Convenience and Wholesale news – Page 240
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Where there's no room for compromise in convenience
Tracy Kelly explores the latest premium offerings High earners eat more ready meals than any other group, according to Mintel. And this, in turn, has led to the demand for high-end ready meals. Mintel's report Ready Meals in the UK,...
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Pricing parity call by Budgens
Elaine Watson Musgrave could drive like-for-like sales growth at Budgens by another 4% if suppliers let it compete on a level playing field with the big boys, delegates were told at the Budgens supplier conference in Warwick. Budgens'...
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Northernmost
Budgens has opened its northernmost store in Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, taking the company's tally to 231 stores. cranswick sarnies Value added meats specialist Cranswick has moved into the sandwich market with the acquisition of North...
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londis upgrade
Londis has completed a £1.3m upgrade of its Thamesmead distribution centre. The symbol group said the investment would improve on-site vehicle circulation and increase operational efficiency. nisa-today's call The National...
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Londis Deal With Moneybox
Londis has claimed an improved deal with cash machine provider Moneybox could help net each of its stores £11,000 extra profit per year.Moneybox has agreed to install its self-fill cash machine, which it believes is the smallest footprint...
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Musgrave advances distribution network
Irish wholesaler Musgrave has installed an “advanced” food distribution network at six of its chilled and ambient warehouses so the group to operate a stock-free environment with maximum use of space.The group said the end-to-end solution...
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When Budgens moved into Irish hands in July, the message fro
The other, Musgrave UK executive chairman Eoin McGettigan, bought a one-way ticket to Budgens HQ in Ruislip. But he has not set about hoisting the tricolour above the entrance just yet. "Commitment and proximity to the business was important to the...
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Symbol route hailed for Irish
The small independent grocer "has no real future in the Irish market", according to Londis Topshop chief executive Simon Healy, currently spearheading an ambitious expansion programme for the convenience store operator. "Small retailers cannot...
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Single counter for new Combi
Londis and the Post Office will be unveiling the next generation Combi counter at a store in Leyton, east London on November 25. The combination stores use a single counter for both retail and post office operations instead of having a...
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Setting store by Edwards
Budgens has boosted its property department with two senior appointments as it steps up its store opening programme. Sian Edwards has been promoted to senior controller and will be involved in the development of new stores. Edwards joined...
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Booker and a bit of banter
Derek Buckfield is the man in charge of Booker's cash and carry in Wimbledon. Buckfield has been running the depot for eight years. He says this experience, and the fact the depot has a settled management team, means they have a pretty good idea...
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Alcoholic drinks dominate our promotional chart this month
Budweiser and Heineken share the top of the chart. Both brands focus predominantly upon multibuy offers, with Budweiser featuring heavily in Londis and Heineken leaning more towards Spar. The promotions being run by Beck's, Carling and Red Square...
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Booker delivery hubs go online
Elaine Watson Retailers in the Midlands can now place orders with Booker on the internet from the first of a new breed of delivery hubs' in Wolverhampton. The move is the first stage of Booker's plan to consolidate delivered operations into...
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Somerfield takes Back
Rod Addy Somerfield group finance director Martin Gatto is resigning as a director next week after nine years working for the multiple. Somerfield has recruited Budgens' group finance director Steven Back to replace him. Gatto worked...
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Budgens goes for £1bn
Elaine Watson Budgens' new owner Musgrave has pledged to double the size of the business in five years to take turnover beyond the £1bn mark. Growth will come from a two-pronged strategy of injecting more resources into the Budgens Local...
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ATM blow for c-stores
Anne Bruce Independent retailers could lose thousands of pounds of income as the mobile phone networks and Lottery operator Camelot prepare to deliver products through cash machines. Camelot is to start feasibility studies to see if ATMs will...
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Bottle reprieve for wholesale
Many wholesalers will be significantly better off as the result of a judicial review looking at the way the Waste Packaging Regulations are interpreted. Until the decision, wholesalers were deemed to have a responsibility for recycling bottles they...
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Tucking in with Booker
Booker's own label Tuck Shop brand, supplied mainly to the independent sector, has a 2.16% share of the total confectionery market [Keynote Research 2000]. Tuck Shop, which is manufactured in Europe exclusively for Booker, comprises sugar...
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Wholesalers urge talks on factory gate pricing...
John Wood Wholesalers are warning that the introduction of factory gate pricing threatens to pass on extra costs to their sector. And they are calling for urgent talks with suppliers. Many blue chip companies that currently deliver to the...
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Londis cigs drop by 4p
Symbol group Londis has negotiated a 4p price cut on its own label cigarettes, making a pack of twenty 12p cheaper than the cheapest branded equivalent. The move follows the purchase of the cigarettes' German manufacturer, Reemtsma, by Imperial...