Britain's largest cash-and-carry wholesaler the Booker Group has revealed plans to integrate Makro, the business it acquired last year, are on track, claims the firm's interim results announcement. The group's plans to integrate Makro ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Packaging News sister magazine Independent Retail News has reported that the proposals from the EU Public Health Committee also include larger 75% health warnings on all tobacco packaging, the introduction of a standardised pack shape and ...
Two leading City analysts are recommending investors sell shares in Booker – the UK's largest cash-and-carry wholesaler – as the firm posted another rise in sales. Booker is 'the highest rated UK food retailer by a country ...
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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 ...
Tags: catering sector, restaurants and caterers, Non-tobacco
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 ...
Tags: food wholesaler, food industry, tobacco sales, tobacco