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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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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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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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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...
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NewsBestway takes majority stake in Asian bank
Bestway has upped its stake in United Bank, the second largest lender in Pakistan, to 51.07%. The cash & carry giant took a stake in the bank in 2002 as part of a consortium with Abu Dhabi Group. The latest $230m (£142m) investment by...
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NewsCentra urges: ‘pack healthy lunchboxes’
Centra, Musgrave Retail Partner NI's symbol fascia in Northern Ireland, is urging shoppers to 'Pack A Healthy Lunchbox' in a campaign with Action Cancer and the Public Health Agency. The campaign offers parents quick and healthy ideas for...
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NewsMusgrave sells first Somerfield store two years after buying it
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has finally sold its first former Somerfield store to an independent retailer. The wholesaler snapped up 13 stores from The Co-operative Group in January 2009 and planned to sell them to independents under the...
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NewsSugro starts buying group to support smaller wholesalers
Sugro UK has set up a new buying group for smaller snacks, soft drinks and confectionery wholesalers. Acorn will support wholesalers that have annual impulse turnover of £3m or less and are too small to strike decent terms with...
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NewsBudgens on TV to push its local values
Budgens is running its first TV ad campaign for more than a decade to trumpet the local produce in stores. The ads, which broke this week and run until 21 December, highlight that by shopping at Budgens consumers can help support their...
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United Wholesale to widen its offer with Polmadie extension
Scottish wholesaler United Wholesale Grocers is more than doubling the size of its depot in Polmadie.Work starts on the extension next month and will increase the sales area of the Landmark Wholesale member's depot from 35,000 sq ft to...