Grocers undoubtedly felt the economic pressures in 2012 with discounters enjoying buoyant growth as a result of an increase in value-seeking consumers. Shoppers' focus on value led to rising online sales and further investment in the ...
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STAGE The Christmas Schooner Have yourself a City of Big Shoulders Christmas at the Mercury Theater, the current home of the beloved Chicago musical, “The Christmas Schooner.” Created by John Reeger and Julie Shannon, ...
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The UK's Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has referred Booker's acquisition of Makro to the country's competition authority. Booker revealed in an announcement today (7 November), the OFT's decision to refer its completed acquisition of Makro ...
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The UK's largest cash and carry wholesaler Booker Group has posted a 13% rise in first-half profits, beating market expectations and prompting shares in the group to jump in morning trade today (18 October). In its half-year earnings ...
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UK cash-and-carry retailer Booker has reported a 27% rise in annual profits, boosted by higher sales, improved margins and an extra week of trading. The company said today that post-tax profit increased to GBP74.9m (US$117.4m) in the 53 ...
UK wholesaler Booker has said it is on course to meet its full-year expectations after making a "good start" to its new financial year. The wholesale retailer said total sales rose 1.7% in the 12 weeks to 22 June, with tobacco weighing on ...
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UK food wholesaler Booker is set to buy the local cash-and-carry assets of German retail giant Metro Group. Booker said today (30 May) it had agreed a cash-and-shares deal that values Metro's Makro UK arm at GBP139.7m. As part of the ...
Booker has said Makro's performance in the second quarter was "challenging" as the firm booked an increase in group sales. Sales in the 12 weeks to 14 September 2012 climbed 4.3% and 3.3% in the first 24 weeks of the year. The wholesale ...
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UK wholesaler Booker today (24 May) suggested it is positioning itself for further growth in the year to come through its strategy to "focus, drive and broaden" the business. The company posted a 27% rise in annual profits, which ...
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Outdoor SSL products will save the Newport News school district 139,000 kWh annually in energy use and meet district sustainability requirements. Wall-mount The Edge luminaires The Newport News Public School District located in ...
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Exterior Luminaires Reduce Energy Costs by 65 Percent DURHAM, NC -- DURHAM, N.C., August 13, 2012 — Newport News Public School District in Virginia recently installed more than 185 Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE) LED exterior luminaires, ...
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Newport News Public School District in Virginia has installed Cree LED exterior luminaires at seven schools.The installation has helped reduce annual lighting energy costs by 65%and carbon emissions by 191,000 lb. Cree THE EDGE ...
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Newport News Public School District has become the first Virginia school district in the area with a significant LED lighting installation by recently installing more than 185 LED exterior luminaires made by Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA. The ...
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Supermarket chain Iceland is to re-open the online store it closed six years ago due to rising demand from customers. Iceland pioneered online supermarket shopping as long ago as 1996,well before Tesco,Sainsbury's and other big ...
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The global food industry has seen a raft of M&A activity this week with Flowers Food's purchase of Lepage Bakeries, Olam's acquisition of Usina Açucareira Passos, and Booker's deal to buy the local cash-and-carry assets of German ...