Archive of all Booker articles – Page 10
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NewsCity snapshot: Booker profits up 15% ahead of Tesco buyout
Tesco-bound Booker saw pre-tax profits rise 15% in its full financial year, driven by rising non-tobacco like-for-like sales growth. Plus, all the rest of the latest news from the City
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NewsBooker retailers undecided on merits of Tesco merger
The majority of Booker retailers don’t know what to think about the deal
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News'Abandon Tesco-Booker deal' plea falls on deaf ears
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis claimed most major shareholders remained supportive of the deal
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NewsCity snapshot: Booker’s non-tobacco like for likes up 4.7% in fourth quarter
Booker Group has a reported a strong end to the year, with non-tobacco group like-for-like sales up 4.7% in the fourth quarter ahead of its £3.7bn buyout by Tesco
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Comment & OpinionCrumbs from Tesco's table?
The idea that an independent would be prepared to act as an unpaid labourer for Tesco is unforgivably insulting
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NewsTesco-Booker deal scrutiny by CMA ranges from 246-400 stores
The successful completion of Tesco’s merger with wholesale giant Booker hinges on around 400 stores
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Comment & OpinionCatering, not indie retail, is the key to Tesco-Booker merger
It is great to hear that everyone will benefit from the Tesco ‘merger’ with Booker - but it’s also somewhat disingenuous
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco-Booker merger: all you need to know
What is the rationale, and who will the winners and losers be? What’s the view of the City?
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Comment & OpinionTesco-Booker doesn't click
The proposed merger of Booker and Tesco is very big news for the smaller store end of British grocery retail
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Comment & OpinionCMA must block Tesco-Booker merger
Charles Wilson has in the past rightly asserted that the food retail market is one entity
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NewsTesco and Booker antitrust teams talk merger with CMA
Any decision by the CMA on whether to launch a formal investigation is looking unlikely until at least next week
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NewsTesco and Booker confident of merger approval but CMA may have other ideas
One of the major unknowns thrown up by the surprise Tesco takeover of Booker is how the CMA will react and what remedies will be required to appease the monopoly watchdog. We look at the deal’s chances.
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NewsTesco’s Booker takeover: the big questions answered
As the food and drink industry digests the news of the proposed mega-merger between Booker and Tesco, The Grocer looks at the key questions posed by the deal
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NewsTesco and Booker’s £3.7bn merger: what the analysts say
Booker and Tesco today stunned The City this morning with plans for one of the biggest mergers in retail history. Here is how City analysts and other experts reacted to the news
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NewsBooker gets Budgens/Londis boost
Booker sales surged 15.2% in Q2 but the tobacco display ban remains a drag on performance
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NewsBooker sales squeezed by tobacco display ban and falling food prices
Booker revenues were hit by the tobacco display ban and continued food price deflation during the first quarter with like-for-like sales falling 2.9%.
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NewsCity snapshot: Booker profits up despite like-for-like sales slip
Operating profit (before exceptional items) was up 11% to £155.1m
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NewsCheap milk offers by Booker and Farmfoods slammed by farmers
NFU calls for greater transparency on how smaller retailers and wholesalers calculate prices
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NewsCo-op sells 36 former Somerfield stores to Food Retailer Group
Stores will transfer to Booker-owned Budgens without job losses
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NewsMotor Fuel Group to transfer supply for 300 stores to Booker
Costutter will continue to supply over 70 MFG forecourt stores