tesco-booker news & analysis
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NewsBooker: customer benefits of Tesco merger to be rolled out
Booker said the initial price cuts could deliver an annual retailer benefit of £6,250
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NewsBooker claims Tesco benefits for customers 'coming soon'
A number of Booker-supplied retailers have said that promised benefits have largely yet to materialise
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NewsTesco set to roll out Chef Central cash & carries in all Extras
Tesco Extras told to clear 10,000 sq ft of space for cash & carry outlets
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NewsTesco calls for Booker buyer 'culture change' after merger
Tesco ‘running out of time’ in adapting Booker to GSCOP rules says Adjudicator
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NewsTesco urges suppliers to cut prices and feel Booker benefit
New UK CEO Charles Wilson and chief product officer Jason Tarry have already confronted its 39 biggest suppliers over “anomalies” in their price files
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Comment and OpinionTwo have become one. What now for newlyweds Tesco and Booker?
Despite all the noise that Tesco was paying to little (or too much) it was the silent majority of City investors that saw to a crushing victory for the merger
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NewsTesco-Booker merger to go ahead as shareholders vote yes
Tesco and Booker now expect their merger to be completed on Monday 5 March
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Analysis and FeaturesCan Tesco-Booker beat the discounters at their own game?
The Sunday Times has claimed Tesco is planning its own limited range discount operation, carrying about 3,000 products
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Comment and OpinionStrategic responses to the Tesco-Booker deal
Post Tesco-Booker there will be one market, as opposed to the uneasy truce of a separation between retail and wholesale
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NewsSandell threatens to derail Tesco-Booker at the 11th hour
Sandell Asset Management said it would vote against the proposed £3.7bn takeover because it was based on too low an offer
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Comment and OpinionCharles Wilson has the calibre to give Tesco-Booker deal its crucial final momentum
Tesco is building a strong case that shareholders should have faith in its management to deliver the numbers
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NewsAnalyst reaction to Tesco appointment of Charles Wilson
Booker boss Charles Wilson will be appointed CEO of its retail and wholesale operations in the UK and Republic of Ireland
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Analysis and FeaturesDave Lewis and Charles Wilson: the exclusive and uncut interview
With the CMA provisionally clearing the Tesco-Booker merger, platinum members can read an extended version of our exclusive Q&A ahead of this Saturday’s issue of The Grocer
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NewsGroceries Adjudicator calls on Booker to be signed up to GSCOP
Suppliers fear the Tesco-Booker merger could see it circumvent the code in its buying arrangements with wholesale
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NewsCMA bowed to Tesco-Booker pressure to include discounters in inquiry
The competition authority had originally excluded Aldi and Lidl from their competitor set
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NewsCity snapshot: CMA inquiry included Aldi and Lidl after Tesco-Booker pressure
The CMA backtracked amid pressure from Tesco and Booker to take the rise of the discounters into consideration in delivering its verdict on their proposed merger, The Grocer can reveal. Plus, Nissin partnership boosts first half performance at Premier Foods after strong second quarter and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsIndustry reaction to CMA provisional clearance of Tesco-Booker
It was no surprise that the Competition and Markets Authority cleared Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of Booker, but that it did so without asking for any remedies has shocked many
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Comment and OpinionTesco-Booker debate all over bar the shouting (and screaming)
The CMA has decided that even beasts with such scale as Tesco and Booker did not have the power to damage competition even if they wanted to …
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NewsP&H would need to "restructure" if it lost Tesco contract
The delivered wholesaler made the admission during a hearing with the Competition & Markets Authority
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NewsBestway claims Tesco-Booker deal will 'distort' wholesale
Bestway also highlighted fears over the future of fellow wholesaler Palmer & Harvey…