Archive of all Booker articles – Page 7
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NewsBooker reports strong third-quarter growth
Booker recorded strong growth in the third quarter, despite a drag from falling tobacco sales…
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Comment & OpinionA bleak Christmas for opponents of the rubberstamped Tesco-Booker deal
For bitter opponents, reading the CMA’s verdict must feel like an untimely dose of the norovirus
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NewsMRH signs Booker partnership deal after P&H collapse
Booker will deliver chilled and ambient groceries to 370 MRH store
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NewsShell signs supply deal with Booker following collapse of P&H
The deal will see Booker deliver goods to 500 stores for the next three years
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NewsCharles Wilson criticises anti-merger 'little island' wholesalers
Rivals would have to up their game to succeed, Wilson told The Grocer in an exclusive interview
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Analysis & FeaturesDave Lewis and Charles Wilson: the exclusive and uncut interview
With the CMA provisionally clearing the Tesco-Booker merger, platinum members can read an extended version of our exclusive Q&A ahead of this Saturday’s issue of The Grocer
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Analysis & FeaturesWholesalers ready to lay down in front of Tesco-Booker tanks
What prompted the CMA to give Tesco-Booker the all-clear? And can opponents still stop the new behemoth in its tracks?
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco-Booker targets Aldi and Amazon
Charles Wilson has claimed the CMA decision will allow the combined business to take the grocery war to Aldi and Amazon
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NewsCMA bowed to Tesco-Booker pressure to include discounters in inquiry
The competition authority had originally excluded Aldi and Lidl from their competitor set
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NewsTesco £3.7bn Booker takeover gets green light from CMA
The UK’s competition regulators are sensationally set to approve Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of Booker, without imposing conditions such as selling off hundreds of its stores
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NewsIndustry reaction to CMA provisional clearance of Tesco-Booker
It was no surprise that the Competition and Markets Authority cleared Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of Booker, but that it did so without asking for any remedies has shocked many
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Comment & OpinionTesco-Booker debate all over bar the shouting (and screaming)
The CMA has decided that even beasts with such scale as Tesco and Booker did not have the power to damage competition even if they wanted to …
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NewsHow analysts reacted to CMA provisional clearance of Tesco-Booker
The CMA reported the provisional findings of its probe, ahead of a final decision in December
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Analysis & FeaturesCMA approves Tesco-Booker takeover: timeline
Here’s how The Grocer reported the key milestones of this landmark mega-merger
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NewsCity News: Booker shares steady ahead of CMA decision
The City was unmoved by a healthy first half at Booker as investors awaited the preliminary decision by the CMA
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NewsUrban Eat sandwiches to go into all Booker franchise stores
Some 40 products, including three new halal and two new gluten-free sandwiches, will be available across Booker’s franchise
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NewsWholesalers unite to urge CMA to block Tesco-Booker deal
Wholesalers warn merger would harm suppliers and result in higher prices
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NewsPremier stores to get revamped ready meal range and new deals
Owner Booker wants to encourage shoppers to visit for everyday essentials
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NewsBooker slams suppliers over 'poor' availability levels
Trading director Colm Johnson said availability issues were hitting its core range
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco and Booker's five arguments for the CMA
The Grocer looks at the key points raised by the potential partners in their 111-page dossier defending the deal