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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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Fresh tactics from Makro
Organic growth is the immediate priority for Makro in the UK – not opening new depots or acquiring rivals – says managing director Philipp Dautzenberg in an exclusive interview with The Grocer this week.Dautzenberg said that following a...
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Buoyant Musgrave eyes world
New Musgrave boss Chris Martin has revealed he wants to grow the group’s international business until it accounts for 50% of turnover. Martin, who took over as chief executive last month from the long-serving Seamus Scally, was speaking as the...
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The Saturday Essay
>>it’s time to celebrate independents again, writes Mike Taylor, managing director, Musgrave Budgens-LondisJune 1 this year sees the second National Independents Day, created to highlight and celebrate the vital role that...
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ADM Londis plans big Irish expansion
ADM Londis, the Irish convenience chain which last year rejected a takeover offer from rival BWG, is aiming to have 400 stores across Ireland by 2007, according to joint chief executive Stephen O’Riordan.He told the symbol group’s AGM in Dublin...
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Labour has not helped shopkeepers
from Nick Hammond, Londis retailer, St Agnes, CornwallSir; What a load of propaganda rubbish from Jacqui Smith, minister for trade & industry, in The Saturday Essay (April 16, p34). Despite her claims to the contrary, the simple...
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Wholesalers open to OFT
Wholesalers are throwing their weight behind the Federation of Wholesale Distributors’ proposal that the Office of Fair Trading should examine their books as it investigates supermarket trading practices.The FWD wrote to the OFT last month...
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In profile: Garry Williams, manager of Holmes Wholesale Service in Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Wholesale enthusiasm Garry Williams has spent a dozen years in the grocery business since he left university in 1993. He is confident that, because most of this...
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Family values
Newitt & Sons’ products are so good that Budgens asked it to run its in-store deli counters. Richard Clarke checked one outJames Newitt is visiting the first deli counter that his family business was invited to run for Budgens, at...
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Hoskins out of running for Booker finance job
Bill Hoskins, the former finance director of Big Food Group (BFG), which was taken over in February by Icelandic retail group Baugur, has left.Hoskins was originally intended to stay on as finance director of Booker following the takeover,...
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Head office jobs axed as Booker is simplified
Wholesaler Booker is laying off almost 20% of its head office staff less than two months after the business was decoupled from Iceland following the acquisition of Big Food Group by Icelandic group Baugur. In an interview with The Grocer,...
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Wholesale service blasted
Newspaper and magazine wholesalers need to improve their service to independent retailers dramatically as 96% of shop owners would consider switching distributor if they were able to, according to research by The Grocer.In light of the recent...
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Wholesale service blasted
Newspaper and magazine wholesalers need to improve their service to independent retailers dramatically as 96% of shop owners would consider switching distributor if they were able to, according to research by The Grocer.In light of the recent...
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P&H: the lean, mean wholesale machine
P&H boss Christopher Adams tells Amy Balchin about his plans for greater profitabilityIt is not easy being a wholesaler. Low margins are a fact of life and then there are the pressures of the declining tobacco market, falling...
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Wholesale service blasted
Newspaper and magazine wholesalers need to improve their service to independent retailers dramatically as 96% of shop owners would consider switching distributor if they were able to, according to research by The Grocer.In light of the recent...
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Wholesale service blasted
Newspaper and magazine wholesalers need to improve their service to independent retailers dramatically as 96% of shop owners would consider switching distributor if they were able to, according to research by The Grocer.In light of the recent...
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Budgens partnership for local sourcing
The launch of a new partnership between Budgens and local food marketing organisation, A Taste of Sussex, took place last week in the Budgens store in Midhurst.The partnership has enabled 100 locally sourced products to find their way onto...
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It’s about statistics and scapegoats
from Shamus Lehal, Londis retailerSir; After more than six months of waiting, Trading Standards has finally written to me with a warning letter stating they will take no further action on my test-purchasing failure this...
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Newitt to run Budgens delis
Budgens is to hand over the running of nearly three-quarters of its deli counters to the Newitt family, The Grocer can reveal.The Newitts currently operate 17 delis across the Budgens estate, but this will increase to 32 this year, with eight...