All Booker Wholesale articles – Page 8
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NewsBooker to snap up Makro
Booker Group has entered into an agreement with German wholesaler Metro Group AG to acquire Makro UK.
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NewsBooker reveals impressive full year results
An impressive set of full year results will enable Booker to continue broadening its ranges and driving down prices for retailers, chief executive Charles Wilson said.
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NewsBooker expands its ice cream range
Booker has extended its Classic ice cream range with four new priced marked products.
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NewsBooker posts 7.3% total sales increase
An increase in customer numbers and online sales helped Booker to a 7.3% total sales increase over the past 12 months.
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NewsBooker wins the fight for festive food sales
Booker-supplied retailers outperformed most of the major multiples and convenience chains over the Christmas period.
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NewsBooker helps stores get ready for ban
Booker’s retail customers are being urged to attend a series of in-depot conferences to help them profit once large stores and supermarkets are forced to comply with a tobacco display ban in April.
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NewsBooker extends fresh fruit and veg range
Booker has extended its fruit and veg range to help retailers stock more fresh produce in their stores.
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Fresh departments drive Booker growth
Booker has announced a 7.6% rise in total sales in second quarter trading, with fruit and vegetable departments performing particularly well.
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Staff injured in Booker cash and carry raid
Staff at Booker's Sunbury depot in Surrey are recovering after a brutal raid in which several employees sustained head injuries. Four masked men smashed their way into the depot on the afternoon of Saturday July 23, before threatening and...
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Booker introduces a longer-life sandwich
Booker has added a sandwich with a two-week shelf life, which it claims will help retailers reduce their wastage. Retailing at £1.49 and available in two mixed packs in a variety of mixed meat and vegetarian options, each sandwich also...
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Euroshopper fuels lift in Booker profits
Booker has reported 30% growth in Euroshopper own brand sales, alongside a 25% uplift in overall profit for the past financial year. The wholesaler said offering value had been "key" throughout the past 12 months. In addition to providing...
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Booker trials home shopping at Premier
Booker is trialling a web-based home shopping service at Premier-branded independent stores. The new service, called Premierdelivered.co.uk, allows consumers to shop the store via the internet and select a one-hour time slot for goods to...
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NewsBooker to protect retailer profits
Booker has pledged to maintain independent retailers’ margins on both Euro Shopper and Happy Shopper price marked products (PMPs) when VAT jumps to 20% on January 4.
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100 mark for Booker depot conversions
Wholesaler Booker has converted its 100th depot to its new Extra format.
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Strong sales wipe out Booker debt
Booker's revival has continued with another strong set of results.
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Bank on us to stick by you, says Booker chief
In the face of disobliging banks, arduous legislation, and increased competition from the multiples, a strong wholesale sector could be the independent retail trade's most supportive ally, Booker chief executive Charles Wilson has said.
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Booker celebrates a Premier milestone
Booker is celebrating reaching 2,500 Premier stores with the group's biggest-ever promotion.
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Booker aims for bigger and better
Booker's sales director Steve Fox tells Gaelle Walker why he's in such high spirits
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Booker lures stores with Express format
Booker is gearing up fora bumper year of recruitment thanks to its new Premier Express fascia, which it says is attracting a steady steam of retailers from rival symbol groups and independent backgrounds.
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Booker's bigger chiller
Wholesaler Booker has invested over £500,000 in extending the chilled warehouse at its Hatfield distribution centre. At 4,000sq m, the new facility doubles the centre's chilled capacity.