Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 207
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Booker kicks off Shop Local promo club
Booker has launched a promotional club aimed at off-licences, CTNs, forecourts, and smaller c-stores.
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NewsMakro directors in shock exit
Four of Makro’s five board directors, including MD Hannes Floto, left suddenly on Friday, and Makro Group has replaced them with external consultants, The Grocer can reveal.
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Costco suffers another fall in pre-tax profits
Costco UK’s pre-tax profits fell for the second consecutive year last year as the wholesaler continued to face competition from supermarket deals and customers move away from big-ticket items. Pre-tax profits slipped 5.1% to £20.9m, on sales up 2.3% to £1.44bn…
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Musgrave in £1m wave of cuts at Londis
Musgrave Retail Partners GB is planning to invest £1m in price cuts on key lines for Londis retailers. Speaking at his first annual Londis conference since joining as managing director last November, Donal Horgan said the group would...
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NewsIndependents fight back to bag a bigger slice of convenience
Independent retailers are more than holding their own against the might of the multiples in the convenience sector, according to a new report. Symbol fascia sales have grown an impressive 9.2% in the past year to £12.6bn the fastest...
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NewsMusgrave to finish wholesale rebrand with Holmes depots
Musgrave Group is to rebrand its four Holmes cash & carry depots in Northern Ireland as Musgrave MarketPlace this year. The changes are part of an ongoing 16.9m restructure of Musgrave Group's wholesale division Musgrave Wholesale...
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NewsCapital idea! London curries nab listings
A premium range of Indian cooking sauces named after upmarket London areas is hoping to extend its reach beyond the capital. The chilled Mamajaan's range debuted in Fortnum & Mason and Budgens Belsize Park last year and comes in 500ml...
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NewsC-stores furious over red tape stigma for Sunday trading regulations
Small store owners have slammed the government for attempting to bring an end to existing Sunday trading rules under the guise of reducing red tape.
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NewsKings of convenience
They’re this year’s stars of the convenience retailing world. Along with our sister title Convenience Store, The Grocer celebrated the sharpest c-store operators at this year’s Convenience Retail Awards in London. Ronan Hegarty reports
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Mitchell made multi-channel boss at Makro
Makro has created a new senior role in a bid to push forward the company's multi-channel operations. Peter Mitchell, formerly a logistics director at Musgrave Foodservice in Ireland, has taken on the new head of multi-channel sales...
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NewsBacking Hugh boosts Jempson’s fish sales
Jempson's has reported a surge in sustainable fish sales after signing up to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Fish Fight campaign against discards. The Sussex-based Nisa-Today's and Budgens retailer said that since becoming one of the first...
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NewsMarch of the mults could drive Budgens out of Sheringham
A Budgens retailer is on the verge of selling up after 20 years because of the impact of a new Sainsbury's and plans for a new Tesco on the business. Speculation over the Budgens store in Sheringham has grown after details of a bid for...
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NewsNational Convenience Show Preview: Can the c-store be all things to all people?
Convenience stores can no longer keep going by just offering a smattering of basic products. Virginia Matthews looks at how to meet consumer demand for both local and global brands
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Mary Forrester's Expert Advice: Adapting to the challenge of change
Joining the Mace symbol group has boosted sales at Mary Forrester’s convenience store in Biggar, Scotland
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NewsMajor cities lack hot c-store sites, reveals survey
The relentless march of the supermarkets into the convenience sector has left many of the UK's biggest cities with a dearth of hot retail space, a new survey by The Grocer has found. On the eve of the National Convenience Show, analysis...
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NewsMargins ‘given away’ as top wholesalers toil
Wholesaler profit margins held over the past year but remain wafer thin, The Grocer’s annual Big 30 report of grocery wholesalers has revealed. Total sales rose by 5.9%, and pre-tax profits were up by 12%, boosted by a strong performance…
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NewsBig 30 Wholesalers: The race to consolidate
Bestway and Booker are in the driving seat, but will consolidation among the big 30 wholesalers accelerate and what form will it take? Elinor Zuke reports
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Big 30 Wholesalers: Fuel costs pile pressure on foodservice
If shopping locally has given a modest boost to independent retailers, the same cannot be said for foodservice customers. And with eating out in decline, suppliers are falling over each other to cut their margins to keep their piece of the shrinking pie.
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Big 30 Wholesalers: Two deals on, is Booker's Wilson keen for more?
As a wholesaler with cash to spare and CEO Charles Wilson at the helm, C&C giant Booker could have comfortably acquired many of its Big 30 rivals.
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NewsMakro celebrates 40 years with Gold Card
Makro Cash & Carry is gearing up to relaunch its Gold Card scheme this year to coincide with its 40th anniversary. The wholesaler is trialling new elements to the scheme, which rewards its biggest-spending customers, at a handful of...