All Booker articles – Page 8
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NewsTesco and Booker’s £3.7bn merger: what the analysts say
Booker and Tesco today stunned The City this morning with plans for one of the biggest mergers in retail history. Here is how City analysts and other experts reacted to the news
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NewsBooker gets Budgens/Londis boost
Booker sales surged 15.2% in Q2 but the tobacco display ban remains a drag on performance
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NewsBooker sales squeezed by tobacco display ban and falling food prices
Booker revenues were hit by the tobacco display ban and continued food price deflation during the first quarter with like-for-like sales falling 2.9%.
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NewsCity snapshot: Booker profits up despite like-for-like sales slip
Operating profit (before exceptional items) was up 11% to £155.1m
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NewsCheap milk offers by Booker and Farmfoods slammed by farmers
NFU calls for greater transparency on how smaller retailers and wholesalers calculate prices
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NewsCo-op sells 36 former Somerfield stores to Food Retailer Group
Stores will transfer to Booker-owned Budgens without job losses
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NewsMotor Fuel Group to transfer supply for 300 stores to Booker
Costutter will continue to supply over 70 MFG forecourt stores
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NewsCity snapshot: Fourth quarter like for likes down 2.5% at Booker
Tobacco sales continued to be adversely impacted by the ban on small store display
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NewsBooker reports "good progress" with Londis and Budgens integration
Booker Group has reported “good progress” with the integration of Londis and Budgens following its £114.5m acquisition
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NewsMark Aylwin to leave Booker to run Matthew Clark
Bargain Booze owner Conviviality has poached Booker exec Mark Aylwin to run recently acquired wine wholesaler Matthew Clark.
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NewsPumpkin shortage won’t scare Budgens and Londis, says Booker
Growers have warned volumes could be down by up to 50%
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NewsBooker pledges support for Budgens and Londis retailers
Booker has underlined its commitment to supporting retailers that operate under its newly acquired Budgens and Londis brands in its interim results statement, announced today.
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NewsCMA approves Booker’s acquisition of Londis and Budgens
Booker has received regulatory clearance from the UK’s Competition & Markets Authority for its acquisition of Musgrave Retail Partners GB, which runs the Londis and Budgens chains in Great Britain.
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NewsCity snapshot: Booker gets green light for Londis and Budgens takeover
The Competition & Markets Authority has cleared Booker Group’s acquisition of Londis and Budgens as Booker’s 10-week like-for-like non-tobacco sales rise 0.5%.
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NewsBooker's Mark Aylwin takes over as Musgrave GB MD
Booker veteran Mark Aylwin has been appointed managing director of Musgrave Retail Partners GB to replace Peter Ridler.
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NewsBooker shares down following 'subdued' numbers
Booker has been a standout City performer over the past year, but its shares fell this week
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NewsBooker shares slide after “subdued” first quarter trading
Shares in Booker fell 3.3% to 160.8p today after the wholesaler revealed a group-wide like-for-like growth of 0.4%
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NewsNew Booker chairman is former Müller Dairies boss Stewart Gilliland
Booker has this morning announced that Stewart Gilliland will replace Richard Rose as non-executive chairman.
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NewsBooker executives sell on shares worth £11.5m
The group of execs, not including CEO Charles Wilson, sold a collective total of 6.8 million shares for 170p each
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NewsBudgens, Londis have high hopes of Booker
Booker created a convenience retail powerhouse when it swooped on Budgens and Londis in a £40m deal last month