Archive of all Booker articles – Page 4
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NewsPremier launches ‘Pop Cave’ concept for soft drinks
Kept cool with automatic doors, the soft drink caves are up to 30% cheaper to chill than normal refrigeration, helping retailers to save on energy costs
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NewsPremier stores boost social media presence with SocioConnect tool
Booker-produced content can also be copied over to their social media pages via the app “in a matter of minutes”
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NewsBooker marks 400th Budgens store opening
The store is owned by independent retailers Paul McKenna and Graeme Wilson, and was transformed from a garden centre following a £650,000 investment
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NewsBooker trials electric van deliveries from three branches
It has kicked off the pilot with five electric vehicles, delivering to retailers and caterers from its Kettering, Brighton, and Stoke cash & carry branches
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NewsBooker renews supply contract with MFG for five more years
The extension will add to the duo’s eight-year working relationship since Booker won the contract in November 2015
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NewsBooker launches Chef Central to help large foodservice operators manage product ranges
It has been developed to serve those with multiple sites, to help them maintain a consistent product range on a national and regional level
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NewsLondis symbol to get relaunch as Booker looks to emulate Premier success
The wholesaler is currently in discussions with around 10 retailers who could trial the latest thinking for the symbol, The Grocer understands
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NewsBooker to offer licensed traders discounts via new On Trade Club
The new initiative will allow customers to purchase over 80 of the wholesaler’s most popular on-trade products at discounted prices
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NewsBooker boosts digital presence for retailers with Socioconnect and Yext
The wholesale giant said Socioconnect would ‘help to make lives easier for retailers’ by allowing them to ‘better engage and connect with the local community’
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NewsGrocery legend Charles Wilson awarded CBE
Wilson is a long-serving champion of GroceryAid, serving as the charity’s president from January 2020 to December 2021
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NewsLondis wins five-year contract to supply The Kay Group
The Kay Group has moved to the Londis fascia across its 23-store estate in the Midlands, north Wales and northern England
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NewsPremier reports fastest two years of Scottish store growth
The business plans to keep up recruitment by giving Scottish retailers the chance to win a drinks-to-go Refresh station
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NewsBooker proves a star performer for Tesco as sales soar 12%
Over the year it saw a net increase of 451 in the number of retail partners it supplies
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Analysis & FeaturesExplained: Does Tesco’s fulfilment fee fiasco break any rules?
The trade is in uproar over Tesco’s hardball tactics to secure a new fulfilment fee. Is it breaching GSCOP? And what’s the endgame?
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NewsDisposable vape brand SKE Crystal pulled from shelves over non-compliance concerns
Yesterday, The Grocer reported that multiple independent lab tests had found SKE Crystal devices to contain significantly more than the permitted 2ml of liquid
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NewsBooker retailers fear impact of Tesco’s new fulfilment fees for suppliers
Tesco wrote to suppliers last week announcing new charges for those selling on its online platform or through its Booker wholesale operations
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Comment & OpinionThe key questions to be answered in the Tesco fulfilment fee fiasco
Audacious move by Tesco is even featuring in school debates over monopsony
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NewsTesco threatens range reviews unless suppliers pay new fulfilment fee
Fulfilment fees will be applied on a pence per unit basis, with branded suppliers paying a significant premium
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NewsBudgens launches one-off fascia with Kavanagh’s Belsize Park
Kavanagh Group MD Noel Kavanagh Jr said this was part of the strategy to create a store with an independent feel
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Analysis & FeaturesHow public sector food & drink procurement plans affect wholesalers
The news has provoked strong reactions from wholesalers, who say the changes could negatively impact their business. But how will the new contract work? Who might win the tender, and are there any positives to be taken?