Booker marks 5000th Premier store with meal donations and giveaway
Booker is marking the opening of its 5,000th Premier store with an £8,000 community giveaway and a donation of 5,000 family meals to FareShare and local food banks. The wholesaler […]
Co-op Wholesale appoints ex-Booker Martin Swadling as customer director
Co-op Wholesale has appointed Martin Swadling, formerly customer director of Booker, as its own customer director. The high-profile appointment signals Co-op Wholesale’s intent to deliver a market-leading proposition, operational excellence […]
Booker links with Just Eat couriers for Scoot-ordered grocery deliveries
Booker has announced the national rollout of a last-mile delivery partnership between Scoot and Just Eat. The service will give Booker’s symbol retailers – Premier, Budgens, Londis and Family Shopper […]
Booker symbol retailers to host drinks festivals this spring
Booker symbol groups are running two major drinks promotions this spring: the Beer & Cider Festival (starts 19 May for eight weeks) and the Wine Festival (28 April for three weeks). Available […]
Barry’s Stores switches from Premier to SPAR
Barry’s Stores – a group of four stores in Glasgow and Paisley – has switched from Premier to SPAR. Run by father and son Barry and Steven Oujla, Barry’s Stores […]
Booker Retail Partners to hold retail trade show in March
Booker Retail Partners is holding its Retail Trade Show at Doncaster Racecourse on 16 March and Sandown Racecourse on 24 March. More than 100 suppliers will have stands, and there […]
Booker to introduce a delivery fee
Booker is introducing a fee per delivery, effective from 28 February, reports the Federation of Independent Retailers. Premier and Family Shopper stores will be charged £29.95 per delivery, while unaffiliated […]
Which? declares best-one UK’s favourite symbol group
A recent Which? study of the convenience store sector has seen Bestway Wholesale’s symbol offer, best-one, cement its position as the UK’s favourite symbol group. The research, covering over 6,800 […]
Charles Wilson appointed Tesco chief executive
Following final clearance by the Competition & Markets Authority of Tesco’s £3.7 billion takeover of Booker (officially from 5 March), Charles Wilson, Booker Group’s chief executive, has been appointed Tesco’s […]
Non-tobacco business boosts Booker’s performance
An increase in non-tobacco sales in the 16 weeks to 29 December 2017 more than compensated for a further decline in tobacco business for Booker. Total income for the period […]
Tesco’s acquisition of Booker gets final approval
Tesco’s £3.7 billion takeover of Booker has been fully cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which concluded that deal does not raise competition concerns. The CMA justified its […]
Tesco’s acquisition of Booker gets the nod from the CMA
Tesco’s £3.7 billion takeover of Booker has obtained provisional clearance from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which said that Tesco’s purchase of Booker does not raise competition concerns. The […]
