Archive of all Booker articles – Page 25
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Baugur’s takeover talks with BFG continue
The Big Food Group has stated that the sales drop in its core Iceland and Booker businesses has continued for the last six months during a period of increased competition in the UK retail environment. The group, which is in takeover talks...
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Booker loses out to Budgens
It’s a case of once bitten, twice shy when it comes to symbol group operators, says Deepak Patel, who is converting one of his three c-stores in Clacton-on-Sea to Budgens next month.Patel, who used to drive to Dhamecha’s Barking cash and carry,...
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Star elevates a roll from bog standard
Anna Ryder Richardson is set to become the first celebrity whose face is featured on toilet tissue.The star of the BBC home makeover show Changing Rooms will appear on packs of Makro’s new own label toilet paper, Luxana Duo-Tone, which has been...
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Depot offers welcome release
Peter Saunders, general manager, Booker, NorthamptonPeter Saunders has been in the business 35 years starting in grocery retail straight from school, and became part of the Booker empire when he was working for Budgens and it was...
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Buyer sought for Cig
Consultant KPMG says it is seeking a buyer for failed Welsh abattoir and meat processor Cwmni Cig Arfon.The factory, which counted Bookers among its customers, closed with farmer suppliers reportedly owed up to £6,000.All staff have been...
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How Grimsey will tackle sales falls
Big Food Group has pledged to drive up operational efficiency at Iceland after another quarter of negative like-for-like sales growth.Posting a 1.7% drop in like-for-like sales at Iceland and a 1.1% drop at Booker in the 13 weeks to July 2,...
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How Grimsey will tackle sales falls
Big Food Group has pledged to drive up operational efficiency at Iceland after another quarter of negative like-for-like sales growth.Posting a 1.7% drop in like-for-like sales at Iceland and a 1.1% drop at Booker in the 13 weeks to July 2,...
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Parfetts turns up C&C heat with state-of-the-art depot in Sheffield
Sheffield looks set to become one of the most competitive C& C markets in the UK, following news that Parfetts is building a state-of-the-art £6m depot on a brownfield site in the Tinsley area.Rivals Batleys, Booker and Makro already have...
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In Profile: Q&A with Ron Hickey, Head of Proposition Development, Booker
Describe your career background I started my sales and marketing career at Grand Metropolitan Brewing, before moving to Scottish Courage Brands for eight years....
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Parfetts to build £6m depot
Sheffield looks set to become one of the most competitive cash and carry markets in the UK.This follows the news that Parfetts is building a state-of-the-art, £6m depot on a brownfield site in the city’s Tinsley area.Rivals Batleys, Booker...
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wiseman deliveries
Robert Wiseman Dairies has started to deliver to an additional 111 Iceland and Booker stores in England and Wales, it revealed at its annual general meeting. The company said this would help it build volume for its planned south of England depot,...
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Working week
>>the highs and lows of a week in the industryIn his new role in the world of cash and carry, as Booker’s grocery buyer responsible for ethnic, Asian and Oriental food, sugar and preserves, Paul Stanley has been put through his...
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Cadog spreads
Welsh branded dairy range Cadog has now gained listings in almost all of the country’s major multiples.The products are available in Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury, Asda and Makro, and will also be in Tesco from mid-June.The range,...
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Booker announces its new category managers
A number of new recruits have been appointed following the restructuring of Booker Cash & Carry’s trading department (The Grocer, May 29, page 5).The trading team has been reorganised into five category teams with the managers of each...
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Booker streamlines staffing and trading team at HQ
Booker Cash and Carry has completed a major staffing restructure within its 170 cash and carry depots and made changes to its trading team at head office.Booker md Gerry Johnson said the changes in depots were needed because, over decades of...
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BFG works to boost efficiency
Big Food Group is embarking on a series of initiatives to boost supply chain efficiency, including the roll-out of a sales-based ordering system at Booker and the closure of two distribution centres.Speaking as the Big Food Group published its...
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The personal touch pays off
John Shrimpton, general manager, Booker Cash and Carry, Chichester“Know your customer” is the motto of John Shrimpton, the general manager of Booker’s Chichester cash and carry in West Sussex.He says that over the years he’s...
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Booker wine deal
Booker is offering members savings on its Malt House Vintners wine range when they buy in bulk. The cash and carry wholesaler is giving customers at least a 5% discount when buying a case of wine. Bookers said the promotion was...