Archive of all Parfetts articles – Page 3
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Parfetts to pay £500 cost of living bonus to staff
Staff working at the Aintree and Middlesbrough depots will recieve a 4% bonus in recognition of sales growth
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Parfetts partners with Just Eat to boost delivery for Go Local retailers
Parfetts already has an agreement in place with delivery service Snappy Shopper
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Parfetts business unit manager Dylan Cheema wins national boxing tournament
After his victory on Saturday night, Cheema helped in the family shop on the busy Easter Sunday
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Parfetts appoints Jamie Ferguson as new head of marketing
Ferguson was appointed as the interim head of marketing in November before being given the position on a permanent basis
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Parfetts to invest in logistics technology as pre-tax profits soar by 25%
The wholesaler recorded a 25% rise in pre-tax profits for the year to June 2021
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Analysis & Features
From Best-one to Budgens, what do the UK’s symbol and franchise groups have to offer in 2022?
After another turbulent year, how have the UK’s convenience symbol groups and fascias evolved? And how do they compare?
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Parfetts hires former Booker manager Richard Fleming as head of operations for the west
Fleming joins the business after spending almost 11 years with Booker, where he held roles as branch and area managers
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Parfetts on track to boost symbol estate by 200 stores this year
The focus of the expansion has been in the north east and Midlands
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Parfetts almost doubles Go Local own-label range with 58 new lines
The wholesaler has also completed the expansion of its Aintree depot
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Morrisons clinches top prize at Grocer Gold Awards 2021 to cap eventful week
Grocer of the Year was one of 33 awards handed out during the prestigious ceremony at London’s Guildhall
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Grocer Gold Awards 2021: Regional Wholesaler of the Year
Find out why Parfetts was named Regional Wholesaler of the Year in the Grocer Gold Awards 2021. Plus, meet the other finalists
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Parfetts gives staff 4% bonus following ‘record breaking’ year
Parfetts said it had rewarded staff after an “unprecedented year of growth”, which saw turnover jump 21%
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Costcutter’s Steve Moore hired as new head of retail at Parfetts
Moore will replace Guy Swindell, who was promoted to joint MD designate last month
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Parfetts names Guy Swindell and Noel Robinson joint MDs
Swindell was Parfetts’ retail director while Robinson joins from rival Bestway
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Parfetts launches off-licence fascia The Local
The Local will sit alongside its existing convenience-focused Go Local and Go Local Extra fascias
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Gurminder Athwal joins Parfetts in newly created role of trading director
Athwal has worked as trading controller at Hyperama for more than 20 years
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Analysis & Features
How the fascias have taken recruitment online
Coronavirus put an end to trade shows, store visits and face-to-face meetings that symbols usually use to recruit new members. But many have still managed to win new business. Here’s how
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Wholesaler Parfetts sees annual turnover leap 26% to £474m
Parfetts has also added 150 stores to its Go Local symbol group this year, taking it to 650 in total
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Parfetts predicts sales could top £12m a week in bumper Christmas
Historically the wholesaler sees sales increase by about 15% during the Christmas season
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Parfetts rolls out carbon reduction programme
As part of a raft of measures, the business has installed electric car charge points at its head office in Stockport