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Bestway plans new Batleys depot in Kent
Bestway Group has unveiled expansion plans for 2007 alongside strong double-digit annual growth figures for the year to 30 June. The company aims to open the first new Batleys depot in more than five years at Gillingham, Kent, in July...
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An immediate exit for Taylor from MBL helm
Mike Taylor, managing director of Musgrave Budgens Londis (MBL), resigned with immediate effect on 13 November to "seek out new business opportunities elsewhere". Taylor was MBL commercial director before becoming managing director in...
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Who we visited. Total Bonjour, Surbiton, Surrey. Nisa, Woodford, Manchester. Midlands Co-op Measham, Derbyshire. Londis Surbiton, Surrey. Tesco Express, Clifton, Bristol. How they performed. Our...
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Depot visit Bestway, Acton
Things have changed a lot since Mohammed Ghulam, general manager of Bestway's depot in Acton, London, entered the cash and carry trade 27 years ago. Much of that change has been for the better, he says. "There's much more professionalism than...
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Wholesaler profile - WH & HM Young
Wholesalers are facing a tough time and WH & HM Young, ranked 21 on The Grocer's Big 30 list, is no exception. But at least MD Lee Furness has been able to vent his spleen recently in his submission to the Competition Commission's inquiry into the...
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Wholesalers positive for future
The wholesale sector is alive, kicking and growing with key operators expecting sales and profit to be up this year compared to last, according to The Grocer's Big 30 poll this month. This is despite Asda meeting a vigorous response from the...
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Who we visited. Costcutter, Lodway, Bristol, One stop, Station Road, Horsham. Budgens, Tolworth, Surrey Spar, Amersham Road, Bucks. Tesco Express, Wellingborough Road, Northamptonshire. How they...
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Brits show a hunger for their own fare
UK regional food received unprecedented exposure in this year's British Food Fortnight. More retailers than ever before took part from 23 September to 8 October, including 2,200 Budgens and Londis stores, plus 300 delis, independents and...
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Who we visited. Londis, Goseley Avenue, Swadlincote, Derbyshire. Nisa, HazLemere Foodhall, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. ScotMid Co-Op, Morning Noon & Night, Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire. Smile, Kingsway, Little Stoke,...
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Who we visitedcostcutter, Eden Street, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surreylondis, Brighton Road, Horsham, West Sussexsainsbury's LOCAL, Ealing Broadway, West Londonscottish Co-op Lenzie, Kirkintilloch, East...
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Booker plans to be biggest, best supplier to small stores
Booker this week vowed to drive prices down and availability up as its boss outlined to the IGD convention how the company was striving to become the biggest and best supplier to small businesses. Chief executive Charles Wilson, a year...
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Makro renovations set to focus on fresh
Cash & carry giant Makro is to undertake a store renovation plan next year in support of its new emphasis on fresh foods. MD Philipp Dautzenberg said that Makro would completely renovate at least two of its 33 stores during 2007. That...
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Who we visited. Budgens, Sycamore Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire. Midlands Co-operative Society, Shelton Lock, Derbyshire, Costcutter, Gloucester Avenue, Northampton, Spar Hazel Grove, Stockport, Greater...
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Shop Profile Makro C&C, Manchester HQ
The first impression visitors get at the head office of Makro Cash & Carry wholesalers in Eccles, Manchester, is that the facade is pretty modest for a £1bn company. But a bland exterior belies what is inside: a football field-sized -plan office...
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MBL wine focus on classic European
Musgrave Budgens Londis has relaunched its own-label wine offering to reflect its combined retail strategy more effectively. When Budgens and Londis merged, their own-label wine ranges were quite different and both had been slightly...
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Shop profile - Makro C&C, Manchester HQ
The first impression visitors get at the head office of Makro Cash & Carry wholesalers in Eccles, Manchester, is that the facade is pretty modest for a £1bn company. But a bland exterior belies what is inside: a football field-sized open-plan office...
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atul sodha Speciality food need not be the preserve of farm shops. Independents don't need to go far to find it says the boss of Londis in Harefield
Regional food, particularly speciality food, has long been thought of as the preserve of the farm shops. It wasn't until last year, when I got behind the British Food Fortnight campaign for the first time, that I realised that I, as a small...
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Wholesale guns blazing
The Competition Commission's investigation into the grocery market is building momentum - and a string of critics of the big supermarkets is leaving the inquiry team in no doubt about the problems facing smaller retailers. Earlier this...
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Martin McColl unveils c-store format's future
Martin McColl has unveiled the latest addition to its portfolio, which, it has revealed, is to become a template for others in its convenience store estate.The new store, on the site of a former Londis, which was demolished, has...
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Who we visitedCo-Op, united Norwest society Longridge, LancashireLondis Boundary Road, West Bridgford, Nottinghamwoodfords-nisa Chester Road, Stockport, Greater Manchestertesco express Bawtry Road,...