Booker catering business down 60% but sales to retailers up 30%
Booker’s sales to retailers during the Covid-19 crisis are growing at around 30%, while the catering business is nearly 60% down, according to Dave Lewis, chief executive of parent company […]
Colm Johnson replaces Steve Fox as MD of Booker Group Retail
Steve Fox (pictured), who has worked for Booker for 17 years, with major responsibility for the 3,500-plus Premier retail chain, is leaving in September to join leading forecourt operator MFG, […]
Offering more for more: Darren Goldney of Unitas
On the eve of the inaugural Unitas trade show, managing director Darren Goldney (pictured) updated Cash & Carry Management’s managing editor Kirsti Sharratt about the group’s delivery of its objectives. […]
Guy Farrant and Andrew Kitching leave Booker
Guy Farrant, who became chief operating officer of Booker in 2016 – a year before the tie-up with Tesco – is leaving the company. Farrant (pictured) joined Booker in 2010 […]
Quarterly growth at Booker following alignment with Tesco
Booker’s income continues to grow since its alignment with Tesco. Third quarter figures for the retail multiple (to 24 November 2018) show that like-for-like sales of the C&C/wholesaler grew by […]
Driving change at a fast pace: Darren Goldney of Unitas
In his first in-depth interview since the launch of Unitas, managing director Darren Goldney (pictured) talks to Cash & Carry Management’s managing editor Kirsti Sharratt about his aims and plans. […]
Booker delivers synergies of £16 million to date
Reporting on second-quarter results for Tesco, in which group sales grew by 2.7%, chief executive Dave Lewis said that the Booker merger has already delivered synergies of £16 million and […]
Leading executives to speak at IGD Convenience Retailing Summit
The IGD Convenience Retailing Summit, which takes place on 26-27 September at etc.venues County Hall in London, will feature Steve Fox, Booker’s managing director – retail, and Ken Towle, CEO […]
Charles Wilson will continue to lead Booker after cancer treatment
Charles Wilson (pictured) will continue to lead the Booker business but will step down from his role as Tesco’s UK chief executive as he recuperates from treatment for throat cancer. […]
Booker restricts sales of beers, ciders and soft drinks
Booker is limiting customers to 10 cases of each type of beer, five cases of cider and five of soft drinks as a result of a shortage of CO2 used […]
Booker sales under Tesco increase by 14%
In its first set of trading results under the Tesco regime, Booker produced sales 14.3% higher in the 13 weeks to 26 May. Without the inclusion of tobacco, the growth […]
Advantages of flexible working options highlighted by FWD
According to a new report commissioned by the FWD, there is a strong case for C&C/wholesalers to adopt flexible working options in their businesses. The study, by the Timewise consultancy, […]
