Archive of all Booker articles – Page 29
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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...
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BFG works to boost efficiency
Big Food Group is embarking on a series of initiatives to boost supply chain efficiency, including the roll-out of a sales-based ordering system at Booker and the closure of two distribution centres.Speaking as the Big Food Group published its...
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Booker streamlines staffing and trading team at HQ
Booker Cash and Carry has completed a major staffing restructure within its 170 cash and carry depots and made changes to its trading team at head office.Booker md Gerry Johnson said the changes in depots were needed because, over decades of...
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The personal touch pays off
John Shrimpton, general manager, Booker Cash and Carry, Chichester“Know your customer” is the motto of John Shrimpton, the general manager of Booker’s Chichester cash and carry in West Sussex.He says that over the years he’s...
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Booker wine deal
Booker is offering members savings on its Malt House Vintners wine range when they buy in bulk. The cash and carry wholesaler is giving customers at least a 5% discount when buying a case of wine. Bookers said the promotion was...
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Makro UK sales up 2%
UK sales at Makro Cash & Carry increased 2% to £1.1bn in 2003.The cash and carry, part of the German giant Metro Cash & Carry International, now has 33 outlets after opening four last year in Exeter, Ipswich, Chester and Wolverhampton.It...
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Six of the best: tobacco and accessories
>>nominated this month: asda, booker, budgens, the co-operative group, somerfield and tescoDanny Aytoncategory buyer, BookerAyton joined Booker in 1998, having worked for BP as a retail category buyer, and then One Stop...
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Six of the best ice cream buyers
>>nominated this monthMIKE LEWISsenior buyer for frozen foods, MORRISONSMike has worked in retail for more than 10 years, starting off at the Co-operative Group before moving to Booker in a group buying role....
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The pub batting for convenience
The Bat and Ball Inn in Churchdown, Gloucester, has become the first pub to open a convenience store on its premises under the Booker Premier brand.The proprietor Angie Norris, decided to devote part of the pub into a convenience store after...
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Six of the best household goods buyers
>>nominated this month: Tesco, somerfield, Morrisons, ASDA, sainsbury, makroMike ArnottSenior buying manager, household, tescoArnott joined Tesco in 1995 to work in product marketing for two years. He then moved into...
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Unrivalled service lands Rogan manager award
When Martin Rogan started work in the C& C sector as a 14-year-old part-timer, he could not have imagined what it would lead to.After 22 years in the sector, during which he climbed the managerial ladder at Booker depots in the north east, he...
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Best of both worlds
Retailers the Samani family have given birth to a C& C and now a fascia. John Wood reportsWith Booker, Bestway and Dhamecha dominating London’s cash and carry sector, it might appear a forbidding market to enter, but since its launch...
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Booker places success at heart of new slogan
Booker has added a new strapline, Your Success Counts, which will appear with the Booker brand.Retail customers will see the new logo on all printed materials from the wholesaler and it will also be included in the latest update of the lorry...