All Booker Wholesale articles – Page 7
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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.
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Retail boost for Booker
Booker Wholesale has recorded a 5.5% increase in like-for-like retail sales for the 24 weeks to 11 September 2009.
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Booker grows sales and smashes debt
Booker Wholesale has announced annual growth of 7.6% in like-for-like sales for the 12-week period to September 11, 2009
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Booker offers sale or return on top 500 lines
Wholesale group Booker is offering sale or return to retailers on products in its Retail Best Sellers (RBS) range.
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Own label and fresh sales lift Booker
Strong growth in fresh meat, fruit & veg and own-label grocery lines has seen Booker make further progress in its corporate recovery plan.
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Booker sets up for summer
Wholesale chain Booker is inviting independent retailers to special ‘Get Set for Summer’ events in its branches next week.