Archive of all Booker articles – Page 5
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Analysis & FeaturesThe Big 30 Wholesalers 2023: taking a seat in supermarket boardrooms
Bestway’s swoop on Sainsbury’s has fuelled speculation of a reverse takeover – a further sign of the sector’s growing influence on grocery
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Comment & OpinionWho in their right mind would entrust the government to run foodservice?
Foodservice supply is a cottage industry of little miracles. Why the government shake-up?
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NewsWholesale & convenience sector backs emergency relief efforts for earthquake victims
Forecourt giant EG Group and wholesaler Booker are among those pledging support
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NewsBooker subsidiary Best Food Logistics staff ballot for strike action over Christmas
According to GMB, 93% of members rejected the latest offer and a further 85% indicated that they wished to formally ballot for strike action
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NewsBooker freezes prices on 450 catering lines
The wholesaler will lock prices on popular products such as premium frozen chips from 5 October until 3 January
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NewsPremier drives focus on sustainability and tech as it reaches 4,000 stores
The Booker-owned fascia has begun trialling a number of features at a newly refurbished store in Bournemouth
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NewsKishor Patel seeking new symbol after leaving Nisa
Patel told The Grocer he had not yet decided which symbol or franchise group he plans to join
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NewsJust Eat secures deal with Booker Wholesale
As part of the agreement, Booker Wholesale’s sales team will promote Just Eat delivery to their store customers as a preferred partner.
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NewsBooker plans to open 150 new Budgens stores by the end of this year
The symbol group has so far signed up 36 which are “up and running”, with another 84 stores in the pipeline
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NewsBooker pauses frozen deliveries for Budgens and Londis retailers amid heatwave
The temporary suspension started on Monday this week and was put in place to protect frozen product integrity, quality and health & safety,
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Comment & OpinionWholesalers must maintain service levels to justify extra charges
Despite wholesalers bumping up delivery charges and patchy availability, now may not be the time for conflict
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Analysis & FeaturesPremier’s ‘Latest Thinking’ in convenience: inside Mandeep Singh’s store in Sheffield
A week after Premier’s Grocer Gold win for Symbol Retailer of the Year, we take a look inside the flagship store
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NewsGrocer Gold Awards 2022: national wholesaler of the year
Booker has extended its dominance over UK wholesale through online expansion
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NewsBooker lands deal with electric bike supplier Eskuta for home delivery
The tie-up has seen 20 retailers utilise the offer so far, including from Premier, Londis and Budgens
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NewsBooker retailers prevent 300,000 meals going to waste via Too Good To Go scheme
Booker said the initiative had prevented over 135,000kg of food from going to waste
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NewsMorrisons attracting independent retailers to Daily fascia with no delivery fees
Senior wholesale manager Nick Russell told The Grocer it had recently signed up several retailers to the brand and is in “active discussions with lots more”.
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NewsBooker to freeze prices on 250 catering lines until the end of May
Booker is to freeze the prices on more than 250 of its popular catering lines until 31 May. Items subject to the price freeze include pork shoulder, beef joints, boneless turkey and premium chips. The retailer said it was keen to include roasting joints as part of ...
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NewsRum brand Dead Man’s Fingers launches first tequila
The 40% abv drink is billed as ‘a quality reposado’, with ’notes of vanilla and honey’
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NewsAlmost 50% of independent retailers are using Booker
Lumina Intelligence’s Wholesale Markets Report 2021 found that 47% of convenience retailers shopped with Booker from October to December last year
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Comment & OpinionBig 30’s historic losses last year only tell half the story
Last year was the most challenging for the UK’s grocery wholesalers since the Second World War