Archive of all Booths articles – Page 36
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Dolls launch new beer... for the dolls
Independent brewery The Rushing Dolls Company has won its first listing for a lower-alcohol beer specifically aimed at women.Harry's Beer, which has an abv of 4%, was rolled out in 26 Booths stores across north west England last week (rsp:...
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A pie maker with royal appeal
Premium pie supplier Toppings is a small family-run pie company that's made it into the supermarkets and is now targeting the export market. Nick Hughes reports
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NewsNow Booths gets in on the tertiary brand act
Upmarket northern supermarket chain Booths has taken a leaf out of Tesco’s book by launching a range of tertiary discount products. The ‘discounts brands’ range includes more than 170 lines, from Enliven shampoo to Bokomo cereal, and...
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Lancashire takes on the sausage giants
Northern retailer Booths has launched a limited-edition Lancashire Sausage to celebrate Lancashire Day on 27 November.The sausage, made from local pork, black pudding and beer, was designed to bring together flavours from around the county....
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World News 15/11/2008
US: Wal-Mart has launched Operation Main Street, a campaign that will see thousands of prices slashed over the next seven weeks. "In challenging times, our customers look to Wal-Mart to be their advocate and do what we do best - save them money,"...
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Reasons to be cheerful
Among the daily headlines of bank bailouts, share price freefalls and housing market meltdowns, it's easy to forget there are good news stories out there. So we've devoted the next 14 pages to positive thinking, silver linings, tips on how to survive the credit crunch plus an exclusive interview with ...
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Other Movers 25/10/2008
Pilgrims Choice has promoted Ben Hutchins to business development manager. Hutchins, who will be responsible for key account management and developing the brand, moves up from the role of national account manager. l Waheed Hassan has joined...
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Booths defies crunch with profit rising 73%
Upmarket northern supermarket chain Booths has defied the economic gloom by notching up a 3.8% increase in full-year like-for-like sales – ahead of its much larger rivals Marks & Spencer and Waitrose. Pre-tax profit jumped 73% to £6.9m on sales up...
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Grocery companies in Top Track ranking
Independent grocery retailers and wholesalers have recorded a strong presence on The Sunday Times’ Top Track 250 ranking of Britain’s mid-market private companies. Northern Irish company Henderson Group was the highest-ranked wholesaler, at number...
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Waitrose, Booths alliance 'is not prelude to merger’
Waitrose has ruled out a future acquisition of northern chain Booths, after the two retailers announced plans to join forces on a new buying alliance. The move will allow both retailers to make savings by negotiating together on branded goods....
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Waitrose, Booths shake on surprise buying alliance
Waitrose has signed a surprise deal with supermarket rival Booths to pool their resources and share buying duties on a range of products. Booths, which enjoys a similarly upmarket reputation to its larger partner, will co-operate with Waitrose on sourcing a number of products in a bid to lower costs.
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Morrisons, Waitrose get regional nod
Morrisons, Waitrose get regional nod: Morrisons, Waitrose and Booths have all been named regional winners at this year’s Retail Cheese Awards. Booths in Lytham, Morrisons in Stamford and Waitrose in Burgess Hill won in the multiple retailer section for the north, central and south...
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Now Booths leaps into the 50p fresh food fray
It is known as ‘the Harrods of the north’ and has won countless plaudits for its artisan stores and high-quality produce but upmarket independent supermarket Booths has become the latest chain to wade into the supermarkets’ 50p price war. Despite...
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Nisa-Today's shrugs off Booths' departure
Nisa-Today's insists its business won't be affected when supermarket chain Booths leaves the buying group at the beginning of next year. "Booths' termination of membership will have no material effect on the group's operations as Booths...
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Booths expanding nicely, thank you
Sir; It is perhaps unfortunate that you chose Booths to illustrate the point you made in your Analysis last week 'Independents too can feel the heat of nimby wrath' (7 June, p24). Unless I have missed something, Booths shut a store last...
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UK flageolet first at Booths
Booths will begin stocking the first UK-grown frozen flageolet beans this week following a deal with Yorkshire grower Scholes.The beans, which are mostly grown in France and Italy and normally appear either dried or in tins, will be...
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Wholesaler Profile Suma
Andrew Mackintosh describes himself as PR manager at wholesaler Suma, but that's probably because it is a Wednesday. Speak to him on a Tuesday and he's a business consultant. Catch him later in the week and he's sales manager. Mackintosh, like...
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Independents too can feel the heat of nimby wrath
I ndependent retail chain Booths champions local sourcing and community retailing. But that hasn't prevented it from incurring the wrath of locals when trying to expand. Last week we reported on how the upmarket northern chain was facing its...