Archive of all Booker articles – Page 27
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Johnson to quit Booker after four-year tenure
Managing director of Booker Gerry Johnson will be leaving the cash and carry company in the near future.Baugur’s Hans Kristian Hustad is now chief executive and chairman of GiantBid Co, which is comprised of Booker and Woodward...
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Hargrave checks out of Booker buyer role
Andrea Hargrave, senior buyer at Booker is to leave the cash and carry after 14 years working for the business.Hargrave joined Booker in 1992 as marketing manager for liquor. More recently, as senior buyer, she has been responsible for...
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New wholesaling Hub
Two former Booker men have set up a rival wholesaler, specialising in catering.Tony Overton, a former regional director for Booker, and Bryan Drew, a former finance director, opened their 30,000 sq ft Hub Wholesale Club in Cheltenham this week....
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Bestway poised to buy Batleys
Bestway is set to take over its nearest challenger in the cash and carry market, boosting its £1bn business by more than £600m and making it a clear second to Booker.After several days of intense speculation in the trade, Bestway MD Younus...
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Changing to Premier’s package
Mahesh Modasia’s Bina Food Store in Northampton is just coming to the end of a facelift which has transformed it into a Premier Store.While Booker has put up its fascia and is just finishing the inside work, Mahesh has also taken the...
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Baugur’s takeover talks with BFG continue
The Big Food Group has stated that the sales drop in its core Iceland and Booker businesses has continued for the last six months during a period of increased competition in the UK retail environment. The group, which is in takeover talks...
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Star elevates a roll from bog standard
Anna Ryder Richardson is set to become the first celebrity whose face is featured on toilet tissue.The star of the BBC home makeover show Changing Rooms will appear on packs of Makro’s new own label toilet paper, Luxana Duo-Tone, which has been...
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Booker loses out to Budgens
It’s a case of once bitten, twice shy when it comes to symbol group operators, says Deepak Patel, who is converting one of his three c-stores in Clacton-on-Sea to Budgens next month.Patel, who used to drive to Dhamecha’s Barking cash and carry,...
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Buyer sought for Cig
Consultant KPMG says it is seeking a buyer for failed Welsh abattoir and meat processor Cwmni Cig Arfon.The factory, which counted Bookers among its customers, closed with farmer suppliers reportedly owed up to £6,000.All staff have been...
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Depot offers welcome release
Peter Saunders, general manager, Booker, NorthamptonPeter Saunders has been in the business 35 years starting in grocery retail straight from school, and became part of the Booker empire when he was working for Budgens and it was...
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In Profile: Q&A with Ron Hickey, Head of Proposition Development, Booker
Describe your career background I started my sales and marketing career at Grand Metropolitan Brewing, before moving to Scottish Courage Brands for eight years....
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Parfetts turns up C&C heat with state-of-the-art depot in Sheffield
Sheffield looks set to become one of the most competitive C& C markets in the UK, following news that Parfetts is building a state-of-the-art £6m depot on a brownfield site in the Tinsley area.Rivals Batleys, Booker and Makro already have...
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How Grimsey will tackle sales falls
Big Food Group has pledged to drive up operational efficiency at Iceland after another quarter of negative like-for-like sales growth.Posting a 1.7% drop in like-for-like sales at Iceland and a 1.1% drop at Booker in the 13 weeks to July 2,...
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How Grimsey will tackle sales falls
Big Food Group has pledged to drive up operational efficiency at Iceland after another quarter of negative like-for-like sales growth.Posting a 1.7% drop in like-for-like sales at Iceland and a 1.1% drop at Booker in the 13 weeks to July 2,...
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Parfetts to build £6m depot
Sheffield looks set to become one of the most competitive cash and carry markets in the UK.This follows the news that Parfetts is building a state-of-the-art, £6m depot on a brownfield site in the city’s Tinsley area.Rivals Batleys, Booker...
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wiseman deliveries
Robert Wiseman Dairies has started to deliver to an additional 111 Iceland and Booker stores in England and Wales, it revealed at its annual general meeting. The company said this would help it build volume for its planned south of England depot,...
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Cadog spreads
Welsh branded dairy range Cadog has now gained listings in almost all of the country’s major multiples.The products are available in Morrisons, Safeway, Sainsbury, Asda and Makro, and will also be in Tesco from mid-June.The range,...
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Working week
>>the highs and lows of a week in the industryIn his new role in the world of cash and carry, as Booker’s grocery buyer responsible for ethnic, Asian and Oriental food, sugar and preserves, Paul Stanley has been put through his...
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Booker announces its new category managers
A number of new recruits have been appointed following the restructuring of Booker Cash & Carry’s trading department (The Grocer, May 29, page 5).The trading team has been reorganised into five category teams with the managers of each...