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NewsPalmer & Harvey poised for fourth round of redundancies
Palmer & Harvey is poised to make a fourth major round of job cuts in less than two years, The Grocer can reveal.
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A wholesaler in Pole position
Polish people living in the UK prefer... Polish food. This was the realisation that led two London entrepreneurs to set up Dimark Wholesale in 2004. Chloe Ryan reports
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Musgrave hit by slump in hospitality
As many as 80 jobs are at risk at Musgrave Group following a 20% slump in the hospitality sector last year.Its wholesale arm Musgrave Wholesale Partners is in discussion with 55 staff in the Republic of Ireland and 25 staff in Northern...
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Makro hits higher gear in its cost-cutting drive
Makro Cash & Carry has set out ambitious plans to make cost savings of £12m this year, The Grocer has learnt. The loss-making wholesaler made cost savings of £6m in 2009 and is understood to have told staff that it plans to double...
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Kavanagh Group sales bruised by shoppers seeking out deals
Budgens retailer Kavanagh Group UK saw sales drop as the recession forced consumers to spend less on groceries.
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Hundreds of managers face axe in Makro cull
Hundreds of managers at Makro Cash & Carry are facing redundancy as the company makes moves to streamline its workforce.
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Revamp for Budgens ready meals
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has relaunched its Italian and traditional ready meals for its Budgens fascia.
Six products from Budgens’ mid-tier range have been relaunched under a new ‘Italian’ sub-brand, including lasagne, spaghetti… -
NewsAs the snow keeps mounting up, so do the costs to industry
Cancelled deliveries. Closed stores. Frozen crops. The industry is counting the cost of up to three weeks of disrupted trading…
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Walsh moves from Makro to Booker
Booker has poached Andy Walsh from rival Makro to further improve the wholesaler’s offer to caterers…
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Bestway: EDM claims are a ‘slur’
Wholesale giant Bestway has claimed it has done nothing wrong, after an employment dispute led to an Early Day Motion being tabled in parliament this week.In the EDM, MP Gerald Kaufman slammed Bestway subsidiary Bestway Northern for...
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Midlands Co-op food helmed by Spencer
Michael Spencer has taken over as head of food at the Midlands Co-operative Society following the departure of Pete Whitmore last month. Spencer was formerly head of distribution operations at Musgrave Partners GB, which owns the Budgens...
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Bird bows out from Musgrave to pursue non-grocery career
Jemima Bird, marketing director at Musgrave Retail Partners GB, is leaving the business, The Grocer can reveal.Bird, who has been at Musgrave GB since January 2007, is leaving on 31 January for a role outside the grocery sector.
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Budgens refreshes its own-label spirits
Budgens is revamping its own-label spirits range to give it a more stylish and consistent shelf presence.The relaunch, in two phases, consists of new artistically illustrated label designs with a more consistent look. The new identity is...
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Makro to target indies with own-label revamp
Makro is set to launch two ranges for independent retailers in the next two years in a bid to take on Booker's Euroshopper.It is planning to relaunch own-label value range Aro from January and launch a mid-tier range called Fine Food in...
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Booker chilled warehouse doubles in size
Booker has doubled the size of the chilled warehouse at its Hatfield distribution centre to 40,000 sq ft.The wholesaler said the extension, which cost £500,000 and will create 50 jobs, would allow it to deliver the freshest possible...
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Makro confident it can reduce losses this year
Makro Cash & Carry insists it is on target to reduce its losses to less than £20m this year. Accounts posted at Companies House earlier this month revealed Makro had recorded a loss of £26.7m in the year to 31 December 2008, up from...
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Booker Direct’s MD appointed to board
Mark Aylwin, MD of Booker Direct, has been appointed as an executive member of the Booker board.Under Aylwin's leadership, Booker Direct, which delivers direct to Booker's larger customers from three distribution centres in Hatfield,...
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Bestway puts £6m into Coventry hub
Bestway has spent £6m redeveloping its main distribution hub in Coventry.The C&C giant has enlarged the site from 140,000 sq ft to 250,000 sq ft, giving its 52 Bestway and Batleys depots better availability. "To be...
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Makro claims it is on road to recovery as food sales rise 4.1%
Makro Cash & Carry's pre-tax losses widened from £19.4m to £26.7m in the year to December 2008, while turnover fell 2.6% to £899m, according to accounts filed at Companies House. Makro said its total number of customers had fallen...
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Rising indie numbers boost Booker’s sales
Booker has reported a 5.5% increase in half-year retail sales, reversing the 0.5% drop recorded a year ago.Group sales rose 7.7% to £1.6bn in the 24 weeks to 11 September, helped by like-for-like growth of 9.4% in non-tobacco sales and...