All Booker articles – Page 13
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NewsFour Classics for Booker ice cream range
Booker has extended its Classic ice cream range with four new products.
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NewsM&S suffers dip as Booker gets a boost
It was a week of contrasting fortunes for Charles Wilson’s Booker and his former employers at Marks & Spencer.
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Comment and OpinionBooker's £63.4m question
Booker may not be sexy but the UK’s top cash & carry could start generating some serious column…
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NewsWholesalers focus on Jubilee opportunity
Wholesalers are getting in the party spirit for the Diamond Jubilee with new ranges and competitions.
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NewsConvenience sector in growth
The convenience sector is in growth for the first time in a decade, but it’s supermarket chains and symbol groups that are driving this…
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NewsHappy Shopper ready meals
Booker has launched a range of chilled ready meals under its Happy Shopper banner.
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Analysis and FeaturesThe new-look Makro depots from top down to inside out
Makro takes The Grocer on a tour of the new-look depots, where sharper ranging has been accompanied by staff empowerment.
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NewsMakro procures two new acting directors
Makro has made two new appointments to its board of directors.
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NewsPersil offer kicks off Premier Mega Deals
Booker’s symbol fascia Premier has launched ‘Mega Deal’ to help indies lure shoppers away from the mults.
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NewsAverage profit margin at Big 30 wholesalers squeezed to just 0.8%
The average pre-tax profit margin made by the UK’s 30 largest wholesalers is a razor-thin 0.8%, according to The Grocer’s latest Big 30 survey.
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AlixPartners consultants leave Makro
Consultants drafted in to help Makro return to profit have left following what it described as a “strong start to its turnaround plans”.
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NewsWholesale and indies rake in seasonal sales
Wholesalers and independents massively outpeformed the big box supermarkets this Christmas.
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NewsTesco sneezes and the grocery trade catches a cold
News of Tesco’s performance prompted a sell-off by investors across food retail.
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NewsBooker launches foodservice bid after latest bumper quarter
Booker has created a new foodservice business, dubbed Chef Direct.
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NewsSuppliers refuse to fund Makro website
Suppliers have hit out at Makro after the loss-making wholesaler wrote asking up to £2,000 to help fund the rollout and development of its website.
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NewsMakro signs up Blan as operations director
Loss-making wholesaler Makro has appointed Stephen Blan as operations director as it looks to return to growth.
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Booker rolls out Red Band tobacco line
Booker has relaunched its own-label Red Band handrolling tobacco.
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Makro hails big saving on Champagne
Makro has relaunched own-label Champagne Veuve Pelletier for the Christmas party season.
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Booker’s new fleet enables 3-in-1 deliveries
Booker Direct has rolled out a new multi-temperature fleet to allow it to increase its frozen and chilled deliveries
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NewsBritish American Tobacco tops new EA energy efficiency table
British American Tobacco has been named the UK’s greenest company in the grocery industry for its work on reducing energy consumption.