12-Dec-2023 By The Morning Advertiser
If you haven’t sorted out your food provider for the festive period – or maybe you’ve been let down at the last minute – help is at hand from Booker Wholesale.
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14-Jul-2020 By MA Editorial
The Morning Advertiser talks to Simon King, sales director at Booker and Makro to understand what trends the wholesaler has been seeing during lockdown and how this will help operators moving forward.
11-Jan-2018 By Nikkie Sutton
Food wholesaler Booker has announced that its total sales rose by 3.4% in the last quarter of 2017, with like-for-like sales up by 3.8%.
14-Nov-2017 By Michelle Perrett
Tesco’s purchase of Booker has been provisionally cleared by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) after it indicated the deal did not raise competition concerns.
Recycling
23-Aug-2016 By Nikkie Sutton
Over the course of 14 months, licensees of Enterprise Inns have recycled 312,735 litres of used cooking oil - the equivalent of more than half a million pints of beer.
23-May-2014 By Elliot Kuruvita
Food and drink wholesaler Booker has increased sales to caterers by 7.1 % in the past year, to £1.6 billion.
03-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit
Food and drink wholesaler Booker is launching its next Prices Locked Down campaign.
21-Oct-2013 By Jo Bruce
Booker Group is continuing to take a bigger share of the delivered wholesale market to pubs with new business including the 500-site Trust Inns.
30-Jul-2012 By Lesley Foottit
To steal Booker’s guide title, it’s ‘all about food’ in the pub market. More of the big operators are increasingly putting their focus on how to help their licensees install a food offer or improve existing ones for greater profit.
12-Dec-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Food and drink wholesaler Booker is open throughout the Christmas period including Boxing Day and both bank holidays.
22-Nov-2011 By Lesley Foottit
Food and drink wholesaler Booker has trained 31 colleagues to start a career in butchery, having recognised a shortage in the industry.
26-May-2011 By John Harrington, M&C Report
Booker has reached its target of trading with as many Buzz Bars as there are JD Wetherspoon pubs.
19-May-2011 By Ewan Turney
Food and drink wholesaler Booker has reported a 5.1% increase in like-for-like sales for the 52 weeks to 25 March. The group said total sales were...
Booker launches Fully Booked to drive trade
28-Feb-2011 By Jo Bruce
Booker has launched a campaign to help licensees drive extra trade around events. The "Fully Booked" initiative aims to help pubs capitalise on the...
23-Dec-2010 By Gurjit Degun
Food and drink wholesaler Booker plans to stay open throughout the Christmas period, including Boxing day and both bank holidays. The company will...
Booker to extend its pub offers with Classic deal
14-Oct-2010
Booker, the food and drink wholesaler, plans to extend its supply service to the on-trade following the acquisition of Classic Drinks from Halewood...
Booker helps licensees win student trade
10-Sep-2010 By Claire Dodd Claire
Food and drink wholesaler Booker has launched a 'Back to College' promotion to help licensees attract the student market and increase sales and...
07-Sep-2010 By Lesley Foottit
UK food and drink wholesaler Booker is launching a Back to College promotion from tomorrow to help pubs and bars tap into the student market. A...
11-Aug-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Food and drink wholesaler Booker won two awards at the him! Wholesale Awards after an independent vote.
20-May-2010 By Ewan Turney
Food and drink wholeslaler Booker added around 2,000 pubs to its customer rosta during the year. Booker unveiled a total sales rise of 6.5% across...
13-May-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Wholesaler Booker has launched a World Cup campaign includes discounted food, drink and a competition to win a TV.
25-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Food and drink wholesaler Booker has launched a "Spring Clean" promotion covering everything from vacuums to washing powders until 16 March. There...
24-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Food and drink wholesaler Booker is planning a "Meet the Butcher" week from 3 to 10 March where licensees can learn about quality fresh meat. There...
11-Feb-2010 By Lesley Foottit
Food and drink wholesaler Booker has slashed prices on a range of meat and vegetables. Low prices on fifteen meat and eight vegetable products will...
Booker to host giveaways as 'thank you' to customers
15-Jan-2010 By Hamish Champ
Booker, the listed food and drink wholesaler, is to hold two days of "mega deals" and stock giveaways across its outlets next week in recognition of...
Christmas for £2.37 at Booker
26-Oct-2009
A three-course Christmas diner with a cost price of only £2.37 is a key feature of a brand new Festive Menu Guide for 2009 from Booker. The food and...
13-Oct-2009 By The PMA Team
Booker, the UK's leading food & drink wholesaler, has increased its like-for-like sales to catering customers by 12.6% for the 24 weeks to 11th...
10-Aug-2009 By Ewan Turney
Food and drink wholesaler Booker is now supplying over 18m pints of beer and cider to the on-trade a year. Booker said it was selling around 350,000...
Booker's seven new wines for on-trade
01-Jun-2009 By Robyn Lewis
Wholesaler Booker has developed a wine range exclusively for the on-trade. The seven wines — three whites, three reds and a rosé — have been...
Pub sales up for Booker
29-May-2009
Cash & carry group Booker has seen the benefits of its strategy to offer pubs value-for-money ranges.For the year to March 27, the company...
Pub food gets Quick & Easy with Booker
02-Jul-2008
Booker has launched a new guide and range of meals aimed at pubs starting to sell food or make more of their menu.The Quick & Easy Meal Solutions...
Booker profits jump in year of steady delivery
29-May-2008 By Jo Bruce jo.bruce@william-reed.co.uk
Cash-and-carry firm plans further growth Cash-and-carry firm Booker has unveiled a large jump in profits on revenue marginally ahead. Sales in its...
New products
10-Apr-2008
Mellow mood The product: New herbal and fruit infusions and green and white teas Who: Twinings foodservice What: Three new flavours have been added...
Booker points the way on the smoking ban
05-Apr-2007
Cash and carry giant Booker is urging pubs to find ways in which they can benefit from the smoking ban in a new campaign.A free brochure, available...
Booker sells beer kegs
08-Nov-2006
Free traders who run out of kegged beer can now stock up at Booker. The cash and carry operator has become the first to sell beer kegs across the...
Back at the branch
14-Jul-2006
Charles Wilson is, in the nicest possible way, accosting customers as they wheel trolleys around a branch of Booker. "Sorry to interrupt you," he...
Community pubs feeling the heat
04-Aug-2005
Beer is growing at country and town-centre venues, but it's dropping at community pubs On average, freehouses sold 335 barrels this year, compared to...
Fully booked
21-Apr-2005
Booker is now firmly focused on its customers after its long-running takeover saga. John Porter meets Hans Kristian Hustad - the new man at the...
Gordon Ramsay signs for Booker
07-Jan-2005
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay is to help wholesaler Booker promote its Chef's Larder and reinvigoration of the wholesalers service to catering...
