Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 216
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P&H and Booker rush to snap up Key Lekkerland’s accounts
Palmer & Harvey McLane and Booker have divided the spoils of Key Lekkerland as the buying group prepares to be wound down at the end of the month. The two rival wholesaling giants have each picked up nine of Key Lekkerland’s national accounts,...
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Retailer gives up on Frinton-on-Sea
A Budgens retailer has been forced to close his store in Frinton-on-Sea after it was snubbed by residents. Owner Dee Patel said he had decided to close the store because it wasn’t viable. “I have tried for 18 months with this store but it was making...
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Budgens says IT glitch was a ‘one-off’
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has denied there are problems with Budgens’ IT following complaints by customers of overcharging at a store in East Sussex. Shoppers had claimed they were being regularly overcharged by as much as £10 for their goods at...
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Binge drinking: blame hits offies and c-stores
The public blame supermarkets and pubs alike for the rise of binge drinking – but it’s local stores and off-licences that are most at fault, according to a poll. The survey of 1,000 UK consumers, conducted by retail consultancy Harris International...
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Wholesaler prices rise along with cost of fuel
The rising cost of fuel has forced some delivered wholesalers to raise their prices – although others claim to have found different ways to cope. Foodservice giant Brakes introduced a 98p fuel charge on all deliveries at the start of the month. ...
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Makro staff back to floor
Makro staff are set don their aprons as part of an initiative to help the wholesaler understand customers better. Under the scheme, called Beyond Back to the Floor, staff will work in restaurants, pubs and caterers to develop closer ties...
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Three Holmes depots close
Musgrave Group is to close three Holmes Wholesale cash & carry depots . The depots in Coleraine, Newtownards and Cookstown will close by the end of the month and business will move to the Ballymena, Hillview, Belfast and Lurgan depots,...
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Suppliers angry at Booker net charge
Booker has been forced to defend itself against accusations it is "extracting money from suppliers to pay for its new website".The criticism was sparked this week after Booker sent a letter to suppliers asking for £250 per SKU to help it...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited costcutter Finchley Road, London LONDIS Harrogate, North Yorkshire somerfield Stamford, Lincolnshire spar Milton of Campsie, East Dunbartonshire tesco express Aberdeen How...
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wholesaler of the year
Booker has made a great recovery since 2005, taking over Blueheath and winning a major contractThe fact that Booker was the clear winner of this year's Gold award for Wholesaler of the Year is testament to the impact CEO Charles Wilson...
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Green wholesaler of the year
The judges chose Brakes for the first Grocer Gold Green Wholesaler of the Year award. It was applauded for having "a great story to tell", and its strong "focus on issues specific to its business".The foodservice giant has been...
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Booker to tailor offer to Scottish customers
Cash & carry giant Booker plans to start tailoring its offer to suit Scottish customers, after trading director Warren Thompson admitted this week that it was still not performing as it would like north of the border. In the week Booker...
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Top-Up shop
Who we visited costcutter Marlborough, WiltshireLONDIS Wandsworth, Londonsainsbury's local Farnham Common, Buckinghamshirescotmid Uphall, West Lothiantesco express Hazel Grove, Greater...
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We ask... how will tighter times affect wholesalers?
Pass on the increases Cash & carry operator ?Costs will undoubtedly continue to rise and we will have to pass on supplier price increases and work extremely hard to mitigate our own increased costs. But wholesalers and...
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Wholesaler Profile Suma
Andrew Mackintosh describes himself as PR manager at wholesaler Suma, but that's probably because it is a Wednesday. Speak to him on a Tuesday and he's a business consultant. Catch him later in the week and he's sales manager. Mackintosh, like...
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Wholesalers
no change 1 Charles Wilson Chief executive Booker The man who was once Sir Stuart Rose's right-hand man is now a force to be reckoned with in his own right. He earns his second top spot in a row for his ability to read the...
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Londis selects DFB to be milk supplier
Milk co-operative Dairy Farmers of Britain has won a contract to supply Londis convenience stores with 50 million litres of fresh milk and cream a year.Under the two-year contract, which begins in early June, DFB will supply milk to...
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C-store sales soar 5.1% to hit record
Convenience store owners have been urged not to rest on their laurels after a report showed Britons spent a record £27.4bn in c-stores in 2007. The figures, published by IGD/William Reed Business Media, found the sector grew faster than...
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Hi-tech identification system trials make retailers uneasy
Budgens retailers are divided over the merits of face recognition and fingerprinting technologies currently being trialled by their peers.A Budgens in north London is using a facial recognition system to keep a record of every person who...