All Booker articles
Tesco-owned Booker is the UK’s biggest wholesaler, providing a range of food and non-food products to independent retailers and caterers. Booker operates wholesale membership warehouses as well as a delivery service for its clients. The wholesaler typically offers a range of branded products in catering sizes, which are supplemented by its private-label lines such as Happy Shopper, Euro Shopper, Chef’s Essentials and Farm Fresh. The company has been part of Tesco since 2018, following a £3.7bn acquisition.
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InterviewInterview: Dave Lewis – Leaving a drastically different Tesco
From the accounting scandal to Covid-19, Dave Lewis has steered Britain’s biggest grocer through some of the most turbulent times in its history – and left it thriving.
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OpinionMove of the Week: Big shoes to fill at Booker and Amazon
It’s taken less than a fortnight for the jobs’ market to explode back into life after the summer break with two significant appointments confirmed within hours of one another earlier this week.
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Opinion‘Charles Wilson, retail legend – the industry will be poorer without him’
“Tesco might be buying Booker, but the biggest thing they are getting in this deal is Charles Wilson.”
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NewsBooker chief executive Charles Wilson to step down early next year
Booker chief executive Charles Wilson will stand down after 15 years with the wholesaler in February, Tesco has announced.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How coronavirus is really impacting Tesco
Tesco unveiled its full-year results today, but another stellar 12 months of profit and margin gains played second fiddle to its ongoing response to the coronavirus crisis.
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InterviewInterview: Dave Lewis – ‘I didn’t save Tesco, 300,000 other people did’
Tesco boss Dave Lewis has overseen a transformative turnaround in his five-and-a-half years at the helm. The winner of this year’s Outstanding Contribution to Retail Award tells the story of his time in charge.
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AnalysisValentine’s Day: The retail marriages made in heaven
This Valentine’s Day, Retail Week looks at the retailers that have formed long-lasting unions be it through mergers, acquisitions or partnerships.
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AnalysisFrom horsemeat to the Crystal Methodist: most memorable moments of the decade
Retail Week looks back at the most groundbreaking retail stories of the 2010s.
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AnalysisFuture of food 2030: Vegan, personalised and delivered to your door
What will shoppers eat and how will they buy groceries in 2030 – and how should retailers react?
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NewsTesco like-for-likes nudge up as Booker boosts growth
Tesco like-for-likes inched up in its first quarter as its sales were boosted by its merger with Booker.
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NewsTesco terminates BRC membership following Booker merger
Tesco, the UK’s biggest retailer, is cancelling its membership of industry trade association the BRC.
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NewsAnalysis: Tesco aims to 'unlock new growth' with Booker
For the first time in what feels like an eternity, a Tesco chief executive was able to present full-year results today without a cloud hanging over his head.
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NewsTesco's Lewis: We'll go after more Booker synergies
Tesco boss Dave Lewis insists the grocer is ready to “go after” more synergies following the completion of the Booker deal.
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CartoonBlower’s retail cartoon: Tesco completes Booker deal
Cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the likely impact of Tesco and Booker’s £3.7bn mega-merger on the UK retail sector.
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OpinionDon’t underestimate Morrisons in fight with Tesco-Booker
The sheer scale of the challenge facing Tesco’s grocery rivals was hammered home this morning following its acquisition of retail and wholesale titan Booker.
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NewsTesco officially completes £3.7bn capture of Booker
Tesco has sealed its £3.7bn takeover of retailer and wholesaler Booker this morning, just over a year after it was first revealed.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Tesco-Booker can hit the ground running
Tesco’s £3.7bn swoop for wholesale titan Booker overcame its final hurdle today when shareholders of both businesses approved the deal.
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NewsTesco-Booker deal given green light by shareholders
Tesco’s £3.7bn takeover of wholesale titan Booker is all but complete after shareholders in both businesses voted in favour of the deal.
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NewsTesco-Booker: Shareholders advised to vote against deal
Tesco’s acquisition of wholesaler Booker faces a potential setback as the move has been deemed “less than compelling” for Booker shareholders.
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NewsBooker stakeholder attacks Tesco offer as too cheap
A stakeholder in wholesale and retail giant Booker has labelled Tesco’s £3.7bn offer as “insufficient”.