Archive of all Wholesalers articles – Page 121
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Bellevue and Martex swell Bestway’s sales
Sales at Bestway Cash & Carry rose 7.6% last year following the wholesaler's acquisitions of Bellevue and Martex. Group sales jumped to £2.26bn in the year to June, with turnover in its wholesale business up 7.5% to £2.14bn.
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Landmark hits out at Asda for selling Bud 24-pack for £11
Landmark Wholesale MD Martin Williams has slammed Asda for selling lager at a "dramatically cheaper" price than wholesalers can buy it for directly from suppliers. Asda has been selling 24 bottles of 300ml Budweiser for £11 on Rollback...
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Booker profits rise 22%
Booker has posted a 22% rise in pre-tax profits to £45m in its first half, with sales up 8.5% to £1.8bn. The company said improvements in customer service had helped to drive overall like-for-like sales by 6.5% in the 24 weeks to 9 September.
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Light at end of tunnel as Makro halves losses
Pre-tax losses at Makro Self Service Wholesalers have more than halved as the wholesaler continues to turn around its business. Losses shrunk from £44.7m to £20m in the year to 31 December 2010, according to accounts filed at Companies…
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Bestway C&C green revamp almost ready
Bestway Cash & Carry is close to completing a mammoth environmental review of its 62-depot estate. As part of the review, started last year, the C&C giant has carried out a major lighting refit, which is nearly complete in all of...
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New dawn in convenience pricing as Budgens takes on Tesco
Musgrave has ushered in a new dawn for convenience pricing in the UK with a pledge that its Budgens stores will price match Tesco on 800 products. The programme represents the first move by a symbol group to match Tesco’s prices since…
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Booker continues to outrun the market with more sales growth
Cash & carry giant Booker has continued to outpace the grocery market and recorded growth well above inflation.
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Bestway puts CC cider in can
Bestway has added a 500ml can to its range of own-label apple cider, Country Choice. The can is price marked at 69p and offers retailers a 25.4% margin. It joins the line-up of two and three litre bottles.
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Manchester Drinks labels carry calories
The Manchester Drinks Company is adding calorie content details to labels on its pre-mixed cocktails. The updated packaging is rolling into Asda, Spar, Iceland and Booker now on the company's My Cocktail range and will be introduced on...
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Jail for gang who robbed Bestway C&C
Five men, including two members of staff, have been jailed for a total of 24 years for their part in an armed robbery at a Bestway Cash & Carry in Northampton.A gang of armed men stole £500,000 of cigarettes and £18,000 cash from the...
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3663 warns customers of product price hikes
Foodservice giant 3663 has written to its customers to warn them to expect price hikes on every single line this month as it looks to offset rising costs.
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Brakes completes capture of new finance chief
Brakes has named its new chief financial officer. Philip Wieland joins from General Healthcare Group.
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Living la vida local
Not one to be fazed by competition from the mults, Andrew Thornton has revamped his Crouch End Budgens store to wrest back sales from Waitrose. Elinor Zuke finds out more
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Kitchener: sad loss of ‘a man of integrity’
The industry is mourning the loss of Paul Kitchener, who has passed away after a long illness. Kitchener held a number of senior roles in the industry, including chief operating officer of Brakes and CEO of Burton’s Foods. He joined…
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Swadling takes role as head of Premier
Musgrave Retail Partners GB veteran Martin Swadling has joined rival wholesaler Booker as head of its retail symbol group Premier.
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Despite that slump in sales, Palmer & Harvey can still make a packet
The tobacco giant’s sales are down for the first time in five years, but profits are up and there are plans to win new customers, says Elinor Zuke
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Focus On Breakfast: Innovations
Ireland's leading black pudding supplier has launched two new products in the UK. Clonakilty Black Pudding and White Pudding (rsp: £1.69) arrived in Budgens in July.
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Brakes adds sharing tapas to winter lines
Brakes is targeting the potential of the Christmas sharing market with a new range of pre-prepared tapas as part of its new autumn and winter offer. The tapas options, which include mushroom and Stilton topper, meatballs in a…
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Makro staff exit via the fire escape
Sales consultants made redundant by wholesaler Makro Cash & Carry UK were escorted out of the building by the fire escape, The Grocer has learned. The majority of customer consultants who had each run a portfolio of around 150…