Archive of all Booker articles – Page 25
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Booker celebrates 50th year in style
Booker, the UK's biggest cash and carry operator, has kicked off its 50th anniversary celebrations with a month of deep promotions for independent retailers.The promotions will all be based on the theme of 50 to mark Booker's buying a...
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Landmark-Costco link is rumoured
Landmark Wholesale could be interested in wooing Costco as a response to the Today's Group's tie-up with Makro Cash & Carry. Makro joining rival Today's this month added £1.1bn of sales to the Scunthorpe-based group's buying power, which...
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Dautzenberg leaves Makro UK for Portugal
Managing director of Makro UK Philipp Dautzenberg has been replaced by Hannes Floto after leaving to become MD of Makro Portugal. Dautzenberg had been UK MD for three years and has worked at Makro and its German parent company, the Metro...
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It's a landmark signing
Makro Cash & Carry UK has joined The Today's Group - becoming its biggest member - in a shock move that could bring a merger between the UK's two biggest buying groups closer. Wholesale industry experts have predicted that Today's...
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Prices cut as Booker sharpens up its act
Booker has unveiled initiatives designed to drive down prices, increase choice and improve services in its depots - starting with its catering customers. In time for Christmas, the company has expanded its Booker Basics value range to 25...
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Wholesale change
Life at the top is never easy. But it is particularly challenging when the supermarkets are dictating terms in the grocery market and you are watching a resurgent Booker motor ahead with its recovery programme under chief executive Charles...
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Booker plans to be biggest, best supplier to small stores
Booker this week vowed to drive prices down and availability up as its boss outlined to the IGD convention how the company was striving to become the biggest and best supplier to small businesses. Chief executive Charles Wilson, a year...
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Shop Profile Makro C&C, Manchester HQ
The first impression visitors get at the head office of Makro Cash & Carry wholesalers in Eccles, Manchester, is that the facade is pretty modest for a £1bn company. But a bland exterior belies what is inside: a football field-sized -plan office...
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Makro renovations set to focus on fresh
Cash & carry giant Makro is to undertake a store renovation plan next year in support of its new emphasis on fresh foods. MD Philipp Dautzenberg said that Makro would completely renovate at least two of its 33 stores during 2007. That...
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Shop profile - Makro C&C, Manchester HQ
The first impression visitors get at the head office of Makro Cash & Carry wholesalers in Eccles, Manchester, is that the facade is pretty modest for a £1bn company. But a bland exterior belies what is inside: a football field-sized open-plan office...
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Booker adds blush to its wine ranges
Malt House Vintners, the range of wines by Booker cash and carry, has three rosé additions. The rosés are available in three of the company's sub-ranges, including the South African Rouwke's Drift and French Marcel Hubert labels, priced...
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3663 sales growth despite MoD loss
Wholesaler 3663 First for Foodservice expects to report full-year turnover in excess of £1.4bn next month, compared with sales of £1.29bn last year. In an exclusive interview with the The Grocer, 3663 chief executive Fred Barnes said he...
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Profile Revisited
Fred Barnes, chief executive of 3663 First for Foodservice, is remarkably upbeat, given that 3663 lost a highly coveted MOD contract to DBC Foodservice earlier this month. 3663 is fifth in our Big 30 rankings with sales of £1.3bn and...
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Drive to expand business with new initiatives
Booker's cash and carry depot in Reading is a good place to start if you want to find out how the wholesaler's recovery strategy to focus, drive and broaden the business is going. One of its key focuses is expanding operations and improving...
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General manager: Chris Webber
Having joined Booker last April, Webber assumed his present position in August after a brief training period. So he's the first to acknowledge that it's early days in terms of his future career path with the wholesaler. And he brings a slightly...
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Drive to expand business with new initiatives
Booker's cash and carry depot in Reading is a good place to start if you want to find out how the wholesaler's recovery strategy to focus, drive and broaden the business is going. One of its key focuses is expanding operations and...
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Drive to expand business with new initiatives
Booker's cash and carry depot in Reading is a good place to start if you want to find out how the wholesaler's recovery strategy to focus, drive and broaden the business is going. One of its key focuses is expanding operations and...
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Drive to expand business with new initiatives
Booker's cash and carry depot in Reading is a good place to start if you want to find out how the wholesaler's recovery strategy to focus, drive and broaden the business is going. One of its key focuses is...
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General manager: Chris Webber
Having joined Booker last April, Webber assumed his present position in August after a brief training period. So he's the first to acknowledge that it's early days in terms of his future career path with the wholesaler. And he brings...
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Old guard go in shake up
Booker chief executive Charles Wilson is sweeping out the old guard with a shake-up of the trading structure and the shock departure of trading director Shaun Birrell. Wilson has brought in Bryan Drew, his one-time partner and...