Cushnan, Ex general manager at Makro, Alfred Dunhill and AsdaThe Grass Roots Are You Being Served? survey outlining the decline in customer service in the past 10 years (The Grocer,...
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The future Makro
Makro this week showcased its vision for the future with the opening of a new concept depot in Charlton, London.A complete refurbishment, from lighting and racking through to new shop-in-shop areas, includes a 5% increase in sales space to...
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You saw it here First
Foodservice buyers at 3663 share their wisdom with Fiona McLellandThe core skills might be the same, but retail buyers could learn a thing or two from their counterparts in foodservice. Managing costs, getting the right products to...
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3663 opens new depot
The Grocer Big 30 wholesaler 3663 First for Foodservice has opened a new multi-temperature depot in Harlow, Essex.3663 said that the depot would deliver to more than 5,000 customers, which would increase existing through output by...
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Booker adds Premier value
Booker has launched a host of added-value deals to improve services for independent retailers that have signed up to its Premier club.There are a total of 17 deals, including free stock and PoS material, exclusive savings and extra commission....