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Drive to expand business with new initiatives
Booker's cash and carry depot in Reading is a good place to start if you want to find out how the wholesaler's recovery strategy to focus, drive and broaden the business is going. One of its key focuses is expanding operations and improving...
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Nisa-Today's shareholders called to meetings
It is understandable that Nisa-Today's members will want to know more about the proposed merger with Costcutter ('Costcutter plan sparks rebellion', The Grocer, May 13, p5).For that reason, we are organising a series of roadshows around...
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Carter goes nuts for Whitworths growth
Private equity business European Capital has appointed Will Carter as chief executive of Whitworths, the supplier of fruits, nuts, and seeds.Until 2004 Carter worked on the executive board of United Biscuits, both as MD of its KP Snacks...
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cashing in on football fever
The news that a Berlin undertaker has created a special-edition funeral urn in the shape of a football, while another is offering to decorate coffins in the national colours, demonstrates the lengths to which companies will go to be part of the...
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Kwik Save deals keep its supply chain going
Details are emerging of temporary supply agreements forged by Kwik Save to maintain availability while it attempts to secure more permanent contracts. Leicester-based Crown Crest Enterprises has confirmed that it is supplying all Kwik...
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Nisa turns up charm to win over shareholders
Battle lines were being drawn over the proposal to merge Costcutter and Nisa-Today's as the management launched a charm offensive to win over shareholders - and outlined their goals exclusively to The Grocer. As a gesture of goodwill,...
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General manager: Chris Webber
Having joined Booker last April, Webber assumed his present position in August after a brief training period. So he's the first to acknowledge that it's early days in terms of his future career path with the wholesaler. And he brings a slightly...
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Climbing the ladder
How did you get to where you are today?I started as a customer service assistant with United Co-operatives in 1991 at Ashton Road Late Shop in Hyde, progressing to Sunday supervisor then store manager in 1994. Since then I have worked at...
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From Zero to hero? Coca-Cola thinks so
If there are any doubts about the success of Coca-Cola Enterprises' male-oriented drink Coca-Cola Zero, which was officially launched in the UK with great fanfare last week, you won't find them being voiced by anyone at the company....
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Schweppes comes out with summer sizzlers
Coca-Cola Enterprises is helping adults to drink responsibly this summer with several developments under the Schweppes brand that target both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinking occasions.For adults wanting to taste summer flavours...
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Management team named at new Co-op
Richard Samson, the recently appointed chief executive of East of England Co-operative Society, has unveiled the society's new executive management team.The new society was created following the merger last year of Ipswich and Norwich...
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Nisa-Today's tomorrow: a future with Costcutter
Amerger of Costcutter and a mutual company the size of Nisa-Today's is bound to involve strong feelings and a lot of speculation, as is the involvement of venture capitalist Kaupthing. So it's not surprising that those at the heart of the deal...
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It's the little things that help to cut energy costs
Ranjit Singh Jenny Hall Convenience Store, GatesheadSays: The cost of everything is going up, and energy costs even more. My quarterly electricity bill is usually £1,300 to £1,400, but now it is increasing by more than 20%. Mind...
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Multiples' milk war stifles Cravendale
Sales of a highly successful premium milk brand have been damaged by the multiples' price spat in milk.The UK's biggest dairy processor claims that the price war that was kicked off by Asda in March has undermined sales growth of...
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Are the takeover rumours credible?
Amateur property developers often dream of finding an undervalued property than can be fixed up and quickly turned for a nice profit. In the past few weeks several private equity groups appear to have been eyeing Morrisons in the same...
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The world cup timeline
JanuaryOfficial sponsor Duracell kicks off its 'once in a lifetime' on-pack promotion offering consumers the chance to win one of eight pairs of tickets to the finals. More than 20,000 pieces of official FIFA merchandise also go...
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'Help us deal with PayPoint'
Name and address suppliedSIR; Time and again I read about PayPoint giving poor margins to retailers and big boys taking out terminals ('Wineflair war on terminals,' The Grocer, May 13, p12).However, while debate on the low...
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Multiples facing depot discontent
Supermarkets are facing a summer of discontent over industrial disputes at depots, with union relations increasingly tense. Morrisons is braced for up to 600 employment tribunals in relation to disputes at its now closed Aylesford depot....
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Dissenting voice is getting louder
Ican't help being amused and encouraged by the infighting that is afflicting the food industry.First it was Sainsbury, suspending its membership of the British Retail Consortium because its spokesman, Kevin Hawkins, seemed to be pushing...
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I don't have the time
?I didn't know that there was a Competition Commission investigation going on, but the supermarket chains definitely have too big an advantage. Their buying power is simply too much. Even the major suppliers are falling over themselves trying to...