All Wholesalers articles – Page 122
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Retailers need a say in their future
from Bernard Warren, retail vice-chairman, Spar National Guild and Spar retailer, Wool, DorsetSir; Re your story and feature last week about Musgrave’s bid for Londis. Londis has long been one of Spar’s competitors in the...
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Seeking a fair deal for shareholders
from Adrian Costain, Londis Shareholders’ Action GroupSir; I write to explain how the Londis Shareholders’ Action Group (LSAG) came to be. We hope this will help to ensure that in future the standards of corporate governance in the...
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The retailers speak
>>enthusiasm but also doubts over better buying powerShahid Ali, manager, Londis store in Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire“I will have to go through the fine detail of the offer before making my final decision, but I’m all for it in...
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A better future – and a bonanza
There are grumbles at the millions going to directors but retailers see the benefits says The Grocer news teamMost Londis retailers contacted by The Grocer this week welcomed the bid by Musgrave to buy their group, but they were...
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Londis payouts backlash
Irish wholesaler Musgrave has stunned the trade by brokering its second major deal in the UK in less than two years with a £40m bid for Londis that would double its UK turnover.But as The Grocer went to press there was a backlash from Londis...
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Londis: no2 UK symbol
>>unlike spar, wholly owned by membersLondis is the second largest symbol group in the United Kingdom after Spar supplying 2,232 outlets in Britain from three regional distribution centres. The group was formed in 1959 by a...
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Musgrave to buy Londis
Irish food group Musgrave – which bought UK supermarket chain Budgens last year – has offered to buy symbol group Londis for £40m. If Londis shareholders give the deal the go-ahead after a meeting on December 30, each Londis member will...
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Boost to trading teams
Londis has made sweeping changes to its trading and supply chain management teams to enhance efficiency in these two areas.John Taylor, trading director for grocery and chilled, has been appointed trading director for central distribution....
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Londis reshuffles staff
Londis has begun a staff restructuring programme to place greater focus on its key category areas.Senior positions will be created within the commercial department trading team. Gary Maloney, Heidi Jackson, Kenton Burchell and Martin...
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Londis builds the regions
Londis has recruited two regional development managers to help build its retail territory in the Home Counties, Oxford and in Coventry.Lee Alexander has become retail development manager for Coventry and Oxford. He has worked for the...
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Team Talk: Budgens
>>ROXANNE BENNETT, SENIOR MARKETING CONTROLLER, INSTORE SEASONAL merchandising TEAMBudgens is going for a traditional Christmas feel instore this year with the added bonus for customers of PoS memory joggers that link products from...
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Tesco’s small town offensive
Following the article about the new Budgens store in Hawkhurst (The Grocer, October 25, p44) CACI has investigated the potential impact on Budgens and other surrounding retailers that the arrival of Tesco in that local market will have.Tesco...
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Service at heart of new Budgens manager roles
Budgens is rolling out a new store management structure to strengthen its customer service.The retailer has ditched the role of assistant store manager and introduced four managers: store manager, customer services manager, fresh food...
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Budgens’ big thing is local
It might be a flagship store, but this new village Budgens also primes the parish pump, says Siân HarringtonIf there is one thing you notice immediately at Budgens’ new flagship store in Hawkhurst it is that it truly is at the heart...
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Ireland’s Centra opens its 400th store
Musgrave’s Centra food retail franchise operation has opened its 400th store at Rochfortbridge Co Westmeath in Ireland.Now the fifth largest grocery retailer in the Irish Republic with 351 stores, Centra is on course to turn over almost E1bn...
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Londis adds premium beers
Londis has added a selection of speciality beers and premium lagers to its offering in the run-up to for Christmas,Trading controller for beers at Londis, Martin Swadling, said: “As with wines, consumers are now more educated about beers and...
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Londis looks to chillers
Londis will remerchandise chillers at members’ stores for free to boost the category that has margin returns of 25%.Following a £2.5m investment at its RDC operations, Londis has increased the guaranteed date-life of over 100 short-life...
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Budgens slashes range in bid to sharpen its act
Budgens will slash its product range from 7,200 to 6,000 lines and reduce promotional activity by a third in a bid to solve logistical problems.Speaking at the chain’s annual supplier conference, Budgens chief executive Martin Hyson said...
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Irwin quits ADM Londis
Michael Irwin, chief executive for the past five years of ADM Londis which has the rights to the Londis brand in Ireland, has resigned “to pursue other interests”, according to a statement from the company. Irwin, a former chief accountant...
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Roddis takes Budgens’ senior buying role
Budgens has promoted Anna Roddis to the newly-created post of senior buyer for frozen foods, reporting to senior trading controller Steve Carter.Roddis’ immediate focus will be on examining layout and range for frozen food as part of...