All Wholesalers articles – Page 126
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Budgens hits accelerator with aggressive expansion targets
Budgens' new site acquisition team is targeting 20 new sites a year, four times its traditional annual growth rate of about five new stores. Budgens chief executive Martin Hyson said he was confident the company could sustain its aggressive...
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Londis store with great potential'
Located in a residential area of Nottingham, with nearby light industrial premises, the Londis store in Beechdale Road, Aspley, has seen takings rise to more than £9,500 a week as a result of a minor update. With a complete refit there would be...
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Symbols put up a spirited defence as multiples multiply in
Despite the growth of high street c-stores run by the major multiples and doom-mongers predicting the end of the independent retailer, the biggest symbol groups more than held their own during 2001. Londis had a particularly successful year,...
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Barry Carter
Senior buyer for biscuits, Budgens For Budgens, biscuits are performing extremely well and business is increasing by around 25% year-on-year. A lot of this is down to a project we started two years ago with McVitie's to review and refine our...
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Gauntlet thrown down over price differential
Budgens trading director Cliff Goodman opened the annual supplier conference in Warwick with a challenge to the floor: "There are very few real economies beyond a full lorryload of goods. So why should Budgens pay 11.1% more?" The figure was taken...
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Londis' leaflet blitz unveils festive deals two weeks ahead
Tim Palmer Londis is firing the latest salvo in the battle to convince consumers that convenience stores can be competitive pre-Christmas. It is blitzing consumers with a million leaflets detailing its seasonal bargains across the alcohol fixture,...
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Budgens snaps up top buyers
Three former Sainsbury executives and one from Safeway have joined Budgens as it shapes up to take on the multiples. Steve Carter joins from Sainsbury's Egypt operation as senior trading controller for fresh foods, taking charge of all aspects of...
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Budgens has opened its 26th Budgens Local at a petrol foreco
Monkhill Confectionery will assume responsibility for sales and marketing of the Butterkist brand from Cadbury Trebor Bassett from January 1, 2002. Barclaycard Merchant Services is extending its pre-pay service to include the mobile phone network...
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RIVALRY IN SCOTLAND
Nowhere is the competition between the symbol groups fiercer than in Scotland. While the catalyst for this battle was the move north of the border by Londis, new management teams at Spar and Mace have met that challenge head on. Spar has long been...
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Kuwait set for new format
A new Xpress format from Kuwait Petroleum will be used to brand forecourt concessions as it explores new retail partnerships outside its joint venture with Budgens. Kuwait Petroleum GB marketing manager Ian Rose said: "Xpress will be used as a...
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Goodman calls on suppliers to provide level playing field
Budgens trading director Cliff Goodman provoked a storm of controversy at this year's Nisa conference in Marbella by accusing suppliers of giving independents a raw deal. Goodman began his presentation by showing delegates a slide produced by the...
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Budgens strengthens marketing
Roxanne Bennett has been promoted to the newly created role of senior marketing controller at Budgens, reporting to marketing director Stephanie Rice. She heads up a team of seven and is responsible for the management of all marketing department...
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Budgens cracks on with Local and plans own online auctions
Budgens is considering holding its own online auctions to source goods after participating in a successful trial with other Nisa members to procure own label soft drinks last month. Trading director Cliff Goodman said: "Online auctions are not...
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New regional management team overhauls Budgens operations
Budgens has beefed up its operations team with the appointment of four executives, each of whom will take responsibility for running in the region of 14 stores. Former store manager and 26-year Budgens veteran David Lee takes responsibility for 14...
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Phenomenal success' of first CBC net auction
A major new procurement initiative from Nisa-Today's has demonstrated internet auctions are not only for the big boys. Nisa CBC members Londis, Budgens and Somerfield used their first web auction to procure four million cases of soft drinks on...
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Freehold for sale
The Londis Top Shop in Victoria Road, Saltney, Chester, is showing gross profits approaching £95,000 a year which could be improved with the introduction of an off licence and an extension of the retail area, according to agent Dowling Kerr. Weekly...
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Stephen Phillips, confectionery
buyer, Budgens Our Christmas and Easter strategies are similar. For Christmas we plan to have fewer SKUs (stock keeping units) and concentrate on key lines with proven sales. There'll be a limited number of new products, mostly from the major...
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Former M&S Direct man to head Londis supply chain programme
Londis has appointed Jon Peggs as operations director to oversee the group's supply chain development programme and distribution infrastructure. He joins from Marks and Spencer Direct where he was head of fulfilment. Prior to that he held a number...
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Budgens revamps wine web guide
Budgens has introduced a new wine guide to its revamped web site (www.budgens.com). This offers no facility to buy wine online but provides general information and a database of wines available from the chain. Senior wine buyer Christine Sandys...
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Symbol groups: Upgrade for Londis RDCs
Londis has announced plans to spend £3m on its southern regional distribution centres at Thamesmead in south-east London and at Andover in Hampshire. The investment by the symbol group will include new chill stores at both RDCs. Chief executive...