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Johnson to quit Booker after four-year tenure
Managing director of Booker Gerry Johnson will be leaving the cash and carry company in the near future.Baugur’s Hans Kristian Hustad is now chief executive and chairman of GiantBid Co, which is comprised of Booker and Woodward...
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Hargrave checks out of Booker buyer role
Andrea Hargrave, senior buyer at Booker is to leave the cash and carry after 14 years working for the business.Hargrave joined Booker in 1992 as marketing manager for liquor. More recently, as senior buyer, she has been responsible for...
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In profile: Athif Sarwar, managing director of United Wholesale (Scotland)
The benefits of a united front Athif Sarwar learned the wholesale business at his father’s knee. But now that his father, Mohammad Sarwar, is a Labour MP busy walking Westminster’s corridors...
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Couple bid farewell to a life in retirement
Retirement is proving to be a hectic time of life for Alec Gardner and his wife, Lyn. Not only have they set up shop again, but the couple have just picked up Budgens Shop of the Year award.After 35 years of running CTN stores in London’s East...
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Musgrave Budgens Londis trading team restructured
The 50-strong trading team at Musgrave Budgens Londis has been integrated at Harefield HQ and is run by former Budgens ambient trading controller Barry Williams.He has restructured the department into three business units, each managed by a...
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The Saturday Essay
>>How to keep a diverse high street – CLIFF GOODMAN, former trading director OF BUDGENSTaking the decision to change career path has made me think of how the market has altered since I first started pedalling the butcher’s...
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Budgens reforms veg supply
Budgens is to shake up its vegetable supply base after a reform of its fruit suppliers proved a success.Fresh produce buyer Danny Grover introduced a category management approach to Budgens’ fruit business when he joined the company from...
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Working week
>>Q&A with christine sandys, musgrave budgens LondisChristine Sandys has a busy working week making sure that customers in MBL stores get the wine they want.As trading manager for wine, Sandys is responsible for buying...
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Musgrave fury at Tesco claims
Tesco’s testimony to an Irish parliamentary committee investigating grocery prices has provoked a row with the Musgrave Group and prompted threats of legal action.Musgrave, which owns the SuperValu and Centra franchises, has challenged Tesco’s...
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Review of 2004
January Big Food Group meets Londis’s advisors, KPMG, to discuss a bid. BFG announces departure of Iceland MD Mike Coupe. Tesco stuns convenience world by buying Adminstore. The City raises concerns about Morrisons’ ability to integrate...
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Bestway poised to buy Batleys
Bestway is set to take over its nearest challenger in the cash and carry market, boosting its £1bn business by more than £600m and making it a clear second to Booker.After several days of intense speculation in the trade, Bestway MD Younus...
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United Wholesale expands trading teams
Glasgow-based cash & carry business United Wholesale has expanded its trading and distribution teams following a 109% sales increase to £90m during the last two years.Anshu Chandra – formerly buying director at Compass Cash & Carry – joins...
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Bestway in talks to buy Batleys
Two of the UK’s largest cash and carry operators are set to be combined after it was confirmed Bestway is in talks to buy Batleys.Bestway, which has 31 depots, reported a turnover for its 2003/2004 financial year of £1,064m, while Batleys,...
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Taylor chief exec of combined Musgrave
Budgens’ commercial director Mike Taylor has been promoted to chief executive of the newly combined Musgrave/Budgens/ Londis business following a senior management reshuffle.He will take up his new post on January 1, reporting to Musgrave UK...
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christmas orders
Budgens has launched a festive food ordering service so customers can order seasonal products to collect from their local store in the run-up to Christmas.The range of turkey and savoury foods will be supported by a brochure and...
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Scally warns over superstores
If the Irish Republic opts for UK-style, out-of-town superstores, in a bid for cheaper groceries, there will be widesparead casualties in the independent sector, according to Musgrave group MD Seamus Scally.He told a parliamentary committee in...
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Key Store plans new image
Key Lekkerland is testing a new concept Key Store design to challenge rival symbol group packages such as Londis Genesis and Spar Millennium.Speaking at the annual Key Lekkerland conference, John Liptrot, commercial director for Key Lekkerland,...
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Appeal of the interior
The Cameo apple is consolidating its presence in UK retail with five UK supermarkets now stocking it – Tesco, Budgens, the Co-op, Booths and Somerfield.Cameo is grown in Europe by members of the European Cameo Club, which controls all aspects...
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New deal is on the way
Musgrave plans to offer Londis retailers improved terms early in the new year as it irons out discrepancies between the price files of both companies and drives efficiency at the combined group. Speaking three months after Musgrave’s...