All Booker Wholesale articles – Page 4
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NewsPremier retailers pay tribute to Booker’s Steve Fox
Premier retailers have paid glowing tribute to Steve Fox, who is set to leave Booker to join forecourt operator MFG as managing director, retail, in September.
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NewsSteve Fox to leave Booker to head up retail at MFG
Booker’s Steve Fox is to leave the company to take up the role of managing director, retail at Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the UK’s largest independent forecourt operator.
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NewsTesco sales boosted by Booker’s like-for-like 3.1% growth
Tesco has announced a 3.1% increase in like-for-like sales across Booker in the 13 weeks to 25 May, despite a slowdown in the group’s underlying UK sales growth.
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NewsPremier named as shoppers' favourite convenience store
Booker’s symbol group Premier was named The Shoppers’ Favourite Convenience Retailer at the 2019 HIM Awards on Thursday.
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NewsPremier celebrates 25-year milestone with consumer prize offers
Booker’s largest symbol group Premier is celebrating its 25th anniversary this summer with a host of special offer deals and consumer prize competitions.
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NewsCharles Wilson steps down from Tesco role due to illness
Former Booker chief executive Charles Wilson is stepping down from his role as Tesco’s UK retail and wholesale ceo after being diagnosed with throat cancer.
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NewsBooker catering store opens within a Tesco Extra
Booker has opened its first ChefCentral store within one of Tesco’s largest Extra stores in Bar Hill Cambridge.
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NewsBooker recalls Happy Shopper ketchup over safety fears
Booker is recalling Happy Shopper Tomato Ketchup because some packs of the product may contain pieces of plastic.
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NewsShell UK selects Booker as its new supply partner
Booker has signed a new three-year deal to supply Shell UK stores nationally
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NewsWholesalers ask CMA to block Booker-Tesco merger
The leaders of seven of the UK’s largest wholesale operations have jointly written to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), urging it to block the proposed merger of Booker and Tesco. In the letter, the group refutes the claim that the merger would enhance competition and promote consumer interests, maintaining ...
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NewsCMA formally opens Tesco-Booker merger investigation
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has formally opened its investigation into the proposed Tesco-Booker merger
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NewsWilson: Tesco merger will take retailers to "next level"
Booker chief executive Charles Wilson says that the proposed merger with Tesco will help independent retailers “go to the next level”.
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NewsTesco and Booker in shock merger announcement
Tesco and Booker have stunned the industry this morning with the announcement of a £3.7bn merger plan
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NewsFresh focus for Booker as symbol integration proceeds
Booker is “bang on track” with the integration of Londis and Budgens, with sales and profits up and customer satisfaction improving, according to the wholesaler
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NewsPremier celebrates 3,300th store to join the symbol
Premier has announced that it has reached the over 3,300 Premier stores across the UK, after recruiting 330 new members into the group during the last financial year.
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NewsBooker posts like-for-like sales dip but rise in profits
Booker has announced a 1.9% decline in full year total like-for-like sales, but an 11% rise in pre-tax profits.
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NewsBooker Q3 like-for-like sales dip 3.1% in "challenging market"
The Booker Group has announced a 3.1% decline in third quarter like-for-like sales, although Budgens and Londis are “settling in well”.
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NewsBooker announces positive fourth quarter results
Booker has rounded off a positive year with a fourth solid trading quarter.
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NewsBooker slashes the price of 23 key tobacco brands
Booker has dropped the price of 23 key tobacco lines as it seeks to support retailers in the run-up to the tobacco display ban.
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NewsBig Four in decline despite investment, says Wilson
Recent investment by the big four multiple supermarket chains has not been able to arrest their decline in performance, according to analysis by Booker’s chief executive Charles Wilson.