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Archive of all Wholesalers articles – Page 122
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NewsPalmer & Harvey to ‘close gap’ with cash & carry tobacco price
Palmer & Harvey has vowed to match the price of cigarettes in cash & carries to offset a 4.55% decline in full-year tobacco sales following the loss of business from Somerfield, Wine Cellar and Threshers. Aside from these…
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World News: 06/08/2011
Germany: Metro Group, the owner of loss-making wholesaler Makro Cash & Carry UK, has posted flat half-year sales. Sales were up just 0.1% to 31.3bn in the first half of the year, with profits down from 470m to 452m. Its…
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NewsTGI extends contract with supplier 3663
TGI Friday’s has extended its £30m contract with 3663 for five years.
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Musgrave España is important to us
Sir, I am writing in regard to 'The new foreign legion' (16 July). The statement that "Musgrave has shown no interest in emerging markets and is even withdrawing from the mature market of Spain" is incorrect. Musgrave continues to...
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NewsMakro UK gets another new MD in Schwarze
Metro Group is bringing in yet another MD for its troubled UK operation Makro. Juergen Schwarze will start the role in October, taking over from Klaus Raettig, who was appointed just last month. Raettig will remain on the board as chief...
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Booker adds nine lines to meat range
Booker has relaunched its Butcher's Market range of pre-packed fresh meat products. The range now has 16 products, with nine new lines, including mini chicken fillets, chicken thighs, diced beef, quarter pounders and gammon steaks.
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NewsParfetts beats Booker with 9.8% sales boost
AG Parfett & Son has posted sparkling results for its latest quarter, outperforming cash & carry giant Booker. Like-for-like sales in the 12 weeks to 17 June rose by 9.8%, while non-tobacco sales increased by 12.7%. Booker's...
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Comment & Opinion
The not so mighty Quinn
Musgrave Group today announced plans to pick up the debris from the sudden - if not entirely surprising – demise of Irish retailer Superquinn.
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NewsSuperValu to be used in UK Londis stores
Musgrave Group could be planning to introduce products from its Irish chain SuperValu into Londis stores. It has applied to register the trademark 'SuperValu from Londis' under 16 categories, including several that cover food and...
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News3663 owner eyes $4bn foodservice sale
Foodservice giant 3663 could be sold by its South African owner, with a number of private equity groups thought to be circling.
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Comment & Opinion
Store Manager of the Year offers a lesson to us all
Perenially optimistic, Justin King might once have gloated after Sainsbury’s 1.9% sales growth bested Tesco’s static first-quarter results…
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Musgrave in £1m wave of cuts at Londis
Musgrave Retail Partners GB is planning to invest £1m in price cuts on key lines for Londis retailers. Speaking at his first annual Londis conference since joining as managing director last November, Donal Horgan said the group would...
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NewsMusgrave to finish wholesale rebrand with Holmes depots
Musgrave Group is to rebrand its four Holmes cash & carry depots in Northern Ireland as Musgrave MarketPlace this year. The changes are part of an ongoing 16.9m restructure of Musgrave Group's wholesale division Musgrave Wholesale...
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NewsCapital idea! London curries nab listings
A premium range of Indian cooking sauces named after upmarket London areas is hoping to extend its reach beyond the capital. The chilled Mamajaan's range debuted in Fortnum & Mason and Budgens Belsize Park last year and comes in 500ml...
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Mitchell made multi-channel boss at Makro
Makro has created a new senior role in a bid to push forward the company's multi-channel operations. Peter Mitchell, formerly a logistics director at Musgrave Foodservice in Ireland, has taken on the new head of multi-channel sales...
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NewsBacking Hugh boosts Jempson’s fish sales
Jempson's has reported a surge in sustainable fish sales after signing up to Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Fish Fight campaign against discards. The Sussex-based Nisa-Today's and Budgens retailer said that since becoming one of the first...
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NewsMarch of the mults could drive Budgens out of Sheringham
A Budgens retailer is on the verge of selling up after 20 years because of the impact of a new Sainsbury's and plans for a new Tesco on the business. Speculation over the Budgens store in Sheringham has grown after details of a bid for...
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NewsCentra urges: ‘pack healthy lunchboxes’
Centra, Musgrave Retail Partner NI's symbol fascia in Northern Ireland, is urging shoppers to 'Pack A Healthy Lunchbox' in a campaign with Action Cancer and the Public Health Agency. The campaign offers parents quick and healthy ideas for...
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NewsMusgrave sells first Somerfield store two years after buying it
Musgrave Retail Partners GB has finally sold its first former Somerfield store to an independent retailer. The wholesaler snapped up 13 stores from The Co-operative Group in January 2009 and planned to sell them to independents under the...
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NewsBudgens on TV to push its local values
Budgens is running its first TV ad campaign for more than a decade to trumpet the local produce in stores. The ads, which broke this week and run until 21 December, highlight that by shopping at Budgens consumers can help support their...