Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 222
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Who we visitedTesco Express Clifton, BristolSainsbury's Local Ealing, LondonMidlands Supermarket Coalville, LeicesterLondis Crawley, West SussexSpar Bishopbriggs, GlasgowHow they...
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Booker aims to double internet delivery sales
Booker, the UK's biggest cash and carry operator, is planning to double its internet delivery business this year with the launch of a new website.Charles Wilson, Booker chief executive, told The Grocer that new user-friendly technology...
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Who we visitedTesco Express Hazel Grove, StockportShell Buckland, SurreyBudgens Ruislip, MiddlesexNisa Brixton, South LondonSpar Rumney, CardiffHow they performedOnly Nisa provided...
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Booker celebrates 50th year in style
Booker, the UK's biggest cash and carry operator, has kicked off its 50th anniversary celebrations with a month of deep promotions for independent retailers.The promotions will all be based on the theme of 50 to mark Booker's buying a...
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Who we visitedTesco Express Bradley Stoke, BristolMace Royal Avenue, BelfastBudgens Trowbridge, WiltshireBonjour Towcester Road, NorthamptonSpar Condorrat, CumbernauldHow they...
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Who we visited. Tesco Express High Wycombe, Bucks. Welcome Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire. Sainsbury's local Cobham, Surrey. Londis Skipton Road, Harrogate. Spar Little Common, East Sussex. How they...
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Who we visited. Sainsbury's Local Chessington, Surrey. Your Local Co-op Elburton, Plymouth. Keystore Kirkintilloch, Glasgow. Londis Morpeth Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Spar Brockham, Surrey. How they...
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A year of wholesale change
February. MBL announces plans to have best multi-temperature supply chain by 2008; Peter Judge becomes MD of DBC Foodservice. March. Wholesalers welcome the OFT's announcement it is likely to refer the grocery...
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Londis increases minimum order
Londis has asked its franchisees to increase their minimum stock orders by 50%.The c-store chain, owned by Irish group Musgrave, has told its 2,100 franchisees that from 26 February they must spend a minimum of £3,000 a week on Londis goods,...
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Who we visited. Spar Kirkintilloch, Scotland. The Co-operative group Ifield, Crawley. Budgens Amersham, Bucks. Nisa Yardley, Birmingham. Tesco express Harrogate, North Yorkshire. How they...
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Retail Spotlight
Located beneath a sweeping arch of the Docklands Light Railway, Budgens' new-look London store is a sign of things to come, not just for Virginia Quay, the developing heart of the capital's Docklands, but for the Budgens business as a...
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Wholesaler profile - Woodward Foodservice
Woodward Foodservice is a business with an eye on a rather bigger prize these days. Chief executive Ed Hyslop's ambition since joining Woodward in 1997 has been to create a genuine rival to the big two leading national foodservice operators...
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Dautzenberg leaves Makro UK for Portugal
Managing director of Makro UK Philipp Dautzenberg has been replaced by Hannes Floto after leaving to become MD of Makro Portugal. Dautzenberg had been UK MD for three years and has worked at Makro and its German parent company, the Metro...
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Who we visited. Spar Crawley, West Sussex. Londis Cheadle, Stockport. Shell Buckland, Surrey Sainsbury's forecourt West Green, Crawley Tesco Express, Red Kiln Way, Horsham. How they...
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Who we visited. Jones Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Londis Surbiton, Surrey. Budgens Melbourne, Derbyshire. Co-operative Group Bexhill, East Sussex. tesco express, East Hunsbury, Northamptonshire. How they...
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Groceries inquiry blow for c-stores
The Competition Commission's provisional findings in the Groceries Inquiry made bleak reading for independent retailers.Not only did the commission reject the notion that c-stores and wholesalers were in decline, it also said parts of...
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Who we visited. Cost Cutter Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames. Budgens Queen Charlotte Street, Bristol. Mace Monkstown Road, Newtownabbey, Belfast. Co-op Group High Road, South Benfleet, Essex. Tesco express,...
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McColl tells suppliers to keep up refurb pace
The Martin McColl makeover is set to continue - but it will not be an easy ride for suppliers. The chain will continue to make "unreasonable demands" on suppliers in 2007, warned general manager for buying, Thain Coventry. The...
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Convenience
Even the most organised parents will run out of nappies, wipes and babyfood from time to time - and this means c-stores will always be integral to the infant care category. Stocking the right range of products is key to success in this...
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"The remarkable thing about this market is the resilience and optimism of wholesalers like Sir Anwar"
It's been a busy week for Sir Anwar Pervez. On Tuesday, the founder of the Bestway Group celebrated 30 years as a cash & carry wholesaler with a lavish bash for 1,000 guests at Grosvenor House in London. On Wednesday, he was treating journalists...