Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 228
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Wilson’s cost-cutting clout heads for Booker
Charles Wilson is expected to bring his cost-cutting expertise to C&C operator and delivered wholesaler Booker, following his departure from M&S. Wilson will become chief executive of Booker on November 1, with current chief executive...
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Ridge to oversee Londis in south
Musgrave Budgens Londis has appointed Tim Ridge as Londis regional director for south west England and south Wales. Ridgehas joined from One Stop, where he was a regional manager for three years. Prior to that he worked in various store...
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Londis squeeze on beer prices
Londis is ramping up its price-cutting in beers and lagers in a bid to quadruple volume sales.The lower-pricing scheme implemented by Londis has already given its top three beer brands a lift of 10% year-on-year, while sales of tobacco rose...
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NI Mace takes Express route
J&J Haslett, operator of the Mace symbol in Northern Ireland, has opened its first Mace Express format in Belfast.Tom Uprichard, delivered business director, J&J Haslett, said: “Mace Express is designed to complete the full gambit of...
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Londis loyalty secured
Four out of five Londis retailers say that they are certain to pledge their allegiance to wholesaler Musgrave after receiving their second and final ‘loyalty’ payment next month, exclusive research for The Grocer suggests.The poll of 200 of...
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Resisting temptation
Most Londis retailers will stick with Musgrave says Simon MowbrayMusgrave’s acquisition of the Londis group in June last year was always going to be a bit of a bumpy ride. Finally forged after months of wrangling over fat-cat payments...
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Convenience: the new battleground
Despite the multiples’ entry into convenience, there is still plenty of scope for growth for other retailers – if suppliers adapt their products and packaging, delegates at the conference heard.Somerfield head of formats Doug Hall identified...
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Mike Taylor starting up his own c-store chain
One of the key figures in the c-store industry, Mike Taylor, is back in business after disappearing off the retail radar for the past two years.He was part of the management team that built up the One Stop convenience store empire before it...
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Mace empire is carved up
Spar and Palmer & Harvey McLane appear to have ended up splitting what was left of Somerfield’s beleaguered Mace empire pretty much evenly between them.Delivered wholesale operator P&H – which grabbed the rights to the Mace fascia in...
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In profile: Ghufran Ashraf, manager of Bestway cash and carry depot in Park Royal, north London
Keeping customers happy Managing the biggest cash and carry in Europe is a challenge Ghufran Ashraf clearly relishes. The 35-year-old took up the reins at the...
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Tesco backing One Stop
Tesco is showing its long-term support for the One Stop chain with the conversion of newly acquired stores to the fascia.The most recent shop to take the One Stop name is a former Londis store in the town of Porlock, Somerset.The retail...
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How two became one
...without rationalising the buying teams. Fiona McLelland reportsJob losses are usually an inevitable part of the fallout after an acquisition, but not for the trading teams from Budgens and Londis.When the Musgrave...
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Morrice quits as MD of Aberness Group
Stanley Morrice, managing director of Aberness Group, will be leaving the company at the end of the month.The announcement follows Palmer & Harvey McLane’s acquisition of the Scottish Mace wholesale business from Somerfield last...
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Mace under one banner
Mace has come under the ownership of one wholesaler in England, Scotland and Wales for the first time following Palmer & Harvey McLane’s acquisition of the Aberness business from Somerfield. But P&H could have its work cut out holding...
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Brighter future for Mace?
Mace will now be unified under one owner in England, Wales and Scotland for the first time – following Somerfield's decision on Friday to sell its interest in the c-store brand to Palmer & Harvey McLane. Somerfield bought the rights to the...
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MBL names Aylwin as supply chain director
Musgrave Budgens-Londis has appointed former Safeway director Mark Aylwin as its new supply chain director.Aylwin joined Safeway’s store operations team in 1984 and moved into supply chain management in 1992. Five years later, he became...
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In Profile: Stephen Shields, store manager, United Wholesale (Scotland)
Running the floor of a busy cash and carry is a demanding job, but one that Stephen Shields says he loves. Shields left Tesco as a deputy store manager to work at...
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Consolidating the clashing symbols
Some experts say there are too many symbol groups and that this is diluting the competitive power of the independents. Rod Addy reportsAs the major multiples and co-ops have increased their presence in the c-store sector, independent...
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Dautzenberg unveils a fresh future for Makro
Makro MD Philipp Dautzenberg has an impressive fresh food offer at the heart of his growth strategy, as he tells Julian HuntFor a taste of what is to come at Makro, you only need to step into the fresh produce department at the cash...
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A blueprint for convenience
A couple’s bright ideas, plus Nisa innovations, are fast reaping rewards. Sonya Hook reportsFew would argue that running a convenience store is an effective remedy for stress. But that is exactly how Mohammad and Farhana Saleem saw it...